Articles Tagged 'Pi' (Page 2)

What is CORE: Baptizing

by Phil Ware · Romans 6:3-7 · Baptism

Phil Ware continues his series on "What is CORE" by talking about baptism and why it is important.

God has given us a way to experience the saving work Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection.

What is CORE: Going

by Phil Ware · Matthew 28:18-20 · Great Commission

Phil Ware continues his series on "What is CORE" by focusing on Jesus' final and intentional last command to make disciples of all nations, and emphasizes the first process of doing that: GOING!

True disciples of the Lord haven't stopped going ever since Jesus commanded it!

What IS CORE: Disciple-making

by Phil Ware · Matthew 28:18-20 · Disciple Making

Phil Ware continues his series on "What is CORE" by focusing on Jesus' final and intentional last command to make disciples of all nations.

When I die, my prayer is that Jesus will tell me that my life has honored his final command with even more passion and purpose. How about you?

Where the Lines Blur

by Melissa Troyer · Psalm 139:8-12 · Presence

Melissa Troyer is on the road with her family visiting West Texas where she was raised and she and her family encounter God in an old rest stop where earth and sky meet in a glorious gold, pink, and orange reminder of God's presence.

But here in the place where lines blur, between land and sky, that small fold between day and night, the very place where great danger lies, it is here where we experience God's presence like never before.

I Doubt It: World Changers

by Phil Ware · Acts 1:1-8 · Great Commission

Phil Ware continues his series called 'I Doubt It' and focuses today on Jesus' call and promise that his eleven apostles and those that followed them would turn the world upside down with their message of good news and hope and grace.

Despite early Jewish opposition and later Roman persecution and martyrdom, their passion, conviction, and impact could not be stopped.

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: The Well

by Phil Ware · John 4:1-30 · Jesus

Phil Ware continues his series on Jesus and series of encounters where people say to him or heard him and thought, 'I doubt it!'

Phil Ware invites us to join a weary woman who is all alone at the well in the middle of her daily grind and whose life was changed by a divine encounter!.

I Doubt It: The Delivery Room

by Phil Ware · John 3 · New Life

Phil Ware continues his series on 'I Doubt It' by talking about Jesus' encounter with Nicodemus and his need to be born of God, from above, born again.

If Nicodemus needed grace despite all his religious accomplishments and his genuinely God-seeking heart, then we desperately need grace, too.

The Pentecost Challenge

by Ron Rose · Ephesians 4:29-32 · Fellowship

Ron Rose is back at Black Rifle Coffee Company and visiting with friends about Pentecost Sunday and knowing each other's names.

We long for the day when we know fully, even as we are fully known!

In the Power of the Spirit

by Phil Ware · 2 Corinthians 3:17-18 · Holy Spirit

Phil Ware continues his series on the Holy Spirit focusing on Jesus and our need for Jesus to be the transforming presence in our lives.

We can't help it: we live where we look!

Help Is Here!

by Max Lucado · Romans 8:9,14,32-39 · Holy Spirit

Max Lucado's reminder, and new book, that because of God, and the work of the HOly Spirit, we are not alone and our help is here!

No more carrying weight you were not intended to bear.

Three Fires

by Phil Ware · John 18 · Holy Spirit · Fire

Phil Ware reminds of three fires in the life of the apostle Peter and what they can mean for us.

Jesus doesn't abandon us in our fire failure.

Questions

by Ron Rose · Job 38:1-7 · Questions

Ron Rose wants us all to ask ourselves some important questions at this stage in our lives to be ready to instruct those who are younger and also ourselves.

What big things — have you learned in life? How do you know that the big things are big things?

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

The Spirit Opens Our Eyes to Truth

by Ron Rose · John 16:12 · Holy Spirit

Ron Rose reminds us that without the Holy Spirit alive in us, we have no guide to help us understand the Scriptures, much less God or Jesus or the holy plans and promises for us!

"I remember when that knowledge really hit me for the first time... that to get the whole truth, you have to have the Holy Spirit.'

Hope in our Messy Days

by Melissa Troyer · Matthew 7:7-8 · Messes

Melissa Troyer reminds us that life's messes should drive us to our knees and open our hearts to the love, grace, and freedom of God!

Parenting cuts deep to the core. It lays open our needs before God, and we can either resent it or embrace the powerful cleansing that comes from God's purifying fire

Sharing Our Cup of Gratitude

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Colossians 3:16 · Gratitude

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in online worship through words and music, using YouTube videos to lead us to sing with hearts full of gratitude for all that God has done for us in Jesus.

We want to be a people who sing to God out of hearts full of gratitude because of our riches in Christ Jesus!

The Paraclete

by Max Lucado · John 14

Max Lucado reminds us of the Holy Spirit living in us based on Jesus' promise and Jesus' special name for the Spirit, the Paraclete

The Spirit is a person. And Jesus calls him the Paraclete.

Something Simple, Something Glorious

by Phil Ware · 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 · Communion

Phil Ware reminds us that though the bread and wine of this meal are simple, so were Jesus' words to Jairus' daughter, and those words changed everything.

Don't be fooled by the simplicity of this meal, but be reminded that Jesus makes simple things glorious!

Guarding Our Treasure with Faith, Love, and the Holy Spirit

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · 2 Timothy 1:13-14 · Gossip · Gospel

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in an online, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to inspire us to love the treasure of the gospel God invested in us and to live with faith, love, and the Holy Spirit as we proclaim and protec

Paul's goal was not to clutter Timothy's mind with needless details, but to encourage him to guard his precious gospel treasure.

Night Songs

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Psalm 42:8 · Presence

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in an online, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to invite God to permeate every moment of every day, including having our hearts tuned to God with night songs.

God wants us to live our lives to the full, inviting him to permeate each moment of each day, including our sleep time!

Jesus' Power to Get It Done

by Phil Ware · Acts 1:8-10 · Holy Spirit

Phil Ware continues his series called 8GHT, focusing on eight principles out of Acts 1:1-10, today his focus is on the Holy Spirit being the power behind the early church.

We must not forget to punch that little red button and make sure the current of heaven's grace and power flow to us and flow through us to the world.

8GHT: The Revolutionary Power of Witnesses

by Phil Ware · Judges 2:10 · Witnesses

Phil Ware continues his short series on Acts 1:1-11 called Phil Ware continues his series called 8GT -- Eight Truths that Turned the World Upside Down -- and focuses on finding those seeking Jesus and being witnesses to them of the great things Jesus has

Let's be witnesses with those here, near, and far like the first followers of Jesus did!

Sky, Dirt, and Dreams Unfolding

by Melissa Troyer · Genesis 12:1-3 · Waiting

Melissa Troyer shares her insightful, home-loving momma whose meditations about life, family, and faith help us grab what is most important in life.

Buried deep in the earth of our hearts, God has buried dreams and hopes. While they lie under the surface, they ARE there.

Be an Agent of Happiness

by Max Lucado · John 13:34-35 · Joy

Max Lucado reminds us that we are God's agents of joy in our lonely planet full of discouraged people.