A New Beginning with Greg Laurie

Marriage is not a successful arena for a 'me first' mentality. Marriage works best when spouses are givers. Pastor Greg Laurie helps us see how that plays out in real life. It’s a look at the Bible’s prescription for loving selflessness in marriage ? a plan crafted by the Creator of marriage. Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pastor Greg Laurie brings us good counsel. It’s simple, and yet it’s a challenge at the same time. But we’ll learn to unleash the power of four words that can change our marriages and our homes.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pastor Greg Laurie continues his Christian family series with 5 biblical principles toward a successful marriage.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Some couples spend a small fortune on their wedding, planning every detail. Then, quite often, they don’t invest the same amount of care and attention in the marriage that they promised would last a lifetime. But it’s never too late to take corrective action. Whether you’ve been married 50 minutes, or 50 years, Pastor Greg Laurie has some important insight to strengthen your relationship. Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Scour the TV listings or scroll through your favourite streaming service, and you’ll have a hard time finding a series that extols the virtues of traditional families. Yet the influence of media on the home is at an all-time high! Pastor Greg Laurie helps us get back to God’s plan for the home a plan for the family that He designed when He designed the family.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Firefighters have special pants and jackets to protect against heat. Police officers wear kevlar vests. Soldiers have vests and helmets and boots. Christian soldiers have specialty clothing, as well, But too many of us don’t know much about it. Pastor Greg Laurie helps us get to know our six pieces of spiritual armor, and how we can use them in spiritual battle.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pastor Greg Laurie brings us good insight on the spiritual environment we’re living in. It’s a look at the spiritual battle being waged all around us, whether we realize it or not and how we’re all combatants in the fight.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Imagine taking the steering wheel off your car. Are you willing to hit the open highway without that control? Only if you like ditches. Pastor Greg Laurie points out some people choose to do that with their very lives and wind up in some kind of ditchSupport the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pastor Greg Laurie points out the importance of finishing the race of life well. There’s mortal danger, there’s uncertainty and breathless moments. But thankfully, when we fall, the Lord is there to catch us and restore us.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The world has been going through a hailstorm of crisis and calamity, sickness, death, economic upheaval, uncertainty about the future. Hope may seem in short supply. Pastor Greg Laurie will show us that it’s only in short supply if we’re going to the wrong supplier. Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Scripture warns us that wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction. Lots of people are going that way. It’s the way that 'seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.' Pastor Greg Laurie shows us an alternative. He helps us through the narrow gate. Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pastor Greg Laurie draws from his own bittersweet experiences to bring us fresh perspective on the faithfulness and compassion of the Lord. We’ll see it’s okay to bring our hurts and questions to God. But it’s also okay to leave the perplexing, vexing uncertainties in His hands.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When our lives have been shredded by circumstances beyond our control ? or even circumstances brought on by our own mistakes ? God is our refuge. Pastor Greg Laurie points out, after his son suddenly went to heaven, God’s compassion was reconfirmed ? and he shares that reassurance today.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pastor Greg Laurie shares from his very personal experience of losing his son. Great counsel from Scripture and from his experience, on how to properly support those who are facing the loss of a loved one. Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Driving instructors often tell their students to look ahead on the road rather than focussing on dangers nearby, or you tend to steer that direction. We find similar advice in the Lord’s Sermon on the Mount. Pastor Greg Laurie highlights this time-tested counsel Jesus gives us about the worries and cares that keep us from focusing where we should, on Him.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Worries seem to stick to us like glue. But Pastor Greg Laurie says God wants us to let go of them. He says we need to give our burdens to God because what troubles us, concerns God. He cares.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Some people wonder if those who’ve gone to heaven are watching us from the heavenly grandstands. We do know for sure that Jesus Christ is watching us, and that should be the greatest motivation for running the race of life.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There will be singing in heaven, and I think one of the reasons for the unbridled worship in heaven is because now we know all things, all of our questions are answered, all of our pain is removed, all of our tears are dry. Pastor Greg Laurie points out what we’ll be doing in heaven, influenced by the gratitude and praise that spring up from within us.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We all like to watch the story of someone who discovers they have superpowers, like Superman, or Wonder Woman, or whoever the character might be. Pastor Greg Laurie says, when we get to heaven, we’ll be the same person we are today, only better, much better, a radically upgraded version of ourselves.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pastor Greg Laurie points out the bondage we experience when we fix our eyes on the lures of this world rather than on the glory of the next. He encourages us to constantly be seeking and thinking about heaven. Instead of being heavenly-minded, we’re to be earth-bound.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Heaven is a real place, and the Bible is not silent on what to expect. Pastor Greg Laurie brings insight about Heaven being better than earth. He says the good things on earth is just a glimpse of the greater things to come.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The statistics on death are quite impressive. Every person will die. And then there’s the afterlife, and the afterlife lasts a lot longer than this life on earth. While the before life is short, the afterlife is forever. So, it’s important to know about heaven, the future destination of every true believer in Jesus Christ. Pastor Greg Laurie says, 'Heaven is the hope of a Christian. It’s a supernatural certainty.'Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pastor Greg Laurie warns us, our adversary is cunning and crafty, manipulative and merciless. We’ll hear great insight about the heavenly realms and the spiritual battles taking place, plus needed encouragement to remain strong in the fight. Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Angels are real and they have a very special ministry in the life of every believer! Pastor Greg Laurie says they’re sort of like God’s secret agents, sent out from heaven to assist us, encourage us, minister to us, and sometimes even to protect us ?Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rarely does a marriage end because spouses are too considerate. Selfishness can cause the breakdown of any good marriage. Pastor Greg Laurie points out how we can have a blessed marriage when we put God first in all things, and the needs of our spouse above our own.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our culture has hijacked the gift of sex that God created. Pastor Greg Laurie says we need to get back to God’s original plan. It doesn’t have to be a dirty word, or a taboo subject. It’s something that can be enjoyable, pleasurable, even blessed ? But only in the boundaries and safety of a marriage relationship.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The most important thing is not the house, it’s the home, and it’s not the wedding, it’s the marriage. Pastor Greg Laurie shares about building your marriage on the right foundation. He helps couples get their marital priorities in order, recognising what’s important and what lasts.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Devil’s basic battle plan is to entice, condemn, and accuse you before God. But, 'If we confess our sin, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sin and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.'’ 1 John 1:9, Pastor Greg Laurie says to speak it out and stand against Satan’s accusations with the power of God’s Word.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Temptation is universal and we’re all affected. Pastor Greg Laurie says we often set ourselves up to fall into temptation when we step out of God’s will. He encourages us to hang around godly people, in godly places and do godly things because the best defense is a good offense.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you’re growing as a Christian, you are going to become a bonafide threat to the enemy’s kingdom. If you find yourself constantly being harassed and tempted, that may be an indication you’re on the right track. Pastor Greg Laurie points out healthy, growing Christians are sometimes the favourite targets of our spiritual adversary.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jesus came on the first Christmas so that he could make a home in our hearts. Some people are content to leave the baby Jesus in the manger. But Pastor Greg Laurie points out how important it is for us to prepare Him room, and invite Him in.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We have so many options to keep ourselves entertained . . . at least temporarily. Pastor Greg Laurie points to where real contentment is found. He reminds us that Jesus will take care of the dullness of life.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Wise Men were the highest of the high. The Shepherds were very low. And yet they all came to Jesus. These two groups show the spectrum of those who come to Christ today? Christmas is for everyone ? men, women, boys and girls. Everybody needs Jesus.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

At this time of year, our minds are often a chorus of clamoring worries, great and small. Pastor Greg Laurie points out the hope of the holiday saying, 'Don’t be afraid. God is with you!' The message of Christmas is: God sent His Son, and His name is Immanuel which means ’God is with us’.'Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’re not here to pursue pleasure, but to pursue God. When we search for the wrong sorts of things, Pastor Greg Laurie says our lives will seem out of sorts. He says, 'When you seek to fulfill the purpose you were created for which is to know, glorify and worship God, you will find the happiness you’ve been seeking in life. Not from seeking happiness, but from seeking God.'Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ps Greg Laurie says because heaven and earth are connected, those that think the most about the next life tend to do the most in this life. He says it’s important to keep looking up, with our feet on earth but our mind in heaven.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Do you have an all-time highest point of love for Jesus? If so, how long ago was it? If you’ve noticed your spiritual momentum has taken you backwards, Pastor Greg Laurie says it’s time for a course correction. And as Saint Paul said, ’Get back, get back, get back to where you once belonged.’ Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The word says to love the Lord your God with all of your heart, soul and mind. Pastor Greg Laurie points out the importance of loving God with everything that’s within us ? and if we don’t discipline ourselves to study God’s Word we’re easily led astray. Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pastor Greg Laurie has encouragement for the wanderer. He tells us we can experience love, joy and peace, and there is life beyond the grave in a place called heaven, but we have to get on the right road to get to the right destination.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’re in a relay race as Christians, and our job is not to hold onto the baton but hand it on to the next runner to carry it forward. Pastor Greg Laurie points out how discipleship is an important part of God’s plan for passing insight and wisdom from older believers to younger believers.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ever wish you could go back and advise your younger self before some of those mistakes were made? ? Here’s a headline of what an older Greg Laurie would say to a younger Greg Laurie. Just be a nice person. You’re a child of God. Be known for your generosity. Be known for your love, your compassion, not for your anger. Be known as a person that builds people up, not as a person who tears people down. Be a nice person.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Worry can ruin your day. It can ruin your week. Actually, worry can effectively ruin your life by wasting a whole lot of energy, and accomplishing a whole lot of nothing. Pastor Greg Laurie encourages us to take each day and turn our worry into prayer. Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We don’t decide what hand we will be dealt in life, but we do decide how we will react to it. Pastor Greg Laurie points out whatever trials or pain we encounter can be a tool in the hands of God to make you into the person He wants you to be. All that happens is not designed to destroy us, but develop us.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Some hear the Gospel many times over in their lives, and ignore it each and every time. Before we know it, we’re going to have our last night, our last meal, and then we’re going to give our last statement, and enter eternity. The thing you’ll want to be sure of is that you will go to heaven.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pastor Greg Laurie says we need to make sure we’re not living a lightweight form of Christianity. He says when we get on God’s scale, we want to be a heavyweight, with faith to be robust and substantialSupport the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pastor Greg Laurie says, 'Healthy Christians are hungry Christians, and they’re hungry for the Word of God.' If you’re sensing a power shortage in your walk with the Lord, let Pastor Greg help.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pastor Greg Laurie guarantees, as you dig in to God’s Word and study it, it will refresh you! And don’t we all need that? Thursday on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg points out just how our spiritual lives are energized when we enjoy a big helping of our spiritual food.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The best example to follow when it comes to sharing the Gospel is Jesus Himself. And Wednesday on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie helps us share the Good News 'Jesus Style.' We’ll walk alongside Jesus and watch how He connected with people.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When we share our faith, Pastor Greg Laurie says it’s important to build a bridge. We need to make a personal connection. And Tuesday on A NEW BEGINNING, we’ll get some practical instruction. We’ll learn to become their friend, before we introduce them to the friend we have in Jesus.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Who does God call to share the Gospel? Pastors, right? Well, yes ? but in reality the Lord calls ALL of us to share the Good News. And Monday on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie gives us practical instruction on how to grab hold of this powerful privilege.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.