My Passion For the Harvest (Part 1 of 2)
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Pastor Greg Laurie describes his troubled past, growing up in the turbulent 1960’s. As an illegitimate child, Greg questioned whether his life had any meaning or purpose. While his single mom was out partying, Greg sought solace through drugs and alcohol in his pre-teen years. Greg reminds listeners that we’re all in a search that can only be satisfied by a relationship with God, through Jesus Christ. (Part 1 of 2)
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| 0:00.0 | You know, Jesus loved to tell stories. |
| 0:10.3 | And people like to hear stories of other people. |
| 0:13.7 | We like stories where someone rises out of the ashes like the |
| 0:17.4 | phoenix and somehow things turn out better in the end. |
| 0:20.7 | But most of our lives don't really work that way. |
| 0:24.0 | There are highs and lows and there are ups and downs. |
| 0:27.7 | Well, that's a perfect setup for what we have for you today on |
| 0:30.9 | Focus on the Family. |
| 0:31.9 | We're going to hear one of those stories with all the twists |
| 0:35.1 | and turns that are common to this life. |
| 0:37.5 | Your host is Focus President Jim Daley and I'm John Fuller. |
| 0:40.7 | John our guest is Greg Laurie and he's going to share a |
| 0:43.3 | fascinating testimony today and next time. |
| 0:46.1 | And let me just say if you're having a hard time dealing |
| 0:49.0 | with the difficult childhood, man, I understand. |
| 0:51.7 | I've been there. |
| 0:52.8 | Stay with us because Greg's story is going to illustrate the |
| 0:55.8 | fact that God can help you overcome any type of upbringing. |
| 1:00.6 | I'll tell you what, this is a message of hope, not despair. |
| 1:04.5 | It really is. |
| 1:05.6 | And here's Greg Laurie speaking at Harvest Christian Fellowship |
| 1:09.1 | in Riverside, California on today's episode of Focus on the Family. |
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