City Harvest Church Weekend Sermons

Christmas is a time to remember that Jesus came to bring light to a world of darkness. We all go through dark seasons in life that often get us down and discouraged. But God wants us to know that He can use these tough circumstances to bring us to a higher purpose in life. In sermon leading up to Christmas, Pastor Kong shares three simple things we can do (B.T.S.) when we are in a dark place in life. The first is to believe. No matter what you are facing, keep believing, visualising and confessing the promises of God over your situation. Secondly, we are to trust that God is working for us and in us; strengthening us to overcome our challenges. Finally, having done all we can, we need to wholeheartedly surrender the outcome to God, knowing that He is our sovereign Lord. Just as a seed needs to be planted in the soil—a dark place—so that life on the inside will come forth, it is in the dark times that our character will be moulded; where we learn patience and lean in to God for strength and faith!

Salvation is not the mere pardon of sin, it is a Christlike transformation. The goal of the Christian life is to have an intimate relationship with God—spiritual union and sharing in the communion of the trinity.For a believer to lead a Spirit-filled life, he must walk in the righteousness, love and power of God; because this is the true nature of God. The early Pentecostal fathers looked for fourevidences of the baptism in the Holy Spirit. A Spirit-led believer is one who: displays intense hunger for righteousness; a deep crucifixion of self; continual praises to God; and an unspeakable love for God and for one another. Genuine Christianity involves deep affection for the Lord and for others. That is the heart of our spirituality.As we grow in spiritual union with God, may we cultivate spiritual affections that show forth our gratitude towards the Lord and His goodness, compassion for our fellow men, and courage to live our best life for Jesus.

As human beings, from time to time, we’d wish we had superpowers. But let’s take a moment to consider that God, who is all-powerful and all-knowing, decided to put aside His powers to become human, to identify with our humanity and frailty—in order to save us.Jesus Christ came to give us salvation and grace needed for this life—to overcome difficulties, crisis and tragedy. As we learn to acknowledge our human limitations, God wants us to fully depend on Him; to work alongside Him and with Him.Pastor Aries shares 3 benefits we will receive as we depend on God: a healthy confidence, a healthy humility, and a balanced Christianity.As we hear this word, may we be encouraged to know that while we acknowledge our human limitations, we can depend fully on an unlimited God for His grace and strength to live our lives for His glory.

As human beings, from time to time, we’d wish we had superpowers. But let’s take a moment to consider that God, who is all-powerful and all-knowing, decided to put aside His powers to become human, to identify with our humanity and frailty—in order to save us.Jesus Christ came to give us salvation and grace needed for this life—to overcome difficulties, crisis and tragedy. As we learn to acknowledge our human limitations, God wants us to fully depend on Him; to work alongside Him and with Him.Pastor Aries shares 3 benefits we will receive as we depend on God: a healthy confidence, a healthy humility, and a balanced Christianity.As we hear this word, may we be encouraged to know that while we acknowledge our human limitations, we can depend fully on an unlimited God for His grace and strength to live our lives for His glory.

One of the toughest battle to fight is the battle of the mind. That is why in Rom 12:1-2, the Apostle Paul urges us to daily renew our mind.God wants to give us a new mindset— a whole new way of thinking—to live with a kingdom perspective.The word “renew” in Latin is “renovare”, which means to restore or restructure what is old and malfunctioning. There are areas in our lives that need to be torn down to be rebuilt—a spiritual renovation!If you want to experience the power of God, then your thinking towards God, and towards His promises, must change.Pastor Lin Junxian shares 3 requirements for the renewing of our mind. It requires our focus on the Word of God; it requires the focus of our whole being; and it requires our focus on the Holy Spirit. As we set our minds on the things of God, may our thinking be renewed day by day, so that our lives will in turn be transformed to shine forth the light of Christ!

Continuing his series on Katharsis, Theoria and Theosis, Pastor Kong Hee touches on the second key to having spiritual union with God—Theoria. Theoria means “to see; to have a vision of God; to have an encounter with Him; to tangibly experience Him.” Encounters with God show us He is real and that, in turn, transforms our lives. How can one experience encounters with the Lord? By having the right spiritual temperature of walking in God’s light (righteousness), in God’s love, and in His power. The evidence of God’s saving grace in us is a life of righteousness, in that sin no longer reigns in us. Holiness comes with we walk in the love of Christ and take on His Spirit and nature. Finally, as believers, our ministry must operate with the demonstration of God’s power. So let us walk in God’s light, love and power, that may we encounter God and experience spiritual union with Him!

As believers, how we live our lives on this earth will determine our capacity for joy and happiness in the new heaven and earth. The more we come into union with God, the larger a vessel we will become. In this message, Pastor Kong shares three keys to having union with God: Kartharsis (purification), Theoria (revelation), and Theosis (union). Kartharsis, or purification, is the process of flushing out sin and temptations that bombard us daily. We overcome by not letting them have a hold over us. When faced with temptation, choose to do what is right unto God. When offenses come, be swift to forgive and move on. As we learn how to remove the impurities in our life, may we receive a personal revelation of Jesus and come into a deeper union with Him.

At his lowest point in Genesis chapter 37, Joseph was sold as a slave; at his highest point in chapter 39, he was the prime minister of Egypt. Right smack in the middle of these two chapters is chapter 38, which seems to be an interruption to the account of Joseph’s life.No one likes interruptions that are uncomfortable and inconvenient. Yet, interruptions can often be divine. In this message, Pastor Wu Yuzhuang shares how God uses interruptions to develop us and bring us into our purpose and destiny. Joseph did not buckle under his crisis. Instead, he did four things to work his way to overcoming his circumstances. He stayed close to God; he studied his environment; he served with excellence; and he kept looking forward to his destiny. As we go through challenging interruptions in life, may we be like Joseph, and learn to turn our life’s interruptions into God’s divine purposes.

No matter how forgetful man is, the Lord always remembers. Preaching out of Luke 1, Edmund Tay shows in this sermon that God never forgets His people. Because we can trust God, we must believe in Him and his goodness. Pastor Edmund teaches that believers must do these three things: one, they must believe without bitterness, because bitterness kills faith. Two, they must believe despite the doubt, unlike Zacharias who chose disbelief when he was told his wife would be pregnant with a child in their old age. Faith is the ability to believe despite doubts. Three, they must believe for deliverance in God’s time. God may be silent for a long time, or things may not progress according to your expectation, but He has heard your prayer. Listen to this sermon and be encouraged to believe God.

Continuing on the theme of Theosis in this sermon, Kong Hee expands on what this spiritual union with God entails. Drawing from 2 Cor 5:4 which reads: “what is mortal may be swallowed up by life”, Pastor Kong teaches that what we have right now is merely a measure of eternal life and the baptism in the Holy Spirit. Therefore let us not be complacent, but grow in God by coming into deeper union with Him daily; everything we do should draw us closer to our Lord. Let this sermon inspire you to hunger and thirst for more of Him.