By Zac Poonen It is very easy for a believer to be ignorant of his true spiritual condition, if he does not live before God’s face. This is clear from the rebukes that the Lord gave to the leaders of the seven churches in Revelation. To the messenger (elder) of...
By Zac Poonen There is a great lesson that we see in church history. Whenever God wants to do something for His people, He always begins with a man. He had to find a suitable man before He could deliver the Israelites. The training of that man took 80 years...
By Zac Poonen Joseph: In Matthew 1:19 we read that when Joseph heard about Mary being pregnant, and not knowing that this was a supernatural work of God in her womb, it says that since he was a righteous man, he did not want to disgrace her but wanted to...
By Zac Poonen In Mathew 13:1-52, we read seven of the parables that Jesus spoke. They are called parables of the Kingdom of Heaven. The first was the parable of the sower. Notice throughout this chapter that Jesus spoke of the Kingdom of Heaven in its outward expression – the...
By Zac Poonen Life will become wretched for you, if you constantly keep feeling that you are not good enough to be accepted by God. You must never moan like that, but instead thank God that He has accepted you just as you are – in Christ. Thank and praise...
By Zac Poonen Jesus has given us an example in money-matters that all who serve Him and all churches must follow. When Jesus worked as a carpenter, upto the age of 30, He earned his living – honestly, without ever cheating anyone and without ever getting into debt. Thereafter, He...
By Zac Poonen The New Testament teaches that in order for a man to be saved, he needs to repent first. Repentance means turning from our old way of life. It means a whole lot more than just giving up some bad habits, like drinking and gambling, etc. Our old...
By Zac Poonen In 1 Corinthians 6:12, the Apostle Paul speaks about three different levels at which people can live. “All things are lawful, but not all things are profitable”. The unlawful (or unrighteous) level is where most unbelievers live. No believer should ever descend to this level – but...
By Zac Poonen In 2 Corinthians 10:4,5, the Apostle Paul speaks about the “fortresses that there are in our thought life”. The lusts in our flesh have built dirty thought-patterns and selfish thought-patterns, which are like strong fortresses. They make us live selfishly during the day, satisfying our own lusts....
By Zac Poonen A very interesting Bible study that you could do on your own would be to study through the prayers of the Apostle Paul. There are many prayers of Paul from Romans to 2 Timothy, and you find all his prayers were always for spiritual things. He never...