City Harvest Church Weekend Sermons

In this encouraging Mother’s Day message, Pastor Kong Hee draws four characteristics of a godly mother from the unlikely example of Bathsheba. Despite the abuse and tragedies she endured because of King David (2 Samuel 11), Bathsheba clung on to God and kept her consecration, resulting in her being listed in the genealogy of Jesus (Matthew 1:6). Pastor Kong teaches four things a godly mother does: one, she reads the Bible. It is believed that Bathsheba’s words to her son Solomon formed Proverbs 1 to 10. Two, a godly mother prays and trusts the Lord (Prov 3:5). Three, a godly mother loves unconditionally (Prov 3:3-4) and four, a godly mother forgives unceasingly. Mothers, listen and be strengthened by the word.

All throughout the Gospels, we are called to repentance. Matt 5:4 says that blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Mourning is repentance that brings a great heavenly joy. What is repentance? It is godly sorrow, a change of mind and a change of direction from the sin that the Holy Spirit convicts us of. The Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15) illustrates how we must neither condemn ourselves like like prodigal son, nor grow complacent like the older son. Let this message draw you to repentance in the Holy Spirit.

The biggest war we fight today is the one within: many of us battle anxiety and depression. What we need is the peace of the Holy Spirit, to be calm in the midst of trouble. In this sermon, Pastor Bobby Chaw teaches two ways to attain this peace. One, we must put on the mind of the Holy Spirit, and we do so by going to the Bible which is His word. When we have the mind of the Holy Spirit, we experience life and peace. Two, in every situation, pray. Prayer is the place of exchange: we give up our anxiety and we receive Jehovah Shalom. Listen to this message and be encouraged to abide again with the Holy Spirit

In this Easter message, Pastor Kong Hee teaches that although we are all born into sin and pain, on Calvary, Jesus did a miracle and turned our minus into a plus.  Humans have no ability to stop sinning, and the penalty for sin is eternal death. The cross is the only way mankind can be saved—the Father sent Jesus to be our substitute, and He was pierced for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities. Through His death on the cross, Jesus is your Healer: two-thirds of His ministry was spent healing the sick, and He continues to heal today. Jesus is also your Provider: He will meet your every need and turn your failures into successes. This Easter, let the blood of the Lamb change you from the inside out: it cleans not just the outside but goes deep and breaks every stronghold of sin within.

In this message, Pastor Kong Hee teaches that the Holy Spirit is love, holiness and power—only when we are filled with the love of the Holy Spirit can we be filled with holiness, and only then experience lasting change. Every Christian experiences the "initial love" of the Holy Spirit when we are saved—we can do many of the outward things, even casting out demons and healing the sick. But as time goes by, we find that under stress, our ugly sides—our angry, envious, lustful selves—emerge and we become discouraged. This is because we have not let the Holy Spirit purify us and make us holy. Listen to this message and be encouraged to focus on love and holiness, by making room and giving ourselves fully to the Holy Spirit.

In this season of Lent, Pastor Wu Yuzhuang brings us back to the Garden of Gethsemane the night before Jesus went to the Cross. Pastor Zhuang teaches us that the Garden is four things: it is a place of supplication, where Jesus went to pray in His darkest hour; it is a place of support, where Jesus turned to his friends Peter, James and John to be with Him in prayer; it is a place of struggle, where Jesus asked the Father to take the cup of wrath away from Him; and it is a place of submission, where He declared not His but the Father’s will be done. Let this message remind you of the significance of Christ’s sacrifice for all mankind.

It is God’s personal presence that distinguishes us as His people. Therefore, in all your pursuits, pursue the presence of God. In the moving sermon, Pastor Bobby Chaw unpacks how, since the beginning of time, the Holy Spirit has been with us—in the Old Testament, He was in the pillar of cloud and pillar of fire, the burning bush, the glory that filled the temple. In the New Testament, we are His temple and He has come to abide in us forever. The Holy Spirit knows our every emotion—He laughs when we laugh, He cries when we cry—He loves us. Thus, let’s not quench the Holy Spirit, but welcome Him and enter His presence daily. Listen and find out how we can experience the precious presence of the Holy Spirit always, through thanksgiving, praise and worship.

As the pressures of life hit us, it’s time to get deeper in God. We have been birthed by the power of the Holy Spirit and He has called us to be a supernatural people, with our faith based on the power of God, and not by our own strength. How can believers cross from the natural to the supernatural? Pastor Derek Dunn shares that there are three levels of the supernatural that we are called to move in. The first level is faith—following the leading of the Holy Spirit and moving upon the promises of God’s Word. The second level is the anointing. The anointing is what rubs off on you when you spend time in the presence of God. As we operate in the anointing of the Holy Spirit, there is no strive or struggle. The third level of the supernatural is the glory of God which is the weight of God’s presence manifested. The weight of God’s glory comes down, we need only yield and respond to Him. As we move in a greater dimension of the supernatural, may those around us be drawn by God’s presence and come into the saving knowledge of Christ.

The Book of Mark is an action-packed Gospel—more miracles are chronicled here than in the other Gospels. In this sermon, Pastor Jeremy Choy encourages us to take hold of Jesus, because if we do, our lives will never be the same again. But taking hold of Jesus is not us holding Him ransom to our demands; instead, three things will happen to us if we allow Him to work in us. First, His timing rarely operates according to our hurried schedules. We may feel we need a miracle right this minute but taking hold of Jesus means we have to let go of our own fears and solutions and let God be God. Second, we will receive much more than we ask for when we take hold of Jesus; however, this often requires us to trust, wait and surrender to Him, and in that process, we are transformed. Third, when we take hold of Jesus, purpose and hope will be restored. No matter how lifeless a situation may be, Jesus can bring it back to life and make it flourish again. As Jesus said to Jairus: do not be afraid, only believe.

In this Chinese New Year message, Pastor Aries Zulkarnain offers up food for thought on what makes for a better year. Most people consider “better” to having more than the year before, but what is God’s idea of “better”? Preaching out of Haggai 1, Pastor Aries reminds us to “give careful thought” to our ways. He posits two key points. One, in your busyness, do not forget to enjoy God. After all, the chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever; we are to delight in the Lord. Are we enjoying Jesus or are we simply going through the motions to get His blessing? As much as we do great things for Jesus, we must enjoy having a relationship with Him. Two: In pursuit of our desires, let’s learn to be content in God. Being content is not adding to what you have, but subtracting from what your self desires (Jeremy Burroughs). As we enter the Year of the Tiger, we may experience a season of prosperity, where God’s blessings are on display in our lives, or a season of adversity, where God’s blessings come in disguise. Listen to this sermon and learn how “Godliness with contentment is great gain.” (1 Tim 6:6)