Paul’s Trials and Thorns
(Copyright 2023) by Zac Poonen (Bangalore, India) In 2 Corinthians 11:23–33, Paul speaks about the varied trials that he had experienced in his service for the Lord – his imprisonments, the beatings he had received both with scourges and with rods, sleepless nights, hunger and thirst, exposure to inclement weather, dangers from robbers, etc. There […]
The Church Will Face Tribulation
(Copyright 2023) by Zac Poonen (Bangalore, India) For the first 300 years of Christianity, almost all Christians lived under anti-Christian rulers who often persecuted them and killed many of them. God, in His great wisdom, permitted people to persecute His children, for His glory. Even today, God has permitted some of His finest children to […]
Light On the Enemy’s Schemes
(Copyright 2023) by Zac Poonen (Bangalore, India) One of Satan’s chief weapons is “fear“. He uses it constantly. When believers try to frighten others or threaten others, they are (albeit unconsciously) in fellowship with Satan, because they are using a weapon from Satan’s armory. “God does not give us the spirit of fear” (2Tim.1:7). Fear […]
God Loves Us Unconditionally
(Copyright 2023) by Zac Poonen (Bangalore, India) Satan asked permission from God to sift Peter as wheat (Luke 22:31). And God permitted him to do so – because Peter had a more important ministry than all the others who were not thus sifted. Jesus only prayed that Peter’s faith would not fail (Luke 22:32). Peter […]
A Spiritual Leader Must Be Called by God
(Copyright 2023) by Zac Poonen (Bangalore, India) A spiritual leader will first and foremost, have a calling from God. His work will not be his profession, but his calling. No-one can appoint himself as a spiritual leader. “He has to be called by God for this work” (Hebrews 5:4 – TLB). This is a principle that […]
Counterfeit Revival
(Copyright 2023) by Zac Poonen (Bangalore, India) Jesus and the apostles repeatedly warned that the last days would be characterized by widespread deception and a multitude of false prophets (Matt.24:3-5,11,24; 1 Tim.4:1) – and we have seen plenty of them in the last few decades. “Jesus is the Mediator of a NEW covenant and HE is […]
The Obedience of Faith
(Copyright 2022) by Zac Poonen (Bangalore, India) Prayer is easiest for those who are like little children, for prayer is an acknowledgement of our helplessness and our impotence to God. Clever adults find it difficult to acknowledge that. That is why Jesus said that we must be like little children. The more we depend on […]
The Compassion of God for Lost Souls
(Copyright 2021) by Zac Poonen (Bangalore, India) It is written in Jonah 3:1 “Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time”. Praise the Lord that when we fail once, the Lord gives us a second chance. That is one of the great messages that comes to us from the book of Jonah. Have […]
Spiritual Power
(Copyright 2022) by Zac Poonen (Bangalore, India) One great danger of the last days is that of having “a form of godliness without the power” (2 Tim.3:5). It is very easy to be satisfied with the power that we have because of our gifts and talents. Soul power is manifested in intellectual power, emotional power […]
Proving God’s Perfect Will
(Copyright 2022) by Zac Poonen (Bangalore, India) “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect” (Romans 12:2).“Who among you fears the Lord and obeys His servant (the Lord […]
Love is the Fuel for the Christian Life
(Copyright 2022) by Zac Poonen (Bangalore, India) The gospel of the new covenant is essentially this: that we can partake of the Divine nature. God’s nature is LOVE – and the most important characteristic of love is that it does not seek its own. It was because Jesus did not seek His own that He came down […]
Each Day of Your Life can be Wonderful
(Copyright 2021) by Zac Poonen (Bangalore, India) Proverbs 4:12 (paraphrased) says that God will open up the way before you, step by step. You don’t need to know what lies two steps ahead of you. Just take the step that you see, and then you will see the next step. That is how God will guide you. […]
Cleansing Ourselves from Hidden Sins
(Copyright 2022) by Zac Poonen (Bangalore, India) It is very easy for a believer to be ignorant of his true spiritual condition if he does not live before God’s face. This is clear from the rebukes that the Lord gave to the leaders of the seven churches in Revelation. To the messenger (elder) of the church […]
Circumcision of the Heart
(Copyright 2022) by Zac Poonen (Bangalore, India) Many old covenant rituals have a fulfilment in the new covenant. Circumcision was a very important ritual under the old covenant. Surely, such an important ritual must have a significant spiritual meaning in the new covenant – and it does. “God wants us to be circumcised in heart so […]