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Greg Laurie: A New Beginning

Greg Laurie

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 21 September 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

A “stagnant Christian” should be an oxymoron. God's plan for His children is that they be edified, constantly moving forward in faith. But the Christian can't become spiritually mature alone...

Notes:

Focus verse - Ephesians 4

We don’t stand in our own strength, but we are built up together on the foundation of Christ.

Upward – glorify God
Inward – edify each other
Outward – reach people with the Gospel

Edification happens inside each of us when we submit ourselves to God and allow Him to conform us into the image of His Son, Jesus.

We are built up so that He is lifted up.

1. Edification Is Jesus’ Blueprint.
Ephesians 4:11–12

Isaiah 28:16
Therefore thus says the Lord God:
“Behold, I lay in Zion a stone for a foundation,
A tried stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation;
Whoever believes will never be shaken.”

Parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles—
it’s up to you to make sure these children are prepared for spiritual battle.

Be proactively teaching your kids Biblical truth or they will be led astray.

When Jesus is the cornerstone, and when His people are equipped and built up in truth, the church stands strong.

Romans 14:19 (ESV)
So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.

Let us pursue.

2. Edification Produces Maturity.
Ephesians 4:13–14 (NKJV)

Edification gives us:
- discernment
- stability
- resilience

Longevity doesn’t equal maturity.

Jesus loved them enough to tell them the truth and call them to repentance.

True love doesn’t enable sin; it confronts it.

3. Edification Requires Every Member’s Contribution.
Ephesians 4:15–16 (NKJV)

It is essential, that we speak the truth in love.

1 Peter 3:15 (ESV)
but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,

Our goal is to lead people to Christ, to be a light in the world.

Speak the truth in love.
Use your gifts.
Pour into others.

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0:00.0	Greg Lorry and Harvest Ministries recommend a new resource from best-selling author Max Likato,
0:05.8	dealing with your thought life.
0:07.3	So many people have Max Lekato books already in their library, but this is this brand new book
0:12.8	to help you learn how to tame your thoughts.
0:15.8	Our thoughts really ultimately affect pretty much everything.
0:20.0	And folks, we want to offer you this book by Max
0:23.0	Lucato. Tame your thoughts. Yours for a gift of any amount at harvest.org.
0:30.8	Hey there. Thanks for listening to the Greg Lorry podcast, a ministry supported by
0:35.8	Harvest Partners. I'm Greg Lorry, encouraging you. If you want to find
0:39.8	out more about Harvest Ministries and learn more about how to become a harvest partner, just go
0:44.7	to Harvest.org. You can turn in your Bibles to Ephesans chapter four. Epheson chapter four.
0:52.2	My message title today is, this is us. This is us. I heard the story about a
0:57.5	contractor who began a construction project over a thousand years ago, well almost a thousand
1:04.1	years ago, 1173 to be exact, is when this project began, of a huge tower in Europe. It was going to be a beautiful tower,
1:12.2	the great white marble and limestone tower.
1:16.2	It was designed to be a bell tower
1:17.8	that would stand eight stories tall.
1:20.4	Can you imagine building an eight-story tall tower
1:22.6	like a thousand years ago?
1:24.2	That sounds intimidating today to me.
1:26.5	It was going to be at the center of a little
1:29.3	plaza where there was a church, there was a baptistry, there was a cemetery, and it was called the
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