T.D. Jakes and DeVon Franklin chat one-on-one on T.D. JAKES presents: Mind, Body & Soul premiering Sunday, October 6 at 12:00 P.M. ET/PT on BET
Bestselling author, producer and philanthropist T. D. Jakes teams up with BET Networks to empower, enlighten and uplift viewers in his new talk show – T.D. Jakes Presents: Mind, Body & Soul. The hour long, weekly chat fest combines an entertaining mix of celebrity interviews, impassioned discussion and expert advice while shining a spotlight on ordinary people with extraordinary stories. T.D. Jakes Presents: Mind, Body & Soul premieres Sunday, October 6 at 12:00 P.M. ET/PT.
Premiering with the “Power of Love” featuring pastor and gospel superstar Marvin Sapp and Sony Pictures executive/author DeVon Franklin as featured guests, over the course of 11 episodes, T.D. Jakes Presents: Mind, Body & Soul seeks to equip viewers with life skills and information as told through Jakes’ trademark teaching. Each show takes a topical approach to relevant issues that audiences face including family, fitness, finance, living without limits, body image, relationships, healthy living, violence in our communities and more.
As a testament to Jakes’ far reaching appeal, celebrity guests and performers include fellow talk show host and author Steve Harvey (“The Steve Harvey Show”), hip hop legend and actor LL Cool J (“NCIS”), superstar gospel recording artist Marvin Sapp, Film Studio Executive DeVon Franklin (“Jumping The Broom”), Laz Alonso (“Jumping The Broom”), Jennifer Williams(“Basketball Wives”) and Beverly Bond (“Black Girls Rock!”). Rising R&B star Luke Jamesand soul diva Angie Stone are also slated to perform during the season.
Below you will find the show topics for the season. Please note that this is not the order in which the show will air.
MBS 01 – POWER OF LOVE (SERIES PREMIERE)
T.D. Jakes discusses the many facets of love with guests Marvin Sapp and film executive/author DeVon Franklin. He also counsels a couple struggling in their marriage.
MBS 02 – MAN TALK
Money, sex, and relationships are the topics of a man talk session with actors Lamman Rucker, Laz Alonzo and singers Luke James and Keith Sweat. Luke James performs.
MBS 03 – LIVING WITHOUT LIMITS: LL COOL J
Hip Hop star turned actor LL Cool J shares how fame, family and God play a role in his life.
MBS 04 – VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITIES
In a town hall setting, T.D. Jakes discusses violence in our communities and offers solutions. Guests include Pastor Corey Brooks, former gang member, Arthur “Silky Slim” Reed, Atlanta City Councilman Kwanza Hall and Emory Professor Greg Ellison.
MBS 05 – IMAGE IS EVERYTHING
The impact media images have on our culture is discussed with former “Basketball Wives” star Jennifer Williams, Activist Sabrina Lamb, Spelman College Professor Tarshia Stanley and “Black Girls Rock” Founder Beverly Bond.
MBS 06 – HEALTHIER YOU
T.D. Jakes challenges viewers to re-train their brains about health and fitness. Guests include a woman struggling with obesity, a man who lost more than a hundred pounds and fitness expert “Dr. Ro.”
MBS 07 – SMART, SUCCESSFUL, AND SINGLE
T.D. Jakes talks to smart, successful, single women in search of Mr. Right.
MBS 08 – FAMILY, FITNESS & FINANCE
T.D. Jakes discusses how to get physically and financially fit with health, fitness and finance experts, and Atlanta businessmen, the Bronner Brothers, discuss the family-owned multi-million dollar beauty empire.
MBS 09 – LIVING WITHOUT LIMITS: STEVE HARVEY
T.D. Jakes has a candid, one-on-one interview with Steve Harvey. Steve talks about his early days, the present, his faith and his willingness to adapt to changing times.
MBS 10 – EMPOWERMENT
T.D. Jakes and his wife, Mrs. Serita Jakes, discuss their daughter’s teen pregnancy and the impact it had on their lives. Guests include Educator Steve Perry.
MBS 11 – LET IT GO
T.D. Jakes discusses letting go of life’s disappointments with former NFL player Chris Draft, singer Angie Stone and two estranged brothers. Angie Stone performs.
T.D. Jakes Presents: Mind, Body & Soul is executive produced by T.D. Jakes (“Sparkle”, “Jumping the Broom”) and Marilyn Gill (“The Montell Williams Show”, “The Mo’nique Show”).
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keren
October 7, 2013 at 10:35 AM
hearing DeVon last night reminded me of a little something I wrote in 2010….. thought I would share….
I believe God has shown me something, and I think it needs to be shared. I think maybe just maybe the reason we have so many divorces is because we are not becoming “friends” first.
Think about it, we meet someone, we find them attractive and the first thing we women seem to want to do is jump into a relationship. We are longing to be loved, and to gain emotional fulfillment. What we need to realize is everything we are looking for that man to do for us, God is sitting there saying what about me! I love you! And yet we have a tendency to look for love in all the wrong places. And for some of us, who maybe our own biological father’s were not in our lives the way God intended them to be, we go off looking for that “fatherly” figure, in our lives…which is a HUGE mistake!
We tend to go with the flow of what is “normal”, and then we find ourselves sleeping with that person. To me, thinking back on my own life I believe sleeping with a person only complicates things. Makes you connect to that person in a way that should never happen with out first becoming that person’s spouse. Only because it creates a bond, that no matter how hard you try can never be broken. I also think once we have sex with that person we become blinded by the lust that causes us to think we know them. Bottom line is we are now blinded, unable to see who or what that person really is.
Then we may even go as far as getting married to that person because we feel that we know them so well, and are in love with them so much again not even becoming their friend first. Month’s maybe even years go by and you realize you don’t even know the person you are now sharing your life with. And at some point you may even say to yourself, “had I known this, I don’t think I would have married them!”
I can honestly say, I’m guilty of this, not creating a friendship first. I wish I knew then what I know now! God is definitely teaching so much about me and showing me things about myself that are not of God and if I ever decide to enter into another relationship it definitely will have to start out as a friendship. We all make mistakes, the most important thing is we learn from those mistakes and try our hardest to never repeat the mistake again.
So women, guard your hearts, your mind and your body! If you meet someone and think you would like to date that person, become their friend first. Get to know the person. Let that person become your best friend, set limits with that person. If we want to be the best partner/wife that we can be we must first become friends! We must learn to respect ourselves first then respect them, with both our words and actions.