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 K.P. Yohannan ( - Present)
Read freely text sermons and articles by the speaker K.P. Yohannan in text and pdf format. Dr. K.P. Yohannan, the Metropolitan Bishop of Believers Church, was born and brought up in Niranam, Kerala. Niranam has immense historical significance in the tradition of Saint Thomas, a disciple of Jesus Christ who planted the first church there in AD 52. K.P. Yohannan dedicated his life to God at a young age to serve the needy and downtrodden. He prayed, “Oh my Lord, let my heart break with the things that break Your heart” and his life was never the same. It’s his belief that one can only demonstrate God’s love by loving people. After over four decades of selfless service, he says, I have no regrets in praying that prayer for I know God has touched millions through what He did in and through me. It is all God’s grace.
He spent the early years of his service in North India and traveled to the remote villages sharing the love of Christ and doing charitable works. Through numerous encounters during those years, he was instilled with an increasing passion to bring hope, peace, and comfort to the needy and deprived. His sacrificial commitment, farsightedness and aptitude to perceive helped him to lead a life of unhindered devotion to serve Christ and His church. K.P. Yohannan is also the voice of Athmeeya Yathra, touching millions through his daily radio and TV broadcasts. His 250 books offer practical and spiritual guidance on hundreds of subjects.
SermonIndex Recommends these books by K.P. Yohannan:
Living in the Light of Eternity: Discovering God's Design For Your Life by K.P. Yohannan
The Beauty of Christ through Brokenness by K.P. Yohannan
Crisis in Leadership by K.P. Yohannan
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God wants faith to permeate all of our lives
God wants faith to permeate all of our lives, every moment of every day. He doesn’t want us to just fall back on faith when someone is sick and the doctors are unable to help or when the finances are low. Please let us not just use faith when trials or ... read more
God Wants Servants
In 1976, when God called me back into missions from the pastorate, one of my first excuses for not moving ahead in obedience was my pulpit. After all, I argued, this church is obviously being blessed, and “God needs me here.”
How foolish! We have to ... read more
God Watches Out for Us
It was fall while I was visiting Germany. Rev. Wolfgang Mueller, our senior leader there, took me for an afternoon ride in his car to show me the breathtaking countryside.
The weather was beautiful, the air was crisp, and many trees were loaded with frui ... read more
God-Fearing People
I had never heard anything like it.
In a village on the Gujarat-Madhya Pradesh border in India, 50 families came to know the Lord within a short period of time. These were very simple but God-fearing people who heard the Gospel and responded to Jesusâ ... read more
God’s Heart Aches and He Wants to Share that With Us
Tomorrow marks the first day of Lent. It is one of the oldest holy days on the Christian calendar. As Christians, we have many holidays that we celebrate throughout the year such as Christmas, Palm Sunday and Easter. Lent is a special time like those when ... read more
God’s Promises
Please, my precious brothers and sisters, when discouragement comes, look to the Lord. Use every hard situation, every bad circumstance, every illness—everything—as an opportunity to seek the Lord and rely on Him.
When you are discouraged, I strongly ... read more
God’s Representative
Imagine you are in rush-hour traffic in Bombay, India—one of the world’s most crowded cities with more than 18 million people. Streets are jammed. It’s like a swarm of ants—buses, trucks, cars, auto rickshaws, bicycles and pedestrians everywhere. ... read more
Godliness, maturity and spiritual depth
Sixth, know that no matter what, you are for given. Sometimes that is the hardest thing to believe. All the sins you have ever commit ted, all the sins you are committing now and all the sins you will ever commit until the last second of your life are for ... read more
Gods work
Typical of the many indigenous missionary movements that have sprung up overnight is the work of a brother from South India a former military officer who gave up a commission and army career to help start a Gospel team in North India. He now leads more th ... read more
Gods desire
Many times when Ive failed, Ive felt like I should just toss in the towel. Resign. Ive also felt like the worst husband or the most unfit father. Secretly, I wished someone else would just assume my responsibilities, because I certainly didnt believe ... read more
Gods Gift
An angel with a flaming sword was posted at the entrance to the Garden of Eden so they would never be able to return (see Genesis 3:24). What was God going to do now after the whole purpose of mans creationfellowship with Himwas lost? Well, He immediat ... read more
Good Measure Returned
In the late 1960s, I was on a ministry mobile team along with about 10 others. I remember one particular morning when we were stationed near the city of Jhansi in northwest India. Our leader called me to his side and said, âYou know that we are stuck.â ... read more
Greatest passion
I left Singapore newly liberated to think of myself in terms of an individual for the first time. Up until that timelike most AsiansI always had viewed myself as part of a group, either my family or a Gospel team. Although I had no idea what special wor ... read more
Have faith in God
A complex, reasoned faith doesnt cure leprosy, kill giants or cause walls to crumble. A complex faith only imprisons us in a maze of theological wonderland. I am not saying to run out and do things that dont make sense. I am not saying to think of some ... read more
He Almost Chose Pride Over Healing
Naaman, the famous leper in the Old Testament, was the most powerful human being in Syria next to the king. As commander of the army, when he walked through the streets his own people respected him and did whatever he commanded. But Naaman was full of lep ... read more
He Is Our Hope
Some years ago, a young man came to our office in India for a job interview. I will never forget that evening. This man was seeking to join the staff and teach at one of our Bible schools. He was an extremely brilliant man, having received his doctorate i ... read more
He Wept Bitterly
Back to Peterlittle wonder this giant of a man ran, brushing aside any outstretched arms that would stop him, to a place outside where he could openly sob his heart out. Crying can be therapeutic. The genuine tears of a naughty child usually quickly touc ... read more
Here Comes God with the Pruning Shears
You are so excited. For the first time in your Christian walk, you have discovered a fruit of the Spirit in an area of your life in which you’d struggled for years. Just when you’d almost given up, you read John 15:5: “He who abides in Me, and I in ... read more
His Best
Before going to the cross, Jesus prayed His incredible prayer on our behalf recorded in the Gospel of John. His main petition was “that they all may be one” (John 17:21).
But how is this oneness possible? Will it happen if we all think the same tho ... read more
His image
We all desire to become mature Christians and to be used by God. And we all have difficulties in our life as well. What we must see is that maturity often comes only through difficultyit does not occur in a vacuum or a totally sterile and completely peac ... read more
His power at work through our lives
Psalm 44:5–8 says, “Through You we will push down our enemies; through Your name we will trample those who rise up against us. For I will not trust in my bow, nor shall my sword save me. But You have saved us from our enemies, and have put to shame th ... read more
His ways are above ours
Was it the devil who introduced that reduced-to-second-best concept? I know this may be hard for some people to believe right now, but I write the truthGod is in the business of making miserable failures into beautiful demonstrations of His mercy and gra ... read more
His Ways are Far Above
Was it the devil who introduced that reduced-to-second-best concept? I know this may be hard for some people to believe right now, but I write the truthGod is in the business of making miserable failures into beautiful demonstrations of His mercy and gra ... read more
History Reveals
In the Bible, God left us the complete stories of spiritual giants through whom He workedMoses, Elijah, David and many morejust as they were, flaws and all. He did not touch up the negatives or use Photoshop to present them in a better light. There was ... read more
How Can I Make a Difference?
Did you realize that the Body of Christ lacks no funds to pay for the expenses of every one of God’s ordained plans, including taking the Gospel to all nations?
“But Brother K.P.,” you will immediately reply, “if this is true, what about all the ... read more
How Could This Happen?
We all have had those feelings. We think, How could I have done that? I know better than this. I should have learned by now. Deep inside we have the defense that we are better than the wrong we committed.
Even the worst criminal has all kinds of reas ... read more
How He Does It
The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit” (Psalm 34:18, NIV).
It is very interesting to note how this verse says “the Lord is close.” So what is the opposite? The Lord is far away. He is distant from someone ... read more
How It Begins
If you look at any movement that God begins, you will see three distinct characteristics. You will find these in the early church.
Let us take some time and go back to the book of Acts, to the very beginnings of the Church. If we can live with these beli ... read more
How Jesus Handled Money
Jesus had much to teach about money—how we use it and give it. He also left us a good example of how to handle funds. It is found in John’s account of the Last Supper. There the apostle makes a little aside that gives us vast insight into the prioriti ... read more
How Lives are Built
A good portion of my time is often spent with younger leaders who are experiencing some sort of difficult situation in their life or ministry. I try to help these brothers grow through the adverse circumstances of life to become more effective in their wo ... read more
How Narrow Is the Narrow Road?
Have you ever wondered how narrow the narrow road is that Jesus talks about in Matthew 7:13–14?
Most of us have discovered that indeed the gate is small that leads to life. We’ve tried our best either with works of self-righteousness or with man-made ... read more
How Should We Pray?
When our children were growing up, we encouraged them to pray for their needs. One time my son, Daniel, was praying for a particular pair of tennis shoes. A stranger who knew nothing about this prayer bought the exact shoes that Daniel was praying for and ... read more
How should we respond to God in this process?
Hebrews 3:15 says, Today, if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts. This verse tells us that when God works in our lives and speaks to us, we have a choice. Will we choose to soften our hearts to His work in us, or will we harden our hearts ... read more
How the Job Was Done
In 2 Chronicles, we find the story of King Asa, ruler of Judah. Having inherited the throne from his father, King Asa tore down all the idols of foreign gods early in his reign and commanded the people to seek the Lord (see 2 Chronicles 14:2–5). Soon th ... read more
I Can’t Believe I Did That!
Growing up in a respectable family in his community, Roy led a life of affluence with a bright future before him. His father, a successful medical doctor, was so proud when his son decided to enter medical college.
Then right before his eyes, all that lo ... read more
I Choose…That Others Might Live
When Jesus came to live on this earth, He entered a world in which everyone continually fought to preserve his or her own rights, reputation and life. How foreign it must have sounded to them when Jesus, in reference to the cross, replied to those who wan ... read more
I Thought …
Naaman was raging with anger. He had traveled all the way from Syria with chariots full of gold, silver and expensive gifts for Elisha—and now the prophet wouldn’t even grant him a one-minute audience. And what was worse, Elisha’s servant passed a m ... read more
I Walked in a Daze
As I changed planes for Dallas at JFK International in New York, I was overcome at the sights and sounds around me. Those of us who grow up in Europe and Asia hear stories about the affluence and prosperity of the United States, but until you see it with ... read more
I Will Not Come Down
Two students flung from a speeding train in Gujarat . . . our Nepali leader arrested and standing trial for preaching the Gospel . . . one native missionary stabbed to death and another critically wounded in Nagaland . . . our Tamil language broadcaster d ... read more
In 2 Corinthians 4:7
In 2 Corinthians 4:7, Paul writes, But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. But unless we come to the place of giving up our stubborn will, our own ambitions and our way of doing things, ... read more
In the book of Philippians
If you are still mourning and blaming yourself it is not because God is blaming you; He has put the blame on Jesus. It can only be due to one of two things. Either that you have not really repented, or, more likely, you are mourning over your lost righteo ... read more
In the garden of Gethsemane
Jesus recognized in the garden of Gethsemane, as the Roman soldiers came to take Him away, that they could have no power at all against [Him] unless it had been given [them] from above (John 19:11). And we must recognize the same in our lives, allowing ... read more
In the United States
Even today I sometimes cannot freely order food when traveling in the United States. I look at the costs and realize how far the same amount of money will go in India, Myanmar (formerly Burma) or the Philippines. Suddenly I am not quite as hungry as I was ... read more
In the Vine
After living a perfect, sinless life for 30 years, Jesus began His ministry, but not before He was anointed by the Holy Spirit. This same act was repeated before the disciples entered into their ministry after the resurrection of Christ. In Acts 1:4–8, ... read more
In Waiting
Abraham didnt walk by faith to obtain the promised son until it became clear that walking by sight with his own plans guiding him just wouldnt accomplish the purposes of God. God had promised Abraham and Sarah a son, and they had waited a long time for ... read more
Into the Heart of Jesus
I’m not sure where I read it, but one day I came across a little anecdote in a booklet about Jonathan Edwards, the great preacher of the 1700s. He was in a dry spell. The spiritual fire had gone out inside. His heart no longer beat with a love for the l ... read more
It Can Be Done
A few months ago, when my family was with me in India and Nepal, my wife and a couple from our Indian office staff took a two-day train ride to another state.
When my wife came back, she shared with me about her trip. She said, “While we were traveling ... read more
It is a new day
It is a new day.
The morning light is shining through the window. Before you is a clean slate, never written on before. There is hope.
Yesterday has passed. The gift of today has been granted to you. Walk in it. Walk by His light. Walk in dependence on ... read more
It Takes Time
One of the struggles we sometimes face as followers of Christ is seeing where we want to be in our walk with God in contrast with where we currently find ourselves.
There are all kinds of reminders around us to tell us of our fallen nature and the spirit ... read more
It’s Not Unusual to be Discouraged
At this moment, how are you doing? Perhaps you are on the mountaintop . . . or maybe you’re camping out in the valley? Or maybe someone you know is going through a tough time.
I think it is safe to say that discouragement comes to the best of us. One o ... read more
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