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 the Lord every time you […]

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 was in full-time ministry for […]

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 way of life is a […]

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 unfortunately some do. If they […]

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. And at night, when we […]

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 prayed that these people would […]

By Zac Poonen In 1 Thess. 4:13-18, Paul speaks about how it will be when Christ returns. “We don’t want you to be uninformed about those who have slept in the Lord.”That refers to those who have died in Christ. Jesus died and rose again; and those who have died in Christ will also rise […]

By Zac Poonen In 1 Samuel Chapter 30, we see a few interesting things. David found himself in a difficult situation. When he and his men had gone to battle, the Amalekites had come and destroyed the city where the families of his people were staying and taken their families captive. The situation was so […]