(lively music)
♪ You are the one who shines
through the darkness ♪
♪ So look blind men can see ♪
♪ Your amazing grace always amazes me ♪
(uplifting music)
(lively music)
♪ Amazing grace how sweet the sound ♪
(lively music)
(gentle music)
(upbeat music)
- Everybody, Greg Laurie
here at Harvest Riverside.
And you'll notice behind
me is a giant tent.
And this is where we're having
our Sunday morning services now,
at eight o'clock in the morning
and 10 o'clock in the morning.
I wanna give a special
shout out to my friend,
Nick Vujicic for loaning us this tent.
So come on out and join us for worship
every Sunday here at Harvest Service
at 8:00 and 10:00
and then at Harvest Orange
County, also at 10:00.
God bless you.
- [Narrator] It's bedtime somewhere,
but in California or Kathmandu,
there's someone who won't sleep.
Because tonight the world is hungry.
Send Relief connects you with
hungry and hurting families.
Your gift of $25 to Send Relief
can provide up to 100
meals for hungry people.
To give text HUNGER to 888123.
Because no one should
ever go to bed hungry.
(lively music)
(lively music)
♪ Live like you're loved ♪
♪ Like you believe ♪
♪ This love is all that you'll ever need ♪
♪ Live like you're loved ♪
- Hey everybody, Pastor Greg here,
you know, hardly a day goes by
when I don't have someone
come up to me and say,
"I read your devotions every single day."
That is a blessing.
Thank you for that.
They're not that long,
but it's a great way
to get your day started
with God's Word and a
practical application.
Would you like to sign up?
Go to the devo.harvest.org.
♪ I'm falling into you ♪
♪ 'Cause no one's gonna
love me like you do ♪
♪ That the work's already been done ♪
♪ It's not good news ♪
♪ It's the best news ever ♪
- [Announcer] Worship and more.
- [Man] The new Air1.
♪ Now you could go and tell them ♪
♪ This is our one cry, we'll rise up ♪
♪ Love has a name Jesus ♪
♪ I wanna know your love high ♪
- [Narrator] It's bedtime somewhere.
But in California or Kathmandu,
there's someone who won't sleep.
Because tonight the world is hungry.
Send Relief connects you with
hungry and hurting families.
Your gift of $25 to Send Relief
can provide up to 100
meals for hungry people
To give text HUNGER to 888123.
Because no one should
ever go to bed hungry.
(gentle music)
(camera flicks)
(upbeat music)
(gentle music)
(upbeat music)
- Hey everybody, I'm Greg Laurie.
Welcome to our cinematic
crusade, A Rush of Hope
that we'll be showing
in just a few minutes.
Let me explain why we did this.
As you may know, for over 30 years,
we've been going to Angel
Stadium for the SoCal Harvest.
We've seen thousands and
thousands of people come to Christ
and we were planning
to meet there this year
and then COVID-19 hit and
it changed everything.
So we had a choice before us,
do we not do anything or do
we do something different?
We decided to pivot and go to where
a lot of people are right now, screens.
People are looking at their
phones, at their tablets,
at their TV screens.
And I thought let's do
something that's cinematic,
but yet has that gospel message.
So I went to my friend, John Erwin,
who of course is the
head of Kingdom Studios.
And is the director of films,
like "I Can Only Imagine",
and "I Still Believe."
I said, "John let's do something
"that has not been done before.
"I want the elements of movies in this,
"but I also want there
"to be a straightforward
gospel presentation."
So we began to think
about it and talk about it
and what you're about to
see is a result of it.
I'm very happy with it.
And I think you're gonna love it.
So here's what I'm gonna
ask you to do right now.
Post something on social media,
send out a text to a friend,
call a friend, email somebody, and say,
"Go to this link and watch
A Rush of Hope right now.
And this is really important
after they've watched
it follow up with them
and say, "Did you
understand what was said?"
Would you like to accept Jesus Christ
into your life right now?
Listen, I'm sorry, we're not
able to be in the stadium,
but I'm very excited about the fact
that we're gonna be in places
we've never been before
and that's gonna happen,
if you help me get the word
out and do it right now.
And as you see,
there's multiple showings of it
throughout the day in the evening.
There's other opportunities
for you to use this tool
that we are placing in your hands
at no charge called A Rush of Hope.
Take advantage of it.
Let's get the word out.
And let's pray that rush of hope
comes into the lives of many,
many people that need it
to the point let's pray many
come to put their faith in Jesus Christ.
That's what this is all about.
A Rush of Hope is an evangelistic film.
There's an opportunity given
for people to accept Christ,
help me get the word out to them.
Thanks for watching.
And soon you'll be seeing A Rush of Hope.
(gentle music)
(car engine roaring)
A life is like a movie.
It has a beginning, middle and end.
Full of surprises, twists and turns,
storm clouds and darkness.
(thunder crashing)
(car engine roaring)
The beauty and light still exist.
We all have questions about
this movie that we're in.
Is this movie a tragedy?
Is it a love story?
Is it a comedy even?
(gentle music)
Do we win in the end?
I'm Greg Laurie.
And my story has followed
all the plot twists
of the greatest movies.
We see ourselves in these stories.
And over the next hour, I'm
gonna take you on a journey
through three incredible movies.
You'll hear from some
of my favorite artists.
So join me as we explore
the meaning of life
and what happens after we die?
We all need a rush of hope.
Mass unemployment, a
pandemic, social unrest,
it seems like hatred
is at an all time high.
And you might ask, has it
ever been like this before?
(glass shattering)
(flames whooshing)
The Bible says there's
nothing new under the sun.
(group chattering)
Racism, anger, frustration,
division, hatred,
(group chattering)
it's always been with us.
So what is the answer?
A close parallel to our time
was in the late 60s, early 70s.
And the epicenter of
racial tension was Alabama.
(group chattering)
Schools were using forced fussy.
The governor called for segregation,
the students of football
team of Woodlawn High School,
they were at each other's throat.
(group chattering)
But something unusual
happened, God showed up.
Not only did it bring the team together,
they started winning games too.
And a star was born.
(audience cheering)
- Thought you all know what
your players are playing with,
but I've never seen a team play like that.
- The coach is very
suspicious of his players
getting religion, but
the more he observed,
the more he realized that their lives
have been changed by God.
Racial divides came down,
they were coming together.
They were a family.
(group chattering)
The coach realized it was
because of the new found faith
of his football team that this happened.
(congregation clapping)
- Can I say a few words, please, sir?
- Come on then.
- I wanted to come here today because
my team almost my entire team,
they gave themselves to love.
A love that began to conquer hatred.
(congregation chattering)
but I won for what,
whatever my players have,
(congregation chattering)
(congregation clapping)
I believe and I wanna be baptized.
(congregation clapping and cheering)
- [Greg] Ultimately,
the whole town was moved
and people prayed together,
even before football games.
- One person alone in the dark,
willing to speak the truth
when it's not popular.
One person willing to speak
the truth when it is not safe.
When there is much at stake.
Look around you, we're not alone.
- A spiritual awakening that started
in the epicenter of racial unrest.
And guess what?
That's what happens when God shows up.
We need God to show up
in America right now.
We need to talk to each other.
We need to forgive each other.
We need to pray for each other.
Our country is at a crossroads
and when we need right
now is a rush of hope.
(dramatic music)
- [Man] In time of physical
isolation, social separation,
racial division, it feels
more important than ever
for us to come together, do you agree?
(crowd cheering)
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
♪ This is for the busted heart ♪
♪ This is for the question marks ♪
♪ This is for the outcast soul ♪
♪ Lost control, no one knows ♪
♪ Sing it for the can't-go-back ♪
♪ Sing it for the broken past ♪
♪ Sing it for the just found out ♪
♪ Life is now upside down ♪
♪ If you're lookin' for hope
tonight, raise your hand ♪
♪ If you feelin' alone
and don't understand ♪
♪ If you're fightin' in the
fight of your life, then stand ♪
♪ We're gonna make it
through this hand-in-hand ♪
♪ And if we fall ♪
♪ We will fall together ♪
♪ Together ♪
- Tori tell everyone
♪ This is for the second chance ♪
♪ This is for the new romance ♪
♪ Sing it for the loved in vain ♪
♪ Overcame, it's not too late ♪
♪ If you're lookin' for hope
tonight, raise your hand ♪
♪ If you feelin' alone
and don't understand ♪
♪ If you're fightin' in the
fight of your life, then stand ♪
♪ We're gonna make it
through this hand-in-hand ♪
♪ And if we fall ♪
♪ We will fall together ♪
♪ Together, oh ♪
♪ And when we rise, we
will rise together ♪
♪ Together ooh ♪
♪ Oh, ohh-oh, ohh-oh ♪
♪ We will rise together ♪
♪ Yes, ooh ♪
Take it away choir.
♪ If you're lookin' for hope
tonight, and you're all alone ♪
♪ If you're feelin' alone
tonight, and you feel ♪
♪ If you're in the fight of
your life, I can promise ♪
♪ We're gonna make it
happen and, oh yeah ♪
♪ I will be by your side, by your side ♪
♪ 'Cause love is in the air
tonight, can you feel it ♪
♪ I'll help you see the light, come on ♪
♪ Whenever, ever, ever, just as
long as we're together, say ♪
♪ If we fall, fall ♪
♪ We will fall together, ha
ha, I got you, my brother ♪
♪ Together, I see you my sister ♪
♪ And when we rise ♪
♪ We will rise together ♪
♪ Together ♪
♪ If we fall, if we fall ♪
♪ We will fall together, take my hand ♪
♪ Together, come and stand ♪
♪ And when we rise, when we rise ♪
♪ We will rise together,
we will rise together ♪
♪ Together, that's all ♪
♪ Together we are dangerous ♪
♪ Together with our differences ♪
♪ Together we are bolder,
braver, stronger ♪
(crowd cheering)
- You know hope, it seems to
be in short supply these days.
Doesn't it?
A famous cardiologist wrote these words.
"Hope is the medicine I
use more than any other,
"hope can cure nearly anything."
Let me ask you a question.
Do you find yourself
without hope for your life,
for your future?
It's been said that men can
live 40 days without food.
About three days without water,
about eight minutes without air,
but only one second without hope.
I have hope for the nation.
I have hope for our world
and I have hope for you.
Let me tell you another story now
about a boy who had no hope at all.
(gentle music)
Young Bart Millard was a dreamer.
So often is the case, he
retreated to his imaginary world
to escaped the one he was born into.
But his father Arthur,
was an angry, abusive man.
- What's that?
- It's just junk.
- Like a dreamer bird, that's good,
how you imagine things.
- I'm gonna teach you something Bart.
(water pouring)
Dreams don't pay the bills.
Nothing good comes from it.
All it does keep you from all this
from knowing what's real.
Do you understand that?
Huh?
- Yes daddy.
- Well, since that's peace of junk,
why don't you just go throw it away?
- Go, just go, it's okay,
it's okay, it's okay.
- [Greg] Arthur Millard's personal dreams
of being a successful football
player had been shattered.
He didn't want young Bart
to have any dreams of his own.
(flames whooshing)
And to this effect that Bart's
mother walked out on him.
Little Bart Millard was left
alone with his abusive father.
(flames whooshing)
(distant chattering)
- Mama, mama?
Where's mama?
- She's gone.
- Gone where?
- She ran off, she ain't coming back.
Just you and me now.
- When will she be back?
- I told you she run off.
She don't want me no more.
And she didn't want you neither.
- What did you do?
- Are you bowing up on me, boy.
- You hurt her, didn't you?
- Hey.
- You hurt like you hurt me.
- Hey, listen, that's what I did, nothing.
(breathing softly)
She didn't leave because of me.
(door bangs)
- I'm sorry mom.
What did I do?
Take me mom, please, stop!
- Despite his father's discouragement,
Bart never stopped dreaming.
He left home and fulfilled
his personal aspirations,
to become a professional musician
in front of a successful
band called Mercy Me.
♪ Trace your steps the
way you were before ♪
(crowd cheering)
It had been years since
Bart had seen his dad.
So he decided to return home for a visit.
(gentle music)
Unbeknownst to Bart,
Arthur Millard had his
life dramatically change,
and was trying to make things
right with his son Bart,
and he knew he had hurt so badly.
- If God can forgive everybody else,
why can't you forgive me?
- God can forgive you, I can't.
I can't believe I came back here.
- Can't you give me a chance?
- No, you just got to
give up on that dream dad
'cause it keeps you from this,
from knowing what's real,
- [Greg] As Bart tried to drive away,
he suddenly realized what
had happened to his dad.
Arthur Millard was dying of cancer
and wanted to make things
right with the son.
It was time for Bart to forgive
and show some compassion to a broken man.
- I was listening Bart.
I was listening to you on the radio.
Guess, it's saying and I've
listened to every word.
And son, you've finished
that I've listened to what
they were talking about
there at church, that's what saved me.
I'm so proud of you.
(gentle music)
So proud.
And you, you have a gift, a real gift.
Go chase your dream.
I want you to catch it.
- All I ever wanted was my dad to change.
You know, it's I think
all I've ever wanted
was his approval.
And just to be proud of me, even as a kid,
but you only can only
be hurt so many times.
And so to get in that moment
to see change taking place,
it was like, I don't
buy it, I don't buy it.
'Cause I had my guard up, you know.
And like, I'm not sitting here
because of somebody's amazing sermon.
I'm here because like I knew
beyond a shadow of doubt,
there's no way that my
dad could be changed.
Like that was a part of my life.
It's just, this is the way that
it is and I need to survive.
And I know there are people out there
that think the same thing when
you don't know my situation,
there's no way like I've written it off.
Like there's no hope
and that God's never gonna intervene.
And what's crazy is the
moment that he does,
you will never, ever, ever be the same.
No matter how people try
to convince you otherwise,
it becomes unwavering.
And one side realize that yes,
my father is truly transforming
from monster into the dad
and the man that I've
always wanted him to become
man it sunk in, in a huge way
to where it's still the man and father
that I wanna be when I grow up, I guess.
- Bart said, "I guess I grew up thinking
"that if the gospel could change that guy,
"it could change anybody."
There was no denying it.
Bart described his
story as a rush of hope.
And Bart wrote a song about it
called, "I Can Only Imagine"
- This is for my dad.
(uplifting music)
♪ I can only imagine ♪
♪ What it will be like ♪
♪ When I walk by your side ♪
♪ I can only imagine ♪
♪ What my eyes would see ♪
♪ When your face is before me ♪
♪ I can only imagine ♪
(uplifting music)
♪ Surrounded by your glory ♪
♪ What will my heart feel ♪
♪ Will I dance for you Jesus ♪
♪ Or in awe of you be still ♪
♪ Will I stand in your presence ♪
♪ To my knees will I fall ♪
♪ Will I sing hallelujah ♪
♪ Will I be able to speak at all ♪
♪ I can only imagine ♪
♪ I can only imagine ♪
♪ I can only imagine when that day comes ♪
♪ And I find myself standing in the sun ♪
♪ I can only imagine ♪
♪ When all I will do ♪
♪ Is forever, forever worship you ♪
♪ I can only imagine ♪
♪ I can only imagine ♪
♪ Surrounded by your glory ♪
♪ What will my heart feel ♪
♪ Will I dance for you Jesus ♪
♪ Or in awe of you be still ♪
♪ Will I stand in your presence ♪
♪ Or to my knees will I fall ♪
♪ Will I sing hallelujah ♪
♪ Will I be able to speak at all ♪
♪ I can only imagine, yeah ♪
♪ I can only imagine ♪
♪ Surrounded by your glory ♪
♪ What will my heart feel ♪
♪ Will I dance for you Jesus ♪
♪ Or in awe of you be still ♪
♪ Will I stand in your presence ♪
♪ Or to my knees will I fall ♪
♪ Will I sing hallelujah ♪
♪ Will I be able to speak at all ♪
♪ I can only imagine yeah ♪
♪ I can only imagine yeah, yeah ♪
♪ I can only imagine yeah, yeah ♪
♪ I can only imagine ♪
♪ I can only imagine yeah ♪
♪ I can only imagine ♪
♪ I can only imagine ♪
♪ When all I will do ♪
♪ Is forever, forever worship you ♪
♪ I can only imagine ♪
(gentle music)
(dramatic music)
(clapping)
- [Narrator] Are you lost
in your journey in life?
Listen to this, you can
make a U-turn in life.
Just like Arthur Millard did.
You see God has given
us a roadmap to follow
and it's called the Bible.
Everything you need to know
about God is found in its pages.
And the Bible promises,
if any man be in Christ,
old things have passed away.
Everything becomes fresh in you.
You can come to God now,
you can be forgiven of your sin.
You can have a second chance in life
by putting your faith in Jesus.
There's a phone number on the screen.
Would you call it for spiritual help?
We're standing by ready to help you
or respond to the information
on the screen as well,
because we wanna help you
in this journey of life.
- So I have one more story to tell you.
This one's a love story.
Two young people found each other
and their names were Jeremy and Melissa.
(crowd cheering)
Melissa was at a concert
when she first laid her eyes
on the man, she would marry.
(crowd cheering)
And there was love at first sight,
especially when Jeremy pulled
out his guitar began to sing.
(uplifting music)
♪ We didn't count on suffering ♪
♪ We didn't count on pain ♪
Melissa knew this is the one for her.
(soft music)
And if the story ended here,
it would be just perfect,
like a fairy tale.
And they lived happily ever after.
- Ready?
- Yeah.
- Okay, one.
- Two, three.
(gentle music)
- [Greg] But life is
not a fairy tale, is it?
Tragically Melissa found
out that she had cancer.
- If one person's life is changed,
by what I go through, it will be worth it.
- [Greg] With faith in God,
Melissa and Jeremy fought it together
and they believed that God would heal her.
But things sadly went from bad to worse.
- Help, somebody help!
- Nurse (indistinct)
- Somebody help!
- Nurse we're gonna need a wheelchair.
- She has (indistinct) right now.
(machine beeping)
(glass shattering)
(machine beeping)
(gentle music)
- Well, Jeremy, at the age of 21,
your wife, Melissa went to heaven.
She died tragically of cancer then.
And then years after that,
my son Christopher died
in an automobile accident
that connected us in a different way
because you know, we
experienced tragedy firsthand,
but the Lord gave you this
amazing song, "I Still Believe"
which has touched people
literally around the world.
It's an amazing story of how God can work
in the midst of tragedy.
- Amen.
- Jeremy, I know this
is hard to talk about.
But after Melissa died,
you went through a hard time
of depression, didn't you?
- Yeah, I mean, reality was,
I actually thought for sure
she was gonna be healed.
- I remember I prayed
and prayed in this room
for Josh to be born healthy.
It didn't happen.
And you prayed for so long for
your ministry, still nothing.
- And so I went through a time of,
you know, really, even though I said,
I still believe that still was there,
but I still question God, are you good?
God do you care about me
in that deep, intimate way?
- Dad I begged God to heal Melissa,
what am I supposed to do with that?
- And so there was times I
threw my Bible across the room.
Time to just be angry and upset.
It was reality because I really thought
that God let me down.
- Are you asking if Josh's
disabilities were disappointing?
Yes they are.
Did I have big dreams
that didn't come true?
Sure.
Do I understand why
Melissa isn't here anymore?
No, son, I don't, I'm sorry.
But I know my life is full.
I feel rich and I'm proud of this family.
Honestly, at the time,
I didn't agree with one you
didn't, I didn't understand it.
You chose willingly to walk
into the fire with her,
right beside her all the way to the end.
But then that's exactly what I would do
for your mom and you boys.
That's what love is.
And I got to watch my son
do that, for his wife.
That was a privilege.
I don't know the answers
to your questions.
But I do know this,
and my life is not full in
spite of the disappointments.
It's full because of them.
- You know what's amazing about the Lord
is that he's so long suffering
because it wasn't like he was saying,
"Okay, get over it.
"I'm here, I'll take care of you."
Every, he met me where I was.
- That's right.
- And I felt like that
every little step I took,
if I didn't feel like I
could take a big step,
I would take a little baby step.
- That's right.
- It's like, I got you,
I got you.
And I think that for me,
you know, all the promises in God's Word
became even more real to me.
Like through this time, God,
took a open wound and then,
you know, a scar still remains.
- Yes
- For sure,
as you know, it's still a scar,
but it's not an open wound anymore.
And I think that for me,
I'm so thankful that,
understanding that God's graciousness
and his goodness in the midst of pain
has been such a healing thing for me
because he went through suffering.
I think about Melissa when
she was in the hospital
and I walked in for the first time
we found out she had cancer.
And she said to me, you know,
"I've been sitting here thinking
"that if my life affects one person
"and one person's life has changed
"because of what I go through,
if I die, it's all worth it."
And you know, when I look at that
and I think about how she can say that
is because she knew Jesus.
And so she knew the assurance
that she was gonna be in heaven
so that her life can even
lead one person to Jesus,
it's all worth it.
And now I'm looking at
thousands and thousands
and thousands of people
who have given their life to Jesus
because of what she went through
and because of her heart and her faith.
- So this one's for her.
(lively music)
♪ Scattered words and empty thoughts ♪
♪ Seem to pour from my heart ♪
♪ I've never felt so torn before ♪
♪ Seems I don't know where to start ♪
♪ But it's now that I feel
your grace falls like rain ♪
♪ From every fingertip,
washing away my pain ♪
♪ I still believe in your faithfulness ♪
♪ I still believe in your truth ♪
♪ I still believe in your Holy Word ♪
♪ Even when I don't see, I still believe ♪
♪ And the only place I
can go is into your arms ♪
♪ Where I throw to you my feeble prayers ♪
♪ And in brokenness I can see
that this was your will for me ♪
♪ And help me to know that you're near ♪
♪ I still believe in your faithfulness ♪
♪ And I still believe in your truth ♪
♪ I still believe in your Holy Word ♪
♪ Even when I don't see,
I still believe, oh ♪
♪ I still believe ♪
♪ I still believe ♪
♪ I still believe ♪
♪ I still believe ♪
(crowd cheering)
- Jeremy, you don't know me.
I feel like I knew her,
your wife, Melissa.
I was there the night
that you prayed over her,
we were the next band.
I am the one who's life was changed.
And there will be millions more.
(ocean waves crashing)
I feel very protective of
Jeremy and Melissa story.
I think because of how much
the Lord did in my life,
that it was something
that I needed to hear.
(gentle music)
- What movie do you see
yourself in right now?
Is it the tragedy?
Like the people in the story of "Woodlawn"
who were in this horrible situation
and they were filled with fear and anxiety
and they couldn't find a way out of it.
Or maybe you relate to Arthur
who because of his
shortcomings and mistakes
felt there was no hope for him.
In his own words, he
said, "I don't belong."
Or maybe you relate to Jeremy Camp
who experienced such a
tragedy in losing his wife
and began to doubt God and
wondered where God was.
Do you feel that way right now?
I have good news for you.
God is there and God can turn
your tragedy into a triumph.
He can turn your mess into a message.
He can give answers to
those questions you have,
and he can give to you a rush of hope.
(water pouring)
(car engine roaring)
One of the questions I raised earlier
was why do I exist?
Why am I here on this earth to start with?
I was asking that question
at a very early age.
And there was a reason for it,
is because I was raised in a crazy way,
conceived out of wedlock
to an alcoholic mother
who is married and divorced seven times
and never had a father growing up.
My mother would drink every
night and basically pass out
and I'd have to put her to bed
and sometimes get her a meal
in the middle of the night.
And I was just a little kid.
And I had to be in a way
a parent to my own parent.
And so it got me asking questions.
I'd go, "Man, why am I here?
"What is the meaning of life?
"Why is my life so bad?"
Because I would look at
the lives of my friends
and they had moms and dads
at home and family meals.
And I'm living this crazy life.
I knew I didn't wanna live
the alcoholic lifestyle
of my mother, but when
I got into high school,
I started partying, getting drunk.
And (indistinct) this
is not the life for me.
Well, around this time,
the drug culture was coming on strong.
I was told drugs that make you more aware.
So I started smoking weed.
I started taking LSD
and I became more aware of
how miserable and empty I was.
I was in full search
mode at the age of 17.
I knew the answers were not
in my mother's lifestyle.
I knew the answers were not in
the lifestyle that I chosen,
but where were they?
It was almost like process of elimination.
I knew where I shouldn't go.
Or where should I go?
While I was on my high school campus,
and I was walking across the campus
and it came across a group of Christians.
We called them the Jesus freaks.
And by the way, that was not a compliment.
I thought they were collectively crazy,
but I sat down close enough
out of sheer curiosity
to see what they were saying.
And so I was close enough to eaves drop
on their conversation,
but not so close that
my friends would think
I was joining them.
And for the first time I
remember hearing the gospel
in a way that I understood.
What is the gospel?
I'm gonna tell you in a few moments,
but let me tell you what happened to me.
I'm looking around at these Christians
and I saw how they were
smiling and had this joy.
And I thought these people are so sad.
They're so pathetic.
They're so weird.
They're so happy. (chuckles)
And I looked at myself and I
thought, well, I'm not happy.
And then I tried a new
thought on for size.
What if the Christians are right?
And it's all true and God can
be known in a personal way.
I quickly dismissed the thought,
but then I tried it on again for it says,
but what if it's true?
And then as I looked at them,
I thought, well, it wouldn't work for me
because I'm not the religious type.
But the problem was some of the people
who had become Christians were
people I used to party with
and I'd seen the change in their life.
So I knew it was real.
And a guy got up to speak
and I don't remember
what he said that day.
For the most part, his name was Lonnie,
but he made one statement
that was like a lightning
bolt from heaven to me.
He said, "Jesus said, "You're
for me or against me.'"
I looked around at the
Christians and I thought,
well, they're for him for
sure and I'm not one of them.
Does that mean I'm against him?
So I was searching
and only God knew what I
was really looking for.
And in a few moments,
I wanna tell you how you can
find that same relationship
with God that I found,
because God only knows
what you're going through right now.
(uplifting music)
(crowd cheering)
(uplifting music)
♪ Wide awake while the
world is sound asleepin' ♪
♪ Too afraid of what might
show up while you're dreamin' ♪
♪ Nobody, nobody, nobody sees you ♪
♪ Nobody, nobody, nobody
would believe you ♪
♪ Every day you try to
pick up all the pieces ♪
♪ All the memories, they
somehow never leave you ♪
♪ Nobody, nobody, nobody sees you ♪
♪ Nobody, nobody, nobody
would believe you ♪
♪ God only knows what
you've been through ♪
♪ God only knows what they say about you ♪
♪ God only knows how it's killing you ♪
♪ But there's a kind of
love that God only knows ♪
♪ God only knows what
you've been through ♪
♪ God only knows what they say about you ♪
♪ God only knows the real you ♪
♪ There's a kind of love
that God only knows ♪
♪ There's a kind of love that ♪
♪ There's a kind of love ♪
♪ You keep a cover over
every single secret ♪
♪ So afraid if someone saw
them they would leave ♪
♪ But somebody, somebody,
somebody sees you ♪
♪ Somebody, somebody
will never leave you ♪
♪ God only knows what
you've been through ♪
♪ God only knows what they say about you ♪
♪ God only knows how it's killing you ♪
♪ But there's a kind of
love that God only knows ♪
♪ God only knows what
you've been through ♪
♪ God only knows what they say about you ♪
♪ God only knows the real you ♪
♪ There's a kind of love
that God only knows ♪
♪ There's a kind of love that ♪
♪ There's a kind of love ♪
♪ There's a kind of love that ♪
♪ There's a kind of love ♪
♪ For the lonely, for the ashamed ♪
♪ The misunderstood,
and the ones to blame ♪
♪ What if we could start over ♪
♪ We could start over ♪
♪ We could start over ♪
♪ Oh for the lonely, for the ashamed ♪
♪ The misunderstood,
and the ones to blame ♪
♪ What if we could start over ♪
♪ We could start over ♪
♪ We could start over ♪
(woman shouts)
♪ There's a kind of love
that God only knows ♪
♪ God only knows what
you've been through ♪
♪ God only knows what they say about you ♪
♪ God only knows the real you ♪
♪ But there's a kind of
love that God only knows ♪
♪ God only knows what
you've been through ♪
♪ God only knows what they say about you ♪
♪ God only knows the real you ♪
♪ There's a kind of love
that God only knows ♪
♪ There's a kind of love that ♪
♪ There's a kind of love ♪
♪ There's a kind of love that ♪
♪ There's a kind of love ♪
♪ God only knows where to find you ♪
♪ God only knows how to break through ♪
♪ God only knows the real you ♪
♪ There's a kind of love
that God only knows ♪
(crowd cheering)
(uplifting music)
- We hope as you experienced this night,
that you feel seen, you feel known
that you can trust that there
is a beautiful kind of love
that God only knows.
♪ God only knows ♪
(lively music)
♪ God only knows ♪
(lively music)
♪ God, God only ♪
(lively music)
♪ God only knows ♪
(crowd cheering)
(bird chirping)
- You know people are so scared right now.
I mean, you'd just turn on the news
or go to your favorite news feed.
And there's so many things to cause us to,
well, just freak out.
The continuing spread of the coronavirus
around the globe.
An economy that's so uncertain
because of that, we have drug use is up.
Alcohol use is up, domestic abuse up,
suicide rate up.
People are scared.
Let me answer one of those
questions I raised earlier.
The question, why do I exist?
Sooner or later every thinking person
gets around to asking that question,
or at least they should.
Let me cut to the chase.
You exist to have a relationship with God.
There is nothing this world offers
that will fill a hole in your heart
that was designed to be
filled by God himself.
There's no drug.
There's no experience.
There's no possession.
There's no accomplishment, nothing.
Listen to this, Jesus loves you.
And he proved that love to you
by dying on the cross for you
2,000 years ago.
You say, "What is the
death of Jesus on a cross
"have to do with me right
now in this modern era?"
It has everything to do with you
because the Bible says we're
separated from God by our sin.
We've all fallen short of God's standards.
We've all crossed the line
and sinned against them.
You say, "Well, I haven't sin."
Everybody has sin.
You ever heard of the 10 commandments?
If you've broken one
of those commandments,
you've technically sinned.
What are they?
You shall not lie.
You shall not steal.
You shall not take the
Lord's name in vain.
You shall not have other gods before him.
The list goes on, we've sinned.
We've broken God's commandments.
The bad news is I am separated from God
and there's nothing that I could ever do
to satisfy his righteous requirements.
The good news is God sent
his son to die in my place.
Jesus put it best when he said,
"For God so loved the world.
"He gave his only begotten son
"and whosoever believes
in him shall not perish,
"but have ever lasting life."
You see the Apostle Paul said,
"He loved me and gave himself for me."
Jesus died for you.
Listen, it wasn't nails that
held Christ to that cross,
2,000 years ago, it was love for you.
And with one hand, he
took hold of a Holy God
that we've offended
and with the other hand
he took hold of sinful humanity
and nails were driven through
his hands and his feet.
And he died in my place.
Understand Jesus did that for you.
And then if you want his forgiveness,
you must say to God,
you're sorry for your sin.
The Bible says we must
repent and be converted.
The word repent is a military term,
that means to do an about face.
So you've been running from God.
Now you wanna run toward
God, turn from that sin.
And then you must receive
Christ into your life.
Being a Christian is not
just following a creed
or memorizing some Bible verses
or going to church occasionally.
Being a Christian is having
Christ live inside of you.
This is what it is.
It's a relationship with God.
I raised a question.
What is the meaning of life?
The meaning of life is to have
this relationship with God.
I know you may think oh being a Christian,
you're like some religious person.
Let's say I am not a religious person.
I don't wanna be a religious person.
Honestly, I think religious
people are all a little bit odd.
Anyway, I'm talking about
a relationship with God.
And that's what happens
when you ask Jesus Christ
to come into your life,
you start a relationship.
Let me put it in another way.
It's a friendship with God.
That means you're never alone in life.
Jesus promises, "I will never
leave you or forsake you."
And a better translation
would be Jesus speaking,
"I will never, no never,
no never leave you
"or forsake you."
He will come and take
residence in your heart.
Why do I exist?
I exist to come into this
relationship with God.
And the meaning of life
is to walk with him
and discover his plan that he has for me.
Listen to this great
promise from the Bible
in Jeremiah 29:11, that's
a verse from the Bible.
God says, "I know the thoughts
that I think towards you,
"thoughts of peace and not of evil
"to give you a future and a hope."
Do sometimes feel like you have no future?
You do.
God has a plan for your life
and there can be hope in your life.
If you come into this
relationship with the Lord.
What happens after I die?
This is the big question.
To be really honest with you,
finding the meaning of life,
finding out why you exist.
Those are important things,
but nothing is more important
than finding out what
happens after you die.
Most importantly, how to get to heaven.
Let me make a provocative statement.
But I think it's really true.
All roads lead to God, but
only one road leads to heaven.
What I'm saying, there's
whatever road you're on,
whatever belief you have or lack thereof,
you will eventually stand before God.
But when you stand before God,
God will not ask you how
good of a life you lived.
'cause as they're already pointed out,
none of us are good
enough to get to heaven.
It won't be a sin question as
much as it's a son question,
S-O-N as in, what did
you do with Jesus Christ?
There's one way to heaven
and it's through Jesus, why?
Only Jesus was uniquely qualified
to bridge the gap between
sinful humanity and a Holy God.
He came to this earth in a rescue mission.
He was born in a manger in Bethlehem.
He lived a perfect life.
He died a perfect death.
Then he rose again from the
dead and check this out.
He can come and live
inside of you right now.
He's only a prayer away.
The Bible says, whoever will
call upon the name of the Lord
will be saved.
You might ask, well,
how do you call upon the name of the Lord?
Through prayer.
Let's say as in the middle
of this beautiful lake,
I'm standing in front of in.
And all of a sudden I
found myself drowning.
Well, I would call up for help.
And hopefully someone
would come and rescue me.
Well, we're drowning in sin.
We're separated from God,
but God can rescue you.
God can forgive you.
God can give you a new chance in life.
Would you like your sin forgiven?
Would you like to know
that you'll go to heaven
when you die?
Would you like to fill
that hole in your heart?
Would you like to find the meaning of life
and find out why you exist?
It could all happen for
you right here right now.
So if you would like Jesus
to come into your life
and forgive you of your sin,
you could pray this prayer after me.
You can pray it out loud if you like.
You can pray it quietly,
but pray this and mean it.
Just pray these words.
Lord Jesus, I know that I'm a sinner,
but I know that you're the Savior
who died on the cross for my sin
and rose again from the dead.
I turned from my sin now,
and I choose to follow you
from this moment forward.
Did you just pray that prayer?
If you did, I want you to know
on the authority of God's Word, the Bible,
he heard it and he answered it.
I want you to call the number
that's on the screen right now.
You can also go to our
website, harvest.org.
We wanna help you in your first steps
as a brand new believer in
getting strong as a Christian,
I wanna send to you at
no charge, a free Bible.
It's a special edition called
the New Believer's Bible.
That's filled with hundreds of notes
that I wrote over a period of years
to encourage you and your new
commitment to Jesus Christ.
And if you just prayed that
prayer with me and mean it,
this is the moment Christ
has come into your life.
And let me be the first to say to you,
congratulations and welcome
to the family of God.
(crowd cheering)
(uplifting music)
♪ Lately, I've been reading,
watching the nightly news ♪
♪ Don't seem to find the rhythm,
just wanna sing the blues ♪
♪ Feels like a song that never stops ♪
♪ Feels like it's never gonna ♪
♪ Gotta get that fire,
fire, back in my bones ♪
♪ Before my heart,
heart, turns into stone ♪
♪ So somebody please pass the megaphone ♪
♪ I'll shout it on the
count of three, go ♪
♪ One, two, three ♪
♪ Oh, hear my prayer tonight,
I'm singing to the sky ♪
♪ Give me strength to raise
my voice, let me testify ♪
♪ Oh, hear my prayer tonight,
'cause this is do or die ♪
♪ The time has come to make a choice ♪
♪ And I choose joy ♪
♪ Let it move you, let it
move you, let it move you ♪
♪ Yeah, I choose joy ♪
♪ Let it move you, let it
move, let it move you ♪
♪ Yeah-eh, back when I was young,
my eyes were full of life ♪
♪ But now that I am older, I
live at the speed of light ♪
♪ Feels like the cycle never stops ♪
♪ Feels like it's never gonna ♪
♪ Gotta get that fire,
fire, back in my bones ♪
♪ Before my heart,
heart, turns into stone ♪
♪ So somebody please pass the megaphone ♪
♪ I'll shout it on the count of three ♪
♪ One, two, three ♪
♪ Oh, hear my prayer tonight,
I'm singing to the sky ♪
♪ Give me strength to raise
my voice, let me testify ♪
♪ Oh, hear my prayer tonight,
'cause this is do or die ♪
♪ The time has come to make a choice ♪
♪ And I choose joy ♪
♪ Let it move you, let it
move, let it move you ♪
♪ Yeah, I choose joy ♪
♪ Let it move you, let it
move, let it move you ♪
♪ Though I walk through the
valley of the shadow of night ♪
♪ Oh, with you by my side,
I'm stepping into the light ♪
♪ I choose joy ♪
♪ Let it move you, let it
move, let it move you ♪
♪ I need that joy, joy, joy, joy ♪
♪ Down in my heart, down
in my heart to stay ♪
♪ I need that joy, joy, joy, joy ♪
♪ Down in my heart, down
in my heart to stay ♪
- Can you believe it, shout it out.
♪ I need that joy, joy, joy, joy ♪
♪ Down in my heart, down
in my heart to stay ♪
♪ I need that joy, joy, joy, joy ♪
♪ Down in my heart, down
in my heart to stay ♪
♪ Yea-ah ♪
(crowd cheering)
- All right Colorado,
I see some dancing going on down here
but I can (indistinct)
- I can see your headlights
as well on this last course
blink them all enough, come on.
- [Man 2] Let me see you dance, come on!
One two, let's go.
♪ Joy, would you let it move you ♪
♪ Would you let it move ♪
♪ Let it move you ♪
♪ I choose joy ♪
♪ Let it move you, let it
move, let it move you ♪
♪ Though I walk through the
valley of the shadow of death ♪
♪ Oh with you by my side,
I'm stepping into the light ♪
♪ And I choose joy ♪
♪ Just let it move you, let
it move, let it move you ♪
♪ I need that joy, joy, joy, joy ♪
♪ Down in my heart, down
in my heart to stay ♪
♪ I need that joy, joy, joy, joy ♪
♪ Down in my heart, down
in my heart to stay ♪
- You made us feel very loved.
Thank you for being with us.
Enjoy the rest of you night.
One, two.
(lively music)
(crowd cheering)
- As this journey comes to a close,
I just wanna tell you that
this is just the beginning
because you've put your
faith in Jesus Christ,
but maybe some of you did not do that yet.
Listen, don't let this moment pass you by.
If you didn't pray with
me, it's not too late.
We live in dark days,
but we have great hope.
(upbeat music)
This road is sometimes
difficult with twists and turns,
but this darkness won't last for long.
There's a dawn on the horizon.
And with this dawn comes a rush of hope.
(gentle music)
(lively music)
♪ You were the one who
shines through the darkness ♪
♪ So look blind men can see ♪
♪ Your amazing grace always amazes me ♪
(uplifting music)
(lively music)
♪ Amazing grace, how sweet the sound ♪
(lively music)
♪ Amazing grace, how sweet the sound ♪
♪ I was lost but now I'm found ♪
(lively music)
♪ Amazing grace, how sweet the sound ♪
♪ I was lost but now I'm found ♪
♪ I was blind but now I
see your grace amazes me ♪
(lively music)
