Greg Laurie: A New Beginning

Trials strengthen our faith. Just like exercise strengthens muscles, trials strengthen our faith muscles. Today, Pastor Greg Laurie points out we need to put our faith to work to show that our faith works. He says “the faith that cannot be tested is a faith that cannot be trusted. We’re glad you’re along today on A NEW BEGINNING for an important message to help us move forward in times of testing. 

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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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Jesus told us to cast our cares upon Him. But He never said, “In this world ye shall have no problems.” The Bible tells us to be anxious for nothing . . . it doesn’t say you won’t have anything to be anxious about. When the disciples cried out to Jesus in the midst of the storm, it was a real storm! But today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie shows us how the Lord is with us in the midst of the storms of life. He may not deliver us from the storm but He will deliver us through the storm.

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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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Our culture says “wait to have sex . . . until the third or fourth date.” They say, before you marry someone, try living together for a while to see if it works out. Marriage as long as we both shall...live? No. Want. It’s pretty obvious that’s not the way God intended. Maybe that’s why half of marriages fail. Today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie gives the best advice there is. It doesn’t come from magazines or talk shows but from the inventor of marriage.

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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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Jesus never dealt with any two people in the same way. He is the perfect example of how we can connect with people in our world. So, what would He say to the doubter?

Notes:

Focus verse: Matthew 11

When Jesus walked this earth, He encountered many people,
and He always had time for individuals.
 
John the Baptist was not just significant but super-significant.
 
John offered hope to the people, calling them back to God.
 
John was fearless. He called out the hypocrisy of the Pharisees and professionally religious.
Matthew 3:7–8
 
John baptized our Lord in the Jordan river and said,
“He must increase, and I must decrease.”
 
John’s job was to prepare the way for the Messiah.
 
Read: Matthew 11:1-11
 
Before wearing “many crowns,” Jesus would wear the crown of thorns.
Before the throne would come the cross.
 
Doubt is not a sin.
 
Sometimes we need to go through the foyer of doubt to get into the sanctuary of certainty.
 
Moses was ready to quit.
 
Elijah was ready to quit after Carmel and hearing Jezebel’s threats.
 
Doubting Thomas wanted to know for himself what the others knew.
 
The Apostle Paul was discouraged.
 
John the Baptist had a troubled mind and a broken heart.
 
Jesus responded with scriptures from the Old Testament prophecies about the Messiah.
Isaiah 35:5–6 / Isaiah 61
 
“God blesses those who do not turn away because of me.”
Matthew 11:6
 
God never rebukes any who come to Him with sincere questions or honest doubts.
 
Jesus used the opportunity to speak of John’s greatness.
Matthew 11:1-8
 
It does not matter what others think of us or even what we think of ourselves.
What really matters is what Jesus thinks about us.
 
Matthew 11:11
 
John was a friend of the Bridegroom.
We are the bride of the Bridegroom.
 
Doubt is a matter of the mind.
 
Unbelief is a matter of the will.
 
Doubt has questions.
Unbelief rejects answers.
 
Jesus refocused John’s priorities.
 
Jesus used Scripture and referred John back to the prophecies of the Messiah in Isaiah.
 
Jesus kept on with His purpose and asked John to trust and follow.
 
When we stand before God on that final day, we will realize that He never sat on his hands, they were nailed to the cross!

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We are called to impact our culture. Pastor Greg Laurie shares on the importance of Christian political involvement and gives us a look into his time at the recent Trump rally in Coachella. 

Though we must take our responsibility to vote seriously, we must also recognize that the ultimate hope for our nation is Jesus Christ. Receive Hope for America today, where Pastor Greg insightfully guides us through this topic in depth.

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In a rather popular movie, the lovelorn ingenue confesses, “I love him for the man he wants to be and for the man he almost is.” How many fiancees have high hopes for changing their man that “almost is.” Albert Einstein, of all people, said “Women marry men hoping they will change. Men marry women hoping they will not.” Today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie helps us discover the joy of marriage the way God intended.

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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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Our culture has taken some liberties with marriage. It’s been redefined, re-envisioned, re-written and re-constructed. Sometimes it’s held out as a panacea . . . other times it’s ridiculed as a ball and chain. “Till death do us part” has come to mean “we’ll give it a try.” It’s no wonder there’s so much confusion about the institution. Today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie takes us back to God’s original plan for marriage. We’ll see He has some ideas on how it can succeed.

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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 comedians have stopped performing on college campuses. Why? Political correctness is more important than humor. And on some campuses, the biblical values we once held sacred are now considered hate speech. Look at TV. Curse words and innuendo flow freely, but traditional family values are deemed offensive. Today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie helps us find our bearings. The Apostle Paul and several contemporaries show the way.

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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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If ever there was someone who had a reason to be hopeless, it was Jesus. He left the glory of heaven to come to earth. He was tempted like us, felt pain like us, felt betrayal like us. The world He created turned against Him, and He was sentenced to the death of a common criminal. How’s YOUR day going? Today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie points to the hope found in Jesus’ sacrifice for us – a message Pastor Greg has been sharing in his Harvest Crusades for over 30 years.

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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 the alarm goes off early so we can get up and work out, it’s easy to wish we could strengthen our muscles while we lie there in bed. But we know it doesn’t work that way. When it comes to growing strong in our faith, sometimes we have to exercise our faith . . . and sometimes that comes at the most painful, distressing times of life. Today on A NEW BEGINNING, Pastor Greg Laurie helps us get through the toughest times of our lives. Today, we’ll see our faith grows as we lean hard on the Lord.

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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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