Articles Tagged 'Grief'

Leaving the Past, Living the Kingdom

by Paul Faulkner · Matthew 6:10 · Future

Paul Faulkner reminds us that we need to live for the present to help others and keep our focus on the matters of the Kingdom rather than let our lives get filled with regret for the past.

How can I escape my past?

God of Fresh Starts

by Max Lucado · Romans 15:13 · Hope

Max Lucado reminds us that the God of hope gives us fresh starts just as he did to Noah with the olive leaf and the dove.

Hope is an olive leaf — evidence of dry land after a flood.

God of Fresh Starts

by Max Lucado · Romans 15:13 · Hope

Max Lucado reminds us that the God of hope gives us fresh starts just as he did to Noah with the olive leaf and the dove.

Hope is an olive leaf — evidence of dry land after a flood.

In Everything Give Thanks... in EVERYTHING!

by Melissa Troyer · 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 · Thankful

Melissa Troyer reminds us that giving thanks -- and finding reasons to give thanks -- is a decision we make every day in all circumstances, especially when it is hard to be thankful!

And there I began hunting out places of worship through tears of joy in pain.

Leaving the Past, Living the Kingdom

by Paul Faulkner · Matthew 6:10 · Future

Paul Faulkner reminds us that we need to live for the present to help others and keep our focus on the matters of the Kingdom rather than let our lives get filled with regret for the past.

How can I escape my past?

Eternity: Beyond Separation to Hope

by Gene Vance · 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 · Grief · Death

Gene Vance shares insights from his book, 'Transition to Eternity' to help us find great hope and anticipation of Eternity with Jesus!

When this life-altering grief and separation invade our worlds, we are left with many challenges, some seem insurmountable.

I Doubt It: Never Die

by Phil Ware · John 11

Phil Ware continues his "I Doubt It" series focused today on Jesus' promise to Mary that those who believe in him will never die.

Can Jesus really promise us that we will never die?

I Doubt It: You Feed Them

by Phil Ware · John 6 · Provision

Phil Ware continues his series on 'I Doubt it' focusing this week on Jesus' challenge to the apostles to feed the five thousand.

Will we hold a miracle in our hands? My experience says, “Yes!”

Comfort in any Season

by Phil Ware · 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 · Comfort

Phil Ware talks about 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 and comforting others with the comfort we have received when we went through the season of mourning, grief, and pain.

How does God use us to comfort other?

God of Fresh Starts

by Max Lucado · Romans 15:13 · Hope

Max Lucado reminds us that the God of hope gives us fresh starts just as he did to Noah with the olive leaf and the dove.

Hope is an olive leaf — evidence of dry land after a flood.

Thanksgiving!

by Phil Ware · Colossians 4:2-5 · Thanksgiving

Phil Ware reminds us to keep thanksgiving a part of our daily lives even though we face challenging times, difficult circumstances, and discouraging realities.

How do we keep our concerns for the future and our hardships from the last two years of Covid 19 from stealing the joy of our Thanksgiving?

This Sanctuary

by Melissa Troyer · John 4:23-24 · Sabbath · Sanctuary

Melissa Troyer writes powerfully and poignantly about the journey she and her husband, Daniel, have traveled to live love and mission and family, together, finding God as their sanctuary.

I think if I had known all we would face, I couldn't have breathed. Except for one thing. God would be with us.

The Way of Jesus #6: Buried

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Mark 10:46-52

James Nored and Phil Ware remind us that Jesus died and was buried and that his burial has special significance for us and how they helped define the way of Jesus through the cross to the empty tomb.

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.

'My Child, Get Up!'

by Phil Ware · John 19:25-27 · Grief

Phil Ware pauses and looks at the pain of grieving parents at the loss of a child and reminds us to forgo easy answers and cling to the stories and promises of Jesus.

Most of our earth-bound explanations are shallow and trite in the face of life's harshest realities.

Buried

by James Nored & Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 · 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.

Full Adoption into God's Family

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Romans 8:22-23 · Children of God

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead through worship in song, the Lord's Supper, a powerful message from God's word, and a blessing to enable us to worship from home or with family and friends in a meaningful way and ask this important question: Can I rea

We are God's precious and highly valued adopted children!

Our Chorus is the Gospel

by Patrick D. Odum · Romans 8:18-39 · Hope

Patrick Odum picks up a line from a Bruce Springsteen interview and helps us understand the need for being real about our struggles but also celebrating our hope in the gospel.

'The verses are the blues, the chorus is the gospel.'

Buried?

by James Nored & Phil Ware · John 19:38-42 · 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.

He Wept!

by Tom Norvell · John 11

Tom Norvell reminds us that Jesus wept at the death of Lazarus and the grief of his two sisters.

When Jesus arrived, Lazarus’s sisters were grieving and disappointed.

Jesus Came to Be One of Us!

by James Nored & Phil Ware · John 1:1-18 · Jesus · Christmas · Incarnation

James and Phil continue their series on The Story of Redemption by focusing on the birth of Jesus and what it means for us.

We desperately need to push past the glitz of the season and remember the gritty grace of the manger and the glory of God incarnate in a helpless baby who came to be one of us!

Our Weakness, God's Power

by Max Lucado · Matthew 5

Max Lucado writes to remind us of our need to surrender our anxiety, and everything else, to Jesus and let him change our name and our future.

He should have left him for the buzzards. He should have sent him to hell. But he didn’t. He sent him to the lost.

Through the Eyes of Jesus

by Phil Ware · Psalm 139 · Vision

Phil Ware begins a series of 13 messages on Vision by talking about his own son and daughter and how he had dreams for them as children.

How differently might we respond to his call if we truly realized that we are far more precious to him than any son or daughter could be to a loving mommy or daddy?

Willing to Be Powerful

by Phil Ware · Mark 9:28-35 · Sacrifice

Phil Ware writes out of the context of recent disasters and the loss of a mother and child to remind us that being a servant, offering ourselves in sacrificial love, is never a waste!

Dear God in heaven, we’d sure like to have a little bit of power to alter our irrelevance, lighten the burdens of others, and heal the wounds of the broken and despairing.

One of Us!

by James Nored & Phil Ware · John 1:1-18 · Incarnation

James and Phil continue their series on The Story of Redemption by focusing on the birth of Jesus and what it means for us.

Jesus didn't come to earth to be protected from life's harshest realities, but entered into mortality to share it all with us — the good, the bad, the ugly, and the painful!

Honesty with God on Our Journey of Faith

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Genesis 15 · Faithfulness

James Nored and Phil Ware remind us that Abraham's journey of faith wasn't easy, his life was not perfect, and his questions for God were real.

Articles Tagged 'Grief'

How can I escape my past?

Hope is an olive leaf — evidence of dry land after a flood.

Hope is an olive leaf — evidence of dry land after a flood.

And there I began hunting out places of worship through tears of joy in pain.

How can I escape my past?

When this life-altering grief and separation invade our worlds, we are left with many challenges, some seem insurmountable.

Can Jesus really promise us that we will never die?

Will we hold a miracle in our hands? My experience says, “Yes!”

How does God use us to comfort other?

Hope is an olive leaf — evidence of dry land after a flood.

How do we keep our concerns for the future and our hardships from the last two years of Covid 19 from stealing the joy of our Thanksgiving?

I think if I had known all we would face, I couldn't have breathed. Except for one thing. God would be with 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.

Most of our earth-bound explanations are shallow and trite in the face of life's harshest realities.

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.

We are God's precious and highly valued adopted children!

'The verses are the blues, the chorus is the gospel.'

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.

When Jesus arrived, Lazarus’s sisters were grieving and disappointed.

We desperately need to push past the glitz of the season and remember the gritty grace of the manger and the glory of God incarnate in a helpless baby who came to be one of us!

He should have left him for the buzzards. He should have sent him to hell. But he didn’t. He sent him to the lost.

How differently might we respond to his call if we truly realized that we are far more precious to him than any son or daughter could be to a loving mommy or daddy?

Dear God in heaven, we’d sure like to have a little bit of power to alter our irrelevance, lighten the burdens of others, and heal the wounds of the broken and despairing.

Jesus didn't come to earth to be protected from life's harshest realities, but entered into mortality to share it all with us — the good, the bad, the ugly, and the painful!

Thankfully the Bible is honest about the flaws of our heroes so we can know that we can be a person of faith useful to God, too!

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