The Potter's House Podcast

What do you do when you’re free but still struggling?    In this powerful Resurrection Sunday message, Bishop T.D. Jakes connects the challenges Israel faced in the wilderness in Exodus 17 to our present-day hope in Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection.    When pressure rises and resources run dry, frustration can take over. But even in yo...

For this Walk It Out Wednesday service, Pastor Venshard Dobbins, Dr. Val, and Pastor Don Johnson gather the family of The House for a much-needed conversation on something we often overlook — the health of our souls. Our soul is our mind, will, and emotions. It’s the very essence of who we are. Like a sycamore tree, which the Bible shows us, can grow in any condition, puts its roots deep in water,...

Life is complex, and only God has all the answers. But Touré Roberts reveals something we often neglect: The health of our soul determines the shape of our entire life. Drawing from 3 John 1:2 and Mark 3:7-9, this message confronts the critical truth that our souls are impressionable, delicate, and deeply affected by the chaos we’ve normalized.    As your soul pr...

Some of the deepest questions about faith are common to us all.    How do you make room for God to heal your soul? Why do I feel strong in church but dry at home? What do you do when you can’t feel God at all?    In this Walk It Out Wednesday conversation, our pastoral panel unpacks “As Your Soul Prospers,” diving into real questions...

What do you do when you’re doing everything right but something still feels off? You’re praying. You’re showing up. You’re staying consistent. But deep down, something feels empty. In this message, Touré Roberts uncovers a truth many overlook: You can be spiritually active and still have a neglected soul. Unseen damage, past experiences, and unaddressed wounds can shape how you live, love, and sho...

The weight you’re carrying was never meant to subtract from your life. It’s time to understand the difference between caring and carrying. Following Sunday’s powerful message “God Still Cares,” House leaders Dr. Sabrina Ellis, Pastor Don Johnson, Elder Anthony Olds, and Dr. Oscar Williams unpack what it truly means to trust God’s care in the middle of chaos. This panel tackles the hard questions a...

  Have you ever been so deep in the middle of something that you stopped caring about everything else? In this powerful message, Sarah Jakes Roberts unpacks Mark 8:1-6 to remind us that God still cares — even when we no longer have the capacity to care ourselves.    This word encourages us to find a way to care without carrying, by bringing our bur...

Sometimes our biggest spiritual questions are the most personal ones.    How do you know when God is calling you into isolation — or when you actually need community?    What’s the difference between the Holy Spirit and the glory of God?    How do you stay in peace in God when pressure comes from people close to you?    Our Walk...

What do you do when God starts leading you somewhere you’ve never been before? Pastor John F. Hannah challenges us to shift our focus and follow the glory of God. Because when God’s glory shows up, everything changes. Provision appears. Promises are fulfilled. Power is revealed. But carrying God’s glory requires you to stay fortified, focused, faith-filled, and firm. If you’re believing for breakt...

Everything feels unstable. What are believers called to do?   Touré Roberts reveals a powerful truth from Haggai 2:6-9: the shaking isn't your enemy — it's the administrator of glory. God has an appointed moment, and what shocks us doesn't surprise Him. The latter will be greater than the former, but glory requires alignment.  God is shaking everything misaligned in your life to pos...

What do a shepherd-king writing poetry and a blind beggar on the roadside have in common? More than you think.    In this Wednesday Night Bible Study, Dr. Val draws a stunning parallel between David’s declaration in Psalm 23 and Bartimaeus’ desperate cry in Mark 10. The two men standing between darkness and light, between who they were and who God called them to be. One had everything an...

In a time where man-made systems control nations, Bishop T.D. Jakes reminds us of how power can be dangerous and disruptive to a believer. In John 20:25-28, we see what some call “Doubting Thomas” interact with the resurrected Jesus. But was he doubting or was he disappointed?     Thomas was known as a courageous follower who witnessed the death of Jesus, but rumors of His missing b...

What do you do when you’ve been praying and nothing seems to change? When breakthrough feels delayed, healing hasn’t come, and you’re tempted to give up ...    This message is an uplifting reminder: God always hears us. Yet, scripture reveals that prayer isn’t passive. It’s partnership with God that releases power.      If you stop praying, faith weakens, purpose gets...

What do you do when God doesn’t move the way you expected? When there’s no spectacular moment, no open door, no dramatic breakthrough?    When you only look for the “suddenly” moments — the instant healing, the miracle shift, the public wins — you miss what God is doing in the subtle seasons.     In this message, Sarah Jakes Roberts examines Acts 17 and reveals:  • Wh...

What do you do when you’re in a dry season and there’s no sign it’s about to change?    In this uplifting message from 1 Kings 18, Pastor Don Johnson examines Elijah’s faith response, declaring the “sound of abundance of rain” while drought and famine were still evident. Before circumstances shifted, he envisioned what others couldn’t see.    Sometimes drought isn’t the enemy —...

What if the real battle isn’t what’s in front of you but how you’re seeing it?    In this message, Touré Roberts confronts why so many feel stuck even after God has spoken promises over their lives. The issue isn’t effort, opportunity, or timing — it’s vision. God doesn’t just want to change your circumstances; He wants to change how you see.    When spiritual perception shifts...

You are trying to understand an infinite God with a finite mind — and it may be keeping you blind.    In this message from Dr. Oscar Williams, we walk through the powerful prayer Paul prayed for the eyes of our hearts to be enlightened. Why is this so important? Because vision cannot go forth without light, and many of us are walking around with impaired or obstructed vision.  ...

In a time that demands clarity and courage like never before, Touré Roberts unpacks a transformative truth: Boldness is birthed from how clearly we see. Drawing from John 3:1-13, this message reveals the journey from believing to knowing, where faith matures into radical confidence that brings heaven to earth.     David didn’t defeat Goliath through personality, but through perspect...

What do we do when our vision is cloudy, strength is fading, and the world’s noise drowns out God’s promise? In this Clarity Sunday master class, Touré Roberts speaks to seasons when life feels loud and direction feels uncertain. Rather than rushing for answers, find out how you can slow down, quiet the noise, and become aware of what God is already stirring within you. Discover how clarity begins...

When God tells you something, it’s already done. The manifestation is just waiting for you to catch up. In “The 10-Day Challenge,” Pastor Don Johnson examines Daniel 1:8-17, where Daniel and his friends refuse to defile themselves with the king’s meat — food sacrificed to idols. After being taken captive to Babylon, these chosen young men faced indoctrination into a pagan system designed to change...

Change produces glory, but you can’t see the glory unless you’re willing to change.    In this powerful message, Sarah Jakes Roberts explores the profound truth that transformation begins in our minds. Drawing from Exodus 31:1-6 and the building of the tabernacle, she challenges us to develop cognitive flexibility, which is the ability to see things differently than we did before. ...

Life can leave you breathless. Anxieties, past wounds, and the weight of the world leave us feeling weighed down and unable to move forward.    In “Don’t Forget to Breathe,” Dr. Oscar Williams draws from the story of Moses and the Israelites as their faith, patience, and trust in God was tested in the wilderness. Through their journey, he reveals how God wants us to release fear, anger,...

What do you do when God calls you to build, but fear, failure, and uncertainty keep whispering that you’re not enough?    In “Nothing Into Something,” Sarah Jakes Roberts reveals how God takes ordinary people, limited resources, and imperfect histories, and turns them into vessels of purpose. Drawing from Exodus 31, she shows how God fills you with wisdom, skill, and His Spirit, so you c...

Unlocking God’s supernatural plan for your life requires abandoning what comes naturally and stepping into the divine intention He established before the fall.     In this Walk It Out Wednesday, Sarah Jakes Roberts challenges us to shift from our second nature back to our first nature as image-bearers of God. She breaks down our identity as heirs, detailing how we learn to shift env...

The environment you’re in right now is strategically designed to draw out something greater within you. In this transformative message from Luke 2:46-52, Sarah Jakes Roberts explores how God places us in situations that demand more from our hidden spiritual capacity.    Just as Moses was drawn from the Nile, God pulls out what He’s already placed inside us through the environments we enc...