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/r...
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 informa...
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 ...
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/listene...
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...
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/resour...
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.co...
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 omnys...
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.org Support the show: https://harvest.org/resources/ See omnystudio.com/listener for p...
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/ S...
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 i...
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 omnystud...
