The Potter's House Podcast

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. Discover how God can use what you’ve been through to transform you and strengthen others.

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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 Peter faced the same shaking. Both failed. But only one recovered.

Your failures don't define who you are. What matters is what happens next.

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 wouldn’t be sifted, but for Peter's faith. And that’s the turning point. Most of us have placed our faith in o...

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 season to retreat or get distracted. It’s a time to pray with expectation, stay spiritually alert, and keep moving with...

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. 

You might be carrying something you don’t have the language to explain, and you might not have all the answers yet, but you can move.  

Message: “Move With the Flow”  

Scripture: John 4:27-34 (NKJV) 

Speaker: S...

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 identity, and the specific courage required for women stepping into ministry.  

This panel addresses real struggles: pushing through the wilderness, healing without letting past experiences define you, and staying focused when your identity is under attack. They confront the hard questions and expose the da...

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 and why knowing God’s Word is essential to living a fruitful life. 

Questions Discussed: 

• How do we avoid being deceived in a world that normalizes ev...

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 to restore us. 

Matthew 16 challenges us to examine the source of our information and align our mentality with the mind of God. 

You know loss and pain. Now God wants to help you navigate them. 

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 our character.  

Throughout the conversation, the panel emphasizes that faithful living is a journey of depending on God for every step. When we call on Him, He shows us great and mighty things.  

Questions Discussed: 

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 before she could step forward, she had to come into agreement with what was true. 

The enemy plants seeds to keep us self-conscious and paralyzed. Jesus uproots those seeds to empower us. Y...

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 when you behold Him. 

Message: “Walk It Out Wednesday: Take Another Look” 

Speakers: Pastor Venshard Dobbins, Pastor Cora Jakes, Pastor Don Johnson, Dr. Val, and Dr. Oscar Williams 

Scripture: Genesis 1:26-27 (NKJV) 

Date: Aug. 26, 2026 

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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. 

When we turn our attention back to God and behold who He is, He transforms how we see ourselves, how we show up, and how we live out what He has called us to do. 

This message encourages y...

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 getting comfortable in places God never intended to be permanent. 

If you’re in a wilderness season, remember: God is still leading you. Keep trusting. Keep growing. Keep walking it out. 

Watch this Wa...

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, and preparing them for something they’ve never experienced. 

What does your wilderness look like? When God humbles you, He’s protecting you from pride. When He causes you to hunger, He’s repositioning your appetite from stuff to substance. 

This message helps you dis...

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 your fear, and reminds you of what His hands have already brought you through. And sometimes, your scars are the very testimony someone else needs to believe God can bring them through, too. 

In ...

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 her own testimony of surviving a life-threatening season, Sarah Jakes Roberts reminds us that God doesn’t always remove the chaos or give us the answer. Sometimes, He gives us His presence — and that is e...

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: Something has to break before God can revive it. God is tearing down the idols we’ve fractured, broken, and rebuilt, and He’s inviting us to leave them down. If we want to rejoice in His salvation, we must stop rebuildin...

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 manifested presence of God that worship stirs up. 

Yet, we often burden our worship leaders and teams to carry what should come from within us. Our thirst for righteousness dictates our worship. Jesus paid a debt we couldn't pay. That alone is worth contending for. 

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 found at Jesus’ feet — not in your striving. 

Whether you’re seeking direction, navigating a busy season, or longing to hear God more clearly, this conversation offers practical wisdom to help you discern His voice, embrace His...

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 and discerning the moment He has set before you. 

Don’t miss your moment. Make room for His presence, turn your attention toward Him, and discover what can happen when you lay down the weig...

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 sees the Lord — rightly. It becomes the mile marker that signals the start of his public ministry. 

This panel challenges us to examine what’s obstructing our view of God’s glory: insecurities, fear, disobedience, outsourced faith. They expose how we struggle to say...

What is obstructing your ability to recognize God? 

Touré Roberts takes us into Isaiah's encounter with God — a moment that only became possible when earthly structures shook. Isaiah's breakthrough reveals the real issue: There was a gap between what he understood about God and what he was actually saying. His vision didn't match his words. 

This disconnect is exactly what revival addresses. Revival takes place when the church recognizes what it gradually forgot: The gospel of the kingdom is bigger than our preferences, our security, and our comfort. 

The solution...

What if the greatest breakthrough in your life isn't getting something new — but seeing Jesus more clearly? 

"How to Recognize God" unpacks how breakthrough and revival start in one place: a heart that's hungry for God's presence. And as our view of Jesus comes into focus, everything else does too — our words, our faith, our purpose, and the way we walk through everyday life. 

This wasn't just a message. It became an encounter. As worship filled the room, the Holy Spirit moved — through healing, through prayer, through ministry — meeting people right where they were, in ways th...

Have you ever felt like you've run out of breath? Like life has taken so much from you that you're surviving, but not really living anymore? 

"I Just Need a Second Wind" opens up Ezekiel 37 and the valley of dry bones to reveal one powerful truth: God loves to restore what looks lifeless. He breathes fresh life right into it. 

Whether you've been worn down by loss, disappointment, trauma, or the slow drift of spiritual exhaustion, your dry season doesn't have to be your final stop. Just like Ezekiel, God is asking you to speak to the t...

What happens when you feel broken beyond repair? When you’re convinced you’re too cracked, too compromised, too unusable for God’s purposes? 

Dexter Jakes takes us to Jeremiah 18 to reveal what God actually does with broken vessels. The answer isn’t abandonment — it’s remolding. God doesn’t discard His clay. He remakes it. And, yes, it requires crushing, pressing, and weight. If that’s what you’re feeling in your life, it’s not a punishment. That’s proof you’re still on the wheel. You’re still His assignment. 

This message reframes everything: Your fractures aren’t dis...

What do you do when you’re following God … but life still feels hard? 

This special intergenerational edition of Walk It Out Wednesday tackles honest questions about spiritual warfare, prayer, perseverance, rejection, and the distractions that quietly pull us away from God’s presence.  

Explore why doing more for God is never a substitute for simply being with Him — and how staying anchored in His presence gives you strength for every battle. 

Whether you’re struggling to stay spiritually consistent, wondering why the battle hasn’t let up, or looking for practical...

Why does it feel like you’re fighting battles you can’t seem to win? 

In “The Victory Zone,” Touré Roberts reveals one of life’s most-valuable lessons: The greatest battles in life aren’t fought in the natural — they’re won in the spirit. When we fight the right battle with the right weapons, everything changes. 

Whether you’re battling fear, discouragement, addiction, or strongholds in your mind, God has already given you the weapons you need. Victory begins when you stop reacting to what you can see and start standing on what God has already spoke...

Your first response in warfare determines everything.  

In this Walk It Out Wednesday panel discussion, Pastor Venshard Dobbins, Pastor Cora Jakes, Pastor Don Johnson, and Dr. Oscar Williams walk through Acts 12-15, revealing the blueprint for standing solid when the enemy’s attacks come.  

They expose what happened when Peter was arrested and faced execution. He didn’t weep or plea, he slept. That’s the peace that surpasses all understanding that scripture talks about. When the angel opened the door, Peter chose to walk through it. When the Lord provides the opening, we should take action. ...

Warfare isn’t bad news if you understand that victory is already secure. 

Touré Roberts unpacks a truth from Romans 5:1-5 that will fundamentally shift how you approach every battle. The real damage isn’t the opposition itself. It’s the distraction. The enemy’s strategy is to pull you away from your purpose, your identity, and your authority. 

A healthy warrior stays mission-focused, not enemy-obsessed.  

While others are consumed by the battlefield, you’re being conditioned to get better. Not waiting for things to improve but becoming who you’re designed...

What happens when God interrupts the course of your life? 

This week’s Walk It Out Wednesday explores Acts 9 and Saul’s dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus. His transformative encounter with Jesus reminds us that God knows how to reach us, redirect us, and reveal purpose even when we have lost our way. 

The discussion also uncovers answers about spiritual growth, rejection in discipleship, and how to step into God’s calling without waiting for someone else’s permission.  

Above all, one life-changing truth emerges: When you’ve had a ge...

Have you ever looked at your life and wondered, “How did I get here?” 

Many times, we don’t recognize we’re in a battle until something has already been lost — a relationship, our peace, or our sense of purpose and direction. But spiritual warfare isn’t an event that suddenly begins. It’s the reality we’ve been living in all along. 

In “This Means War,” Touré Roberts takes us back to the Garden of Eden to reveal how to overcome the enemy’s schemes and how God prepared us for victory long before the battle arrive...

Pressure isn’t a sign you’re off track; it’s God breaking up the ground so your harvest can grow.  

In this panel discussion, Pastor Venshard Dobbins, Dr. Val, and Pastor Don Johnson take us through Acts 6-10, revealing what real growth looks like when the foundation is tested. 

They challenge the myth that titles produce work, exposing that the most powerful servants were already doing the work before they ever received recognition. From Stephen’s unwavering faith while being condemned to Philip’s willingness to let go of the mantle so Paul could step into hi...

When you look at someone’s position, you see the glory. But do you see the weight? 

Pastor Keion Henderson unpacks what actually happened during the transfer of leadership at The Potter’s House almost a year ago. Drawing from the biblical transfer between Elijah and Elisha (1 Kings 19:19-21, 2 Kings 2:9-15), he reveals how Elisha didn’t ask for the position. He asked for the spirit that drove the man. Because every great move of God costs somebody something.  

When God calls you, He first asks you to change your plans to change someone el...

Pain may be loud, but it doesn’t get the final word.  

In “Help Is on the Way,” Sarah Jakes Roberts reminds us that God never asks us to ignore our pain, but He invites us to bring it into His presence. Gratitude and grief can exist in the same heart, and trusting God in the process is how we walk through it with Him. 

In John 14 and Lamentations 3, we discover how hope is born in the middle of hardship, why pain doesn’t have to paralyze your praise, and how the Holy Spirit serves as...

Sometimes we’re surrounded by so much noise, fear, and pressure that we don’t hear heaven’s sound. 

But God is still speaking. 

This Walk It Out Wednesday conversation continues unpacking “The Great Gathering” and the power of Pentecost, exploring how the Holy Spirit gives us boldness, breakthrough, and the strength to keep moving even in difficult seasons. 

As the night unfolds, what begins as teaching turns into a powerful moment of worship, prayer, and prophetic declaration. This service will encourage you to stop silencing your faith and start echoing what Go...

Some seasons feel scattered. But on Pentecost Sunday, Bishop T.D. Jakes reminds us that God is still in the business of gathering. Gathering what was broken, what was planted in tears, and gathering people back into purpose, power, and hope again. 

“The Great Gathering” unpacks how God brings beauty out of brokenness, turns seasons around suddenly, and gives ordinary people power to do what they never thought possible. 

If you’ve been discouraged, resistant, or wondering if anything is still growing from what you planted in faith, this message will remind you: God ...

Why does God feel silent when you need Him most? And how do you learn to hear His voice in a noisy world? 

This Walk It Out Wednesday conversation continues exploring the aftermath of Jesus’ resurrection in Acts 2 and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. 

Discover how God develops you through obedience and listening. The Holy Spirit isn’t for emotional displays — He is the One who empowers a lifestyle of fruitfulness, alignment, and spiritual progress. 

If you’ve been feeling distant from God or unsure of what He’s sayi...

It’s hard to keep the faith when God’s answer isn’t the one you wanted. 

In this message, Pastor Don Johnson unpacks Paul’s “thorn in the flesh” from 2 Corinthians, revealing how God’s sustaining grace can meet us in discomfort, hardship, and seasons we never would have chosen for ourselves. 

Watch this word and discover how to: 

• Trust God even when life feels uncomfortable. 

• Stop letting pressure shake your identity and purpose. 

• Understand the difference between avoiding pain and growing through it. 

• Lean on God’s strengt...

In this dynamic panel discussion, Dr. Val, Pastor Venshard Dobbins, Pastor Don Johnson, and Dr. Oscar Williams continue The Road to Pentecost series, diving into Acts 1 and the powerful lessons found on the journey toward Pentecost. 

The panel opens with Thomas and his need for evidence. They reveal how Jesus meets our doubts with an invitation to believe and go forth. God is not afraid of our questions. 

Moving into Acts 1, the panel unpacks the historical context of the Book of Acts and explores what it means that Jesus commissioned us to con...

There’s always a pothole on the way to destiny. 

Forever First Lady Mrs. Serita Jakes takes us into the story of Naomi. She was a woman whose name means “pleasant,” but her deep sorrow challenged everything she thought she knew. Drawing from passages in Ruth and Hebrews, this powerful Mother’s Day message confronts loss, bitterness, and the journey back to confidence. 

Naomi fled famine, lost her husband and sons in Moab, and renamed herself “bitter,” forgetting who God said she was. But while she was losing, Ruth was gleaning in the fields. What N...