City Harvest Church Weekend Sermons

Christian affections are the heart of Pentecostal spirituality. In this short sharing, Pastor Kong Hee encourages the graduating cohort of the School of Theology to embrace gratitude, compassion, and courage—three affections that mark a Christian’s life and define Pentecostal spirituality. As we seek to live them out by the Spirit, we will be transformed more and more into Christlikeness.

In this short sharing, Pastor Kong Hee encourages the graduating cohort of the School of Theology to remember to hold love, holiness, and power in proper balance and tension, because these are the three pillars of Pentecostal spirituality.

A continuation from the previous sermon, Pastor Kong Hee shares out of Teresa of Avila's book, The Interior Castle, a vision of the human soul in its spiritual growth and on its journey towards union with God. 

The castle of the human soul has seven mansions. With each mansion, the soul comes closer and closer to God. Each mansion is a greater detachment from something that hinders our union with God. As we allow the Holy Spirit to bring about greater detachment in our lives, we will come into a deeper union with God.

In this sermon, Pastor Kong Hee shares out of Teresa of Avila's book, The Interior Castle, a vision God gave to her about the human soul in its spiritual growth and on its journey towards union with God. There is nothing more important in life than growing in our love for God and entering into His intimate embrace, becoming one with Him in divine union.

God’s glory is best demonstrated through our pain and suffering. While we often seek miracles to escape our struggles, true faith calls us to persevere through them. Suffering and problems are meant to refine us, transform us, and reveal God’s glory through us; so we must never doubt His love, even when we do not feel it or understand what we are going through. In Christ, may we find grace to endure suffering and become who God calls us to be.

In this sermon, Pastor Kong Hee shares from one of the most life-changing Christian literature of all generations, The Practice of the Presence of God, and encourages us to be mindful of six things as we "practise the presence of God". The more we do so, the more we receive the grace of God, bringing us into union with Him and transforming us into Christlikeness.

In the Bible, names are important. This is even more true of the names given to God. In this sermon on another name of God, Jehovah Shammah — the LORD is there, Pastor Kong Hee references one of the most life-changing Christian literature of all generations, The Practice of the Presence of God, and shares three simple and practical ways we can practise the presence of God daily.

Jesus taught His disciples to pray, “Our Father …” This focuses on recognising that God is our loving Father. While we can boldly ask for our needs, our prayers should align with God's will, trusting in His timing and wisdom. Within this framework of a Father-child relationship, we can come before Him with our needs and have confidence that not only does He hear our repeated prayers, He will answer in ways that develop our character and faith. 

As believers, our source of hope is in God's unchanging character and promises. With an unwavering hope in Him, we can have endurance as we go through trials, and abiding joy as we trust in His plans for us. Truly, Jesus is hope for the rejected, the hopeless, and the depressed. In moments of despair, may hope be our anchor; in times of joy, may it be our attitude of gratitude!

All throughout the Bible, God often used ordinary, flawed, and fearful people; people who were willing to say “Yes!” to Him. One such person is a lesser-known disciple named Ananias, whose simple obedience to God's call led to Saul’s (Paul) conversion, impacting generations as a result. When we say “Yes!” to God, it releases faith, restores hope and rekindles love in us—even in challenging situations. Let our “Yes!” to God transform us as we partner with God to leave a lasting legacy for generations to come!