Greg Laurie

• 09/22/2012

  Resisting Temptation

  In many—if not most—cases, temptation enters through the doorway of our minds. When Satan wanted to lead the first man and woman into sin, he started by attacking the woman's mind. That is why Paul warned the Corinthian believers, "But I fear that somehow you will be led away from your pure and simple devotion to Christ, just as Eve was deceived by the serpent" (2 Corinthians 11:3 NLT).
• 09/21/2012

  Giving Testimony

  If you were to witness an accident and were interviewed by a police officer afterward, you would be expected to state the facts. You are not to embellish your testimony or make it more entertaining or more interesting, and you are not to adapt it to your own particular point of view. You are to simply tell the officer what you had seen.
• 09/19/2012

  Watch and Pray

  Jesus had a simple request for Peter, James, and John in the Garden of Gethsemane, and that was to watch and pray (see Matthew 26:41). But they were sleeping instead of praying.
• 09/19/2012

  Watch and Pray

  Jesus had a simple request for Peter, James, and John in the Garden of Gethsemane, and that was to watch and pray (see Matthew 26:41). But they were sleeping instead of praying.
• 09/18/2012

  An ABC Culture

  I think our culture today could be described as an ABC culture: Anything But Christ. It is not unlike ancient Ephesus, which believed in pretty much anything and everything. People would come to Ephesus from around the world to follow a path of false worship that led to nowhere.

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• 09/17/2012

  The Watchman

  When Paul met with the elders of the Ephesian church for a final time, he told them, "Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men" (Acts 20:26). What did Paul mean by this? We find the answer in the Old Testament, where God told the prophet Ezekiel:

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• 09/16/2012

  Purple Ribbons

  When I was a kid, I had all kinds of ribbons on my walls for races I had run, but not one of them was blue. Not one of them had the words "first place." They were all purple. Purple represented "honorable mention." An honorable mention is not first, second, third, or fourth place. It means "also ran." In other words, "We don't want him to feel bad, so we'll give him a purple ribbon."
• 09/13/2012

  Go for the Gold

  When I was back in elementary school, I entered a lot of races. I never won any of them, but I had a lot of those honorable mention ribbons on the wall. (Honorable mention ribbons are basically an acknowledgement that you exist.)
• 09/12/2012

  Watch and Pray

  Jesus had a simple request for Peter, James, and John in the Garden of Gethsemane, and that was to watch and pray (see Matthew 26:41). But they were sleeping instead of praying.
• 09/10/2012

  Recommissioned

  The Bible tells us that Jesus made many appearances after His resurrection. On one occasion, He appeared to 500 people. Another time, He appeared along shore as the disciples were out fishing on the Sea of Galilee. And when they came in, He served them breakfast.
• 09/08/2012

  What Gets You Out of the Bed in the Morning?

  David wrote, "One thing I have desired of the Lord, that will I seek. . .." He was saying that one thing that really excited him was spending time in the presence of God.
• 09/07/2012

  A Bad Place to Be

  When you hang out with the wrong people at the wrong place at the wrong time, it is only a matter of time until you do the wrong thing.
• 09/05/2012

  Watch and Pray

  Jesus had a simple request for Peter, James, and John in the Garden of Gethsemane, and that was to watch and pray (see Matthew 26:41). But they were sleeping instead of praying.
• 09/03/2012

  The Rod and the Staff

  The Bible talks a lot about sheep, and it mentions the fact that we are just like sheep ourselves. It also says, "All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every one, to his own way . . ." (Isaiah 53:6). The thing with sheep is they need shepherds around them at all times, guiding them and guarding them and helping them.

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• 09/01/2012

  Thank God for Unanswered Prayers!

  I am so glad that God will overrule my prayers at times, because I have prayed for things fervently, believing they were the will of God, and they were flat-out wrong. I am so thankful that God said no to those prayers.