The kingdom of God is righteousness and peace. True wisdom is never argumentative or quarrelsome. It does not strive. It maintains harmonious relationships with everyone, as far as possible. It is impossible to quarrel with a man who is filled with Divine wisdom, for such a man is a peaceable man.
– Zac Poonen
Peace | Quarreling
God can make the very worst things that ever happened in your life to work for your very best, if you have faith.
– Zac Poonen
Faith
It is foolish to move into the future on our own when God is waiting to guide us. His plan is the best. If we yield to Him, He can save us from Satan’s snares.
– Zac Poonen
The Future
Man’s greatest honor and privilege is to do the will of God. This was what the Lord Jesus taught His disciples. He once said that only those who did His Father’s will would enter the kingdom of Heaven (Matt. 7:21). He also said that His true brothers and sisters were those who did the will of God (Matt. 12:50).
– Zac Poonen
Service
Sin came through the pride of Lucifer and salvation came through the humility of Jesus.
– Zac Poonen
Sin | Pride | Humility
The man who has an easy way through life, will be spiritually weak, flabby and impoverished. He won’t be able to do all that God wants him to do. But the one who has gone through trials and testing successfully, will be strong and capable of doing all the will of God.
– Zac Poonen
Trials
If you fear God, you really need fear nothing else.
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Fear
God is looking for men and women who will never be content with mere experiences and “blessings,” but who will take up the cross daily and follow Jesus and thus manifest in their lives and in their service the reality of those words, “It is no longer I, but Christ that lives in me.” This, and this alone is the Spirit-filled life.
– Zac Poonen
Self-denial
Humility of heart is the first step to salvation.
– Zac Poonen
Humility
When you are not sure of your salvation, it is very easy to get discouraged and to backslide.
– Zac Poonen
Assurance | Backsliding
It is one thing to be accepted by God; it is quite another thing to be APPROVED by God.
– Zac Poonen
Godliness
A spiritual leader will first and foremost, have a calling from God. His work will not be his profession, but his calling.
– Zac Poonen
Leadership
Let us follow in Jesus’ footsteps. Let people say whatever evil they want to, about us. If we honor God, He will one day honor us.
– Zac Poonen
Godliness | Gossip
Consider the matter of suffering. Why does a God of love allow us to go through suffering? That’s because suffering is a part of the syllabus in our spiritual education.
– Zac Poonen
Suffering
Like the rock that was smitten, we too need to be broken, before the rivers of blessing can flow out through us to others. The opposition of men and their false accusations serve to keep us broken before God.
– Zac Poonen
Brokenness
If you seek to please men you can never be a servant of the Lord.
– Zac Poonen
Apathy
The most important qualification for a servant of God is that he does not seek his own.
– Zac Poonen
Self-denial
The righteous do good and forget about having done it! The unrighteous however, keep a mental record of all the good that they have done.
– Zac Poonen
Righteousness
Jesus was always against sin and He was always against fear. He told us to fear only God and no-one else (Matt.10:28).
– Zac Poonen
Fear
When we receive from God and hold on to what we have received selfishly, we die spiritually.
– Zac Poonen
Selfishness
God must be the very first thought and the very last thought in the life of every disciple of Jesus. God must be the centre as well as the circumference of our lives. We live and move in Him, within the circle that He has drawn for us. And within that circle we will always find Him (Acts 17:26,27).
– Zac Poonen
God | Life
Jesus once said that Satan was a thief. Satan does not steal money, for he knows that money has no eternal value. He steals only what has eternal value – primarily the souls of men.
– Zac Poonen
Satan
The more useful we are to God, the more we will be attacked by the enemy.
– Zac Poonen
Satan
Sin came into the universe when an angel became proud.
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Sin
Do you think the devil is impressed by anyone’s Bible knowledge or degree-certificates? Not at all. Satan fears only holy, humble men and women who know God.
– Zac Poonen
Humility
Anyone who serves the Lord is going to be the target of Satan’s attacks.
– Zac Poonen
Service | Tribulation
The fear of the Lord is the ABC of the Christian life.
– Zac Poonen
Christianity
This is Divine love – a love that is willing to lay down its life in order to save the one it loves.
– Zac Poonen
Love
Many are called, few are chosen, but fewer still are faithful. These are the overcomers spoken of ten times in the book of Revelation. They are disciples of Jesus who have not only been accepted by God but who have been tested by Him through many circumstances and who have been approved by Him.
– Zac Poonen
Faithful
It is possible to miss God’s perfect will for our lives through carelessness or disobedience.
– Zac Poonen
Apathy
True service for the Lord will bring us material loss not gain. The profit will only be spiritual. That which brings material gain, on the other hand, belongs to Babylon and not to the heavenly Jerusalem.
– Zac Poonen
Prosperity
Obedience to God must never be delayed.
– Zac Poonen
Obedience
The Christian life is a battle against Satan.
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Christianity