A collection of New Covenant teaching, gathered from publicly available YouTube sermons by Zac Poonen and related CFC messages.
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2m 35sRiver of Life Christian Fellowship
Nov 5, 2025
This video features a song emphasizing the power and comfort found in taking the name of Jesus wherever one goes. The lyrics describe the name as a precious source of hope, joy, and a shield against temptation and sorrow. It encourages believers to breathe this holy name in prayer.
12mCFC Daily Devotions - Zac Poonen
Zac Poonen · Nov 2, 2025
The message emphasizes that God desires only good for His children, urging believers to actively claim the blessings He has provided. Drawing from examples like Hannah's persistent prayer for Samuel, the speaker stresses that enduring trials requires not just faith, but also patience. Ultimately, believers must trust that God is sovereign, even through persecution, because He cares for every detail of our lives.
10mCFC Daily Devotions - Zac Poonen
Zac Poonen · Nov 1, 2025
The speaker uses the examples of Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph from Genesis to illustrate that great blessings come through persistent prayer and unwavering faith, not fatalism. He emphasizes that simply accepting 'whatever will be' is not Christian faith; rather, one must actively pray and pursue God's will. The message concludes by encouraging the audience to embrace their role as God's intended blessing to others.
11mCFC Daily Devotions - Zac Poonen
Zac Poonen · Oct 31, 2025
True fulfillment of God's promises requires not just faith, but also patience and perseverance. The speaker uses examples like Abraham waiting 25 years and the Israelites crossing the Red Sea to illustrate that divine promises require enduring wait times and resisting immediate gratification. He emphasizes that believers must actively challenge hindrances and persist in prayer, trusting that God will provide what is truly good for them.
48mAustin Christian Fellowship Church (ACFC)
Jarrod Schnell · Oct 26, 2025
The speaker uses the account of Jesus feeding the 5,000 (Mark 6) to illustrate that while ministry and serving others are vital, disciples must also recognize when to rest and trust God's plan. He cautions against trying to manage or explain every detail of God's work to Him, reminding us that Jesus knows where He is going even if we feel anxious about the logistics.
1h 49mCFC Bangalore Live
Zac Poonen · Oct 26, 2025
Zac Poonen leads worship and encourages the congregation to focus on God's greatness and presence, emphasizing that coming into the Lord's presence and living in communion with God is humanity's greatest privilege. Through hymns and Scripture reflection, he calls believers to quiet their hearts from worldly distractions and give God their full attention and worship.
26mRiver of Life Christian Fellowship
Oct 22, 2025
The message emphasizes choosing praise and acknowledging God's goodness regardless of surrounding suffering or difficult circumstances. It encourages believers to come to the
10mCFC Daily Devotions - Zac Poonen
Zac Poonen · Oct 21, 2025
The message emphasizes the profound promise of the New Covenant, which includes receiving the desire and ability to do God's will, and ultimately, knowing God personally. True knowledge of God goes beyond mere instruction, requiring a deep, intimate fellowship where one knows God's way of thinking, like a spouse knowing their husband. The speaker urges listeners to exercise their 'right' to know Christ face-to-face, viewing this deep spiritual knowing as a birthright.
52mRiver of Life Christian Fellowship
Annie Poonen · Oct 18, 2025
The central message encourages the congregation to continue steadfastly in prayer, drawing inspiration from scripture passages like Colossians 4:2 and Philippians 4:6. The speaker emphasizes that prayer is a continuous conversation with God, comparing it to how one talks to a loving father. She shares personal reflections on trusting God's care, even when facing uncertainty, and stresses that time spent in personal prayer is essential for navigating life's challenges.
29mRiver of Life Christian Fellowship
Oct 15, 2025
The service focused heavily on worship, praising God for His glory, miracles, and the wonderful, sufficient grace of Jesus. The speaker encouraged the congregation to offer their bodies as a living sacrifice of praise, committing to praise daily through all trials. Specific prayers were offered for unity in marriages and homes, and for deliverance from the enemy's works.
1h 40mCFC Bangalore Live
Suresh Abraham · Oct 12, 2025
Suresh Abraham leads a church service focused on standing in the gap like Jesus, emphasizing worship, praise, and acknowledging Christ's sacrifice and grace. The message centers on lifting the Lord's name high, approaching God's throne with boldness and gratitude, and allowing the Holy Spirit to glorify God in our thoughts and minds.
27mRiver of Life Christian Fellowship
Oct 12, 2025
The speaker encourages the congregation to focus on God's eternal sovereignty, drawing strength from the title 'Ancient of Days.' This title reminds believers that God's power and reign are absolute, unaffected by earthly chaos or personal fears. The message culminates in a call to maintain a constant, devoted praise, comparing the believer's love for God to a bride's devotion to her bridegroom, Jesus.
16mRiver of Life Christian Fellowship
Oct 10, 2025
The speaker emphasizes that God hears and helps us in the present moment, drawing comfort from 2 Corinthians 6:2 and Psalm 46:1. He stresses that true reliance comes from simply looking to the Lord in prayer, rather than relying on positive thinking or worldly strategies. Furthermore, he advises readers to approach God's Word with an open mind, recognizing that Scripture is meant not only for immediate answers but also for reproof, correction, and training in righteousness.
9mCFC Daily Devotions - Zac Poonen
Zac Poonen · Oct 9, 2025
The central message emphasizes that for major life decisions, one must wait upon the Lord through extended prayer rather than relying on personal understanding. The speaker uses Jesus' selection of the twelve apostles as an example, noting that Jesus spent an entire night in prayer to ensure his choices were God's will. He advises listeners to emulate this by prioritizing listening to God over speaking our own desires in prayer.
29mRiver of Life Christian Fellowship
Oct 1, 2025
The service focused heavily on exalting Jesus Christ through song, emphasizing His sacrifice on Calvary and the power of His name. The message encouraged the congregation to maintain praise and faith regardless of circumstances, culminating in a prayer of consecration asking God to sustain them in their faith and purpose.
11mCFC Daily Devotions - Zac Poonen
Zac Poonen · Sep 30, 2025
The central message is that true security and spiritual life are found not in external sources like groups, jobs, or even other people, but in a deep, personal relationship with the Father. The speaker warns that relying on the church community or material security can lead to spiritual complacency, causing believers to neglect their direct relationship with God. He emphasizes that Jesus' life exemplified this security by always being connected to the Father, and believers must learn to pray directly to the Father.
16mRiver of Life Christian Fellowship
Sep 26, 2025
The sermon emphasizes that true devotion to God is characterized by being fair, just, and merciful, rather than through elaborate sacrifices. The speaker draws parallels from Micah 6:8 and Matthew 5:7, applying this principle to the church's internal life. He uses the early church's dispute over food distribution in Acts 6 to illustrate that the devil can find footholds in small matters, urging the congregation instead to focus on ministry, prayer, and mutual mercy.
3m 7sRiver of Life Christian Fellowship
Sep 25, 2025
This video is a worship service featuring the song 'As the Deer,' which expresses deep longing and devotion to God. The lyrics emphasize that God is the sole source of strength, joy, and satisfaction, making Him the heart's deepest desire. The overall message is one of profound worship and reliance on the divine.
3m 33sRiver of Life Christian Fellowship
Sep 25, 2025
This devotional prayer asks God to speak His truth into the lives of the congregation, shaping them to reflect Christ's light through their actions and faith. The prayer seeks divine guidance for obedience, repentance, and humility, asking for renewed minds and the strength to walk by faith as God leads. Ultimately, it calls for the church to be filled with God's glory.
2m 6sRiver of Life Christian Fellowship
Sep 25, 2025
This video is primarily a worship session featuring singing and praise. The lyrics express deep gratitude for God's saving work, tracing a journey from heaven to earth, through the cross, the grave, and ultimately to the sky. The central theme is lifting God's name in praise.
3m 16sRiver of Life Christian Fellowship
Sep 19, 2025
This appears to be a worship service featuring the hymn "O Thou By Long Experience Tried." The central theme revolves around finding ultimate security and peace in God's presence, suggesting that divine nearness provides freedom from earthly cares. The lyrics express a deep, unwavering love for God that transcends time and place.
11mCFC Daily Devotions - Zac Poonen
Zac Poonen · Sep 17, 2025
Eternal life is defined not as a long life, but as intimately knowing God the Father and Jesus Christ. The message emphasizes that this deep knowledge is achieved by diligently seeking God, comparing it to a 'God rush' rather than a physical gold rush. Ultimately, knowing God's plans for one's life—which are for welfare and hope—requires calling upon Him in prayer and searching for Him with all one's heart.
29mNCCF Church
Sunil Poonen · Sep 16, 2025
Sunil Poonen teaches on interceding love, calling Christians to follow Jesus's example of intercession and become spiritual armor bearers for one another. Drawing from Isaiah 59 and Ephesians 5, he explains that our purpose is to live for interceding on behalf of our spouses, children, and church family—committing to their spiritual battles as our own and helping sanctify them from spiritual blemishes. The first mark of interceding love is total commitment: your battle is my battle, your weakness is my weakness.
11mCFC Daily Devotions - Zac Poonen
Zac Poonen · Sep 15, 2025
The message emphasizes the necessity of being constantly conscious of the Lord's presence in all aspects of life, comparing it to being aware of Jesus during singing. The speaker encourages viewers to develop this awareness through persistent practice in prayer and scripture reading. Ultimately, dwelling in God's presence is presented as the source of fullness of joy, which is superior to mere rejoicing.