When I get to heaven, Jesus isn’t going to say that I didn’t do much compared with Billy Graham; Though Dr. Graham was given 10 talents, Jesus will ask what I did with the talents He gave me.

I love Jon Courson’s teaching on this … everything I do is imperfect but Jesus will burn away the impurities, the chaff in our service and will seek for the gold and precious. He wants to bless us and if there is anything that was done for Him then He will find it. Love covers a multitude of sins.

I wanted  to thank the many of you who have contacted me with your words of comfort over the sudden departure of my dear son, Christopher, to heaven. I would ask that you continue to pray for our family.
I would also ask that you would prayerfully consider who you could bring to one of our Harvest Crusades events this year. As you know, we will be in Anaheim, Philadelphia, and New York City. Try to come and join us for one of these events, and bring someone with you that does not know the Lord. And don’t forget, all of them are webcast live and will be archived for you to watch when you desire.
Christopher Laurie - our son, Brittany’s husband, and Stella’s father - poured his heart into these events. In honor of his life - and most importantly, because Christ has commanded us to preach the gospel - let’s pray for our greatest crusades ever with thousands coming to know Christ personally and thus finding the hope of heaven my son is now experiencing first-hand.
Thank you and God bless,
Greg Laurie

I remember a teaching. The story was told of the teacher in seminary and the lesson was the 10 Commandments. The professor said that everybody breaks each of the 10 commandments every day (Jesus taught that if you lust after a woman in your heart then you have commited adultery). A student replied “I have not broken the 4th commandment on Tuesday”. The professor took off his glasses and answered “Six days you shall labor and do all your work” …. are there any other questions?????

“The LORD shall reign forever and ever.”
Exodus 15:18
“The LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.”
Psalm 9:7
“The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD’S throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids test the sons of men.”
Psalm 11:4
“The LORD reigns, He is clothed with majesty; the LORD has clothed and girded Himself with strength; indeed, the world is firmly established, it will not be moved.”
Psalm 93:1
“The LORD reigns, let the earth rejoice; let the many islands be glad.”
Psalms 97:1
“There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness from then on and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will accomplish this.”
Isaiah 9:7
“Woe to the one who quarrels with his Maker — an earthenware vessel among the vessels of earth! Will the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you doing?’ Or the thing you are making say, ‘He has no hands’? Woe to him who says to a father, ‘What are you begetting?’ Or to a woman, ‘To what are you giving birth?’”
Isaiah 45:9-10
“Thus says the LORD, ‘Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. Where then is a house you could build for Me? And where is a place that I may rest?”
Isaiah 66:1
“‘Behold, the days are coming,’ declares the LORD, ‘When I will raise up for David a righteous Branch; and He will reign as king and act wisely and do justice and righteousness in the land.”
Jeremiah 23:5
“He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David.”
Luke 1:32
“‘Heaven is my throne, and earth is the footstool of feet; what kind of house will you build for me?’ says the Lord, ‘Or what place is there for my repose.’”
Acts 7:49
“For it is written, ‘As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall give praise to God.’”
Romans 14:11
“Then I heard something like the voice of a great multitude and like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, saying, ‘Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns.’”
Revelation 19:6
“… Therefore, hear the word of the LORD. I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right and on His left.”
1 Kings 22:19
“Say among the nations, ‘The LORD reigns; indeed, the world is firmly established, it will not be moved; He will judge the peoples with equity.’”
Psalm 96:10
“The LORD reigns, let the peoples tremble; He is enthroned above the cherubim, let the earth shake!”
Psalm 99:1
“The LORD will reign forever, Your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the LORD!”
Psalm 146:10
“You, O LORD, rule forever; Your throne is from generation to generation.”
Lamentations 5:19

” Why does God allow tragedy? We’ve all heard it stated in many ways. Why does He allow babies to be born with disabilities? Why does He permit wars to rage? Why does He seem to turn the other way when innocent people are being killed? What about all of those horrible injustices in our world? This hurricane. That epidemic. This wildfire. Why do these horrible things afflict our world? If God can prevent such tragedies, why does He allow them to take place?

Here is the classic statement of the problem. Either God is all-powerful but He is not all good, therefore He doesn’t stop evil. Or He is all good but He is not all-powerful, therefore He can’t stop evil. And the general tendency is to blame all of the problems of the world on God. To say that God is the one who is somehow responsible.

“If God is so good and loving,” people will say, “why does He allow evil?” Now the first part of that question is based on a false premise. By even stating it in that way, what I’m really saying is that I don’t believe God to be good and loving.

By questioning God’s goodness and love, I am in essence saying that I know more about it than He does. The fact is, God doesn’t become good because that’s my opinion of Him, or because I happen to personally agree with His actions or His words. Nor does He become good because we vote on it and all agree that is the case.

God is good because God says He is good. And it’s not up for a vote.

Jesus said, “No one is good except God alone” (Luke 18:19 NIV).

“Mary and Martha were united with Jesus in sadness, the grief of loss. And Jesus entered into that grief.”

How sweet and comforting to know our God is with us in our moments of desperation. He is the King who bears the full, blunt force of our “Lord, ifs . . . ” and then sits next to us with a loving arm around our shoulder and weeps.

It is in these moments with Jesus that we come to know that the darkness only hides His face. One day, when the darkness is gone, His face will be the light of heaven.

My heart breaks for Greg and Cathe. I have come to know Jesus through Greg’s faithful teaching of the Word of God. I watch and wince at every blow of grief, but I am confident there are blessings in the buffeting and grateful that Jesus is with them.

Moses tells the children of Israel “Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which He will accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall see again no more forever. The LORD will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.”

Then Paul tells the Corinthians “You are already full! You are already rich!”

In a moment God will deliver Israel and not one word of what He has spoken will fall to the ground. So if I follow that line of thinking through, and because God is the same always….then I should walk in the fullness of Christ, rich in grace, abundant in mercy. Then why do I so often feel empty and thin in Spirit?

For me, it’s because my eyes are on what is coming at me from behind, what has happened in the past, and it deadens the voice that’s saying “Watch and see what I am going to do TODAY” Let’s pray we all can focus on Him instead of us.