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Living My MUSD #3: Shared Prayer through Communicating Purposefully

by Phil Ware · Ephesians 1:16-20

Phil Ware shares some practical ideas on how to stay on mission even while practicing social distancing.

My prayers for others mean much more to them when they know what I have prayed for them!

ToGather.Church Invitation for April 5, 2020

by Phil Ware · Matthew 18:20

Saturday link for this Sunday's ToGather.church

This Sunday's ToGather is now ready and you are invited to join us!

ToGather.Church for March 29, 2020

by Phil Ware · Matthew 28:20

Saturday link for this Sunday's ToGather.church

This Sunday's ToGather is ready and you are invited to join us!

Seed, Towel, Promise, & Torchlight: The Promise

by Phil Ware · John 14 · Comforter

Phil Ware continues his series on Seed, Towel, Promise, and Torchlight, focusing this week on the power of Jesus' promise in the face of his own impending death.

Jesus gave his promise to speak comfort and hope into this place of deep longing in their hearts

Seed, Towel, Promise, and Torchlight: The Towel

by Phil Ware · John 13:1-4

Phil Ware continues his series on Seed, Towel, Promise, and Torchlight focusing on common elements in our world, our lives, that Jesus used to join our hearts to his love.

The hands that would soon be nailed to a cross now reached for a towel to serve those that would abandon him while he hung on that cross, alone!

Questions on Our Journey of Faith

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Genesis 12:1-3 · Faith

James Nored and Phil Ware remind us in word and video that faith is not about always having the answers and never having doubts, but persevering on the journey to Jesus.

Someone who is without faith in God doesn't yearn for answers for their deepest questions from God. Our questions as believers can be signs that we are reaching out to God for reassurance.

Anticipation!

by Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 · Lord's Supper

Phil Ware continues his reflections on Holy Communion by reminding us of coming reunion that The Supper ensures will happen!

While we remember Jesus, let's also remember all those who love Jesus that make up our huge, worldwide family.

Affirming Their Best and Not Giving Up in Their Stumbles

by Phil Ware · Luke 22 · Failure

Phil Ware reminds us that Jesus affirmed Peter's value and his return to useful service BEFORE Peter's stumbling denials by the fire.

I can't help but believe that every time Peter heard a rooster crow, he also remembered the Lord's words of affirmation and assurance.

What Jesus Can't Do!

by Phil Ware · Mark 6:1-6 · Faith

Phil Ware looks at Mark 6:1-6 and reminds us that this story is for us because we are Jesus' family, relatives, and hometown!

Why did Mark include it in his gospel? After all, his gospel is the shortest and most compact story of Jesus among the four gospels!

Simple Beginnings, Profound Impact

by Phil Ware · Luke 1:36 · Silence · Significance

Phil Ware reminds us not to put away Jesus with the Christmas lights and blow up snowman, but to remember that Christ is alive in us!

Can anything good come from Nazareth?

Our Intersection with Joy

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Luke 1 · Christmas · Birth · Incarnation

James Nored on video and Phil Ware with words remind us that the circumstances of the moment can be swallowed up in the greater joy of God's long story of grace that came to us in Jesus of Nazareth.

God's long story of grace intersected the mess of our world, and the rest of this story is our good news of great joy.

Peace: Until We Find Our Dream

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Luke 2

James Nored and Phil Ware share in video and words the wonder of Jesus’ birth and how it changed the world with the Sound of Music.

What an incredible story. It's a story of transformation from an atheist to a Christian missionary in primitive Papua, New Guinea!

Come Home Quickly, Hallelujah

by Phil Ware · John 14:1-4 · Waiting

Phil Ware shares an article about his son coming home from college and how it reminds him of the Father in heaven waiting for us to return home to him.

I know my heavenly Father is looking forward to having me home to enjoy the celebration with him and his other children.

Teach Us to Pray 13: Ending Praise

by Phil Ware · Matthew 6:9-13

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'!

To the Ends of the Earth

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Isaiah 53:1-12 · 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!

Which Way Will I Run?

by James Nored & Phil Ware · John 20:1-9 · 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 06: Kingdom Come

by Phil Ware · Matthew 6:9-13 · 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.

Teach Us to Pray #3: Together Experience

by Phil Ware · Matthew 6:9-13

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 · Matthew 26 · 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.

Unless a Seed

by James Nored & Phil Ware · John 12:22-27 · 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.

Who Do YOU Say I Am?

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Matthew 16:13-18 · Lord

James Nored and Phil Ware challenge us to answer the same question Jesus asked his first followers at Caesarea Philippi: 'Who do you say I am?'

At a place with great spiritual and physical significance, Jesus challenged his followers to decide about his identity.

To the Least, Like Jesus

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Matthew 25:40-45 · Life · Least

James Nored and Phil Ware remind us that we not only must become like children, but as Jesus' followers, we must value children.

Largely, in the days when Jesus came, children were only valued if they were wanted.

Shape Your Worries into Prayer

by Tom Norvell · Philippians 4:6-7 · Anxiety

Tom Norvell reminds us to take our worries, our concerns, our troubles, and turn them into prayers and praises.

In those times of restlessness and anxiety, where do we turn for relief?

Resurrection 2.7: Let the Clouds Remind You!

by Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 15 · Parousia

Phil Ware continues his series on Resurrection 2.0 and focuses this week on Jesus' return in the clouds which is guaranteed by his resurrection from the dead.

As followers of Jesus, the clouds hold a message of hope for us, not just a warning.

Resurrection 2.6: The Lord of Fresh Starts

by Phil Ware · John 21 · Forgiveness

Phil Ware continues his series on Resurrection 2.0 focusing on Jesus' loving confrontation of Peter about his arrogance and failure and then restoring him back to ministry.