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 church in Bangalore in 1975. […]

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 behaviour, or how much time […]

By Zac Poonen As we begin a new year, let us determine to run the race ahead of us with endurance, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our Faith. (Hebrews 12:1, 2). We look to Him and run. We don’t stand still. The race of faith is something in which you […]

By Zac Poonen As we come to the end of a year, perhaps there are some who feel that because they have sinned and failed God at some time in their past lives, therefore they cannot fulfill God’s perfect plan for their lives now. Let us look at what the Scriptures have to say on […]

By Zac Poonen In Numbers 22 to 24, we read the story of Balaam. There is an important passage here that concerns a number of matters. When King Balak invited Balaam the prophet to come and curse Israel, Balaam sought the will of God. And God clearly told Balaam not to go. But then King […]

By Zac Poonen 1. Believing that God has a perfect plan for each of our lives: “We are created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them” (Eph.2:10). Long ago, when God chose us in Christ, He also planned what we should do with our earthly lives. […]

By Zac Poonen 1. Jesus Became Sin in Order to Make Us Righteous:  “God made Christ Who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Cor. 5:21). Christ became sin for us so that we might become the righteousness of God IN HIM. […]

By Zac Poonen In Numbers 13 we find that the Israelites came to Kadesh Barnea at the border of Canaan – the land that God had promised them. It was now two years since they left Egypt (Deut.2:14), and God told them to go in and posses the land. The Israelites sent twelve spies to […]