Articles Tagged 'Immanuel' (Page 2)

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Merry Christmas!

Phil Ware shares a Merry Christmas greeting from all of the Heartlight.org and VerseoftheDay.com family.

Our prayer is that the Lord Jesus and his abiding presence can be real to you during this special season of grace and joy.

Give Me Jesus: BEFORE!

Phil Ware begins a four series set of articles for Advent and this first one is called BEFORE and focuses on Jesus being God, pre-existent before the world began.

Who is that little child in that manger who looks so tiny and fragile?

Let's Experience What the Lord Has Told Us About!

Phil Ware challenges our settled notions about church in the box and wants us to realize that Jesus has so much more in store for us if we will make the moves necessary to experience Jesus and his story for ourselves.

Does it ever feel like that we've reduced Christianity down to something less than Jesus wants us to experience?

Jesus Promises His Presence

Phil Ware continues his series on The Andrew Effect and reminds us that Jesus promised to be present with us as we live out the four moves of the Andrew Effect.

Can we really expect to meet Jesus!

Finding Jesus: Experiencing Jesus as Immanuel

Phil Ware brings to close his series on experiencing the presence of Jesus in our lives.

Are we wiling to open up the door and invite him in?

God With Us

So a little boy was born, named Immanuel. He was a living sign from God, a reminder that God is with his people. Because Ahaz wouldn't listen and wouldn't put his trust in God, his nation would suffer defeat. But he had in this young boy the constant remi

If Jesus wasn't Immanuel, who was?

Finding Jesus: Be Born in Me!

Phil Ware writes a two part series on Finding Jesus at Christmas and this one focuses on spending time with Jesus in the Gospels.

Can I really know Jesus as someone who is real in my life?

Experience Immanuel

Phil Ware finishes up his 5 part series on experiencing Immanuel and summarizes the content of the four previous articles.

Why do we settle for so much less of Jesus than He promised us?

Love Will Travel

Phil Ware does part 4 in a 5 part series on the Immanuel passages in Matthew, this week is the Great Commission, Matthew 28:18-20, focusing on cross cultural outreach and disciple-making, something much more involved than just evangelism.

Why is the Great Commission so important for us as well as the rest of the world?

Jesus with Dirt on His Face and No Place to Sleep

Phil Ware continues his leadership series on the Immanuel Sayings or ways to experience Jesus, this one focuses on compassionate service.

Have you seen Jesus here?

I Need More Than Me!

Phil Ware continues his series on experiencing God through Jesus, Immanuel, this time focusing upon our need for spiritual community, family, fellowship.

We were not made to do this discipleship thing alone.

O Come, Please Come, Immanuel

Phil Ware begins a series of articles on the Immanuel Sayings in Matthew and this is done in coordination with Interim Ministry Partners and focuses on experiencing Jesus, or Immanuel.

So how can I read the gospels as more than just daily Bible reading I check off my to-do list?

Silence at Christmas to Listen

Rick Brown writes about LSTN headphones, hearing, Starkey hearing foundation, 400 years of silence after the Old Testament, years, silence, quiet, need, hear, hearing, listening, listen, Immanuel.

If we listen, it is not so silent a night at Christmas!

Sighing for Home

Phil Ware continues his thoughts on the Immanuel passages in Matthew and challenges us to not settle for less than an experience of God -- Father, Son or Holy Spirit -- and not simply religious experience.

How do we deal with the longing?

Beyond the sacred Page

Phil Ware continues his series on The Yearning, our need and desire and longing for Jesus to be real to us and close to us and experienceable in our daily lives.

How can Jesus be real to me and not just someone I read about on the pages of the Bible?

Meeting Immanuel

Phil Ware shares the principles of drawing nearer to God and experiencing him as Immanuel.

Where can we go to experience God?

I Am: Handwritten Messages from Heaven - Fear

Phil Ware continues his series on I AM from the Gospel of John and focuses on Jesus' statement that he is I AM and so we should not fear.

How in the world do I obey that command?

Wrong Road, Right Friend

Phil Ware continues to share his insights on experiencing Jesus as Immanuel.

Are you walking down the hard road alone?

It's Still Christmas

Rubel Shelly reminds us that Christmas can open our eyes to faith and what the world willfully does not want to see.

Don't let go of Christmas!

With Us!

Bill Denton shares insight into the incarnation of God in Jesus Christ and what it means for us.

Where did God most clearly reveal Himself?