One of the most commonly asked questions is, "Why is it that God allows His children to go through such difficult, trying, painful times in life"? It's very obvious that He does, so it can't be denied. And since He's all [...]

"It was the bottom of the sixth inning, and the Montreal Expos's most feared hitter, Tim Raines, was at the plate. The pitcher, kicking high, threw as hard as he could, and it was the last pitch he would ever throw. A loud, sickening crack [...]

Maybe I'm talking to somebody going through a fiery trial right now. Seemingly out of nowhere, the bottom just dropped out, and you're facing problem after problem and you don't know why this is happening to you. You're saying, [...]

You know, I wanted to share what I think is a practical message with you today that I hope will be of some encouragement. It's about "Coping Through Tough Times." How can we triumph in spite of our trials? The Bible's pretty [...]

So why do trials come? I remember reading once that trials are God's workmen to remove the impurities and roughness from our character. Keep in mind that sometimes your trials aren't just for you. Acts 16:25, "And at midnight, Paul [...]

Romans 8:31 says, "If God is for us, who can be against us"? It's a great word but the truth is many times when you and I face an enemy, when we're facing a challenge, when we're facing a trial, when we hear bad news, we [...]

So, we're in a series called "From Dream to Destiny". Every person has a dream from God. Every person has a destiny from God. We're using the life of Joseph, and yet Joseph went through these tests that we all go through. [...]

He stands up and says to Jesus, "What must I do to inherit eternal life"? Now, this is an innocent question. It is a question that any sinner would ask. It is a question that Jesus came to answer. But it is a trick question. It is a trap. [...]

It's good to be together to open up the Bible and ask God's blessing, ask the Lord to speak to us. Let's pray before we begin. Our Father in heaven, we thank You for the precious gift of Your Word and ask that You would speak to us [...]

One of the most frequently asked questions is this: Why is it that God, who's a loving Father, allows His children to go through such terrible trials? Painful, sorrowing trials. Why does He do it? We say that He's omnipotent and that [...]

When you face some difficulty, hardship, or trial, or maybe some crisis in your life, what is the first emotion that you feel? Is it fear or is it courage? And if you find yourself in that same circumstance for a period of time, which one of those [...]

It's time to DARE TO BELIEVE. We've seen great things, we've seen God do amazing, incredible things in times past, but we want to see it again. We want to see God move in grace and power upon our lives, our homes, our families. We [...]

Saint John 9:1 and 2, that whole attitude about suffering and persecution and goin' through stuff, that stuff's got to change. We're gon' miss out on somethin' that God's tryin' to do in our lives. And now watch [...]

Turn to the book of James chapter 1 and the title of the message is: "Turning Your Trials to Triumph". It's really a continuation of the message that we began last week on trials. "What Works when Life Doesn't". We know [...]

If you have your Bibles, go with me to the book of 2 Timothy chapter 3, 2 Timothy chapter 3, verses 10 through 12. We're going to look at that in the King James and the New Living Translation. Now, before we get into any of the scriptures, I [...]

The highest kind of faith is rest. Rest becomes the authentication of your belief. How do you know you believe what Jesus believed? Look at me, do you see... am I worried? Am I tripping out? No, I'm not worried, no, no. Somebody says, [...]

Hebrews 11, verse 4, he says, "By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, and God testified of his gift: and by it he being dead yet speaketh". Now, you [...]

When you have faith in the faith of Jesus, you have now entered into rest, and rest is the highest kind of faith. There is no degree of faith that is ever gonna be greater in your life when you find that you have ceased from your labors, ceased from [...]

Today is a day that I've been lookin' forward to for a year, over a year. The Lord began to deal with me on some issues where the grace of God is concerned and just really had solidified some things in my understanding, and most of all, of [...]

The grass withers, and the flowers fade, but the Word of the Lord, beloved ones, abides forever. Hear the Word of God, 1 Peter chapter 5 verse 10. Peter says, "After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you [...]

Hi, I'm Robert Jeffress and welcome again to Pathway to Victory. Many people define faith in simplistic terms. Faith, they say is an optimistic feeling that everything will work out in the end. If you think positive thoughts, good things will [...]

Hi, I'm Robert Jeffress and welcome again to Pathway to Victory. Joseph is one of the most fascinating and relatable characters in all of scripture. His dramatic story addresses issues like granting and receiving forgiveness. It demonstrates [...]

Welcome to "Harvest" with Greg Laurie. This TV show is all about helping you get to know God better because God loves you, and God has a plan for you, and God wants to transform your life. And he's told us everything you need to know [...]

Hallelujah. Thank You Father for your Word this morning. We give You praise. We thank You that You are our Lord and You are our God. Our soon coming King. You're our Melchizedek. You're our healer and we worship You and we worship none [...]

Today, I want to talk about this belief that God allows temptation. That God leads us to into temptation. One of the verses that is so misunderstood, is in Matthew chapter four and verse one. Now before I read it, let me explain to you what I see, [...]

"Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil". This line in the Lord's Prayer is a request for protection. It is a request for God to protect you. To understand that, you must understand that when the devil brought sin into [...]

And then in Revelation 3, speaking to the church at Laodicea, Jesus says: I counsel you to buy of me gold tried in the fire, and white raiment. That’s not bought with money but it’s bought. And as I understand it, here in Luke Jesus says you have to [...]

Hallelujah. Every heart drawn to Jesus, amen. Every heart drawn to Jesus. When Paul wrote to Timothy, or rather to the church of Thessalonians he says, "I rejoice to see your work of faith, your labor of love, your patience of hope". So, [...]

Let your test become your testimony. Everybody likes a testimony. We overcome the enemy by the Blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony, and it's good to be able to testify to the veracity and the truth of God's word. Life sometimes [...]

How many of you already know what James 1, verse 1 says? "Be wholly joyful, my brethren, whenever you are enveloped in or encounter trials of any sort or fall into various temptations." How many of you have made it to that point and you [...]

I'm gonna talk to you tonight about the tests that we encounter on the way to promotion. How many of you are looking to come up higher in life? Well, everybody is. Some of you are believing God to be used in ministry. Some of you are believing [...]

Well, I am so glad to have all of you guys today with us at church and all over the world at church online. One of my favorite things to do is meet people at the gym. If you're at the gym and you say, hey, there's Craig, come say hi, [...]

Hey I need to know who came ready to have a little bit of church in the house today. All of us locations, before we dive in we have a little bit of celebrating to do and I know that many of you at my location have heard some of this that I'm [...]

Are you ready for the Word? Today I want to share with you something about what we need to do if we are faced with a trial, with a problem, or a challenge, whether it's financial, whether it's physical, whether it's family. Whatever [...]