Thou Art Loosed, Woman

The book is nothing like I expected. His devotional book with the same title is great. I read it first, and expected the book to be more like that. It was not enjoyable to read and often had to feel embarrassed as I read it on my Kindle at the fitness club...and see the person next to me reading the sexual scenes as well. Little Christian, a lot of secular. Sorry I paid for this book.

Woman Thou Art Loosed! Written by T.D.Jakes (copyright 2016) focuses on the hurts of women. The author uses the woman at the well in Luke 13 as an example of a hurt woman. The author points out that the abuse a woman has had to deal with, can change her and can leave her bitter. He also points out that she is not responsible for what has happened to her. You can't help where you have been or what has happened to you, but you can help where you are going from here. God doesn't care who you are, where you came from, or even your social status, he cares about your heart. He wants to help you over come your pain and move forward. He will bring complete healing, the whole person, the body, the emotions and the spirit. He will deal with all the issues left over from abuse if we just ask him and have faith in him to heal us. God wants to give us strength to over come the pain. He wants us to celebrate who we are.
The author also touches on marriage and stresses we are to get married for the right reason. We are not to settle, we are to chose someone who is not less than what we want. We are to chose someone with strength, someone who will hold us, help strengthen us, build us up and be with us when trouble comes. He also points out that men should understand that women do not deal well with the stress of unpaid bills and financial disorder. Women need security, especially in a home. Women are made to be receivers and men were made to be givers.
This book is not what I thought it would be. I felt is was a little preachy at points. The book has some good points to it. The author uses stories from the Bible and Scripture a lot. But I was surprised the author referenced Mary Magdalene as a prostitute, no where in the Bible does it state that. The book was originally written in 1993.
I received a copy of this book from BookClub Network and have written an honest review.

Rev. Jakes has a heart for the hurting. In Woman, Thou Art Loosed, Jakes turns that heart to the various ways women today are held in bondage and seeks to show them the way out.
That said, I really struggled to get through this book. Part of it for me was the fact that it was a non-fiction book. I don't do well with those at all, in spite of the fact that I can generally read a book this length in two days. This took me far longer. I also felt that some of his solutions were far too simple for the complex issues they were meant to address. Biblically, this book was very sound in its teaching which I appreciated.
Since this book is written specifically to women, I would recommend it as a possible supplement to Bible study on the ways women are enslaved to sin. His chapters on Broken Arrows and The Victim Survives speak gently to the woman whose victimization began in childhood. The book is meant to lead its readers toward "Healing the Wounds of the Past" and does an admirable job of that.
I received this book from bookfun.org in exchange for my honest review.

Book Review: Woman Thou Art Loosed
By T. D. Jakes

Reverend Jakes explores Jesus’ healing of a woman in Luke 13. This woman had been ill for eighteen (18) years. He looks at every facet of this healing. The subtitle tells the mission of this book: Healing the Wounds of the Past.

I especially liked one chapter, entitled Winter Woman. Mr. Jakes divided the life span of women into seasons. He spends time telling us about Naomi and Ruth, and then he speaks of Sarah. I rarely see any magazine or other print media aimed at those in this period of their lives.

I had never read any of Pastor Jakes before. I enjoyed this book. I recommend this book to anyone in a pastoral role, or any Christian counselor.

I received this book through Book Fun and the publisher Destiny Image. All they asked me to do was to read it and give an impartial review.

I liked this book, chiefly for its ending. The brilliance of the book is not its readibility, not the back-and-forth movement of the plot, not the stark realism, but the realization that salvation is a messy affair.

We tend to think too clearly on the matter of our redemption. Too neatly categorical. Too rank and file...who will be saved, and who will not. Jakes' genius here is to show how things come down to unpredictability, to release in tragedy, and the tragedy that underlies that release; to missed opportunity, and how a found opportunity misses the larger picture. Salvation-in-process is very messy, and I praise God that it is not on my desk.

In the end, reconciliation can lead to redemption. Re-kindled relationships can lead to shared grace. It is necessary to keep on keeping on.

Every woman who has been hurt in love, would benefit from reading this book. There are things in here that will speak to you personally, no matter who you are. I highly recommend it, even if you are not religious. It is a book to give to your daughters as well. I love it, love it and I will always be grateful that I read it and re-read it during my own difficult time.

Great Read for women that need encouragement I found this book to help me understand how women can feel weighted down by circumstances and feeling but ultimately find a sense of freedom or less emotional weight

The Woman Thou Art Loosed Cookbook contains some interesting and satisfying recipes. Each dish I've tried has gotten nothing but compliments. Bishop Jakes and his wife obviously enjoy being hospitable and this book of homestyle food does the job. It's pleasant and is very much like sitting at the Bishop's table.
Kimberley Lindsay Wilson, author of 11 Things Mama Should Have Told You About Men

Woman Thou Art Loosed is a comforting, encouraging and powerful. This is Bishop T.D. Jakes at his best. You don't have to belong to Bishop Jake's denomination and you don't even have to agree with his theology to enjoy and learn from this book. It really speaks to a woman's broken heart.

There are no words to describe TD Jakes, unless of course you say-Blessed beyond measure! This book is eye-opening, powerful and offers a strong dose of healing. The way Bishop Jakes looks inside a battered soul and using scriptures as a salve is unbelievable. His words are releasing women from bondage all over the US, thank you, Bishop Jakes.

This book was great, it was powerful it makes you look at the things in you life and how God has changed you or what you want God to change in you. It is a very powerful book, just read it and I know you would like it. I recommend this book to everyone.

Bishop Jakes has been blessed with the ability to be the example of the man we all need in our life and he explains it with the heart and soul of a woman. This CD will make you shout, will make you cry and will make you thank God for all his blessings in the midst of any trial. You will be thanking God for T.D.Jakes too. I'm always praying for you Bishop!

This book has not reached its fullest potential. In many ways it has not received the support it deserves from the Christian community. The women's group at our church used this book along with the workbook. It was a time of healing for the group. Bishop Jakes understands the emotions of a woman more than any man that I have encountered does. If you are determined to hold the hurts of the past, the book might become painful. This book pushes you towards healing.

This book was very upsetting to me...first because it addressed several serious issues and in my opinion, left them open-ended at the end of the book. So if as a child or teenager you went through any one of those situations..it didn't do anything but dredge up old tramautic memories without any way to let go of that pain AGAIN. Secondly, I'm not a very spiritual person and I'm not sure if thats the reason I didn't get the message from it that I was hoping to...but I think it would have been a lot easier to do so if he wouldn't have touched on those painful and touchy subjects and then brushed them off so lightly. I think T.D. Jakes needs to stick to ministering in the church and leave that subject material to the professionals.

This book was awesome! God has covered everything through T.D. Jakes in this book for the broken-hearted. He reminds us how precious we are in His sight. We are created for a special purpose & this book spells it out beautifully! Dispelling all the lies of the enemy, nourishing our souls with God's very own Word.

TDJakes is a fan favorite, but let me introduce you to this best selling novel that was highly recommended to our book club and ultimately became our bi-annual book of the year. It's called "WAITING TO EXIT HELL." This novel is a real-to-life book. We were blessed to be able to get this powerful sistah to speak at our luncheon and she is really real. She showed me how serious it is to seek the kingdom of God first and then he will truly add the rest. This book really affected me personally and I know that it will reach you too in one way or another. It took a tremendous amount of courage from this exciting novelist. I'm looking forward to her next book.

I see that there are no "negative" reviews regarding this garbage, so let me be the first.

T.D Jakes is still stuck in the bedroom in regards to women. We are "recievers" because we are like sockets apparently. UH? What is that??? And WHERE in the Bible does he get that?

Basically there is a lot of extra Biblical crap here that has no place in the Christian community.

Secondly, this man is NOT an orthodox Christian, in the sense that he does not believe in the Trinity. So..why is this book being sold at Christian bookstores?

The only positive thing that I can take away from this book is that at least someone is TALKING about female sexual abuse. I most definitely DO NOT agree with his paternalistic attitude regarding women, but its a START I guess. But frankly, this kind of paternalism he epouses, in my opinion, only makes the problem worse BECAUSE when you still say that MALES RULE, well, they get to do whatever they want with their women.

so, I would most definitively LEAVE this one alone.

This album invites the true presence of God where ever it is played. It will help develope a greater appreciation for God, not for what he does or has done but for who and what he is. To sum up the album- true worship with a bonus of the word of God mixed in. Awesome!!!

TD Jakes is a true inspireational person and I am one of his BIGGEST fans AS A YOUNG LADY of the Bremerton district I know that GOD has truely blessed him as he has me and my pastor Sufrican Bishop.I really thank the Lord for him and T.D.Jakes I dont know him personally but I KNOW GOD He is a GOD BLESSED MAN