A New Beginning with Greg Laurie

Billy would say 'I’m just a country preacher', but God elevated him! Pastor Greg Laurie remembers him saying, ’God loves you', and when he spoke, kids listened. Hear some fascinating insights based on his brand new book, Billy Graham: The Man I Knew, a man who was called by God to be about the greatest evangelist in history.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pastor Greg Laurie helps us be people who impact the culture around us. Pastor Greg says we’re called to be World Changers. Important principles on making sure we impact the world, and not vice versa.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Can you imagine chocolate chip cookies WITHOUT the chocolate chips? Can you imagine fried chicken, hold the chicken? Some ingredients are prerequisites. And on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie points out that God calls us to change the world. But there’s a must-have ingredient involved. Without this ingredient, we’re just spinning our spiritual wheels. Let’s learn how to follow the Bible’s blueprint.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Are you hopeful, or are you hopeless? It’s time to realise hope actually grows in the garden of adversity. Pastor Greg Laurie says that’s God’s design, and Father knows best. Hope gets stronger when things get harder, when we turn to God and not away from God.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

85% of the stuff you worry about will never happen to you. So, what about the other 15%, when that thing you feared actually does happen to you, when you hear the worst news imaginable and you wonder if you can survive it? The Bible says God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and love and of a sound mind. Pastor Greg Laurie helps us put that hope to work.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Many believers have all their armour in place but they never use their sword. Pastor Greg Laurie explains how our sword can defend against the lies and attacks from our enemy. 1 John 1:9 says, ’If I confess my sin, he is faithful and just to forgive me my sin and cleanse me from all unrighteousness.’ That’s how it works.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Conversion makes our hearts a battlefield and that means we’ve got to learn how to fight! Pastor Greg Laurie explains the pressure we so often feel as we walk with Christ. It comes from our adversary because the moment you become a Christian, you enter in to a spiritual conflict. The devil effectively declares war on you.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our adversary is cunning and crafty, manipulative and merciless. Pastor Greg Laurie warns us, ’First he’s the tempter, then he becomes the condemner.' Beware!Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Angels have a specific ministry in the life of the Christian. They are dispatched from heaven to assist us, to encourage us, to minister to us, sometimes to protect us, like God’s secret agents.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

God gives everyone an opportunity to avoid judgement. It’s really up to us.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We have to get our information about eternity from a reliable source. Pastor Greg Laurie looks to the Bible for the truth, this time about hell. He says there’s a lot of misinformation about hell, that the Devil rules from hell and has red skin, pointed ears, a pitchfork plus horns and hooves and a tail with a point. Right? None of that is biblical.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. Pastor Greg Laurie says he knows one thing, 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.

Billy would say 'I’m just a country preacher', but God elevated him! Pastor Greg Laurie remembers him saying, ’God loves you', and when he spoke, kids listened. Hear some fascinating insights based on his brand new book, Billy Graham: The Man I Knew, a man who was called by God to be about the greatest evangelist in history.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Some think Easter is just for 'church folks' dressed in their Sunday best. Pastor Greg Laurie says Easter is for everyone. Whether you feel disappointed with or let down by God, remember disappointment is His appointment. God wants to restore your faith.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jesus gave His life so that we could have life. But why did He do that? Pastor Greg Laurie points us to Scripture in Hebrews, chapter 12: ’For the joy that was set before Him, He endured the cross, despising the shame.’ What was the joy that was set before Him? It was every one of us, so we could be forgiven of our sin.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Are you a bridge or a barrier to people coming to Jesus?' Pastor Greg Laurie says it’s our job as believers to share the hope we have with others, the hope of the FIVE Gospels... as in Matthew, Mark, Luke, John...and you! You’re the fifth Gospel. You’re the only Bible some people are ever going to read. So, what kind of a representative of Jesus Christ are you?'Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There will be singing in heaven and unbridled worship. All of our questions will be answered, our pain removed, and our tears all dry. It’s going to be amazing. Pastor Greg Laurie points out what we’ll be doing in heaven, influenced by the gratitude and praise from within.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Let's Talk About Heaven - Part 2 - Session ISupport 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. We’ve normalised the word ’porn’ and made it sort of acceptable, but the Bible encourages us to remain heavenly-minded.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We all wonder what life will be like on 'the other side.' Well, heaven is a real place, & the Bible is not silent on what to expect. Pastor Greg Laurie tells us heaven is better than earth. Earth is just a glimpse of 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. One out of every one persons will die. And then there’s the afterlife, and the afterlife lasts a lot longer than this life on earth. The before life is short, the afterlife is forever. And so we need to know about heaven, a supernatural certainty.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pastor Greg Laurie points out the compelling truth that when we bring others to Christ, it’s brings us closer to Christ. He believes if we would just obey the Great Commission, we would experience personal revival.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our culture has lost its way, and today Pastor Greg Laurie says the Good News of God’s forgiveness has never been more needed and available. The day of evangelism is not over because the Gospel still works. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever. People need Jesus and they’ll always need Jesus.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Evangelism is a calling God has given to all of us. The Gospel, the Good News that can save people from their sins, is the most powerful and important thing we have. Pastor Greg Laurie says we need to share it.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’ve never been closer to the return of Jesus Christ than we are right now. He is coming back again.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Some people say they can’t memorise Scripture, but Pastor Greg Laurie begs to differ. He encourages us to take the time to get it into our minds and hearts, saying it will never be time wasted.'Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Health is often tied to appetite. Pastor Greg Laurie points out that if we have an appetite for Scripture, it’s usually a real indication that we’re hungry for God’s Word and growing as a spiritual believer.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jesus is coming and many aren’t ready. Pastor Greg Laurie says that when we see the things happening in our world as we do now, literally Bible prophecies being fulfilled before our very eyes, we should be looking up, the Bible in one hand and a news feed on our phone in the other. Jesus Himself declared, ’When you see these things begin to happen, look up for your redemption is drawing near.’Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pastor Greg Laurie speaks with Bible scholar Don Stewart about matters of the End Times. They speak about our realistic hope, a blessed hope, something to be excited about, particularly when we’re seeing all these signs right now.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You’d be better off to read 10 verses of the bible with comprehension than 10 chapters without it, especially when we’re working to reignite our faith. Pastor Greg Laurie says the purposeful study of God’s Word is imperative.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Reading, writing, and ’rithmetic.' The 3 Rs! Pastor Greg Laurie shares 3 more Rs with us today... the Rs of revival are Remember, Repent and then Repeat...Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

God has a job for us to do as believers. It’s an important job. Pastor Greg Laurie points out we’ve been given the resources to do it, and the power as well.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the late 60s and the early 70s, America seemed to be unraveling. But in the middle of the drug revolution, in the middle of the sexual revolution, God sent the Jesus Revolution. Our prayer today should be that God would do it again. Pastor Greg Laurie points out, when the culture seems to have lost its way, sometimes God brings a great spiritual awakening.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

God’s will for you is good. But some of us are afraid of God’s will because we have a warped concept of God. We think He’s out to get us, to ruin our lives. Pastor Greg Laurie assures us that God’s plans for our life are better than our own plans.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When we’re trying to determine God’s will for our lives, Pastor Greg Laurie says we need to make sure our own will is not in the way. It’s important to present ourselves to God as a living sacrifice.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pastor Greg Laurie says God does not play hide and seek. There’s no mystery, just a whole lot of misunderstanding. He wants to reveal His purposes and plans and actually lead us more than we want to be led. It’s His desire to disclose His will, not keep it a big secret.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. Pastor Greg Laurie points out we should be prepared to 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.

The best defense is a good offense! Temptation is universal, and we are all affected. Pastor Greg Laurie says that when we allow ourselves to get out of God’s will, away from godly people, godly places and doing godly things, it is then that we set ourselves up for a fall.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pastor Greg Laurie points out healthy, growing Christians are sometimes the favourite targets of our spiritual adversary. If you are indeed progressing in the Christian life, you are going to come into the cross-hairs of the Devil. If you find yourself being harassed and tempted, that may be an indication you’re on the right track. Stay strong!Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pastor Greg Laurie says receive the comfort of God, so you can one day pass it on to others. You comfort with the comfort you’ve been comforted with. So perhaps the hardships of today are preparing you for greater opportunities tomorrow?Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trials. We all have them. What matters is finding a way to remember that God is still in control of our lives and that He’s going to work it out for His glory and our good ultimately.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You want to be a growing Christian, right? God will allow trials in your life so you will grow up spiritually. There’s is a silver lining to the dark cloud of trials. Pastor Greg Laurie helps us to realise trials make us strong, & to recognize the benefits.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pastor Greg Laurie points out that church is not so much something we attend, but something we choose to be a part of. We shouldn’t come to church like the consumer going to the theatre, but like the congregant wanting to glorify God. When we come to the church because we have something to bring to the table, our God-given gifts, we’ll discover the joy of serving. Blessed to be a blessing.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pastor Greg Laurie points out how every believer should be a mirror that reflects the person of Jesus Christ. People are not just looking at the worship team, they’re looking at you, & asking ’Is this real, is this authentic? Are these people for real, or are they crazy?!’Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Have you unplugged from church? Pastor Greg Laurie says don’t unplug from your source of encouragement and support. You need the Church, and the Church needs you. It’s important to be the church.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pastor Greg Laurie says, so many times, we approach prayer as if we’re placing a takeout order. '’Alright, Lord, let’s just get to it. How are you doin’? Love you. Amen. Okay, here’s what I need.’ ? Right? But Jesus taught us this: ’Pray our Father who art in heaven hallowed by your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven’...Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Prayer can chase our worries away, and vice versa. Pastor Greg Laurie helps us control the chase. Prayer is a way by which God helps us to overcome our anxiety and worry. It’s been said if your knees are shaking, kneel on them.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sometimes we may feel as though God hears our prayer more in the sanctuary than He hears them in the mall or at the beach, while driving or walking down the street. The main thing is, pray! God hears our prayers no matter where we are. And Pastor Greg Laurie says we need to pray without ceasing.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Many people say they can’t memorise because it’s too hard. But Pastor Greg Laurie says we memorise things all the time - commercial jingles, for example, and lyrics to songs, by exposure to it. So, we are to do the same with God’s Word, and commit Scripture to memory.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pastor Greg Laurie reinforces our need to make God’s Word a central part of who we are, to read the Bible as if our life depends on it, because it does.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.