Pastor Damian rsquo s schedule included hospital visits to two people nearing death who rsquo d chosen two different life paths In one hospital was a woman beloved by her family Her selfless public service had endeared her to many Other believers in Jesus had gathered around her and worship prayer and hope filled the room In another hospital the relative of a member of Pastor Damian rsquo s church was also dying His hardened heart had led to a hard life and his disheveled family lived in the wake of his poor decisions and misdeeds The differences in the [... more]

Pastor and researcher John Burke offers a better glimpse of the God of heaven the Creator of the universe and the Lover of our souls He shares some amazing stories of near-death experiences that highlight an understanding of who God is and His unconditional love for all people Part of Receive the book Imagine the God of Heaven and a free audio download of Finding Heaven Knowing God and His Love for your donation of any amount Right now you can DOUBLE YOUR DOLLARS to GIVE FAMILIES HOPE through our YEAR-END MATCH provided by generous friends of the ministry Get [... more]

Pastor and researcher John Burke offers a better glimpse of the God of heaven the Creator of the universe and the Lover of our souls He shares some amazing stories of near-death experiences that highlight an understanding of who God is and His unconditional love for all people Part of Receive the book Imagine the God of Heaven and a free audio download of Finding Heaven Knowing God and His Love for your donation of any amount Right now you can DOUBLE YOUR DOLLARS to GIVE FAMILIES HOPE through our YEAR-END MATCH provided by generous friends of the ministry Get [... more]

Listen to or read the full-length version here - https wfth me QtCrA Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night nor persecution nor trial nor height nor depth nor the opposition of rulers nor the sin of nations nor the power of Satan nor any other thing can keep the Sovereign of the universe from fully completing His supreme design and His perfect plan How's that for a postal service motto In this message Stephen reminds us that when God makes a promise He always delivers [... more]

Pastor Jonathan Laurie shows us what we can learn about God through Rahab's story Notes Samuel the Lord does not see as man sees for man looks at the outward appearance but the Lord looks at the heart Joshua Joshua Read Joshua This Is Only a Test Joshua Matthew With men this is impossible but with God all things are possible An Unlikely Ally Joshua Joshua A True God Joshua Philippians And the peace of God which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus John Behold The Lamb of God who takes away the sin [... more]

Approach God with absolute confidence that He will hear and answer your prayers [... more]

People can talk all day about what it takes to get to Heaven Inevitably the discussion touches on the golden rule and includes phrases like be true to yourself and it doesn't matter what you believe as long as you're sincere People can be sincere and sincerely wrong at the same time Today on A NEW BEGINNING Pastor Greg Laurie goes straight to Scripture for the real answer If we want to know how to get to Heaven it's best to ask the God of Heaven And that's what we'll do today Listen on harvest org --- Learn more and [... more]

Apathy is being indifferent to something that should otherwise arouse provoke or motivate you In the message The Giant of Apathy Skip shares about what happens when you start getting involved in God's work [... more]

After a customer at a grocery store self-checkout station had completed her transaction I made my way to the station and proceeded to scan my goods Unexpectedly a visibly angry person confronted me I rsquo d failed to notice that she was actually next in line for checkout Recognizing my mistake I sincerely said ldquo I rsquo m sorry rdquo She replied though not limited to these words ldquo No you rsquo re not rdquo Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you were wrong acknowledged it and tried to make things right mdash only to be rebuffed [... more]

When I stopped to browse through a box of books marked ldquo C S Lewis rdquo at a used bookshop the store owner appeared As we chatted about the available titles I wondered if he might be interested in the faith that inspired much of Lewis rsquo s writing I prayed silently for guidance Information from a biography came to mind and we began to discuss how C S Lewis rsquo s character pointed to God In the end I was thankful that a quick prayer had reoriented our conversation to spiritual matters nbsp nbsp Nehemiah paused to pray before [... more]

There was a prophet who failed to appear in the capital courtroom of Nineveh's king He was evidently under the impression as he ran in the opposite direction that he could hide from the surveillance lens of an omniscient omnipresent God If you are just now joining us in our study through the journal of Jonah thus far we can easily summarize all that has happened with one simple sentence God said 'Go ' and Jonah said 'No ' We could also summarize our study with a slightly longer sentence God said 'Jonah I want you to go and deliver [... more]

People can talk all day about what it takes to get to heaven Inevitably the discussion touches on the golden rule and includes phrases like be true to yourself and it doesn't matter what you believe as long as you're sincere People can be sincere and sincerely wrong at the same time Today on A New Beginning Pastor Greg Laurie goes straight to Scripture for the real answer If we want to know how to get to heaven it's best to ask the God of heaven And that's what we'll do today View and subscribe to Pastor Greg's weekly notes [... more]

On her college volleyball team my granddaughter learned a winning principle When the ball came her way no matter what she could ldquo better the ball rdquo She could make a play that left her teammates in a better situation mdash without throwing tantrums blaming or making excuses Always make the situation better That was Daniel rsquo s response when he and three Hebrew friends were taken into captivity by Babylon rsquo s king Nebuchadnezzar Although they were given pagan names and ordered to three years of ldquo training rdquo in the enemy rsquo s palace Daniel didn rsquo t [... more]