The Potter's House Podcast

How do you trust God’s hand when you can’t see it at work? How do you know He’s with you when you’ve prayed and prayed, but your pain remains? In Genesis 15, Abram believed God’s promise, yet he still asked, “How may I know?" Drawing from this encounter, Dexter Jakes reveals a powerful truth: Your pain is not proof that your faith has failed. Even in the dark, God is still moving. His silence...

God wants a relationship with you, not more work from you. Pastor Venshard Dobbins, Pastor Don Johnson, and Dr. Oscar Williams unpack 2 Kings 20:1-11 and discuss the moment Isaiah instructed Hezekiah to get his house in order. The panel emphasizes that God is after our hearts, not our performance —Hezekiah’s turning point only came when he turned his heart toward God. Whether we whine or worship,...

You’re not random. You’re God’s strategy. In this message, Touré Roberts reveals the difference between being seasonal-minded and being age-minded. God works in ages. We live in seasons. But these times demand a greater degree of intentionality. We can’t afford to move casually or reactively. The directive is simple: Set your house in order. Take command over everything in your sphere — your focus...

This week’s Walk It Out Wednesday conversation explores Peter’s journey from being sifted by the enemy to becoming someone who strengthened others. Sifting isn’t meant to destroy you. It’s meant to remove what doesn’t belong and refine you so that only substance remains. What God develops in you during the process shouldn’t stop with you — you’re to let it out. Questions Discussed: • What’s the di...

There’s something in you that God wants others to see. What will happen when you let it out? Sarah Jakes Roberts explores how prayer, perseverance, and the testing of our faith shape us into people who look more like Jesus. In Acts 3, Peter shows what happens on the other side of that testing when we let out what God placed inside us during the process. Adversity isn’t the end of your story. Disco...

This powerful panel with Pastor Venshard Dobbins, Pastor Don Johnson, and Dr. Oscar Williams highlights an enlightening truth: The enemy shakes those who walk closest to Jesus. When we go through this process, it isn’t punishment; it's purification. The wind, storms, and rain we experience remove what should never have been attached to us in the first place. Our panel reminds us that Judas and...

God calls some of us to be first. But at what cost? Sarah Jakes Roberts unpacks Jesus’ warning to Peter: “Satan wants to sift you.” He wants to shake your identity, your insecurities, and your purpose until you forget who you are. The point is deception. If the enemy shakes you violently enough, you won’t remember what God has called you to be. But here’s what Jesus prayed for: not that Peter woul...

Prayer puts us in alignment with the One who is always winning. In this powerful night of worship, prayer, and ministry, we’re called to keep praying, keep watching, and keep building — even when we feel the answer won’t come. We’re reminded that walking with God means learning His voice, moving in His timing, closing the gaps, and staying faithful to what He’s called us to build. This is not a se...

What if you stopped waiting for everything to make sense before acting on what God has dropped in your spirit?    In “Move With the Flow,” Sarah Jakes Roberts discusses the woman Jesus met at the well and reminds us that God often speaks to our spirit before our minds can fully comprehend what He’s revealing.&nbsp...

Identity is an evolution. In this powerful continuation of our ongoing identity conversation, Pastor Venshard Dobbins, Pastor Cora Jakes, Larissa Jakes, Pastor Don Johnson, and Anthony Olds answer questions concerning what it means to walk in who God says you are. They explore how purpose is often birthed from pain, how parenthood transforms your i...

Our thoughts are unreliable if they’re not directed by God.    This week’s Walk It Out Wednesday takes a deeper look at the voices shaping what we believe about God, ourselves, and our lives — and reminds us to focus on what God says more than what the world or our circumstances say about us.    Explore how deception can distort your perspective an...

What happened to you broke God’s heart before it broke yours.    In “Now That You Know,” Sarah Jakes Roberts reminds us that the grief, loss, betrayal, disappointment, and pain we’ve experienced were never God’s desire for us. We’ve been exposed to things He never wanted us to know, but now that we know, He wants ...

We can't trust what we see if our eyes aren’t fixed on God.     In this week’s Walk It Out Wednesday, Pastor Venshard Dobbins, Pastor Cora Jakes, Pastor Don Johnson, and Dr. Val remind us of our true identity as image-bearers of God and that titles mean nothing compared to o...

Your identity in God is everything. When you don’t know who you are in Him, the world will define you for you.    Sarah Jakes Roberts reveals how Jesus transformed the woman caught in adultery in John 8. He didn’t just remove her shame — he evened the playing field and helped her see her new reality. She was no longer under threat. But be...

This week’s Walk It Out Wednesday is all about experiencing God’s presence.     As the room takes another look at God, it becomes a night of spontaneous praise, intimate altar moments, healing, and breakthrough.    This worship night will encourage you to turn your eyes to Jesus and experience what happens wh...

What has our attention determines what we reflect.    In “Take Another Look,” Sarah Jakes Roberts reminds us that being made in God’s image isn’t just about who we are — it’s about what we reflect. Shame, fear, trauma, and failure can shift our focus, but they don’t change who God says we are.&...

The wilderness isn’t your permanent address. It’s your classroom.    The Israelites spent 40 years in the wilderness, but God never abandoned them. He used that season to develop their trust, change their mindset, and prepare them for the Promised Land.    This panel gets real about worry, trauma, identity, pride, provision, and the danger of&...

Your breaking is not punishment. It’s preparation.    Touré Roberts discusses what God is doing in Israel’s wilderness wanderings in Deuteronomy Chapter 8. They think they are being punished, but what they don’t understand is that the wilderness is a place of development. God is teaching them humility, building dependence,&...

What happens when fear locks you out of the life God has called you to live?    This week’s Walk It Out Wednesday takes you deeper into Sarah Jakes Roberts’ message, “The Same, But Different,” exploring what it means to trust God when fear, grief, and uncertainty shake your faith.    Jesus meets you in locked rooms, speaks peace into...

What if the chaos you’re facing isn’t the end of your story but the backdrop for what God is creating next?    “The Same, But Different” draws from John 20, where Jesus meets His disciples in the middle of their fear and chaos, speaks peace, and breathes new life into them. Their circumstances hadn’t changed, but they were about to.    Through...

During this intimate worship night, we truly walk out the message from Sunday’s sermon with our own post-moving praise service. What takes place is a powerful display of what revival truly means. Through worship and prophetic speaking, we learn that revival should be the natural rhythm of a life surrendered to God.    The message is clear: Somethin...

Your voice, your cry, your worship — they have the ability to move the hand of God.    Pastor Sheryl Brady reminds us that worship isn’t passive. When singers and dancers preceded Israel into battle in the Old Testament, their enemies weren’t frightened by their talent. They trembled because of the manif...

Could the breakthrough you’ve been praying for begin with slowing down?    This week’s Walk It Out Wednesday dives deeper into Bishop T.D. Jakes’ message “Discerning the Right Moment,” exploring how distraction, tradition, and busyness can keep us from recognizing God’s voice.     The story of Mary and Martha reveals how your moment is fo...

What if this is the moment that changes everything?    In “Discerning the Right Moment,” Bishop T.D. Jakes challenges us to stop allowing busyness, worry, and striving to distract us from what God is doing in our midst. Through the story of Mary and Martha, he shows that breakthrough isn’tfound in doing more — it’s found in drawing near to Jesus an...

Something has to die for us to see God clearly.    In this intimate panel discussion, Pastor Venshard Dobbins, Pastor Cora Jakes, Dexter Jakes, Pastor Don Johnson, and Dr. Val walk us through Isaiah 6:1-8, unpacking what it means to recognize God high and lifted up. When King Uzziah’s reign endswith his death, Isaiah&n...