Properly-known Texas pastor T.D. Jakes gave the congregation at his Dallas megachurch The Potter’s Home, a scare after enduring a well being incident in the midst of a Nov. 24, 2024 sermon. On the time, not a lot was identified about what triggered Jakes to cease in the midst of his sermon to sit down down, take off his glasses and wipe his brow with a handkerchief, however mates and followers had been grateful to listen to from his household that he was recovering. Now, in an unique interview with The TODAY Present, Jakes is sharing what truly occurred throughout that terrifying second on stage.
“I didn’t actually notice what was taking place to me onstage till I acquired to the hospital in an ambulance and fussing that it occurred onstage, by the best way, as a result of I didn’t need it to occur, and the physician leaned over my ear and mentioned, ‘You had an enormous coronary heart assault,’” Jakes mentioned.
The pastor went on to say he had no concept that he was having a coronary heart assault on the time, as a result of he didn’t expertise any of the standard signs, which might embrace sharp ache and numbness. However he added that his physician advised him if he’d arrived on the hospital any later, they won’t have been capable of save him.
“(The physician) mentioned 5 minutes later, I’d have been useless on arrival,” he mentioned. “The proper facet of my coronary heart had utterly stopped getting blood in any respect.”
Jakes advised TODAY that it’s exhausting for him to observe the video of his well being scare, however that it was a “privilege to face on the opposite facet, to get somewhat glimpse of what it could be like.”
On December 31, 2024, Jakes returned to the very spot the place he nearly misplaced his life to ship his first sermon since that terrifying November incident. Throughout that New 12 months’s Eve service, he thanked his congregation for the prayers he says saved him alive.
“They nearly misplaced me twice, however each time my numbers dropped, your prayers prevailed, and I’m standing right here immediately within the glory of God,” he mentioned.