A New Beginning with Greg Laurie

Idolatry really bothers God . . . a lot! It’s the first of the Ten Commandments. Pastor Greg Laurie reminds us that God doesn’t want us to worship any other gods. It couldn’t be clearer. Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

God has given you certain gifts, but the gifts don’t come fully developed so you have to develop them? With the Last Days approaching, Pastor Greg Laurie urges us to discover our spiritual gifts and put them to good use for God’s Kingdom and faithfully serve the Lord until Christ comes again. Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor...

What if every Christian was just like you? Would services be attended faithfully? Would pews be empty or full? What if everyone prayed like you pray? Would we be a praying Church? What if everybody evangelized as often as you evangelize? Would we be a Church reaching a lost culture? It’s not just the leaders who influence those around them. Pastor Greg Laurie says we need to consider who&rsq...

News flash: Jesus Christ is coming back again! So what? Well, Christ is coming back again, so I’m supposed to be an active, functioning part of the body of Christ, the Church. Pastor Greg Laurie points out God’s plan for the End Times doesn’t only affect you, it involves you! You need the Church, and the Church needs you. Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/ See omnys...

Pastor Greg Laurie points out that the true believer experiences transformation and regeneration, their focus and values change as old ideas, plans, loves, desires and beliefs vanish and are replaced by new things? 'If any man be in Christ, he is an altogether different kind of person. Old things have passed away, behold everything becomes fresh and new.' Support the show: https://harvest.org/reso...

Pastor Greg Laurie loves restoring stuff, but it takes time. God is also into restoration, and one of His finest restoration projects is restoring planet earth during the End Times. Pastor Greg says He’s going to restore this planet, and one day heaven and earth will become one. Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What will eternity be like? Pastor Greg Laurie gives believers a sneak peek at what to expect. He says there’s a new world coming. It’s out with old and in with the new. No suffering, no separation, no accidents, no courts or prisons or divorces or breakdowns or breakups. No more heart attacks, no cancer. No more famines, no disasters, God makes all things new! Support the show: https:...

Pastor Greg Laurie says the Lord wants us to come to Him with our prayers, and He wants us to keep asking, seeking and knocking. Jesus says, ’Ask and it shall be given you. Seek and you will find. Knock and the [right] door will be open to you.’ Don’t give up on prayer. Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When you see God in His power and His glory, it’s true you see your problems in a different way. Pastor Greg Laurie says too often we wallow in our feelings of helplessness when the reassurance of God is just a prayer away. We need to see Him for who He is, and think of the awesomeness of God, the power of God. Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/ See omnystudio.com/listener for...

What are the practices and procedures for prayer? Pastor Greg Laurie says some try to make it too hard, but you can pray wherever you are. You can pray publicly, you can pray privately, you can pray verbally, you can pray silently, you can pray kneeling, you can pray standing, you can pray lying down and you can even pray driving. Just keep your eyes open. But the main thing is to pray. Support th...

Pastor Greg Laurie points out a proper view of heaven will lead to a proper way to lead your life. If you’re really thinking more about and putting the Lord first in every area of your life, from the thoughts you think to the way you use your time, it will transform you. Don’t waste this precious life that God has given to you. Make every year, every month, every week, every day and ev...

Heaven is a real place for real people to do real things. Pastor Greg Laurie helps us understand what heaven is really like ? beyond the hyperbole and conjecture. Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Bible says God has placed eternity in our hearts. We feel the pull, the tug, of heaven deep down inside. Pastor Greg Laurie says God created us to look past the earthly horizon with a built-in desire to ask about eternity. Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Are you being shaken right now by God? The coronavirus, what has happened in our economy, the social upheaval ? Like a fire alarm rouses us from sleep, Pastor Greg Laurie says we need to respond to the alarms all around us, and wake-up. God is saying, ’Turn to me. Look to me.’ Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

God has not called us to isolate, He’s called us to infiltrate. He’s called us to permeate and to saturate our culture with the truth of the Gospel. Pastor Greg Laurie points out the need for spiritual renewal and how believers are called into service. He may be addressing the U.S specifically, but it is a timely message for all, even us here Australia. Support the show: https://harves...

Our lives are like a cacophony sometimes ? maybe they’re sounds, maybe they’re discordant thoughts, or such a collision of priorities and urgencies that we just need some peace and quiet. Pastor Greg shows us how to find rest in Christ ? based on the Lord’s words, 'Take my yoke on you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest to your souls.' Supp...

When you walk up to a friend’s door and knock, you probably give it three or four taps. And if they don’t come to door, maybe you knock again . . . or ring the door bell. Pastor Greg Laurie says we should practice the same persistence in our prayers. Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Prayer is one of our most important privileges, and one of our most powerful tools. Yet many of us don’t feel like we’ve maximized our prayer lives. Pastor Greg Laurie looks in the Lord’s model for prayer to bring us practical counsel we can all put to work today. Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For some, prayer is like a fire extinguisher . . . or a spare tire. One of those things we put away, out of sight, until an emergency comes up. But prayer should be something we put to use much more often. Prayer is more like a spiritual smart phone. And how many of us won’t even walk into the next room without that!? Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/ See omnystudio.com/listen...

The Lord’s Prayer ? our model for effective prayer ? invites the Father to take over our wants and desires and to be the Lord of our lives. But it turns out that’s the pathway of the richest fulfillment and contentment. We’ll discover the joy of bringing our will in line with God’s will. Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privac...

Some of us might see prayer as more transactional than relational. When we pray, we focus on asking God for something specific. But Prayer is a lifeline to the God who loves us and sustains us, and who holds our future in His hands. Pastor Greg shows us how to steward this privilege appropriately. Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Whether we’re making a bird house, or sewing a dress, it helps to have a template . . . a pattern to follow. As Pastor Greg Laurie points out, the Lord gave us a template or a pattern to follow for effective prayer. It’s what we commonly call The Lord’s Prayer. It’s really more the disciples’ prayer as it shows us how to bring our petitions to God. Support the show: h...

It’s clear that God invites our prayers. And we see evidence throughout Scripture that God’s hears prayers. But does He hear OUR prayers? And if nothing’s happening, has God said no? Or has God said wait? Pastor Greg Laurie begins a short series designed to improve our communication with God. How can we talk to the Lord more appropriately, more powerfully, and see His answers? Su...

It’s not hard to be a Christian. It’s impossible? without the help of the Spirit of God! Pastor Greg Laurie points out, the Lord not only invites us to come to Him, He makes it possible to overcome the obstacles that often stand in our way. Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the cross, God treated Jesus as if He had lived your life, so He could treat you as if you had lived His life. Jesus took our sins, and gave us His righteousness. Pastor Greg Laurie says Jesus rose again for our justification. This is our assurance of acceptance by God. We’re accepted by God, and loved by God. He’s not mad at you; God’s mad about you. Support the show: https:/...