Unshakable Faith (Guest: Cora Jakes)
Dear Future Wifey
Laterras R. Whitfield
5 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 14 January 2026
⏱️ 103 minutes
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Summary
In this deeply vulnerable episode of Dear Future Wifey, Laterras Whitfield sits down with Cora Jakes for one of her most transparent conversations to date.
Cora courageously opens up about her decision to speak publicly about her divorce and the abuse her daughter survived, sharing how her family is walking through healing, restoration, and faith in the aftermath. With grace and honesty, she discusses the cost of silence, the power of truth, and what healing looks like when the wounds are personal and public.
The conversation also explores what it was like growing up as Bishop T.D. Jakes’ daughter, including the internal struggle of losing her own sense of identity as her father’s name became globally recognized. Cora reflects on carrying expectations, navigating visibility, and finding her voice beyond the weight of a famous last name.
Additionally, she shares about her role as the family intercessor—the unseen spiritual labor, the emotional weight it carries, and how prayer became both her refuge and responsibility.
This episode is raw, redemptive, and necessary—a powerful reminder that healing is not linear, faith doesn’t eliminate pain, and courage sometimes looks like telling the truth out loud.
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| 0:00.0 | You posted a video |
| 0:01.2 | When I saw it, it literally arrested me. What made you post that video? I was tired of the world having a hold of my story. I was quiet for years |
| 0:12.0 | While lies spread all over the place concerning this. It'll be four years that I've been divorced March 4th. And I'm doing exactly what my |
| 0:21.5 | divorce date says, marching forth. Uh-huh. Who is Cora Jakes? Cora is goofy, unapologetic, |
| 0:29.9 | blunt, very wise, and a prayer warrior. I remember seeing a cover of Time magazine and they had |
| 0:36.6 | Bishop T.D. Jake's face on the cover. |
| 0:39.2 | They said, is this the next Billy Graham? |
| 0:41.6 | We grew up in the foundation of faith, but not in the obligation to it. |
| 0:45.7 | At what point did you know what your dad meant to the world? |
| 0:49.2 | I guess it would have to be when we moved down here. |
| 0:52.7 | We lost our names when we came down here. Every headline |
| 0:57.0 | that we would ever be on from that moment on would be Bishop Jake's daughter. |
| 1:03.0 | Sometimes people assume that there's some level of jealousy because you may see your sister blow up. |
| 1:08.0 | But I'll always see you support her so much. |
| 1:10.0 | Oh, Big Sister is my favorite post. It hurts me if I'm not able to be behind her. |
| 1:15.9 | God, when is it going to be my time? How did you reconcile that in your mind? |
| 1:20.8 | That was my time. I don't think that the time is the platform. I think the time is the assignment. |
| 1:28.4 | I'm not waiting for God to do something in me. |
| 1:31.5 | He is doing something in me already. |
| 1:34.4 | Have you been on date since you've been divorced? |
| 1:36.2 | I've been on three dates since my divorce, and all of them were epic fails. |
| 1:41.6 | I also get fanboys. |
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