One Sentence Changed His Life Forever — Greg Laurie's Testimony

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Greg Laurie grew up in chaos — a mother married and divorced seven times, an alcoholic home, and no one to teach him how to live. By his teens, he was drinking and using drugs, following the same path he swore he'd never take. Then everything changed. A Bible study spilled onto his high school lawn one day, and Greg sat close enough to listen, far enough to stay unseen. A speaker got up and gave a gospel presentation, and one line stuck with him: "Jesus said, you're either for me or against me." That single sentence was enough. With no Bible, no church background, and almost no knowledge of Christianity, 17-year-old Greg walked forward when preacher Lonnie Frisbee gave the invitation, and gave his life to Christ. Timestamps: 0:00 – Growing up in Orange County 0:22 – His mother's story 1:37 – Raising himself 2:21 – His mother's near-fatal crash 3:29 – Stumbling onto the Jesus Movement 4:37 – The one sentence that changed him 5:03 – The altar call that changed his life #GregLaurie #Testimony #JesusMovement #ChristianTestimony #Faith 🌐 Sign up for Pastor Chuck's daily devotional and explore our various resources at https://www.insight.org ❔ Have questions about following Jesus or about the Bible? We'd love to help you. Please visit https://www.insight.org/connect/faqs/biblical-counseling 📲 Take Pastor Chuck's resources with you on our Insight for Living app! - Apple App Store: https://bit.ly/IFLappleapp - Google Play: https://bit.ly/IFLPlay 🎧 Listen to Pastor Chuck Swindoll on . . . YouTube Music: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLteVs-tVfPH8ffZKyrqgAJVXNbutlHyOd&feature=shared Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/IFLapple Spotify: https://bit.ly/IFLspotify TuneIn: https://bit.ly/IFLTuneIn PodBean: https://bit.ly/IFLpodbean Podbay: https://bit.ly/IFLpodbay 📻 You can also find the radio stations that are airing our Insight for Living broadcast at the bottom of this page: https://insight.org/broadcasts/station-finder 📱 Pastor Chuck Swindoll's social media: Facebook: https://bit.ly/SwindollFB Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chuckrswindoll/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/chuckswindoll 📱 Insight for Living, the Swindoll's international Bible-teaching ministry, social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/insightforlivingministries Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/insightforlivingministries/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/IFL_USA 🤝 Insight for Living operates only on generous gifts and donations. We would be honored to have your support in providing this practical and accurate Bible teaching to those around the world. If you feel led to partner with us, you can visit https://give.insight.org/ or you can watch this video to learn more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga9nwCtp5bU Copyright © 2025 Charles R. Swindoll, Inc. (CRS, Inc.) All rights are reserved worldwide. Duplication of copyrighted material for commercial use is strictly prohibited.

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