By Zac Poonen All believers are not called to be prophets. But all believers are commanded to eagerly desire to prophesy (1 Cor.14:1). This is one of the results of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in the new-covenant age (Acts 2:17, 18). To prophesy (in its meaning in the...
By Zac Poonen If we are to wage effective spiritual warfare, we must not be ignorant of Satan’s schemes, devices and tactics. From the way Satan tempted Jesus with food in the wilderness, we conclude that Satan will seek to tempt us also through the legitimate desires of our bodies....
By Zac Poonen Apostle James says in James 1:2 “Consider it all joy when you encounter various types of trials”. If your faith is genuine, you will rejoice when you face trials – for that is like putting the 1000-rupee note under the scanner to check whether it is real...
By Zac Poonen In each of the 7 glimpses of heaven given in the book of Revelation, we see the inhabitants of heaven continuously praising God with a loud voice – sometimes as loud as thunders and as the noise of roaring rivers. This is the atmosphere of heaven –...
By Zac Poonen Jesus told us to make disciples everywhere – and not just converts. So to have a pure testimony, we must,first of all, teach the conditions for being a disciple clearly, to all who want to be a part of our church; and how discipleship should affect our...
By Zac Poonen The church is the body of Christ and not just a gathering of believers who meet together every week. We must make sure then that it is that Body that we are building and not just a “religious Christian group”. Any man can organize a religious group....
By Zac Poonen 1.Jesus sought the glory of His Father in all that He did ( John 7:18 ) His greatest desire was not even the good of the human race (however good a motive that might have been) but the glory of His Father’s Name (John 17:4). He lived...
By Zac Poonen It is challenging to see that Paul wrote to the Philippians so much about joy while he was in a prison. It’s one thing to preach about joy when all our circumstances are comfortable. It is quite another thing to write about it when our circumstances are...
By Zac Poonen In this new-covenant age, our Lord desires “a pure testimony in every place” – in every nation from the east to the west – as prophesied in Malachi 1:11. This was the verse that the Lord gave us as a goal to pursue, when He started our...
By Zac Poonen Every day we make decisions concerning various matters. We make decisions in relation to how we are going to spend our money or our spare time, or how to speak to, or about someone, or how to write a particular letter, or how to react to another’s...