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Teach Us to Pray 13: Ending Praise

by Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 10:31

Phil Ware with Doug Peters help us finish our study of The Lord's Prayer and focus on how it points us to the 'coolest" Father of all.

For many, the added ending is not a good thing, and it is certainly NOT a 'Jesus thing'!

Purpose that Brings Meaning to Life

by James Nored & Phil Ware · 2 Timothy 4:6

James Nored and Phil Ware share God's message for us about purpose and meaning through words and video.

As human beings, we can survive almost any 'how' if we have a 'why'!

Teach Us to Pray 12: Deliver Us

by Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 10:13

Phil Ware and Andy Johnson help us look at our prayer for deliverance from temptation and the evil one.

Why would God lead us into temptation? Doesn't God want us victorious over temptation?

To the Ends of the Earth

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Acts 1:4 · Mission

James Nored and Phil Ware share Jesus' plan to reach all peoples, like the Ethiopian Nobleman and the people in the farthest reaches of the earth, with the goodness of grace.

God uses the most amazing connections and people to fulfill his promises to bless all people!

God’s Mission Through Jesus’ People

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Acts 1:8 · Great Commission

James Nored and Phil Ware challenge us through words and video to embrace God's mission for us as the bodily presence of Jesus in the world.

Can you think of a more noble vision or a more compelling mission for us, the Lord’s people, than to be Jesus’ bodily presence to our fractured and fragmented world

Teach Us to Pray 11: Released Captives

by Phil Ware · Ephesians 4:30

Phil Ware with Grady King give us insight on Jesus' example and command to forgive others as we pray for our own forgiveness.

My own lack of forgiveness toward others can shut off the flow of God's forgiveness to me.

Teach Us to Pray 10: Needing Grace

by Phil Ware · 1 John 1:7

Phil Ware, with Chad Higgins, reminds us of the power of the simple words 'Forgive us our debts' and give us a daily practice to emphasize the power of these words.

Jesus provided us the few simple words we need to return us to that place of righteousness in the eyes of our Father: “Forgive us our debts.”

Sharing Life with Christ

by James Nored & Phil Ware · 1 John 3:1 · Life

James Nored and Phil Ware share in video and word how we can share in the life of Jesus in our lives today.

Jesus is not only our Savior and Lord, but he is also the model on whom we are to build our lives!

Teach Us to Pray 09: Recalibrating Need

by Phil Ware · 1 Timothy 6:10 · Negative · Need, Bread

Phil Ware with Andy Johnson remind us that our prayer is for the bread we need today, not the extravagance we want for ourselves.

Our prayers often treat God as if he is the free Amazon delivery service for our every whim and want.

Life to Our Mortal Bodies!

by James Nored & Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 6:10 · Holy Spirit

James Nored and Phil Ware emphasize the importance of the Holy Spirit in our resurrection from the dead.

Jesus wasn’t just raised from the dead; he is also now alive in us through the Holy Spirit!

Teach Us to Pray 08: Redemption Partners

by Phil Ware · Matthew 12:28 · Earth

Phil Ware along with Doug Peters help us hear the Lord's Prayer for the kingdom to dawn on earth so that the will of God can be seen on earth as it is in heaven.

The earth is sick. Our world is sicker. We are to bridge the gap until Jesus' return!

Which Way Will I Run?

by James Nored & Phil Ware · John 20:1 · Resurrection

James Nored and Phil Ware share in video, words, and images some of the many reasons Christians have to believe that Jesus was raised from the dead and is Lord, Christ, Jesus, and Son of God!

Will I run in faith to follow the Jesus of the empty tomb even if it means I have to follow him to a cross of my own?

Teach Us to Pray 07: Willing Life

by Phil Ware · 2 Peter 3:9

Phil Ware and Grady King bring us teaching and practical prayer strategies on praying for God's will to be done.

God's yearning to bring life runs thematically from the beginning of our Bibles in Genesis, to its conclusion in Revelation.

Buried?

by James Nored & Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 15:1 · Build · Buried

James Nored and Phil Ware remind us that Jesus died and was buried and that his burial has special significance for us.

Jesus died. He was buried. He was raised from the dead. Each one of those facts reminds us that Jesus was not some antiseptic hero from a distance.

Teach Us to Pray 06: Kingdom Come

by Phil Ware · Matthew 6:10 · Kingdom

Phil Ware with Chad Higgins help us understand and commit to praying for God's Kingdom to come.

While we see glimpses of our universe's awe-inspiring beauty, variety, and magnificence, we also are witnesses of its brokenness.

We All Need Jesus!

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Colossians 1:18

James Nored and Phil Ware remind us that we all needed Jesus' redemptive death on the cross so we could find new life in the grace of God.

Because we could not be

Teach Us to Pray 05: Holy Presence

by Phil Ware · Exodus 20:7 · Holiness

Phil Ware and Andy Johnson remind us how important reverencing God is when we pray.

We cry out together, as Jesus' followers and family, for God's holiness to make itself known in undeniable ways in our fallen world.

For the Unseen Heroes

by Tom Norvell · Luke 4:18 · Perseverance

Tom Norvel sees the folks who face uphill challenges and yet keep on keeping on and is amazed and thanks them and affirms them and wants to be more like them.

How do they do it? I see them, am amazed by them, and want to be more like them.

Teach us to Pray 04: Abba Father

by Phil Ware · Galatians 4:6 · Abba Father

Phil Ware and Doug Peters remind us what it means to pray to God as our Abba Father and then give us some pratical ways that we can experience God as Abba in our prayer life.

How do we combine both reverence and familiarity, respect and intimacy?

Teach Us to Pray #3: Together Experience

by Phil Ware · Acts 4:31

Phil Ware, with the help of Grady King, reminds us that prayer is a together experience in much of experience and God calls us to share this experience together, then Grady King gives us some added insight and an exercise to help us through the next week.

When Jesus taught on prayer in the Sermon on the Mount, he shifted from individual prayer in private to prayer shared with others

Decision Time: Who Do I Say That Jesus Is?

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Acts 2:36 · Crucifixion

James Nored and Phil Ware share in word and video the meaning of Jesus' trials before Pilate, Herod, and the Jewish Ruling Council.

Jesus' trials focused on his true identity.

Teach Us to Pray #2: Prayer School

by Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 6:21 · Lord's Prayer

Phil Ware, with the help of Chad Higgins, continues his series on Lord Teach Us to Pray focusing on learning from Jesus.

Growing in prayer, feeling a connection with the Father, and being formed to be a useful vessel for Jesus to use to bless others is a journey.

Unless a Seed

by James Nored & Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 1:18 · Crucifixion

James Nored and Phil Ware remind us of the dark night that began the long, painful, and lonely journey of Jesus through his Passion to bring us to God.

Jesus had many opportunities to walk away from the shame and pain of the cross, but he chose the Father's will and our need over his comfort.

Teach Us to Pray #1: Devotion

by Phil Ware · Acts 1:14 · Prayer

Phil Ware continues his series on prayer this week, focused on the early church's devotion to prayer that they learned from Jesus.

When Luke summarized the heart of the early church, he chose to highlight one particular word —

Beyond Religious Places, Practices, and Rituals

by James Nored & Phil Ware · John 3:16

James Nored and Phil Ware remind us of the deadly consequences of a religion that forgets the love of God for broken people and mission Jesus has for us to the lost world.