Sunil Poonen - From Brokenness to Brightness
Summary
Sunil Poonen uses three Old Testament locations to illustrate the journey from spiritual brokenness to brightness: Mara (where the Israelites grumbled despite deliverance), Bethel (where Jacob encountered God but negotiated conditions), and Peniel (where Jacob was physically broken but experienced God's face and learned total dependence). The message calls believers to move past complaining and conditional faith toward an unconditional encounter with God that may require painful dislocations of worldly attachments, resulting in ever-increasing spiritual brightness and maturity.
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Speaker: Sunil Poonen Title: From Brokenness to Brightness Date: 01/18/2026 Our Goal as Christians is this: To be an exact reflection of Jesus, the Son of God (Romans 8:29) We do this individually by growing in purity in our personal lives (1 John 3:2-3) We do this corporately by becoming fully functioning members of a local Church (Ephesians 4:11-16)
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