Greg Laurie: A New Beginning

Help us share the gospel in 2024! Whether you’re an electrician or a chef, an auto mechanic or a roofer, chances are you served some sort of apprenticeship. You learned the trade from someone with a few years under his or her tool belt. Well the Lord has a similar plan for how believers can pass knowledge from older to younger. And today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie shares the kinds of precepts that we should be passing on.  Listen on harvest.org --- Learn more and subscribe to Harvest updates at harvest.org . A New Beginning is the daily half-hour program hosted by Greg Laurie, pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Southern California. For over 30 years, Pastor Greg and Harvest Ministries have endeavored to know God and make Him known through media and large-scale evangelism. This podcast is supported by the generosity of our Harvest Partners.Support the show: https://bit.ly/anbsupportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Help us share the gospel in 2024! Do you ever wonder, “God where are you!?” Pastor Greg Laurie helps us see how God is always at work—even if it’s behind the scenes. We’ll also see what more we can learn from Zechariah, Elizabeth, and John the Baptist.  Notes: Luke 1 Malachi 4:2 We live by time; God lives outside of time. God recognizes human time, but He is not bound by it. God sees the big picture, but we see the small picture. God has His timing and makes everything beautiful in His time. Ecclesiastes 3:11 No one wants your loved ones to come to Jesus more than Jesus does! God was not only promising the Messiah, He also spoke of a forerunner. Malachi 3:1 The forerunner would be known as John the Baptist. From Genesis to Revelation, we have one complete Revelation of God. From the Old Testament to the New Testament, He is the same. Jonah 4:2 Read: Luke 1:11–17 Continually bring your burdens to the Lord in prayer! Zechariah means, “God remembers.” Elizabeth means, “My God is an oath.” God remembers us and keeps His promises! Philippians 1:6 Zechariah was a humble man. “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” James 4:6 God is still looking for humble people to use for His glory. 2 Chronicles 16:9 We represent God to a lost world, and we intercede for those in need to God in prayer. 1 Peter 2:9 Zechariah was a faithful man. God often speaks to His people when they are busy doing their daily tasks. Zechariah and Elizabeth were Godly and blameless people. Luke 1:6 Blameless does not mean they were sinless; it means they obeyed God. God was preparing them both for this day, and now the reward for their faithfulness has come! Luke 1:13 His prayer on earth was heard in Heaven! God promises that if we, as His people, call out to Him, He will hear and answer! Psalm 34:15 God urges us to call out to Him! Jeremiah 33:3 God’s delays are not necessarily His denials. God hears and stores our prayers. Not one is wasted. Every prayer is answered: Yes, no, and wait. Zechariah was human and flawed just like us! Luke 1:18–19 Read: Luke 1:21–22 John was the direct forerunner of the Messiah! His job was to clear the way, prepare the way, and get out of the way. Be humble, wait on the Lord, and serve Him where you are. --- Learn more about Greg Laurie and Harvest Ministries at harvest.org. This podcast is supported by the generosity of our Harvest Partners.Support the show: https://bit.ly/anbsupportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"They entered the house and saw the child with his mother, Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasure chests and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh." —Matthew 2:11 Subscribe to Pastor Greg's daily devotional podcast for more content like this: https://link.chtbl.com/dailydevo --- Learn more about Greg Laurie and Harvest Ministries at harvest.org. This podcast is supported by the generosity of our Harvest Partners.Support the show: https://bit.ly/anbsupportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Help us share the gospel in 2024! There’s a certain wisdom that comes from growing older . . . from learning some of the lessons of life. There’s even more wisdom that comes when we embrace God’s Word as our pattern for living. And today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie looks to the Bible for practical principles we can put to use. If you missed some of the principles he’s already covered, we invite you to catch up by listening to the previous two episodes. There’s good insight coming your way worth taking some notes. Listen on harvest.org --- Learn more and subscribe to Harvest updates at harvest.org . A New Beginning is the daily half-hour program hosted by Greg Laurie, pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Southern California. For over 30 years, Pastor Greg and Harvest Ministries have endeavored to know God and make Him known through media and large-scale evangelism. This podcast is supported by the generosity of our Harvest Partners.Support the show: https://bit.ly/anbsupportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Help us share the gospel in 2024! No one ever teaches us how to worry. Our parents don’t sit us down and say, “Okay, kids, I want you to put your head in your hands, look really discouraged, and stress out on something you can’t change.” No, we pretty much picked it up on our own. Well, today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie helps us lay down that which we’ve picked up. He’ll offer up some practical precepts in a message called What I Would Tell My Younger Self. Insight for everyone, particularly young people. Listen on harvest.org --- Learn more and subscribe to Harvest updates at harvest.org . A New Beginning is the daily half-hour program hosted by Greg Laurie, pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Southern California. For over 30 years, Pastor Greg and Harvest Ministries have endeavored to know God and make Him known through media and large-scale evangelism. This podcast is supported by the generosity of our Harvest Partners.Support the show: https://bit.ly/anbsupportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Help us share the gospel in 2024! Have you noticed how our perspective changes in life? Some of us hated certain vegetables when we were kids. And now? Well, we may still hate those vegetables but that’s not the point! The point is our perspective changes. Right? We eat vegetables ‘cause they’re good for us. Today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie helps us realize that a changing perspective is good evidence that we’re maturing. And today we’ll see how we can embrace and enhance that maturing process. Listen on harvest.org --- Learn more and subscribe to Harvest updates at harvest.org . A New Beginning is the daily half-hour program hosted by Greg Laurie, pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Southern California. For over 30 years, Pastor Greg and Harvest Ministries have endeavored to know God and make Him known through media and large-scale evangelism. This podcast is supported by the generosity of our Harvest Partners.Support the show: https://bit.ly/anbsupportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Help us share the gospel in 2024! History records the names of individuals who made a difference . . . a real difference. Henry Ford, Albert Einstein, Billy Graham, Martin Luther King, The Wright Brothers. They got something done. What if Thomas Edison had decided to stay in bed the day he finally got his light bulb to work after 1,000 failures? Today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie points out how we can make a difference as we shine a light on this dark culture, and point out how Jesus is coming back . . . soon! Listen on harvest.org --- Learn more and subscribe to Harvest updates at harvest.org . A New Beginning is the daily half-hour program hosted by Greg Laurie, pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Southern California. For over 30 years, Pastor Greg and Harvest Ministries have endeavored to know God and make Him known through media and large-scale evangelism. This podcast is supported by the generosity of our Harvest Partners.Support the show: https://bit.ly/anbsupportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Help us share the gospel in 2024! It’s clear that the Lord’s return could come at any time. So the question is, if Jesus was coming back tomorrow, how should we spend our time today? One day He will come, and then it’ll be too late for preparation. Today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie begins the final message in his eye-opening series called, The End of the World: What Does the Bible Say? We’ll focus today on what the Lord would have us do as Last Days believers. Important insight given the signs of the times. Listen on harvest.org --- Learn more and subscribe to Harvest updates at harvest.org . A New Beginning is the daily half-hour program hosted by Greg Laurie, pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Southern California. For over 30 years, Pastor Greg and Harvest Ministries have endeavored to know God and make Him known through media and large-scale evangelism. This podcast is supported by the generosity of our Harvest Partners.Support the show: https://bit.ly/anbsupportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Help us share the gospel in 2024! Pastor Greg Laurie points out that we often don’t appreciate the gifts we receive enough—including our God-given gift of salvation. He talks about what this gift brings, and how we should respond. Notes: Matthew 2 The gift that God gave to us. The gift that we give to God. The gift we give to others... The gift that God gave to us. Christians carry this gift in their hearts. It is salvation, the gift of eternal life. “The gift of God which is eternal life through Jesus Christ.” Romans 6:23 The gift God has given us is more valuable than any earthly gift; it’s called justification. Romans 5:1–2 The word justify speaks of the forgiveness of our sins. God takes our sin and forgives and forgets them! “God hurls our sins into the sea where they sink like a stone.” Micah 7:19 “For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.” Jeremiah 31:34 Do not choose to remember what God has chosen to forget. Justification means, “just as if it never had happened.” Justified means, “to put to one’s account.” Acts 13:38–39 The gift that we give to God. There is nothing we could ever give to God that would equal what He gave us. Read: Matthew 2:9–12 Gold, because Jesus was a King. Frankincense, because Jesus was our high priest. Myrrh, because Jesus came to die for our sin. “In the blink of an eye wealth disappears, for it will sprout wings and fly away like an eagle.” Proverbs 23:5 You are sitting in someone else’s sacrifice. The gift we give to others. The key to having a happy Christmas is not receiving but, rather, giving. A 10-Step Solution for Depression: Step 1: Do something for someone else who has greater needs than you. Step 2: Repeat Step 1 nine more times. 3 John 1:4 The only real happiness you will find is in Christ, not in Christmas but in Christ. “God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself because it is not there. There is no such thing.” —C.S. Lewis --- Learn more about Greg Laurie and Harvest Ministries at harvest.org. This podcast is supported by the generosity of our Harvest Partners.Support the show: https://bit.ly/anbsupportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Help us share the gospel in 2024! Are you a little tired of hearing the terms “new and improved”? New and improved soap. New and improved mouthwash. New and improved floor wax. It’s often hard to tell the difference, but for the big sticker on the package. Well, there’s a time coming when earth will definitely, definitively be new and improved! It’s a mass renovation project with the Lord as the architect. Today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie brings revealing insights from his series, The End of the World: What Does the Bible Say? Listen on harvest.org --- Learn more and subscribe to Harvest updates at harvest.org . A New Beginning is the daily half-hour program hosted by Greg Laurie, pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Southern California. For over 30 years, Pastor Greg and Harvest Ministries have endeavored to know God and make Him known through media and large-scale evangelism. This podcast is supported by the generosity of our Harvest Partners.Support the show: https://bit.ly/anbsupportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.