By Zac Poonen “I searched for ONE MAN among them who should build up the wall and stand before Me….. but I did not find even one man” (Ezek. 22:30). In the history of the world, of Israel and of the church, we see a number of examples of how...
By Zac Poonen The word of God speaks of “salvation” in three tenses – past (Eph. 2:8), present (Phil. 2:12) and future (Rom. 13:11) – or in other words, of justification, sanctification and glorification. Salvation has a foundation and a superstructure. The foundation is forgiveness of sins and justification. Justification...
By Zac Poonen 1. Seek to be on Fire for God: Paul wrote to Timothy: “I want to remind you of the spiritual gifts you received when I laid hands on you. The Holy Spirit is not a spirit of timidity” (2 Tim 1:6). Paul urged him to stir up...
By Zac Poonen. The burden of all the prophets was Holiness: Give up your idols and put God first in your life. True holiness is to have no idols at all in our life. Holiness is to have God filling our whole heart. Our calling is to proclaim that today...
By Zac Poonen. In Matthew 25:1-13, Jesus spoke of ten virgins. Notice that none of them were harlots (See James. 4:4 for a definition of spiritual harlotry). They were all virgins. In other words, they had a good testimony before men. Their lights were all burning (Matt. 5:16). Their good...
By Kojo Zilevu When there are many words, transgression is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise (Proverbs 10:19-20). The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things (Proverbs 15:28). Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth,...
By Zac Poonen It is written in Genesis 28:11, “the sun had set.” Though that is referring only to a geographical fact, yet the sun had indeed set on Jacob’s life, spiritually speaking too. He had been living for the world, and had grabbed and cheated. And yet God met...
By Annie J. Flint (1866-1932) He giveth more grace when the burdens grow greater, He sendeth more strength when the labors increase; To added afflictions He addeth His mercy, To multiplied trials, His multiplied peace. When we have exhausted our store of endurance, When our strength has failed ere the day...
By Zac Poonen In Genesis 14, we find that Abraham, on his way back from the battle, was exhausted, and possibly proud as well of the fact that with just 318 servants he went and destroyed the many armies of so many kings. He was also in danger of collecting...
By Zac Poonen Becoming more spiritually-minded in the New Year A balanced Christian life is one that looks in three directions: 1. Upward – in worship and devotion to God and to the Lord Jesus Christ. 2. Inward – as a result of seeing the glory of Christ, discovering unChristlike...