A New Beginning with Greg Laurie

Do you wonder what a CEO thinks about the way his organisation is characterised, when they have a serious customer service debacle? Spiritually speaking, we’re representing God every day. How’s that going for you? Pastor Greg Laurie returns to his World Changers series as we consider a fine example of leadership set for us by the World Changer named Moses.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For every Oskar Schindler who was known to have saved thousands of Jews from Nazi holocaust, there’s a Sir Nicolas Winton who saved even more but was never given public recognition. It would have been easy for him to say, 'I’m just one man, what can I do?' Instead, he acted. Pastor Greg Laurie points out that one person can make a huge difference in the world, especially when he or she is guided and empowered by the Spirit of God!Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pastor Greg Laurie continues his study of the life of the World Changer named Moses, we’ll see God brought about one of the most talked-about miracles in the entire Bible when the Israelites were being pursued by the Egyptians.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ever wonder if you’re on the right road in life? Pastor Greg Laurie says we need to rely on the Lord’s divine direction? The GPS isn’t always right, but God’s GPS is always right.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you’ve committed a sin, and it haunts you now - you’re still waking you up at night and walk around by day with a guilty conscience, you need to apply the blood of Christ. Pastor Greg Laurie says the blood of Christ cleanses us from our sins. At Calvary, He paid the price we should have paid. He said in Matthew 26, ’This is my blood given in the new covenant for the forgiveness of sin.’Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

II Corinthians 5:17 offers a spiritual reset button. It states, ’If any man be in Christ, he is a new creation. Behold, all things have become fresh and new.’ Pastor Greg Laurie explains how we can have a clean slate before the Lord and start afresh with a new beginning.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We know Satan’s temptations are real. And our response is real important. Pastor Greg Laurie shows us the right way to react is to speak out to the enemy with 'Devil, listen very carefully. You get nothing, zero, zip, you’ve ripped me off, you’ve taken advantage of me, and I’m giving you nothing! There’s no compromise, goodbye!' ? And you turn your back on him and follow the Lord. He says you’ll never regret it, and it’s the only way to live for Christ.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We get hardened hearts by continued exposure to the truth of God and refusing to obey it. Pastor Greg Laurie says God’s Word is full-strength truth and, if we let it, it can change our life and transform us.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

God has given us all gifts and talents, abilities and resources, to use for His glory, but so often many of us are not doing it. We offer up excuses, never reasons. Pastor Greg Laurie says our God-given gifts have been given deliberately, on purpose. We just need to put that divine equipment to work for His Kingdom.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s easy to keep a mental tally of all the things we’d like to have, but what we get won’t satisfy as much as what we give. Pastor Greg Laurie says it’s a part of God’s plan for our lives - to pursue generosity and self-sacrifice, but we have to resist the lures that push us the other way. He examines the life of Moses, the World Changer, and encourages us to seek to live a God-honoring life.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We need to do the right thing, in the right way, at the right time. Pastor Greg Laurie points out, the walk of faith is one where we do what God wants, how He wants it, and when He wants it. When we grow impatient with God and want to take matters into our own hands, it’s important to pray and trust the Lord and wait on His timing. And when the timing is right, the Lord will direct you. That’s when you need to act!Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Imagine if Billy Graham had decided to stay at his family’s dairy farm, instead of listening to the call of God? Or if Noah had decided he wasn’t really in the mood to build a boat? Pastor Greg Laurie examines the lives of those in the Bible who brought God’s influence to the culture in which they lived. Learn how we can do the same.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The best way to deal with giants is not to back off, not to compromise or make deals, but to attack them! When we face giant-sized problems and threats in our lives, Pastor Greg Laurie says we need to deal with them as David dealt with the giant Goliath. Attack your giants!Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People respond to challenges in different ways. Pastor Greg Laurie brings good encouragement for all of us, for when our challenges seem bigger than we are.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One thing is certain: all of us have been wronged. Pastor Greg Laurie points out only some of us have granted forgiveness, but all of us need to do it as an act of obedience, simply because it’s the right thing to do.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To forgive means I’m surrendering my right to get even. It means I will not pay that person back what they may indeed deserve, instead I’m going to put it in the hands of God. It may seem like retribution would be so satisfying, but Pastor Greg Laurie says trusting God brings the best satisfaction. Sometimes we need to just look to the great theologian, Taylor Swift, when she gave us this advice: Shake It Off! Forgive!'Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s no secret, morals in our culture have been on a downward slide. Pastor Greg Laurie says stay true to God’s Word because we live in a time when wrong is perceived as right, and right is perceived as wrong. Wrong is wrong, even if you don’t get caught, or others are doing worse things. Wrong is wrong even if it doesn’t bother your conscience.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Those who are on the Devil’s team may not feel his oppression. But Pastor Greg Laurie says Satan is always looking for fresh recruits. 'The Devil always sets his sights on those who are the greatest threat to his kingdom.'Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Envy and jealousy are insidious, like a carrot towards temptation. It’s been said, 'If malice or envy were tangible, and had a shape, it would be the shape of a boomerang.' Pastor Greg Laurie helps us guard against the returning danger of envy and jealousy. He continues his series World Changers with a look at the example left for us by Joseph.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our uptight culture of outrage, cyber bullying and frivolous lawsuits, goes against the grain to what the Bible teaches. It prizes revenge as a virtue. But that’s not what we see in the life of Joseph. Joseph shows us the way of forgiveness, a better way.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There has to come a moment in every life where we surrender to God. Jacob was the man who wrestled with God. Pastor Greg Laurie points out what we can learn from his loss in that wrestling match. Jacob goes from cunning to clinging, resisting to resting, and wrestling to nestling.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pastor Greg Laurie points out how the Lord does extraordinary things through ordinary people. When we hear that phrase, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, it’s another way of saying the ’God of ordinary people’. Abraham: flawed. Isaac: definitely flawed. Jacob: big-time flawed. But He’s the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. He’s the God of second chances.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If God knows what we can handle, we should take His word for it. Pastor Greg Laurie urges us to trust Him, remembering He always keeps an eye on the fiery trials and a finger on the thermostat. He won’t let it get too hot for you.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pastor Greg Laurie points out those in the Bible who let God use them to do remarkable things. They may not have been unusually smart or skillful or sophisticated, but they made themselves available, and they showed great perseverance? and God used them in remarkable ways. Take a look at Abraham’s wife Sarah & her 'world-changing' service to God.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of us like to have a sense that we’re in control of what happens to us. But, in the timeline of our lives, our view is limited to the here and now. God, however, knows what’s just around the corner, and the next corner, and the next. Pastor Greg Laurie advises it’s best to let the Lord BE the Lord of our lives, to let Him choose for us and direct us as to which way we should go. Not only will He choose the wisest path, He’ll walk with us along the way.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Abraham and Lot acquired great wealth. Abraham was content with his lot and wanted God, but Lot wanted a lot more stuff. Each man made very different choices. Pastor Greg Laurie points out our choices affect how we’re doing, and they can also be our undoing. What do you want? To be God’s friend or the world’s friend?Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Does anyone call you on the phone and it’s a caller you try to avoid (besides telemarketers)? You know some conversations will be tense, or maybe discouraging. But, here’s a question - Is there anyone you know who might try to avoid your calls? Pastor Greg Laurie helps us to consider the way others respond to us, saying in every encounter, we can either bring people closer to God, or do the opposite.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Authors & Harvard graduates, Jeff & Shaunti Feldhahn outline how conflict around money is not about the money, but about how money makes you feel, and how it makes your spouse feel. They say the greatest obstacle is the inability of a husband and wife to sit down at the kitchen table and talk about money. Hear about the incredible opportunity for money to be an opportunity, not for conflict, but for connection.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Many times, those caught in sin play the victim card. They were the innocent victim of some outside force or circumstance & they gather with other 'victims' & celebrate their 'syndrome.' Sins and syndromes. Pastor Greg Laurie says perhaps it’s time for realisation and repentance. We need to realise we’re sinners, repent & seek God’s restoration. Some help in that regard as we consider the Father of the Faith.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pastor Greg Laurie is talking about climate change. No, not the kind the politicians are fighting about. Spiritual climate change. The question is not whether the spiritual climate is changing, it is. The question is what are we doing to change it in the right direction? Pastor Greg continues his challenging series exploring the lives of those in the Bible who had a marked effect on their culture. Learn to follow their examples.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our lives read like a book. And so many of us want to flip ahead a few chapters and see where this story is going, or we want to peek at the last page and see our happily-ever-after ending. But the life of faith is one where we trust the Lord page by page. Pastor Greg Laurie brings some good inspiration. We’re in a popular new series called World Changers, studying the lives of those in the Bible who made an impact for the Lord, so we can do the same.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The world values self-sufficiency. The proud, the independent, the self-starter. Their theme song might be, 'I Did It My Way.' But God values those who are humble, teachable and confess their utter reliance on the Lord. Their theme song might be the old hymn, 'I Need Thee Every Hour.' Pastor Greg Laurie continues his World Changers series with good encouragement from the life of Noah on being the kind of man or woman God can use.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When God needs a job done, He doesn’t gather all the resumes of those with Doctorate degrees. He doesn’t peruse the highest scores or the richest CEO’s. While we may think these kinds of people would be the best bet, truth is God chooses people not for their accomplishments. Pastor Greg Laurie points out the Lord looks for those with willing hearts, and then He empowers them and equips them. It’s good encouragement from the life of Noah.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What kind of impact are you having on your family? How effective is your word as a parent, as a mother, as a father? World Changers draw their families to Christ not from Christ. Pastor Greg Laurie brings strong encouragement about our responsibility to reach our most important mission field - our families. They’re watching you & looking to you as an example.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Did you know, Noah went 120 years without having a single convert? As an evangelist himself, Pastor Greg Laurie points out that our job is to deliver the message, regardless of the response. It is not to convert people. Our job is to preach the Gospel, to do what we can, while you can.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Christians know things the world does not know, because they believe what God says in His Word. We know that God is good and man is bad, that things are going to get worse before they get better. But we also know that Jesus Christ is coming back again & good will ultimately prevail. Pastor Greg Laurie points out that we can bring people hope because we know that we win in the end.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Those that think the most of the next world do the most for this world. Greg Laurie is helping us to focus on the eternal over the earthly, to set our minds on things above & stay heavenly-minded on earth, to walk with Him in heaven.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What’s our focus when we share our faith? Pastor Greg Laurie says there’s a higher purpose than proving we’re right. Our objective should not be to win the argument, but to win the soul. The objective is to build a bridge, not burn a bridge. If you want to win some, you must be winsome. In other words, be nice!Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We all like to be liked. Pastor Greg Laurie points out we need to choose whom to please, our self, others, or God? A look at Enoch who lived a life pleasing to the Lord.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Do you have GPS in your car, one that can momentarily think you’re there when you’re not, but then it re-syncs automatically. Pastor Greg Laurie says it can’t give you good directions if you’re not where you’re supposed to be. He helps us with staying in sync with God & being where we need to be, letting Him lead the way.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Before we fall, we don’t think we will. After we fall, we don’t think we can get up. Pastor Greg Laurie has good encouragement saying we need a helping hand, the answer is not in our own strength, & Jesus says, ’Take my hand now. Let me pull you up’.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Bible says, ’Pride goes before a fall, and an arrogant spirit before destruction.’ And it’s when we think ’I’d never do that’ that we’re trusting in ourselves instead of trusting in God. Pastor Greg Laurie has important counsel on underestimating our vulnerability to the lure of temptation.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A wise Christian realises there’s always so much to learn because the healthy Christian life is one of constant growth. There’s no cruise control. Pastor Greg Laurie points out the importance of pressing forward in our walk with God as we’re transformed into the image of Jesus Christ.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For over 30 years straight, the Harvest Crusades have been a summertime event in Southern California USA, and also reaching across America. But everything’s different during the COVID-19 pandemic. And yet God calls us to share Christ even in the midst of challenges. The venue is absolutely secondary! Hear important information about the global online event to reach the world this weekend, Sept 4-7! See harvest.orgSupport the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What kind of legacy are you going to leave? Are you a world changer, or is the world changing you? Pastor Greg Laurie helps us to take some positive steps forward in being salt and light. He considers the impact of some of our forefathers of the faith. It’s about getting right to the heart of our jobs as ’ambassadors of Christ’, rubbing off on the world instead of letting the world rub off on us.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Faith doesn’t just talk about it. Faith doesn’t live in the realm of theory. Faith lives in the world of activity. Faith does things? Abel offered a sacrifice. Noah prepared an ark. As James said in the bible, 'faith without works is dead.' Pastor Greg Laurie urges us to let our faith fuel what we think and do.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Weather watchers speak of the 'perfect storm' when the confluence of different phenomena produce historic results. Well, in the climate of revival there have been perfect storms, as well, when different factors combined to see a great wave of spiritual change roll out across the land, or the world. Pastor Greg Laurie helps us to see that we may be at the precipice of another great revival right now. This is the finale to his series on End Times.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ever been 'Hangry'? Hungry and angry, at the same time, when hunger affects your mood? They hunger for a relationship with God, and they’re angry because they can’t figure out how to satisfy their hunger. Pastor Greg Laurie shows us how we have what they’re looking for, and the closer we get to the return of Christ, the more urgent it becomes to share the love of God with people in our circle of influence.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sometimes planet earth seems like a neglected fixer upper. The paint is chipping, the driveway’s cracked and the roof leaks. It can be fixed, but it’s going to take some major effort. Greg Laurie explains God is going to bring heaven down to earth to make it happen. Like an experienced contractor driving his mobile workshop right to the worksite, God is bringing paradise right to our backyard. Pastor Greg describes the transformation.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pastor Greg Laurie offers some interesting insights on the Last Days. The future may be better than you even imagined. Have you ever heard the expression, ’Oh, it was just like heaven on earth'? Maybe it was a beautiful sunset you saw. It was like heaven on earth. Well, one day it is going to be heaven on earth. Heaven and earth are going to merge together.Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.