Family Prayer Centre Sermons

In this message, Pastor Alan teaches on the difference between the outward man and the inner man, and he says real transformation comes through prayer, worship, and time with the Holy Spirit. He explains that personality, ability, and natural giftedness differ from person to person, but the new birth makes believers equal in Christ.
He says ministry and church life should not be built on personality or control, but on helping one another grow. He emphasizes being present, being seen, and being accountable in the church community, including regular attendance, serving, and steady giving.
Pastor Alan also stresses that spiritual growth happens over time through faithfulness, not by trying to force outcomes through human strength. He uses Paul’s writing in 2 Corinthians to show that believers can face pressure, discouragement, and weakness without losing heart because God gives strength to continue.
He says the inward man is renewed day by day, while the outward man is temporary and limited. He contrasts this with a carnal mindset that relies on natural effort, and he teaches that the life of Jesus is revealed as the old self is put aside and the inner life is strengthened.

In this message, Deborah teaches on God’s invitation to go deeper and to lay down the desires of the outward, fleshly life. She says many people are at a turning point and need to choose closeness with Jesus over the world’s pull, because only Christ gives the wisdom, strength, and counsel they need.
A major theme is that wisdom and foolishness are set before believers as two paths. Using Proverbs, she describes wisdom as calling people to come in and learn, while the flesh is loud, deceptive, and leads toward death. She emphasizes that access to God’s wisdom is available, but it requires surrender and mortification of the flesh.
She also shares personal testimony about growing up with criticism, seeking acceptance, and being delivered from strongholds by God’s love. She connects that story to the need for parents to love their children well, especially daughters, and to parent the heart rather than only outward behavior.
The message closes with direct prayer for listeners at crossroads, asking God for grace to lay down whatever hinders them and to press further into Him. The speaker repeatedly affirms that God is a good Father who accepts His children, will not waste their surrender, and is able to strengthen them for their families, assignments, and daily walk.

In this PM service, Pastor Alan explores the difference between the inward man and the outward man. He says the inward man is born again and made alive in righteousness, while the outward man remains carnal and must be resisted. He uses Paul’s words in 2 Corinthians 4 to describe the inward man being renewed day by day.
He teaches that the carnal mind holds memories, reactions, and strongholds shaped by past experiences. These inner patterns can affect relationships, finances, fear, and other areas of life. He explains that many people live from this outward library without realizing the inward man has also been given a new nature and a new mind.
A major emphasis is praying in tongues. Pastor Alan says this is how the Holy Spirit teaches and builds up the inward man, like feeding a newborn baby. He compares it to a classroom where the Holy Spirit writes knowledge into the spiritual mind little by little until understanding comes.
He also explains fasting and obedience as ways of saying the body is not in charge. He says strongholds can feel safe because they have protected people in the past, but the Holy Spirit leads believers to face them one by one. He describes this process as difficult but necessary for transformation.
He closes by reading from 2 Corinthians 5 and 1 Corinthians 9, saying believers are called to discipline the body and live by faith, not sight. He encourages the congregation to rely on the Holy Spirit, stay in prayer, and let the inward man grow until it overcomes the outward man.

In this message, Pastor Alan teaches on John 3 and Hebrews 10, focusing on being born again, holiness, and baptism. He says the kingdom of God is not a physical place but God himself, and that a person can only enter it by being born again. He contrasts religion, which tries to earn acceptance through behavior, with God’s work of making a person new from the inside.
He explains two kinds of holiness: the act of holiness and the fruit of holiness. The act of holiness is choosing not to give in to sinful desires in the moment, while the fruit of holiness grows as the Holy Spirit matures the inner life. He says believers should make good choices, but they should not let failure keep them from God’s love.
Pastor Alan uses the image of children coming in from the mud (after playing outside) to describe how God sees believers. He says the mud represents the outward man and its struggles, but it is not the true person. He emphasizes that God sees his children through their struggles and does not reject them when they fail.
He then turns to Ephesians 4 and Hebrews 10 to explain that the new man is created in true righteousness and holiness. He says Jesus’ one sacrifice is once for all, and that believers are perfected forever even while they are still being sanctified. Baptism is described as an act of faith and agreement with God, symbolizing burial of the old man and identification with the new life.
The message closes by urging listeners not to defend the old nature, but to live from their born-again identity. He encourages prayer in tongues as a way the Holy Spirit strengthens the inner man. He ends with prayer, asking God to help listeners receive that they are born of righteousness and to walk in confidence rather than shame.

Pastor Alan teaches this Monday morning on the Holy Spirit, truth, and the difference between natural understanding and spiritual understanding. He says his main calling is to find, preach, and defend doctrine. He also says that the Holy Spirit teaches truth and that believers need to know the truth for themselves, not just hear opinions from others.
He explains that many Christian opinions are based on limited understanding, and he compares this to people giving medical opinions without training. He says the knowledge of God is not merely knowledge about God, but knowledge that comes from God’s own mind. He emphasizes that believers should seek the knowledge of God rather than experiences alone.
Pastor Alan teaches that Adam’s sin changed humanity, and that mankind became separated from God’s light. He says Jesus comes as the last Adam to rescue humanity and create a new family of believers. He explains that being born again changes the inner man, but not the outward body, which remains in the natural state until the future resurrection.
He turns to John 14:25 and Colossians 2:1-3, saying the Holy Spirit teaches believers from within and brings God’s truth to remembrance. He describes speaking in tongues as praying mysteries and says this prayer life deposits God’s knowledge into the spiritual mind. He concludes that believers should regularly pray in the Spirit, because that is one of the main ways God teaches them.

In today’s sermon, Pastor Alan teaches on surrendering the right to control one’s life and learning to belong fully to God.
He describes how many people try to serve God while still trying to protect their own choices, success, and identity. He contrasts religious activity with a deeper relationship in which a person no longer offers God things to gain approval, but gives God the whole life. He says the “pride of life” is the hardest thing to overcome because it insists on self-direction.
Pastor Alan uses the COVID season as an example of a time when people could not rely on being busy for God. He says that in that season, many learned that God still remains present apart from performance, usefulness, or ministry activity. He emphasizes that God wants the person, not just the person’s offerings.
He then turns to John 13 and John 21 to show the difference between Peter and John. He says John is the disciple whom Jesus loved because John loved Jesus more closely, and he uses the foot-washing, the betrayal, and Peter’s denial to show that love and surrender matter more than self-confidence. He also says Peter is restored by Jesus after the resurrection and is called again to feed the sheep.
A major theme of the sermon is that the Holy Spirit leads people into facing what they fear, but only when they are ready. Pastor Alan says believers should pray in tongues because it helps them yield to God’s will and confront the pride that keeps them stuck. He closes by urging listeners to ask God to lead their lives, give up their pride, and seek a real moment of personal encounter with Him.

In this message, Pastor Alan teaches on what it means to be born again and to live as a child of God rather than as a performer. He begins by telling that the goal is not to make everyone the same, but to help each person be at peace with who they are. He says Christianity is not about earning approval through works, but about becoming like Jesus in love, holiness, and the knowledge of God.
He explains that many people try to find value by doing things for God or by being accepted by others. He says this often leads to insecurity, performance, and a cycle of trying harder, then returning to the same place. Instead, he says believers are called to transformation, where change comes from focusing on the Holy Spirit rather than on self-effort.
Pastor Alan emphasizes that God is Father to those who are born again. He says believers should not relate to God only as a distant deity, but as a loving parent who already values them. He uses the image of a child recognizing a father to describe how God sees each person individually, not as part of a crowd.
He also teaches from John 3:1-3 that being born again is a real new birth, not just joining religion or trying to improve morally. He says the inner person is born of God, while the outward person still struggles, and that Christians should not identify with the old life of sin and insecurity. He closes by leading a prayer for salvation and inviting people to receive Jesus and be born of God.

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Deborah highlights the ways in which we can be strong in the Lord and provides us with a clear path on applying this to the life of each believer.

In this message, Deborah teaches on “momentary light affliction” from 2 Corinthians 4. She says affliction refers to pressure, trials, hardship, and burden, and she acknowledges that these pressures can feel heavy and ongoing. She emphasizes that the suffering is real, but the Word describes it as temporary.
She connects this teaching to Mark 4, where persecution and affliction arise for the word’s sake. She explains that when there is no root, people can become offended, discouraged, or ready to quit. She says the enemy targets what God has planted, especially truth and spiritual growth.
Deborah then turns to 2 Corinthians 3 and James 1 to show that believers are changed by looking at the Lord rather than at visible circumstances. She describes joy as an inward calm delight, not merely outward emotion. She says trials test faith, produce patience, and can lead to maturity when a person asks God for wisdom and does not waver.
She closes by urging us to keep praying, worshiping, fasting, and continuing in the Word and in fellowship with the Holy Spirit. She says the goal is to be changed into the image of Jesus and not to quit under pressure.