Br. Zac

Nice to find that along with many annointed messages the messages of Br. Zac Poonen is also included, Really they are annointed ones out here.Anyone who has heard his preaching around here??? :-?

:-) Oh, you bet brother...This may be helpful. At the top of the home page is a search bar. If you type in Zac Poonen it will bring up everything related to him. In the Downloads, the forum, articles etc.Fair to say there has been a few conversations in this regards. Love his honesty and manner, a wonderful brother...

Anyone who has heard his preaching around here??? I once attended a revival meeting that he held here in Manitoba in conjunction with Charity Ministries, I have to agree that his message is very annointed and it struck the hearts of many who attended the meetings.Lyndon

Okay....now I want to hear this man for myself :-)

Zac Poonen's book "Practical Discipleship" is very encouraging and equipping.

Zac Poonen is an excellent teacher, Greg has lots of his material here on SI, give him a listen.In particular, I can recommend the following series of messages by him...The Real JesusThe Better CovenantLaws of Spiritual LifeParables of JesusIn Christ,Ron

Feeling superior Zac Poonen To those who feel superior, Paul writes: "The eye can never say to the hand, `I don't need you.' Thehead can't say to the feet, `I don't need you.' And some ofthe parts that seem weakest and least important are reallythe most necessary......So God has put the body together insuch a way that extra honour and care are given to thoseparts that might otherwise seem less important.....Now hereis what I am trying to say: All of you together are the onebody of Christ and each one of you is a separate andnecessary part of it (1 Cor. 12:21-27-TLB). There are some conceited snobs in the church who feel theyare more important than their fellow-believers. Theyconsider their ministry to be more necessary to the Bodythan that of others. Of course they never express theirfeelings lest they be considered proud, but their actionsand attitudes give them away. Such spiritual pride not onlyruins them spiritually, but also rings the death-knell oftrue fellowship. The eye is a very important part of the human body and has asignificant function to perform. But if (to continue theanalogy) it despises the hand saying, "I don't need you",then it has misunderstood its function in the bodyaltogether. So with anyone who considers his ministry more importantthan another's. Our hearts are so deceptive that we caneasily fool ourselves into thinking that we are called to bespiritual leaders and prophets among God's people. Those whofall into this trap then covet to be elders in churches andleaders in Christian organizations. They feel superior toothers and are like a cancer in the Body of Christ.No one is indispensable in God's work. When Elijahcomplained to God that he was the only one prophet standingtrue to God in the land of Israel, the Lord told him to goand anoint Elisha to replace him as prophet (1 Kings19:14-16). Perhaps this was to teach Elijah that God wouldnever be without men whom He could use. Even the greatElijah was not irreplaceable. No one is indispensable in Christ's Body. On the other hand, no one is dispensable either. The Biblesays that all the members are necessary. But we have first to recognize that we are dispensable,before we can become truly indispensable. We are most neededin the Body of Christ when we have realised our nothingness.Whenever someone feels that God's work in a certain placewill not carry on without him, the truth usually is that thework would be far better off without him!God's work is dependent on the corporate ministry of theBody of Christ - not on any one individual. In fact, theindividual who tries to do everything himself is a positivehindrance to the work of God - for he leaves no room forothers to function. The eye is an important organ, but if the whole body werejust one big eye such a body would be quite useless. Thus,when a church or Christian organization centres around theministry of one man (however gifted he may be), it ceases tobe an expression of the Body of Christ. Such a groupactually becomes a hindrance to the work of God. Howeverimpressive the statistics may be, churches that centrearound one gifted leader or pastor, do not fulfill theirGod-ordained function. True Christian fellowship isimpossible in such a situation.When one cell in the body grows into a size far beyond whatGod intended for it, it can only do so by crushing the lifeout of other cells in the process. This is cancer and,untreated it always kills the body. This, alas, is the situation in many Christian organizationsand churches. The believers therein are not able to growspiritually because of the overpowering personality of oneman in their midst. They are like small mushrooms growingunder the shade of a mighty oak tree, that seldom see thesunlight themselves. Let those who have an outstanding spiritual gift take note:You are more likely to hinder the growth of other believersthan those with mediocre gifts. You are more likely to killtrue fellowship than other less-talented brethren. Besides,you are in danger of making members of Christ's Body moredependent on yourself than on Christ the Head.If we do not allow others to fulfil their ministry, weviolate one of the fundamental laws of the Body. The Bibleexhorts everyone of us to regard others as more importantthan ourselves (Phil. 2:3). We may not be able, in allhonesty, to consider everyone as more spiritual thanourselves, and the Bible does not urge false humility. Whatwe are asked to do is to consider others as more important.Surely we can all do this - if we see our place and theplace of others in the same body. This does not mean that all the gifts of the Spirit are ofequal value to the upbuilding of the Body. The Bible itselftells us that some gifts are of greater value than others (1Cor. 14) and we are told to "earnestly desire the greatergifts" (1 Cor. 12:31). All believers have a definitecontribution to make to the ministry of the Body, but thosewho have been given a more useful gift by God (in Hissovereignty) will naturally be able to make a moresignificant contribution. The fact that some have a moreoutstanding gift is not inconsistent with the fact of theequality of all believers - for equality does not meanuniformity.http://www.cfcindia.com/cda/mainpages/amfot.php