Articles Tagged 'Ray'

Cruciformed #8: The Land of In-between

by Phil Ware · Mark 16:1-8

Phil Ware finishes up his series on CRUCIFORMED and the way of the cross that Jesus shows us in the Gospel of Mark.

That unsettling

Cruciformed #4: Only by Prayer

by Phil Ware · Mark 9 · Prayer

Phil Ware continues his series of posts from the discipleship section of Mark chapters 8-10, this time focusing on the boy the disciples of Jesus could not heal.

Unlike the father of the boy with the tormenting spirit, we don’t confess our unbelief and then ask for help in believing more is possible.

Prayer and Mission

by Mark Frost · Mission

Mark Frost continues the series on discovering your mission before finding your minister with the Interim Ministry Partners team and he focuses on prayer.

So if they didn't and couldn't, how dare we?

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.

Please, Help Me Learn to Pray

by Phil Ware · Matthew 6:5-14 · Prayer

Phil Ware provides a host of resources on prayer and how to grow our prayer lives.

I feel like I am launching my prayers upward, as if I was shooting bbs toward heaven, only to have them hit a metal ceiling and fall at my feet, mocking me with their ineffectiveness!

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.

Until...

by Melissa Troyer · Philippians 1:6 · Growth

Melissa Troyer looks at her life, the gray in hair, the wrinkles around her eyes, and reflects that things are not quite what she dreamed, but then, in a way, they are better and God is not through with her yet.

I dreamed of traveling the world, getting married, and sailing off into the horizon. And I am, only it's a whole lot nittier and grittier than I imagined.

And It Was Night?

by Phil Ware · Colossians 1:13-14 · Cross

Phil Ware talks about the triumphal entry of Jesus and the darkness that Jesus faced for all of us to defeat the darkness and bring us to light.

Is there any hope, any light, for our darkness?

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

Unless a Seed

by James Nored & Phil Ware · John 12:23-33 · 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.

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.

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

At the End of Ourselves

by Melissa Troyer · Matthew 14:28-20

Melissa Troyer talks about coming to the end of our own abilities, resources, and power to fix ourselves, our problems, and deal with our difficult situations on our own, and then we ask for help and prayer.

Why do we limit our lives to the mundane of only what we can see? Why, oh why, do we cling to safety over being truly alive?

God-skin!

by Ron Rose · 2 Corinthians 4:7 · Incarnation

Ron Rose is back at Black Rifle Coffee, being the available friend and pastor to folks who drop in with a story to tell, this time it's a lady who's been dumped and betrayed and Ron Reminds her of her need for God, and he will be available to be the skin

Without hesitation, no warm-up required, she told her story of betrayal and rejection.

FEPDO

by Phil Ware · Acts 1 · Guidance

Phil Ware talks about a discovery he made in Acts 1 -- that the early disciples chose to depend upon God's guidance for their direction, decisions, and future.

In cornbread English, these loose lug nuts didn't have a clue about what to do next, so they looked to God for guidance.

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

Willing 2-B-Crucibled

by Ron Rose · Romans 8:28-29 · Faith · Abba Father

Ron Rose reminds us that true faith has to go through the B-crucible to be real and lasting.

Ever notice that the most challenging madness happens right on the border of the Promised Land?

Finding Jesus' Heart for Ministry: Purpose

by Phil Ware · Mark 1:35-45 · Purpose

This post continues Phil Ware's look at the man with leprosy in Mark 1:35-45 and Jesus' loving interaction with the man after he had committed to live out the Father's purpose in his life.

If we are honest, so much of what we choose to do is based on our self-interest, while Jesus invites us to live life centered in God's purpose for us!

Finding Jesus' Heart for Ministry: Prayer

by Phil Ware · Mark 1:35-45

Phil Ware looks at Mark 1:35-45 and learning how to touch the broken as Jesus touched them by learning to pray as Jesus

To touch the broken as Jesus did, I must learn to pray as Jesus prayed!

Don't Just Do Something

by Phil Ware · Acts 6:1-6 · Prayer

Phil Ware reminds us that the phrase 'don't just stand there do something' is absolutely wrong: we must pray first, then let the Lord lead us to know what to do!

He was oblivious to the truth that our attempts to live for Jesus will succeed only if we have the power of the Holy Spirit released to us through prayer.

Is God Listening to My Prayers?

by Bill Sherrill · Matthew 6:9-13,17:19-20

Bill Sherrill reminds us about the importance of prayer and how we should pray to honor God.

Prayer that the Father hears is directed to him in faith with an unselfish attitude, seeking to bless and honor God's will because of our love for the Father.

The Wisdom God Longs to Give Us!

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · James 1:1-4,1:5-8

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in virtual worship through words and music using YouTube videos encouraging us to recognize that God is our Father who longs to share His heavenly wisdom with His people.

We know that our God showers his grace upon us. One of his greatest gifts is heavenly wisdom, given when we ask for it in faith.

Mothers Pray for Their Children

by Melissa Troyer · 2 Timothy 2:1-2 · Prayer

Melissa Troyer shares a prayer all mothers of deep faith can pray over their children, and the children of others.

What is more powerful in shaping the heart and faith of a child than a mother who prays for her children?

Stooping to Serve, Not to Shame

by Melissa Troyer · Romans 12:1-2 · Servant

Melissa Troyer shares the worship in stooping to clean up the messes that are part of a mom's everyday experience with little children she is trying to mold into followers of Jesus.

God brings me to my knees, both in honesty and in choosing joy, as I pick up a careless mess made by the precious, but oblivious little stampede that lives within my walls.

Before the Red Sea Parts

by Melissa Troyer · Joshua 24:5-7

Melissa Troyes writes with beauty about God’s touches of grace on a trip to New England with her family as she wrestles with the grief over an aunt who is gone too soon and the uncertainty of the future of her family and where they will live.

Articles Tagged 'Ray'

That unsettling

Unlike the father of the boy with the tormenting spirit, we don’t confess our unbelief and then ask for help in believing more is possible.

So if they didn't and couldn't, how dare we?

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

I feel like I am launching my prayers upward, as if I was shooting bbs toward heaven, only to have them hit a metal ceiling and fall at my feet, mocking me with their ineffectiveness!

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

I dreamed of traveling the world, getting married, and sailing off into the horizon. And I am, only it's a whole lot nittier and grittier than I imagined.

Is there any hope, any light, for our darkness?

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

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.

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.

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

Why do we limit our lives to the mundane of only what we can see? Why, oh why, do we cling to safety over being truly alive?

Without hesitation, no warm-up required, she told her story of betrayal and rejection.

In cornbread English, these loose lug nuts didn't have a clue about what to do next, so they looked to God for guidance.

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

Ever notice that the most challenging madness happens right on the border of the Promised Land?

If we are honest, so much of what we choose to do is based on our self-interest, while Jesus invites us to live life centered in God's purpose for us!

To touch the broken as Jesus did, I must learn to pray as Jesus prayed!

He was oblivious to the truth that our attempts to live for Jesus will succeed only if we have the power of the Holy Spirit released to us through prayer.

Prayer that the Father hears is directed to him in faith with an unselfish attitude, seeking to bless and honor God's will because of our love for the Father.

We know that our God showers his grace upon us. One of his greatest gifts is heavenly wisdom, given when we ask for it in faith.

What is more powerful in shaping the heart and faith of a child than a mother who prays for her children?

God brings me to my knees, both in honesty and in choosing joy, as I pick up a careless mess made by the precious, but oblivious little stampede that lives within my walls.

Life is as full of beauty as it is uncertainty if we open our eyes to see the divine fingerprints of grace.

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