How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard And how shall they hear without a preacher God reaches people through people God may want to reach someone you know through you And today on A NEW BEGINNING Pastor Greg Laurie helps us be ready for that assignment There's nothing like helping someone meet Jesus and find eternal life You'll never forget it The reward is worth the risk Harvest Crusade --- Listen on harvest org --- Learn more and subscribe to Harvest [... more]

In the aftermath of the Marshall Fire the most destructive fire in Colorado history one ministry offered to help families search through the ashes for valuable items Family members mentioned precious objects they hoped were still preserved Very little was One man spoke tenderly of his wedding ring He rsquo d placed it on his dresser in the upstairs bedroom The house now gone its contents had charred or melted into a single layer of debris at the basement level Searchers looked for the ring in that same corner where the bedroom had been mdash without success The prophet Isaiah [... more]

After an officer searched me I stepped into the county jail signed the visitor rsquo s log and sat in the crowded lobby I prayed silently watching adults fidgeting and sighing while young children complained about the wait Over an hour later an armed guard called a list of names including mine He led my group into a room and motioned us to our assigned chairs When my stepson sat in the chair on the other side of the thick glass window and picked up the telephone receiver the depth of my helplessness overwhelmed me But as I wept God [... more]

At its core religion is mankind's attempt to reach God But the Bible paints a picture of a God reaching down to mankind And in the message When Religion Gets Wacky Skip shares about what happens when your religion strays from biblical truth [... more]

When Pastor Warren heard that a man in his church had deserted his wife and family he asked God to help him meet the man as if by accident so they could chat And He did When Warren walked into a restaurant he spotted the gentleman in a nearby booth ldquo Got some room for another hungry man rdquo he asked and soon they were sharing deeply and praying together As a pastor Warren was acting as a shepherd for those in his church community even as God through the prophet Ezekiel said He would tend His flock God promised [... more]

What is God like The answer may depend on who you ask Instead of allowing others to form our view of Him we need to find the answer ourselves and we can only do that by diving into the Word Don't miss your chance to know Him better through this powerful message from Pastor Greg Laurie Notes The Bible refers to the Almighty as Father The New Testament picture of God is as a loving heavenly Father God the Father longs for fellowship with us The Old Testament is a beautiful picture of a loving God After David was selected [... more]

How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard And how shall they hear without a preacher God reaches people through people God may want to reach someone you know through you And today on A New Beginning Pastor Greg Laurie helps us be ready for that assignment There's nothing like helping someone meet Jesus and find eternal life You'll never forget it The reward is worth the risk View and subscribe to Pastor Greg's weekly notes --- Learn more and subscribe to [... more]

School kids love to whisper something to someone and say pass it on Remember doing that But today's insight is worth passing on in more than a whisper Today Pastor Greg Laurie points out that God sees our trials God reaches out to comfort us in our trials and then He wants us to reach out with that same comfort to someone else who's suffering It's a lesson on how we can be the hands and feet of God to those around us Glad you're along for an important edition of A New Beginning If you would like to receive [... more]

Victor Hugo ndash a poet and novelist during the social and political upheavals of nineteenth-century France is perhaps best known for his classic Les Miserables Over a century later a musical adaption of his novel has become one of our generation rsquo s most popular productions This shouldn rsquo t surprise us As Hugo once said ldquo Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent rdquo The psalmists would have agreed Their songs and prayers provide us with honest reflections on life and its inevitable pain They touch us in places we [... more]

School kids love to whisper something to someone and say pass it on Remember doing that But today's insight is worth passing on in more than a whisper Today Pastor Greg Laurie points out that God sees our trials God reaches out to com fort us in our trials and then He wants us to reach out with that same comfort to someone else who's suffering It's a lesson on how we can be the hands and feet of God to those around us - one of the most requested studies of the year today A New Beginning View and [... more]

South African Fredie Blom turned in widely recognized as the oldest living man Born in the year the Wright Brothers built their Flyer II he rsquo s lived through both World Wars apartheid and the Great Depression When asked for the secret for his longevity Blom only shrugs Like many of us he hasn rsquo t always chosen the foods and practices that promote wellness However Blom does offer one reason for his remarkable health ldquo There rsquo s only one thing it rsquo s God He rsquo s got all the power He holds me rdquo Blom echoes words [... more]

Alexa Amazon rsquo s voice-controlled device has an interesting feature it can erase everything you say Whatever you rsquo ve asked Alexa to do whatever information you rsquo ve asked Alexa to retrieve one simple sentence ldquo Delete everything I said today rdquo sweeps it all clean as if it never happened It rsquo s too bad that the rest of our life doesn rsquo t have this capability Every misspoken word every disgraceful act every moment we wish we could erase mdash we rsquo d just speak the command and the entire mess would disappear There rsquo s good [... more]