Hey everybody, Greg Laurie here. You're listening to the Greg Laurie podcast. And my objective is to

deliver, hopefully, compelling practical insights and faith, culture, and current events from a biblical

perspective to find out more about our ministry. Just go to our website harvest.org. So thanks for

joining me for this podcast. Okay, let's go back in time a long time ago and a galaxy far far away.

A very young Greg Laurie age 17 came to believe in Jesus Christ. This is what I looked like back

then. Okay, so I started going to church. I started reading the Bible for the first time I might

add. And I heard the pastor say you need to go out and tell other people about Jesus Christ. And I

did want to tell people what God had done for me. My life had been transformed. I found the answers

that I and my generation were searching for. But I did not want to walk up to a total stranger.

There was a fear of rejection. They might ask me a question. I don't have the answer to, but

but I got a little booklet called the four spiritual laws put up by campus crusade for Christ.

And I went out looking for someone to talk to understand I had a thimble full of theological

knowledge at this point. I knew very little. I saw a middle age woman sitting on the beach

a new part beach about the age of my mom. And I thought, well, maybe she'll be nice to me. I

walked up. I was very nervous. My voice was shaking. And I said, Hi, I talked to you about God

and stuff. And she says, yeah, go ahead. So I sat down and I was so new at this. I literally just

read this little booklet. I hadn't even memorized its contents. Page one, page two,

page one, God loves you and has a plan for your life. You're separated from God by your sin.

And I read through it. And I remember thinking this, I'm doing this. This is not going to work.

Who do I think I am? This is the most insane thing I've ever done. I couldn't wait until it was

over with. So at least I could say this. I'm, I talked to someone about Jesus. I was planning

for failure. Trust me. So I get to the end of this little booklet where a question is asked,

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