By Zac Poonen Paul’s letter to the Ephesian Christians is centred around the great truth of believers being one Body in Christ. Christ is the Head of the church, and the church is His Body (Eph. 1:22,23). Each believer is a member of this Body. The first half of the...
By John Wesley (1703-1791) Watch and pray continually against pride. You can easily slide back into pride without even realizing it, if you think you have no danger of pride, or if you think you have more knowledge of God than you really have, or if you think you are...
By Zac Poonen In Hebrews 5:7, we are told of how Jesus prayed “in the days of His flesh.” He “prayed with loud crying and tears to be saved from death”. This is not referring to the last day of His life when He prayed in Gethsemane only. God’s Word...
By Zac Poonen In Hebrews 5:8, we read that “although He was a Son He learned obedience from the things He suffered.” Jesus had to learn obedience. Learn’ is a word connected with education. Jesus had to get an education in obedience in the days of His flesh. As God...
By Zac Poonen God’s Word says about Jesus, “He learned obedience and was made complete” (Hebrews 5:7-9). The word “learned” is a word that relates to education. So what this verse is saying is that Jesus received an education in obedience as a Man. In each situation, He obeyed His...
By Zac Poonen In the Old Testament, we find that each prophet had a unique burden given to him by God – but all of them were concerned about the lack of holiness among God’s people. The burden God lays on your heart is almost always an indication of the...
By Zac Poonen Take Up the Cross Daily The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “ You have circled this mountain long enough” (Deuteronomy 2:2,3). If we are always at the same level spiritually, we are going around in circles. We should be making progress in overcoming sin – and not...
By Zac Poonen The Jews gloried in the fact that they had God’s Word unlike the rest of the world. But they did not live according to that Word; and they finally rejected the One about Whom God’s Word had prophesied, when He came into their midst. It is possible...
By Zac Poonen Proverbs 10:12 – “Love covers all sins.” Peter quotes this in his epistle (1 Peter 4:8). If you really love a person you will cover his weaknesses and not expose them. That is how God has dealt with us. He has not exposed our past sins to...
By Zac Poonen 1.FELLOWSHIP:In Song of Solomon 2:4 (TLB), the bride says, “He has brought me to his banqueting hall so that everyone can see how much he loves me. The father of the prodigal son brought his son to the table. Jesus sat with His disciples around a table....