A New Beginning with Greg Laurie

What do you think about the most? What do you dream about and plan for? What are you passionate about? That is your god. Pastor Greg Laurie says making the Lord God your God is the pathway to a settled contentment. Greg Laurie says if you will put God first in your life, on the authority of Scripture, everything else will fall into its rightful place. It’s important to put Him first. Support...

More on the story of Extraordinary Heroism, Sacrificial Love, and a Race against Time. Pastor Greg Laurie speaks with author Jon Erwin on the riveting story of his own grandfather, WWII hero, Henry 'Red' Erwin, who was on a routine mission to Koriyama, Japan, when a bomb erupted in his face onboard a B29 Superfortress. Be encouraged by Red’s dedication to God. Support the show: https://harve...

Pastor Greg Laurie invites author Jon Erwin to tell the riveting story of the heroism display by his grandfather who was on a routine mission to Koriyama, Japan, when a bomb erupted in his face onboard a B29 Superfortress. It’s a story of heroism and dedication to God. Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A recent survey found that 14% of Americans can name the Ten Commandments. By comparison, a quarter of them can name the seven ingredients in a Big Mac. We tend to remember those things that are important to us, those things we hear about repeatedly. Pastor Greg Laurie highlights the importance of spending time with the Ten Commandments written to help us know right from wrong. Support the show: h...

Your brain is filled with all kinds of trivia, your favorite song lyrics, lines out of movies, ads. Can you memorise John 3:16? A blessing is promised to the person who both reads and keeps the Word. Repeatedly, God invites us to internalise the truth of Scripture. Pastor Greg Laurie says our minds are hardwired to remember what we hear. Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/ See omnystu...

Many tend to think of the here and now. God, in contrast, thinks more of the by and by. While we think about what will make us happy in the moment, God’s more interested in what will make us holy. Pastor Greg Laurie points out the Lord wants us to choose the kind of joy that will follow us into eternity. God’s end game is to make us more like Jesus because heaven is a prepared place fo...

Motive without motion is meaningless. There can come a time in your life when it’s time to move instead of praying further. You’ve prayed enough. Now it’s time to take action. Pastor Greg Laurie helps us put feet to our prayers when the Lord is saying, ’Okay, whatever. Start walking!’ Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/ See omnystudio.com/listener for pri...

Are you facing hardship right now? When you’re facing an impossible situation and then it gets worse, it’s important to stop and cry out to God. The Lord invites us to come to Him when we’re at the end of our rope. Pastor Greg Laurie says that’s where hope is found, and God hears our prayers. Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/ See omnystudio.com/listener for p...

Pastor Greg Laurie reassures us that God’s forgiveness is complete forgiveness. He says God has taken His delete key to your sin and removed it as far as the east is from the west. We must stop dragging things up again. He forgives your sin and forgets your sin. We should not choose to remember what God has chosen to forget. This is what it means to 'apply the blood'. Support the show: https...

Instead of trying to forgive yourself, understand the power and completeness of God’s forgiveness that was purchased for you by the blood of Jesus Christ! Pastor Greg Laurie says His blood washed our sins away. It was Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross that made our forgiveness possible. Stop trying to forgive yourself. It’s time to apply the blood instead. Support the show: https://h...

'Put God first in all things and He will bless you in all things.' That’s the wisest plan for our walk with God. But Pastor Greg Laurie is concerned that, many times, we don’t put God first, and then we’re surprised when our lives bottom out. Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our spiritual adversary is relentless, and he won’t stop tempting us even after we become believers. We have to say to the enemy, ’You get nothing, zero! And I don’t want you in my life anymore. I’m done with you, you can leave now, goodbye! Get behind me, Satan, and go away.’' Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in...

Instead of asking ’Can I do this and still be a Christian?’, the better question would be, ’Since I am a Christian, what can I do to get closer to God?’ Pastor Greg Laurie invites us be fully committed to Him. Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eeyore from the ’Winnie the Pooh’ books, was an old grey donkey with a sour disposition, pessimistic, complaining, and discontented. Many people had a streak of this during quarantine, but some just bring a dark cloud of hostility with them everywhere they go. Pastor Greg Laurie points out that this could very well be evidence of a spiritually hardened heart. Learn to spot the syndrome...

Our world is filled with all kinds of religious ideology, with all kinds of gurus and self-proclaimed prophets and other religious leaders all saying they have the truth. Christian faith is the genuine article. Everything else is an imitation. Pastor Greg Laurie says it’s not that the world is lacking for spiritual influence. It’s a collision of competing messages. Support the show: ht...

Your life may seem broken with shattered pieces but Pastor Greg Laurie points out the Lord can heal your brokenness and use you once again, sharing about turning your mess into a message, and your test into a testimony. Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People will say, ’Well, we’re retired now. We’re just going to relax and live a life of leisure.’ ? As a Christian, your life has purpose, and you have something to offer, something to do, beyond sitting in the La-Z-Boy. Pastor Greg Laurie points out that some people think they reach a point in their lives when their work for God is finished. He encourages us to find out mo...

Sometimes we go through things in life that don’t make sense, only to find it was preparation for something else. Pastor Greg Laurie helps us to draw strength from a more eternal perspective, the bigger plan that God has for us. Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The world has yet to see what God can do in and through a man or a woman who is totally committed to Him. So, will you say, ’Here I am, Lord send me,’ or will you say, ’There they are, Lord, send them’? A mark of spiritual maturity is when we say, ’Lord, use me.’ Pastor Greg Laurie urges us to be the kind of believer the Lord can count on, all in for whatever Go...

God does some of His best work through weak people. If God only worked through the ultra-talented and the over-achiever, many of us would feel unqualified. Pastor Greg Laurie says everyone qualifies for His glorious purpose to show His superior power. We just need to be obedient. Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Are you willing to leave your comfort zone and let God use you? When’s the last time you did something for the first time? Pastor Greg Laurie invites us to make ourselves available for service to God without embarrassment or fear. Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Moses saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his brothers. So he looked this way and that way and when he saw no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. Moses checked for witnesses before he sinned. Pastor Greg Laurie says avoiding being seen is a warning sign about our behaviour. Instead of just looking this way and that way, it’s important to look up. Support the show: https...

People are watching you and being impacted by the way you deal or don’t deal with the challenges of your life. Just as others have influenced you, you’re influencing others. Pastor Greg Laurie says when you dare to live a godly life, despite difficulties, it’s a powerful testimony - more powerful than you may realise. Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/ See omnystudi...

Roller coaster rides can nauseate. Going up and down and right and left. Some think to themselves, ’I can’t wait to get off this ride!’ And that’s how sin can be. Sin promises pleasure, but delivers pain! Pastor Greg Laurie urges us to see sin and temptation for what they really are, fun for a season. Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/ See omnystudio.com/liste...

The world has a knack for attempting to put a happy face on some deep, dark times of crisis - 'What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger!' - 'Don’t worry, be happy!' - 'Look on the bright side!' - But sometimes an earthquake so shakes our lives that there doesn’t seem to be a bright side. Remember, mountains rise from earthquakes! Pastor Greg Laurie helps us put our past to use in...