Bishop Jakes is ready. Are you?

"The devil is a liar!" he cries. "He is holding you back by how you think, by warring with your mind!"

He is what you see and what you get. He is gripped with concern; no matter when you meet him, he appears to be completely genuine. If the T.D. Jakes of the stage is a great performer, he is a performer with true heart...and soul.

He is still Tommy from up the hill.
As if on cue, the organ blasts a scorching chord. The choir hardens its singing into frenzy, and Jakes steps off the stage into the crowd.

He is among his people, touching their foreheads and moving past them as they faint dead away. He stops a moment, his hands in the air, trembling as though an electric shock has just run through him. He continues on his way, blessing all those who clamor for him.