What My Hard Childhood, Losing a Son, and Following Jesus Taught Me (Featuring Jonathan Laurie)

Greg Laurie Podcast

Greg Laurie

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Pastor Greg Laurie brings us wisdom gained over the course of his life—both before and after coming to faith. With his son Jonathan, he reflects on his traumatic upbringing, most difficult moments, and even the good, like finding God and living with Him by his side.

See all the things an older Greg would tell a younger Greg if he could. Topics covered:

Practical advice - Intro, 00:00
Knowing it’s going to be OK (childhood trauma) - 04:05
Putting God first & spiritual success - 17:31
Dealing with life’s worries - 30:45
Being thankful, even in hardship - 35:04
Not wasting pain (losing a child) - 41:50
Having integrity & practicing what we preach - 45:58
Handling hurt with forgiveness - 49:24

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0:00.0	You know, there is a very special group of people. I want to introduce you to. They are a group of people
0:06.6	who are passionate about the gospel of Jesus Christ being proclaimed in this nation and beyond. Without them,
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0:24.8	Will you become a harvest partner and help us fulfill the great commission in our lifetime?
0:31.1	Let's do this together.
0:32.9	Just go to harvest.org.
0:35.2	Hey, everybody, Greg Glory here.
0:36.8	Welcome to my podcast, and I have with me, my son Jonathan, who's wearing a watch
0:42.1	from my youth.
0:43.2	You must have fished out of some drawer and brought back to life.
0:46.1	Yeah, this is one of, it was actually Christopher's.
0:49.2	It was yours first, but it was Christopher's.
0:50.9	And there's a box that has some of his stuff in there.
0:53.8	And it doesn't work, but I really like it.
0:55.8	It's yellow and gray.
0:57.1	That's cool watch.
0:57.8	That's basically an accessory.
0:58.9	Yeah.
0:59.3	I've always liked watches with bezels, divers type watches.
1:03.2	I've worn them from my youth.
1:06.1	They're pretty classic.
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