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Sunil Poonen - Abiding in Christ

Sunil Poonen · May 6

35m

Sunil Poonen - Living as Citizens of Heaven

Sunil Poonen · Apr 28

13m

Zac Poonen - Why Jesus Did Not Take the Anesthetic at the Cross

Zac Poonen · Mar 10

28m

Jeremy Utley - How Can I Know I'm a Christian?

Jeremy Utley · Feb 10

Taylor Seaton - Knowing Jesus Firsthand

Taylor Seaton · Jan 14

Zac Poonen - Does Jesus Entrust Himself to You?

Zac Poonen · Jan 14

Senthil Thangaraj - Regaining Sight: Restored in Christ

Senthil Thangaraj · Dec 17

4m 56s

Andrei Pavlov - The Highest Joy is the Lord

Andrei Pavlov · Jul 29

49m

Zac Poonen - Knowing God As Father And Hating Sin

Zac Poonen · Jul 8

Zac Poonen - The New Covenant Sabbath Rest

Zac Poonen · Apr 15

Bobby McDonald - A Precious Picture of Jesus

Bobby McDonald · Apr 8

Wenhai Pan - NCCF Church Sharing

Wenhai Pan · Mar 18

Zac Poonen - Set your mind on heavenly things; Greed is idolatry

Zac Poonen · Feb 26

NCCF Church Sharing

NCCF Church · Jan 29

NCCF Church Sharing

NCCF Church · Dec 11

26m

Zac Poonen - UNDERSTANDING THE NEW COVENANT Part 12:Diversity, Gifts and Unity in the Body Of Christ

Zac Poonen · Nov 20

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Zac Poonen - Jesus Revealed at the Breaking of Bread

Zac Poonen · Nov 12

21m

Zac Poonen - UNDERSTANDING THE NEW COVENANT Part 9: Light on Satan's Tactics

Zac Poonen · Oct 30

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.

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Tony Thomas - Finding Security in My Heavenly Father

Tony Thomas · Jun 30, 2026 · 4m 47s

The central message is that true security comes not from people, circumstances, or personal strength, but solely from the constant presence and will of God the Father. The speaker uses examples from Jesus' life (especially in Gethsemane) and Old Testament figures like David and Jehoshaphat to illustrate that surrendering one's plans and focusing entirely on God's will brings profound peace and guidance.

1h 15m

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NCCF Conference 2026 - Q&A Session (Part 2) - Zac Poonen

Zac Poonen · Jun 10, 2026 · 1h 15m

The central message is that Christians must maintain a correct understanding of God as a loving, compassionate Father, countering the devil's tendency to portray Him as a strict punisher. This understanding is crucial for spiritual growth, as it allows believers to accept discipline as an act of love. Furthermore, the speaker advises believers to emulate God's patience by refraining from quick judgment of others.

55m

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NCCF Conference 2026 - Sixteen Lessons I Have Learnt (Part 1) - Zac Poonen

Zac Poonen · Jun 9, 2026 · 55m

The speaker shares key lessons learned in his Christian walk, emphasizing that while John 3:16 is vital for the world, John 17:23 is paramount for believers. This verse teaches that a disciple's life must visibly demonstrate to the world that the Father loves them as much as He loved Jesus. This understanding brings profound rest, freedom from anxiety, and assurance in God's care.

31m

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Sunil Poonen - Loving Others As Christ Loved Us

Sunil Poonen · Apr 13, 2026 · 31m

Sunil Poonen teaches on the parable of the laborers in the vineyard, emphasizing that Christians must recognize Christ's undeserved love and sacrifice rather than comparing themselves to others or measuring their worth by their works. He calls believers to meditate on Jesus' selfless love demonstrated throughout his ministry and crucifixion, and to respond by laying down their lives for one another in the church family, understanding that the gospel's true power comes from receiving grace unearned.

12m

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Zac Poonen - Forgive Others as God Forgives Us

Zac Poonen · Oct 20, 2025 · 12m

Zac Poonen teaches that meditation on Christ's sacrificial love on the cross—where Jesus experienced eternal hell to pay the full debt of our sins—should transform how we live, freeing us from worldly distractions and enabling us to forgive others as Jesus forgave us. He emphasizes that true forgiveness means moving beyond zero resentment to positive love for those who harm us, and that Jesus demonstrated this radical forgiveness even while suffering the agony of crucifixion.

15m

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Zac Poonen - Learning from Jesus Riding on a Donkey

Zac Poonen · Jul 7, 2025 · 15m

Jesus riding on a donkey exemplifies God's counter-cultural values, deliberately rejecting human standards of honor, attractiveness, and capability. Through this image and examples like the Apostle Paul and Joni Eareckson Tada, Zac Poonen teaches that God deliberately uses the weak, despised, and overlooked to accomplish His purposes, and believers should value others not by worldly metrics but by recognizing Christ's presence in them.

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Sunil Poonen - Abiding in Christ

Sunil Poonen · May 6, 2025 · 10m

Abiding in Christ means becoming completely dependent on Jesus for everything, bearing the fruit of the Spirit as evidence of that dependence, and surrendering our names and identity so that Christ is revealed through us. Sunil Poonen teaches that when we partake of communion, we testify to eternal life, our satisfaction in Christ alone, and our union with Him as branches connected to the vine, with the goal of reflecting Jesus more fully both individually and corporately as a church.

35m

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Sunil Poonen - Living as Citizens of Heaven

Sunil Poonen · Apr 28, 2025 · 35m

Sunil Poonen exhorts believers to live with a heavenly perspective, recognizing their true citizenship is in heaven rather than on earth. He emphasizes that being filled with the Holy Spirit means seeing the reality of heaven and Jesus Christ, and calls Christians to examine whether they have set their minds on earthly pursuits or maintain their heavenly focus like Old Testament saints who confessed themselves as strangers and exiles on earth.

13m

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Zac Poonen - Why Jesus Did Not Take the Anesthetic at the Cross

Zac Poonen · Mar 10, 2025 · 13m

Jesus refused the anesthetic offered at the cross because He chose to remain fully alert and conscious to forgive those crucifying Him and to care for His mother, demonstrating the depth of His sacrificial love. Zac Poonen teaches that understanding and meditating on Jesus's love at the cross is the foundation for all Christian obedience, arguing that genuine love for God flows from recognizing how deeply He first loved us, which then enables us to love others unconditionally.

28m

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Jeremy Utley - How Can I Know I'm a Christian?

Jeremy Utley · Feb 10, 2025 · 28m

Jeremy Utley explores how to know if you're a Christian, moving beyond mere intellectual knowledge of the gospel to genuine spiritual rebirth. He uses a quiz format to illustrate that while understanding core truths—that sin has the consequence of death, Jesus paid the price through his sinless life and resurrection, and we can do nothing to deserve heaven—is important, demons themselves possess this knowledge. True salvation requires being born again by the Holy Spirit (John 3:5) and having the Holy Spirit testify to our spirits that we are children of God (Romans 8:16).

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Taylor Seaton - Knowing Jesus Firsthand

Taylor Seaton · Jan 14, 2025 · 6m

Taylor Seaton uses the story of Zacchaeus climbing a tree to see Jesus as a metaphor for the importance of having a personal, firsthand encounter with Jesus rather than merely hearing about Him secondhand. He emphasizes that under the New Covenant, all believers—from least to greatest—have direct access to God's presence and the opportunity to know Jesus personally, not just through the testimonies and teachings of others. The goal is to move beyond passive faith based on what others tell us to an active, experiential relationship with Christ.

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Zac Poonen - Does Jesus Entrust Himself to You?

Zac Poonen · Jan 14, 2025 · 10m

Jesus distinguishes between people who merely believe in Him and those to whom He fully entrusts Himself. Using John 2:24 and Luke 2:25-35, Zac Poonen emphasizes that genuine Christianity requires both personal commitment and Christ's reciprocal trust in us, demonstrated through lives of purity and submission. When Christ's presence is genuinely manifested in a church through anointed leadership, it exposes hidden motives and produces spiritual growth in those truly committed to Him.

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Senthil Thangaraj - Regaining Sight: Restored in Christ

Senthil Thangaraj · Dec 17, 2024 · 5m

Senthil Thangaraj shares his personal struggle with guilt and shame over repeated failures, explaining how he learned to trust God's endless mercy rather than his own condemning thoughts. Drawing from the story of Bartimaeus in Mark 10, he encourages believers to cast aside guilt and discouragement, run to Jesus to regain their lost relationship with Him, and respond to God's forgiveness with renewed reverence, sensitivity, and passion for holy living.

4m 56s

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Andrei Pavlov - The Highest Joy is the Lord

Andrei Pavlov · Jul 29, 2024 · 4m 56s

Andrei Pavlov teaches that the highest joy available to Christians comes from the presence of the Lord, not from worldly comforts. Using Psalm 16, he explains that true joy satisfies body, soul, and spirit, and is found by continually setting the Lord before us and recognizing Him as our complete portion and inheritance. He calls believers to pursue this fullness of joy daily through intimacy with God.

49m

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Zac Poonen - Knowing God As Father And Hating Sin

Zac Poonen · Jul 8, 2024 · 49m

Zac Poonen teaches that knowing God as a loving Father is foundational to the Christian life, emphasizing that Jesus came to reveal the Father's character to us. He challenges believers to move beyond formal religious practices and allow the Holy Spirit to prompt them to intimately address God as 'Abba' (Daddy), demonstrating a genuine relationship rooted in understanding God's loving nature rather than mere obedience to rules.

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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.

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Bobby McDonald - A Precious Picture of Jesus

Bobby McDonald · Apr 8, 2024 · 20m

Bobby McDonald explores Jesus as both the door and the Good Shepherd from John 10, presenting a powerful image of Jesus standing in the doorway of the sheep pen to protect His flock from all threats—external dangers and internal condemnation. He emphasizes that believers can rest in complete security and freedom from fear, guilt, and sin because nothing enters their lives without God's permission and approval. The central lesson is that recognizing Jesus as our protective shepherd should transform how we view trials and temptations, leading us to treasure Jesus above all worldly pursuits and status.

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Wenhai Pan - NCCF Church Sharing

Wenhai Pan · Mar 18, 2024 · 5m

Wenhai Pan shares how Psalm 19:14 has become practically alive in his life through three areas: rejecting fear by remembering God's faithfulness, loving his wife without blame and growing in appreciation for her, and maintaining positive thoughts toward others at work instead of dwelling on their faults. He emphasizes that pleasing God in our thoughts and words requires conscious choices to align our minds with God's character.

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Zac Poonen - Set your mind on heavenly things; Greed is idolatry

Zac Poonen · Feb 26, 2024 · 29m

Zac Poonen teaches that Christians must set their minds on heavenly things and understand their spiritual identity as raised and seated with Christ in the heavenly places, rather than being bound to earthly concerns. He contrasts nominal Christianity with genuine discipleship, emphasizing unashamed public witness for Christ and the need to experience the reality of resurrection power. Greed is exposed as idolatry, and believers are called to maintain a heavenly perspective by understanding baptism as burial with Christ and living out that spiritual reality daily.

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CFC Messages · Jan 29, 2024 · 8m

Drawing from Psalm 18:25 and James 4:8, the speaker contrasts the Old Covenant's transactional obedience with the New Covenant's relational approach: rather than earning God's kindness through self-effort, Christians should draw near to God, recognizing that He jealously desires intimate fellowship with them. The practical focus shifts from striving to be kind through willpower to becoming kind as an overflow of deepening one's relationship with Jesus, allowing Him to purify motives and remove distractions that compete for the believer's heart.

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CFC Messages · Dec 11, 2023 · 29m

True eternal life is not physical immortality or worldly success, but rather a personal, intimate relationship with God through Jesus Christ—walking with Him daily and bearing His image. The speaker emphasizes that Christians must reject counterfeit versions of fulfillment offered by the world and instead cultivate genuine reflection of Christ in their personal lives and corporate church community, as exemplified by the Ethiopian eunuch's hunger for God's truth.

26m

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Zac Poonen - UNDERSTANDING THE NEW COVENANT Part 12:Diversity, Gifts and Unity in the Body Of Christ

Zac Poonen · Nov 20, 2023 · 26m

In the New Covenant, Christ builds a unified body of believers that transcends social, cultural, racial, and economic distinctions—unlike the Old Covenant congregation which was homogeneous. True church unity is demonstrated through genuine love and connection among diverse members, not merely by gathering together; those who only fellowship with people of their own type hinder the building of Christ's body.