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34mZac Poonen - Sermon on the Mount - 18
Zac Poonen · Mar 16
30mZac Poonen - Sermon on the Mount - 16
Zac Poonen · Mar 2
10mZac Poonen - God Will Never Let You Down but Will Help You
Zac Poonen · Sep 9
8mZac Poonen - Living by Faith and Honoring God
Zac Poonen · Jul 14
58mZac Poonen - The Fear of the Lord is the ABC of Spiritual Wisdom
Zac Poonen · Nov 25
46mZac Poonen - The Meaning of Repentance
Zac Poonen · Jun 11
14mZac Poonen - Being Broken to Be a Nobody
Zac Poonen · Apr 21
20mZac Poonen - The New Covenant Sabbath Rest
Zac Poonen · Apr 15
28mZac Poonen - True Faith and Costly Sacrifice
Zac Poonen · Feb 5
22mZac Poonen - Seek Total Freedom From Selfishness And Pride
Zac Poonen · Jan 2
12mZac Poonen - Being Thankful For Everything At All Times
Zac Poonen · Nov 21
26mZac Poonen - Peace In Our Hearts And With All People
Zac Poonen · Apr 25
18mZac Poonen - God's Power Can Be Manifested Only When We Are Weak
Zac Poonen · Nov 9
5mZac Poonen - God Will Complete His Work in Us
Zac Poonen · Jun 28
43mZac Poonen - God wants to make us like Jesus : Perfect in love
Zac Poonen · Apr 19
31mZac Poonen - Let Patience Be Perfected In You
Zac Poonen · Apr 12
54mZac Poonen - Secure In Our Father's Love We Purify Ourselves
Zac Poonen · Apr 20
45mZac Poonen - Keeping God's Truths Ever Fresh
Zac Poonen · Dec 19
50mZac Poonen - Fervent Love for Christ is the Tree of Life
Zac Poonen · Oct 7
44mZac Poonen - A Solid Grip On The Christian Life (2) The Blood of Christ
Zac Poonen · Jul 29
1h 1mZac Poonen - Dying To Self And Entering Into Rest
Zac Poonen · Jun 6
1h 9mZac Poonen - Amazed At The Mercy Of God
Zac Poonen · Aug 19
1h 9mZac Poonen - Hold Fast To God's Hygienic Words
Zac Poonen · Jul 31
1h 8m4. Loving Jesus And Being Broken By Zac Poonen
Zac Poonen · Jun 27
August 3 | Daily Devotion | Repentance Is The Mark Of Being Truly Born Again | Zac Poonen
Zac Poonen · 10m · CFC Daily Devotions
Repentance is the defining mark of a truly born-again Christian. Without genuine repentance—a turning away from sin with changed behavior—one's claim to conversion is hollow and superficial.
34mNCCF Church
Zac Poonen - Sermon on the Mount - 18
Zac Poonen · Mar 16, 2026 · 34m
In this final session on the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 7:1-11), Zac Poonen teaches against judging others while emphasizing the need to judge oneself, and explains that living according to the high standards of the Sermon on the Mount requires persistent prayer and faith in God as a loving Father. Through examples of a Canaanite woman's humility and faith, a widow's persistence with an unjust judge, and Jesus's promise that God eagerly gives good gifts to those who ask, the speaker demonstrates that the extraordinary life described in Matthew 5-6 is attainable through earnest seeking and unwavering trust in God's character.
30mNCCF Church
Zac Poonen - Sermon on the Mount - 16
Zac Poonen · Mar 2, 2026 · 30m
Zac Poonen teaches on the Sermon on the Mount, focusing on wrong attitudes Jesus condemns: anger, sexual sin, lying, revenge, hatred, seeking honor, and the love of money. He emphasizes that Christians must choose God alone as their master, not wealth, and must cultivate faith to overcome anxiety about provision, trusting that God cares for believers more than He cares for the birds of the air.
10mNCCF Church
Zac Poonen - God Will Never Let You Down but Will Help You
Zac Poonen · Sep 9, 2025 · 10m
Zac Poonen encourages believers to trust God's faithfulness by remembering past miracles and ebenezers—God's markers of help. He teaches that when facing trials, we should record God's interventions, meditate on Scripture and hymns about God's constancy, and follow Jehoshaphat's example of turning from fear toward prayer and God's will, declaring our helplessness while keeping our eyes fixed on the Lord.
8mNCCF Church
Zac Poonen - Living by Faith and Honoring God
Zac Poonen · Jul 14, 2025 · 8m
Zac Poonen teaches that living by faith means absolute dependence on God rather than self-reliance, illustrated through the symbolic contrast of the tree of life (dependence on God) and the tree of knowledge of good and evil (dependence on self). He emphasizes that honoring God through faith—praying without doubt and trusting Him completely in all situations—ensures God's honor in return, as promised in 1 Samuel 2:30, and that this principle is foundational to experiencing answered prayers and spiritual growth.
58mNCCF Church
Zac Poonen - The Fear of the Lord is the ABC of Spiritual Wisdom
Zac Poonen · Nov 25, 2024 · 58m
The fear of the Lord is the foundational foundation of Christian wisdom and spiritual maturity, comparable to learning the alphabet before advancing to higher learning. Speaker Zac Poonen contrasts the apostles, who learned reverence for God for 30 years before encountering grace, with modern Christians who hear only about grace and forgiveness from childhood, resulting in a shallow faith that lacks power and victory over sin. True forgiveness from God is meant to deepen our fear and reverence of Him, not to enable casual disobedience.
46mNCCF Church
Zac Poonen - The Meaning of Repentance
Zac Poonen · Jun 11, 2024 · 46m
Zac Poonen teaches that true spiritual growth requires sensitivity to God's correction and reproof, illustrating how submission to discipline—rather than resistance—positions believers for greater usefulness in God's kingdom. He emphasizes that repentance and faith are inseparable foundations of Christian life, and that most modern preaching neglects the corrective and exhortative content that comprises the bulk of New Testament teaching.
14mNCCF Church
Zac Poonen - Being Broken to Be a Nobody
Zac Poonen · Apr 21, 2024 · 14m
Zac Poonen teaches that true spiritual maturity requires brokenness and humility before God. Drawing from the Book of Job, he illustrates how God values a person who recognizes their own nothingness and surrenders their self-justification, rather than someone who relies on their own righteousness or good works. The mark of genuine faith is not external virtue but a broken spirit that daily acknowledges dependence on God and refuses to defend oneself.
20mNCCF Church
Zac Poonen - The New Covenant Sabbath Rest
Zac Poonen · Apr 15, 2024 · 20m
Zac Poonen explains that the New Covenant Sabbath rest is not merely a day of physical inactivity, but a perpetual state of spiritual peace and trust in God. True Sabbath rest involves freedom from anxiety about the past (through Christ's blood and God's forgiveness), confidence in God's sovereignty and fatherly care for the future, and complete surrender of our will to God's purposes. Believers are called to live in constant rest, free from turmoil caused by circumstances, people, or fear, resting in the assurance that God remembers our sins no more and orchestrates all things for our good.
28mNCCF Church
Zac Poonen - True Faith and Costly Sacrifice
Zac Poonen · Feb 5, 2024 · 28m
Zac Poonen teaches that true faith, illustrated by Abel's sacrifice, means offering God the best of what you have rather than religious ritual or mere obligation. God accepts or rejects people based on the condition of their hearts and the quality of their offerings—genuine faith demonstrates itself through costly sacrifice and wholehearted devotion, not through performing religious duties with leftover time and resources.
22mNCCF Church
Zac Poonen - Seek Total Freedom From Selfishness And Pride
Zac Poonen · Jan 2, 2023 · 22m
The central message is that spiritual growth requires consistent repetition and deepening knowledge of established truths, rather than constantly seeking novelty. Drawing from Paul's preaching and Peter's writings, the speaker emphasizes that true spiritual maturity—achieving an 'abundant entrance' into God's Kingdom—comes from continually revisiting and internalizing what is already known. This process of repetition is necessary for believers to grow in love, faith, and humility, making them more like Christ.
12mNCCF Church
Zac Poonen - Being Thankful For Everything At All Times
Zac Poonen · Nov 21, 2022 · 12m
The central message is that Christians must cultivate a spirit of thankfulness for every person and circumstance, regardless of whether they are good or harmful. This belief is rooted in Romans 8:28, which assures believers that God works all things—including the actions of others—for their ultimate good: becoming more like Jesus Christ. The speaker emphasizes that true thankfulness comes from understanding God's total sovereignty, as exemplified by Daniel 4:35, which reminds us that every human being is insignificant before God.
26mNCCF Church
Zac Poonen - Peace In Our Hearts And With All People
Zac Poonen · Apr 25, 2022 · 26m
The central message is that true peace—both in our hearts and with others—comes from internal purity, not just outward appearance. Drawing from Matthew 23, the speaker explains that one must clean the inside before the outside can appear clean. This internal cleansing is achieved through confessing sin and maintaining a right relationship with God, which results in the 'perfect peace' that is a birthright through faith in Christ.
18mNCCF Church
Zac Poonen - God's Power Can Be Manifested Only When We Are Weak
Zac Poonen · Nov 9, 2021 · 18m
The central message is that God's power is most evident when believers embrace weakness, echoing Paul's declaration, "For when I am weak, then I am strong." The speaker emphasizes that true spiritual progress is marked by desiring less personal honor and instead seeking only the glorification of Jesus Christ. He uses examples from the body of Christ and the historical accounts of Gideon to illustrate that God often works through seemingly small or weak means.
5mNCCF Church
Zac Poonen - God Will Complete His Work in Us
Zac Poonen · Jun 28, 2021 · 5m
The central message emphasizes the importance of hope alongside faith and love, drawing from 1 Corinthians 13. The speaker cautions that the devil often tries to discourage believers by focusing on past failures. Instead, believers must hold onto the assurance that God who began a good work in them will certainly complete it, providing strength for the Christian life, especially as times become more intense.
43mNCCF Church
Zac Poonen - God wants to make us like Jesus : Perfect in love
Zac Poonen · Apr 19, 2021 · 43m
True eternal life, according to Jesus, is not measured by the length of life but by the quality of knowing God. The speaker emphasizes that believers must understand both God's kindness and His severity, avoiding extremes in their understanding. Ultimately, living by faith—trusting God's word and provision—is the antidote to fear and anxiety.
31mNCCF Church
Zac Poonen - Let Patience Be Perfected In You
Zac Poonen · Apr 12, 2021 · 31m
The central message is that Christian life requires not only faith but also patience to fully inherit God's promises. The speaker uses examples from Abraham, Noah, Joseph, and David to illustrate that waiting through trials and remaining faithful during times of comfort are crucial for spiritual maturity. He warns that the greatest danger to the Christian life is not during times of struggle, but when things become comfortable.
54mNCCF Church
Zac Poonen - Secure In Our Father's Love We Purify Ourselves
Zac Poonen · Apr 20, 2020 · 54m
The speaker cautions against being misled by false prophets who claim to predict future events, urging listeners to rely solely on God's Word. He emphasizes that true Christian living requires humility and maintaining a spirit of readiness for Christ's return, rather than succumbing to fear. The core message is that fear kills faith, and believers must live looking toward the Lord's coming with courage.
45mNCCF Church
Zac Poonen - Keeping God's Truths Ever Fresh
Zac Poonen · Dec 19, 2019 · 45m
The central message is that Christian truths, like the Gospel, must be kept fresh in our lives to remain vibrant and real, otherwise, they become stale. The speaker draws parallels between the perishable manna from heaven and the enduring truth found in the Ark of the Covenant. He emphasizes that true spiritual experience, especially regarding the cross and the New Covenant, requires a continuous, fresh realization of these truths, leading to a deeper intimacy with God.
50mNCCF Church
Zac Poonen - Fervent Love for Christ is the Tree of Life
Zac Poonen · Oct 7, 2019 · 50m
The speaker contrasts living by the 'knowledge of good and evil' (which leads to spiritual death) with living by the 'Tree of Life.' He defines the Tree of Life not as theological knowledge, but as simple, pure devotion to Jesus Christ. The central warning is that deep knowledge of doctrine, even if morally upright, is insufficient if it lacks this pure devotion to Christ, as this is the greatest form of deception.
44mNCCF Church
Zac Poonen - A Solid Grip On The Christian Life (2) The Blood of Christ
Zac Poonen · Jul 29, 2019 · 44m
The speaker emphasizes that true Christian life requires a solid grip on knowing God as Father, which is achieved by seeking Him with all one's heart. He draws a parallel between the Israelites' deliverance from slavery in Egypt and the need for believers to cry out in deep desperation over their sin. Ultimately, the blood of Christ is presented as the only means of salvation, mirroring how the blood applied to the doorposts protected the Israelites from judgment.
1h 1mNCCF Church
Zac Poonen - Dying To Self And Entering Into Rest
Zac Poonen · Jun 6, 2018 · 1h 1m
The central message is that true joy and spiritual fullness come from dwelling continually in the Lord's presence, which requires personal accountability rather than blaming circumstances or others. The speaker emphasizes that Jesus' miracles served to teach that God can solve any problem, and believers should live with the conviction that nothing is too difficult for God to solve. By taking these spiritual truths seriously, one can move from a defeated life to one characterized by joy and reliance on God's constant provision.
1h 9mNCCF Church
Zac Poonen - Amazed At The Mercy Of God
Zac Poonen · Aug 19, 2017 · 1h 9m
The central message is that true Christian life requires a foundation built on genuine repentance, not on perceived blessings or entitlements. The speaker warns against the danger of shallow faith, comparing it to a building whose foundation is flawed, leading to eventual collapse. He emphasizes that the proper message of Christ is turning from rebellion and submitting to God, rather than merely promising wealth or solving all life's problems.
1h 9mNCCF Church
Zac Poonen - Hold Fast To God's Hygienic Words
Zac Poonen · Jul 31, 2017 · 1h 9m
The speaker addresses the common disappointment in answered prayer, clarifying that God answers every prayer, which can manifest as 'no,' 'wait,' or 'yes.' True reception of God's answers requires believers to maintain a heart free from condemnation, which is achieved through immediate and sincere forgiveness. Ultimately, the message emphasizes that living in the truth—which sets one free—and trusting in God's sovereign plan (Romans 8:28) is key to a life free from fear and bondage.
1h 8mNCCF Church
4. Loving Jesus And Being Broken By Zac Poonen
Zac Poonen · Jun 27, 2016 · 1h 8m
The central message is that a Christian's ultimate goal must be to fulfill God's purpose for their life, which guarantees that all circumstances, even negative ones, will ultimately work for their good, as stated in Romans 8:28. The speaker uses the life of Joseph as a detailed example, illustrating how false accusations, imprisonment, and forgetfulness were all necessary steps orchestrated by God to bring Joseph to his intended place in Egypt. True belief in this principle requires aligning one's life goals entirely with God's plan.