By Zac Poonen Jesus faced exactly the same temptations that we all face every day (Heb.4:15 ). He had all our limitations, and yet He overcame – because He loved righteousness and hated sin and cried out to the Father for help whenever He was tempted (Heb.1:9;5:7 ). The Holy Spirit helped Jesus as a […]

By Zac Poonen Let us covet sincerity and honesty and openness with all of our hearts, and then there will be no limit to God’s blessing upon our lives” We read in Genesis 32:29 that, “God blessed Jacob there”. There are four reasons why God blessed Jacob there – at Peniel. 1    Alone with God […]

By Zac Poonen We read in Judges chapter 6, that God raised up Gideon to be the deliverer for Israel. “The Spirit of the Lord clothed Gideon” (Judges 6:34 margin). The Holy Spirit came on Gideon like the clothes he wore. Then Gideon was empowered and he blew the trumpet and went out to battle […]

By Zac Poonen ‘Deuteronomy’ means ‘a second law.’ This is because there is a repetition here of many important aspects of the law. There is also a repetition of many matters that were already written in the earlier books of Moses. We should not be disturbed by repetition. Repetition is necessary for us to be […]

By Zac Poonen It is written about Jesus that He kept His Father always before Him, and therefore His heart was always glad. He had “fullness of joy”, and the Father was always at Jesus’ right hand to support Him (Acts 2:25, 26, quoting Psa.16:10,11). So, keep the Lord in front of you at all times and then fullness […]

By Zac Poonen Let me share with you concerning the divine exchange that took place on Calvary’s cross in three areas – What Jesus became for us and what we can now become in Him as a result. (1) Christ became sin for us that we might become the righteousness of God in Him ( […]

By Zac Poonen Discernment As we approach the end of time, there will be more and more of the operation of the Holy Spirit in the church. Deceiving spirits also will operate more and more in the world. So we must watch out for the following, if we are to avoid being deceived. 1) Emotional […]

By Zac Poonen The great commission the Lord gave us was “to evangelise” (Mark 16:15) and then “to make them into disciples and teach them to do everything He commanded” (Matthew 28:19, 20). Consider an illustration: If you saw 100 people carrying a log of wood, with 99 of them holding up one end of […]