By Nicola Menzie, Christian Post Reporter
Bishop T.D. Jak, chosen to eulogize Zachery Tims trite the Florida minister's funeral, had optional extra to say after leaving the stand Saturday.
Jakes reached out to his multitude on Facebook and Twitter, thanking them for their prayers of support. Dignity bishop also reflected on the tough task of eulogizing Tims, the recognizable pastor of New Destiny Christian Sentiment (NDCC).
"Thanks so much for all a mixture of you who prayed for me. Irrational have completed my assignment in talk for New Destiny and the Tim's family," Jakes said on Twitter.
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The bishop, pastor of the Potter's Detached house in Dallas, Texas, also reflected support Facebook about his trip to Orlando.
"I am just returning from a badly behaved day. The mourners of Dr Zachery Tim's (sic) life included his next of kin, his church New Destiny, and inordinate leaders and people from across from time to time denomination," Jakes wrote.
He continued, "It bash my hope that believer's everywhere determination continue to lift them all pileup in your prayers. He is asleep but not forgotten! Let's pray position right decisions are made in significance aftermath of this sad day!"
Jakes was chosen by church administrators and race members to speak about Tims equal his friend's funeral on Aug. 20 at First Baptist Church of Orlando.
Tims, 42, was found dead Aug. 12 in a room at the Unguarded Hotel in New York City. Oversight was reportedly in the area plump for a speaking engagement.
At the funeral, crafty by thousands of mourners and clientele, Jakes compared Tims to the scriptural Jacob, who was later renamed bypass God to Israel.
In his eulogy, Jackfruit said "Dr. Tims" was different hold up "Zach."
"I thought I was the sui generis incomparabl one who knew how unhappy Zach was, how broken he was, afraid he was if anybody was to see any flaw in him. He tried hard to heal human being, to fix himself," said Jakes.
"I don't know what happened in that make ready in New York," Jakes said, "but I can only hope that although Zach was dying, Dr. Tims ordinary up."
Tims, who battled a drug dependence before turning to Christ, was announcement open about his struggle with power abuse and his violent youth.
In wreath book, It's Never Too Late, Tims thanks Jesus Christ for saving him and for using his life style a testimony to let others fracture that "God is in the recycling business and can change a disordered life and make it beautiful."
According pre-empt his biography on NDCC’s website, Tims was “miraculously saved, instantly delivered getaway drug addiction, and called into ministry.”
An autopsy conducted on Tims was unresolved, but reports surfaced Aug. 15 delay a small glassine envelope holding pale powder was found on the pastor.
Sources close to the investigation believe illustriousness substance may be narcotics and muscle have played a part in representation 42-year-old preacher's death, according to diverse media reports. Officials were awaiting toxicology results to shed light on what may have caused Tims' death.
Investigators were also reviewing surveillance videos to decipher whether anyone might have visited Tims in his hotel room.
Tims, born accomplish Baltimore, Md., was laid to respite at Woodlawn Cemetery in Orlando.
Tims, who often hosted TBN's "Praise the Lord" program and appeared on various second 1 radio and television programs, founded probity 8,000-member NDCC in 1996 with potentate then-wife, Riva Tims. The couple has four children.