Greg Laurie: A New Beginning

It’s a question baked in to the human condition. People have been asking it for millennia: “What happens after we die?” So many contemplate, speculate, postulate, and hyperventilate over the topic. Today, Pastor Greg Laurie simply extrapolates what God has already told us on the subject. Glad you’re along for A NEW BEGINNING as we pull back the curtain to see what’s waiting for us in eternity. Comforting insight, especially if you have loved ones already there.

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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.

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Ever look at a puzzle piece and try to guess the whole picture? It’s nearly impossible, until you step back and see the top of the box. So it is with life. We see a just piece (often a painful piece) but God sees the big picture. His perspective is higher, and His timing is better. Today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie shows how to trust God even when life doesn’t make sense. If you’ve ever felt stuck or confused, clarity and hope are just ahead.

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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.

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Some people treat prayer like it’s a game of chance. Like Bingo. They bring their petition to the Lord and then wait to see if they “get lucky.” “You win some, you lose some.” Today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie points out how to pray with more confidence. It’s not up to luck, it’s up to the Lord . . . the Lord who loves us, and cares for us, and told us to keep asking, keep seeking and keep knocking. Practical prayer instruction is just ahead.

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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.

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Pastor Greg Laurie provides his biblical perspective on Israel and the end times in today's message.

Notes:

Focus verses - Romans 11, 1 Thessalonians 4
 
God keeps every one of his promises to us.
 
#1 God says we will never be alone in life.
Isaiah 41
 
Hebrews 13:5 (NKJV)
For Jesus Himself has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you."
 
#2 God promises to get us through whatever we’re facing.
Isaiah 43:2
 
Psalm 119:50 (ESV)
This is my comfort in my affliction, that your promise gives me life.
 
#3 Jesus promised that He would come again.
John 14:1–3
 
We know God’s future promises are true because He has kept His former promises.
 
Genesis 12:2–3
 
#1 Because God kept His promises to Israel, we know He will keep His promises to us!
Romans 11:17
  
#2 God uses us to bless the people who have blessed us.
Romans 11:14
 
#3 Israel plays a key role in the last days.
Romans 11:25–26
 
Romans 11:2 (ESV)
God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew.
 
A sign of the times of the last days is the regathering of the nation Israel to their land.
 
A modern-day miracle occurred when the Jews formed a nation on May 14th, 1948.
 
The Jews are the indigenous people that God himself gave that land to.
 
A checklist of things the Bible predicted about Israel:
Israel will be scattered.
Israel will be regathered.
Israel will regain Jerusalem.
Israel will be isolated.
Israel will be attacked.
 
God will intervene on behalf of Israel.
Ezekiel 38:18
 
God promises to pour His spirit out on Israel.
Ezekiel 39:29
 
Romans 11:25
 
Every soul matters to God.
 
When the rapture happens, we will be caught up to meet the Lord in the air.
1 Thessalonians 4:16
 
#4 What is the rapture?
 
1 Thessalonians 4:16–18
 
Jesus spoke of the rapture.
John 14:3
 
Believing in and teaching about the rapture brings much needed hope.
 
1 Thessalonians 4:13
But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who have died, so that you will not grieve as those who have no hope.
 
Revelation promises a blessing too.
 
Believing in and teaching about the rapture motivates godliness.
1 John 3:3
  
One of the signs of the last days will be a renewed interest in bible prophecy.
 
Daniel 12:4 (NLT)
But you, Daniel, keep this prophecy a secret; seal up the book until the time of the end. Many will rush here and there, and knowledge will increase."
 
The rapture must take place first before the Antichrist will be revealed.
2 Thessalonians 2:7–8
 
If antichrist is close, then the coming of Jesus Christ is even closer!
 
#5 When is the Rapture?
Matthew 24:36
 
1 Corinthians 15:51–52
 
When Christ returns for us in the rapture, first up is the resurrection of the dead.
Then we who are alive will meet them in the air.
1 Thessalonians 4:16 –17
 
THE RAPTURE WILL BE A STEALTH EVENT.
THE SECOND COMING WILL BE A VERY PUBLIC ONE.
 
IN THE RAPTURE, JESUS COMES IN THE AIR.​​​​
IN THE SECOND COMING, HE COMES TO THE EARTH.
 
DURING THE RAPTURE, CHRIST COMES FOR HIS BRIDE.
DURING THE SECOND COMING, HE COMES WITH HIS BRIDE.
 
IN THE RAPTURE, CHRIST COMES LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT.​
IN THE SECOND COMING, THE WHOLE EARTH SEES HIM.
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IN THE RAPTURE, JESUS COMES BEFORE JUDGMENT.
IN THE SECOND COMING, JESUS COMES WITH JUDGMENT. 
 
If we are a believer, we should be awake and spiritually alert.
Romans 13:11
 
#2 if you are not yet a Christian, you should get right with God.

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At this year’s Faith Forward Pastors’ Summit hosted by TPUSA Faith, Pastor Greg Laurie delivered a speech focused on the hope of an increasing spiritual renewal across the nation, evidenced by the thousands who made a profession of faith at the recent Harvest Crusade.

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Some people don’t understand the logic of faith. Believers put their trust in a God who parted the Red Sea, raised the dead, healed the sick, calmed the storm, walked on water . . . and created the heavens and the earth. Doesn’t it make sense to trust a God like that? Does it make sense not to. Today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie brings a story about a woman who had faith that just wouldn’t quit. It’s inspiring insight for those times when we’re ready to throw in the towel.

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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.

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The Bible teaches us how to think and how to behave. And we see it demonstrated in the lives of the heroes of our faith. They were people of commitment, and people of action. And today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie helps us focus on one particular biblical action figure to see the steps that lead to spiritual failure . . . so we can avoid them! Peter sometimes showed us what to do, and sometimes what NOT to do, but the takeway lessons are significant.

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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.

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They say Thomas Edison failed ten thousand times to make a viable electric light bulb. When asked about all those strikeouts, Edison would reportedly say, “"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.” Today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie helps us explore the failure of a certain apostle. He did the unthinkable, but we’ll see the Lord responded with the unexpected. Spiritual failure came face to face with divine mercy.

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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.

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When we invite someone to dinner, they may say yes or no. But the fear of them saying no doesn’t keep us from asking. Yet so many of us don’t invite someone to Christ because they may say no. Today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie points out the right attitude to have as we share the Gospel. It’s a special presentation to Christian leaders at the European Congress on Evangelism in Berlin, Germany, presented by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.

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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.

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In May, church leaders from 57 countries were invited to attend the European Congress on Evangelism in Berlin, Germany. It was hosted by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. And Pastor Greg Laurie was one of the featured speakers for the gathering. Today on A NEW BEGINNING, we eavesdrop on his message . . . “The Gift and Calling of the Evangelist.” Some truly world-class insights on sharing Christ, and together doing our part of The Great Commission.

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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.

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