City Harvest Church Weekend Sermons

Life is filled with success and failure, mountain-top and valley-low experiences. Preaching out of Psalm 23:4-5, Pastor Wu Yuzhuang delivers this encouraging message on walking through difficult times. Valleys may be inevitable and unpredictable, but they are temporary and they serve a purpose: we only build faith in the valleys of life, we are closest to God when we are in our deepest valleys. There are 4 things a believer needs to do when he finds himself in the valley: 1) Refuse to be afraid, because when God is for you, no one can be against you. 2) Refuse to be discouraged; discouragement is a choice. 3) Seek God’s presence, not the absence of evil. 4) Find the footprints of Jesus; keep walking through the valley till you reach the other side. Without going through the valley, we will never receive the anointing. As God has promised, He will transform our valley of trouble into a gateway of hope (Hos 2:15).

Founder of Speak Life Global, an international travelling prophetic ministry, Pastor Gary Heyes delivers this powerful message about being a person that God can use to touch someone else. A Christian should carry a sensitive spirit, one that hears from God and speaks life to the weary. God pours out His grace upon us to be the person He wants us to be, to be the prophetic voice on Earth. To be used by God in this way, a believer needs three things: 1) Discernment, which requires an ongoing journey of praying, listening to God and growing in intimacy with him. 2) Faith, which will always involve risk. But God doesn’t only tell us what to do, He makes a way for us to do it. 3) Obedience, which is a timely response to act on what you have seen and heard. Sharing powerful real life experiences with a touch of humour, Pastor Gary inspires every believer to step out and be the next person God uses to impact a life.

Do you value your walk with God, or do you value His blessings? In this sermon, Pastor Aries Zulkarnain challenges the believer to examine his attitude towards God, drawing from Exodus 33. God told Moses He would still bless the children of Israel as they continued their journey toward the promised land, but He would not go with them. The Israelites had taken His love for granted. What about us? How can we measure how much we truly treasure the Lord? Pastor Aries lists three questions we must ask: one, do we still value God’s presence in our lives? Are we like Moses who refused to journey on if God’s presence did not go with him and the people? Two, do we value God over good? If you can only see God when things are good, then when bad times come, you will not be able to see the good in God. Finally, do we value God’s heart? God cares about our feelings, but do we care about His? Let this sermon teach you how to value your relationship with God.

Expounding on Psalm 121, Bobby Chaw shares an encouraging message about three things that the people of God were proclaiming whenever they sang this psalm, which is one of the Songs of Ascent. As the believers proclaimed this psalm, they were lifting their eyes to God with a fearless gaze of longing and expectation. Be strengthened in your heart as you realise how God's love is so tangibly present in every situation of your life!

In this encouraging message, Pastor Lin Junxian studies people throughout the Bible who were marked by God’s presence. In the Old Testament, Moses and the children of Israel refused to go anywhere until God was with them, guiding them as a pillar of cloud by day and fire by night. In the New Testament, Jews were surprised by the transformation of Peter, who had been with Jesus. Likewise for the church today: CHC’s pioneers built this church by the power of the Holy Spirit, and now the future lies in the hands of the new generation of believers who are marked by His presence.

This weekend, as Christians commemorate the Day of Pentecost, Bobby Chaw shares about how Pentecost reminds us that the Holy Spirit is present with us. One of the ways to live a life in the Spirit is through prayer, which cultivates in us an awareness of the Spirit's presence. As we pray, there are 4 things that the Holy Spirit brings to us. One, the Spirit assures us of God's love. Two, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. Three, the Spirit empowers us in spiritual warfare. Four, the Spirit reminds us of God's promises. As you listen to the anecdotes and encounters related to each of these points, may the Holy Spirit fill your heart with expectation for your personal "Pentecost"—a fresh infilling and outpouring of the Holy Spirit in your life!

Two months ago, Prof Doug Petersen of Vanguard University was weeks away from losing his sight to glaucoma. But he experienced a miraculous reversal days later following the fervent prayers of this church. In this beautiful sermon, Prof Doug takes us through 2 Corinthians 1:3-11 and defines 6 truths to learn from Apostle Paul’s experience of receiving divine comfort from the prayers of the Corinthians—a comfort he in return brought to them in its overflow. One, God is the source of all comfort, He cares about us and brings us divine comfort in the worst of times. Two, this comfort is a supernatural gift or charism. Three, this comfort can be transferred to others. Four, Christ is the channel of all comfort, not only salvation. Five, God is made strong in our weakness and we can be sure He will deliver us. Six, comfort, prayer and thanksgiving work together. If you feel your life is in a mess, let this message bring you God’s comfort.

Encounters with God are the turning points in our lives. Basing his message on Moses and the burning bush (Exo 3), Bobby Chaw teaches how a Christian can have an encounter with God. At the prime of his life, Moses thought he would lead God’s people into the Promised Land, but he took matters into his own hands and became a fugitive. When he was 80, God met him and his destiny was fulfilled. Pastor Bobby lists two key things: one, encountering God begins with a desire. When he saw the burning bush, Moses took time to note that the bush was not being burned down, and when he approached it, the Angel of the Lord spoke to him. If you have a desire for God, you will find Him. Two, encountering God is about experiencing His love. As Song of Songs 8:6 says, love is as strong as death, its flames are flames of fire. God wants us to remember His love for us and to abide in that love; He is not ashamed to be called our God (Heb 11:16). Listen to this sermon and stay hungry for God’s love.

Guest speaker Peter Paauwe, founder of Doorbrekkers Church in the Netherlands, delivers a powerful reminder that believers need to have faith and expectation. There are three things Christians need in order to develop unshakeable faith. First, we must hear the voice of the Father. A father draws close and speaks to His child when trouble is near. Be aware that Father God is not far—we are always moving and breathing in Him. Second, we must hear the voice of our Shepherd. John 10:2 assures us that Jesus knows every single one of His sheep. Besides staying close to the Shepherd, a sheep is safest when it is in the flock—even when you face challenges, as part of the flock you will move in the right direction with Jesus. Third, we must hear the truth from the Holy Spirit, and distinguish facts from faith. The promises of God are facts that cannot be argued against. The Holy Spirit will tell you the facts, and you need to stand on them and resist the devil daily.