Minister Cora Jakes Coleman, daughter of Bishop T.D. Jakes, is a chip off the old block when it comes to her powerful ministry of practical teaching and prayer.

The 34-year-old associate pastor of The Potter’s House of Dallas recently took to social media to share a biblical devotion reminding members of the Body of Christ to examine their relationships to make sure connections are not weighing them down in their walk of faith.

When it comes to the people in your life, Jakes Coleman asked, “Are they encouraging you? Are they uplifting you?”

In a video first posted online Saturday, September 11, she continued, “Are they strengthening you? Are they making you better? Are they making you greater? Do they have the same mindset as you? Are they like-minded?”

Philippians 2:5, one of the verses Jakes Coleman used as a foundational Scripture, says, “In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus.”

As one’s mindset shifts, she noted, relationships may need to shift as well.

 “I started from the bottom by myself, but when God started to raise me up, I realized that the people that were attached to me were either weights, or they were walking with me,” explained the author of Ferocious Warrior while admonishing viewers to make it clear to those weighing them down that they intend to change.

“It’s okay to take responsibility and say, ‘You know what? I know you are used to seeing me this way, but that’s not me anymore. God is transforming me. I’m being transformed by the renewing of my mind,’” she advised.

Jakes Coleman added, “The team that you have for this season may not be the team that God has for you in the next season. So, I want you to always be evaluating.”  

In her closing prayer, she asked God to bring people into our lives that will “walk with us and not weigh us down,” and further added to her petition, “open up our eyes to be able to see the things we need to get rid of” as well as “the things that we need to keep.”

Amen to that.