Greg Laurie

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  Aug 19, 2014

  Hardship and Trust

  As they were (at long last) poised to enter the Promised Land, God warned the Israelites that the real danger to their lives had just begun.

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  Aug 17, 2014

  'Someday' Is Today

  When you've had an encounter with death — a near-death experience of your own or the sudden passing of a loved one — it inevitably leads to a few essential questions: What is life all about, anyway? Why am I alive . . . and what am I really living for?

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  Aug 15, 2014

  Pray — Don't Lose Heart

  If you ever needed an answer for why you ought to pray, that is the best one right there. Jesus told you to.

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  Aug 13, 2014

  Glory Through Adversity

  Raising Lazarus from the dead was a great miracle—one of the greatest in the New Testament. And to this very day, God will work just that way at certain times and in certain places. He will step into your life and dramatically, miraculously, change your circumstances.

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  Aug 11, 2014

  Tear Bottle

  Jesus is God, with all the attributes of Deity. But He is also the Son of Man, who feels our pains and our sorrows. Isaiah 53 reminds us, "He was despised and rejected . . . a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief" (verse 3). The passage goes on to say, "Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down" (verse 4, NLT).

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  Aug 9, 2014

  Guided from Above

  The fact that God has chosen us, has forgiven us, and has given us free access into His presence means that our existence isn't some cosmic accident, and that our lives are guided neither by chance nor luck, neither by fate nor karma. It means we are guided by His providence.

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  Aug 7, 2014

  Lord, Where Were You?

  Martha was never one to hold her tongue. You always knew where you stood with this lady! "Lord," she said, "if You would have been here, my brother would not have died." To paraphrase it, "Where were You anyway, Jesus?"

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  Aug 5, 2014

  Grace — True as Ever

  I survived a crazy childhood, growing up in an alcoholic home, with my mom being married and divorced seven times. But I came to Christ in high school, at the age of seventeen, and turned my life over to the Lord.

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  Aug 3, 2014

  Heartbreak . . . and Glory

  Have you ever had a crisis overwhelm you—maybe even to the point where you didn't think you could survive the experience? Have you ever found yourself facing a set of circumstances so crushing, so utterly devastating that you couldn't imagine how you could ever get through? Have you ever wondered why God allowed a tragedy in your life or in the life of someone close to you?

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  Aug 1, 2014

  Where the Power Is

  I once asked Billy Graham, "If you had it to do it all over again, are there things you would have emphasized as a younger preacher that maybe you are emphasizing now?" His response surprised me.