By Zac Poonen The thirtieth year seems to be a very significant time in people’s lives – both in the Old and New Testaments. Joseph was 30 when he became ruler in Egypt. By the time Joseph was 17, God had already revealed to Joseph in dreams that he had a purpose for his life. […]

By Zac Poonen 1. Have a Large Heart Two expressions that never occur in the book of Amos are ‘the God of Israel’ and ‘the Holy One of Israel.’ This was because Amos saw God as the God of all nations, and not just the God of Israel. He quotes the Lord’s words, “Do you […]

By Zac Poonen 2 Corinthians 3:18 is the one verse that best describes the ministry of the Holy Spirit in the entire New Testament. When the Holy Spirit becomes Lord in our lives, He brings liberty. “Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty” (verse 17). He frees us primarily from the power […]

By Zac Poonen In John’s gospel, Jesus used the symbol of water to describe three levels of spiritual development possible through the Holy Spirit: Level 1: In John 3:5, He spoke of being “born of water and the Spirit”. This is “the cup of salvation” (Psa.116:13), with which we begin our Christian lives. With this […]

By Zac Poonen In Revelation 2 and 3, when we look at the five messengers and churches that are rebuked by the Lord we see in them a definite downward trend: (1) In Ephesus, we see the loss of first love for the Lord. When we lose our devotion for Christ, we have taken the […]

By Kojo Zilevu “So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you. Beyond all these things put on love, which […]

By Zac Poonen “I came down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him Who sent Me” (John.6:38). Jesus tells us here in His own words what He came on earth to do. And in this one sentence we have a description of how Jesus lived every single day of […]

By Zac Poonen In Revelation 3 we read that the church in Philadelphia was a faithful church. The elder was faithful, and so the church was faithful. The Lord told them, I have put before you an open door which nobody can shut” (Rev. 3:8). When the Lord opens a door for us nobody can […]