Pastor Greg Laurie continues covering The Beatitudes where we see what the actions of happy people look like Notes Matthew The Sermon on the Mount is only for Christians Happy are the humble Happy people are unhappy people A happy person will be a meek person A happy person passionately desires a righteous life Read Matthew Point Happy people are merciful people Extend God's mercy toward you to others forgiven people should be forgiving people Read Matthew Point A happy person will be a holy person Pure in heart whole being is directed toward God To be single single eye [... more]

Building benches isn rsquo t James Warren rsquo s job He started building them however when he noticed a woman in Denver sitting in the dirt while waiting for a bus That rsquo s ldquo undignified rdquo Warren worried So the twenty-eight-year-old workforce consultant found some scrap wood built a bench and placed it at the bus stop It quickly got used Realizing many of the nine thousand bus stops in his city lacked seating he made another bench then several more inscribing ldquo Be Kind rdquo on each one His goal ldquo To make people rsquo s lives just [... more]

Louise was a lively playful girl who brought smiles to all she met At the age of five she tragically succumbed to a rare disease Her sudden passing was a shock to her parents Day Day and Peter and to all of us who worked with them We grieved along with them Yet Day Day and Peter have found the strength to keep going When I asked Day Day how they were coping she said they drew strength from focusing on where Louise was mdash in Jesus rsquo loving arms ldquo We rejoice for our daughter whose time is up [... more]

Pastor Rich reminds us that Christ is our greatest benefit and pleasure nbsp A day is coming when God will bring all things back to the main point nbsp The main point is not a concept but a person nbsp Our Savior Jesus Christ nbsp He is the focal point of all time and history [... more]

Pastor Rich reminds us that Christ is our greatest benefit and pleasure nbsp A day is coming when God will bring all things back to the main point nbsp The main point is not a concept but a person nbsp Our Savior Jesus Christ nbsp He is the focal point of all time and history [... more]

Pastor Rich reminds us that Christ is our greatest benefit and pleasure nbsp A day is coming when God will bring all things back to the main point nbsp The main point is not a concept but a person nbsp Our Savior Jesus Christ nbsp He is the focal point of all time and history [... more]

Pastor Rich reminds us that Christ is our greatest benefit and pleasure nbsp A day is coming when God will bring all things back to the main point nbsp The main point is not a concept but a person nbsp Our Savior Jesus Christ nbsp He is the focal point of all time and history [... more]

When writing my mom rsquo s obituary I felt that the word died seemed too final for the hope I had in our promised reunion in heaven as fellow believers in Jesus So I wrote ldquo She was welcomed into the arms of Jesus rdquo Still some days I grieve when looking at the more current family photos that don rsquo t include my mom Recently though I discovered a painter who creates family portraits with those we rsquo ve lost The artist uses the photos of loved ones who have gone before us to paint them into the picture [... more]

The professor ended his online class in one of two ways each time He rsquo d say ldquo See you next time rdquo or ldquo Have a good weekend rdquo Some students would respond with ldquo Thank you You too rdquo But one day a student responded ldquo I love you rdquo Surprised he replied ldquo I love you too rdquo That evening the classmates agreed to create an ldquo I love you chain rdquo for the next class time in appreciation for their professor who had to teach to a blank screen on his computer A few days later [... more]

In three teens were arrested for the murder of a fourteen-year-old According to news reports the younger teen was ldquo shot because of his athletic jacket rdquo Sentenced to life in prison the three spent thirty-six years behind bars before evidence surfaced that revealed their innocence Another man had committed the crime Before the judge released them as free men he issued an apology No matter how hard we try and no matter how much good is done by our officials human justice is often flawed We never have all the information Sometimes dishonest people manipulate the facts Sometimes we [... more]

At seventeen Dowayne had to leave his family rsquo s home in Manenberg a part of Cape Town South Africa because of his stealing and addiction to heroin He didn rsquo t go far building a shack of corrugated metal in his mother rsquo s backyard which soon became known as the Casino a place to use drugs When he was nineteen however Dowayne came to saving faith in Jesus His journey off drugs was long and exhausting but he got clean with God rsquo s help and with the support of his Christian friends And ten years after Dowayne [... more]

As an adult leader I arranged a student fieldtrip to an obstacle course We instructed students to slip into safety gear and scale an eight-foot wall Those who volunteered to go first encouraged each climber to trust the harness and keep moving forward without looking down One of our students stared at the barrier as we secured belts and buckles around her waist ldquo There rsquo s no way I can do this rdquo she said Affirming the strength of her harness we encouraged her and cheered when she climbed up the wall and stepped onto the high platform When [... more]

Life in the body of Christ brings with it a wonderful element of fellowship both with God and with other believers And the basis for that fellowship is spoken of by the Apostle John as ldquo walking in the light rdquo nbsp Click here to listen Duration [... more]