Articles Tagged 'Shepherd'

When the Way Out Is Through

by Phil Ware · Exodus 14 · Delivered

Phil Ware begins a series called Saved at Sea which focuses on God's deliverance and truth found in the stories about the sea and rivers and water in the Bible.

What do we do in the middle of our challenges and problems with no plan in sight?

Resurrection 2.4: When We Hear His Voice

by Phil Ware · John 20:11-18 · Resurrection

Phil Ware continues his series on Jesus' resurrection called resurrection 2.0, this week focusing on Jesus' word to Mary!

Mary heard his voice call her name and that one word changed everything for her!

Christ Is Mine

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Matthew 1 · Christmas

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to call us to recognize God's great love in sending Jesus, the joy Jesus' birth brings, and the truth that Jesus is with us and for us in this

Despite all the challenges, Mary and Joseph accepted their part in salvation's plan and their faith brought us God's gift of love, his beloved Son, Jesus!

Escaping the Monotony of Low Expectations

by Phil Ware · Luke 2:8-18 · Christmas

Phil Ware reminds us to celebrate Advent and not simply settle for Christmas, especially in a hard year like this one.

Advent is rooted in the work of God in history, through real people, to do the miraculous in the most human of things, through the birth of a child.

Christ Is Mine

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Matthew 1 · Christmas

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to call us to recognize God's great love in sending Jesus, the joy Jesus' birth brings, and the truth that Jesus is with us and for us in this

Despite all the challenges, Mary and Joseph accepted their part in salvation's plan and their faith brought us God's gift of love, his beloved Son, Jesus!

Our Intersection with Joy

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Luke 1

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.

Escaping the Monotony of Low Expectations

by Phil Ware · Luke 2:8-18 · Christmas

Phil Ware reminds us to celebrate Advent and not simply settle for Christmas, especially in a hard year like this one.

Advent is rooted in the work of God in history, through real people, to do the miraculous in the most human of things, through the birth of a child.

What Do We Do About Leadership Abuse?

by Phil Ware · John 10:1-18

Phil Ware continues his thoughts on becoming JesuShaped disciples, this week focusing on the horrors of the litany of spiritual abuse cases in the news and how different they are from Jesus’ definition of a JesuShaped leader and godly shepherd.

The description of the Good Shepherd in John 10 aligns beautifully with Jesus' definition of serving and giving himself to bless us in Mark 10.

God's Relentless Pursuit to Bless Us

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Psalm 23

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to remind us that the LORD is our Shepherd who provides, cares, protects, and calls us home as his sheep, the guests at his table, and his belo

We are loved by God, our faithful Shepherd, who will never abandon us but will rescue us and bring us safely home to him as his beloved children.

Overcoming the Greater Pandemic: Finder and Mender

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Luke 15 · Lost

James Nored in video and Phil Ware with words reminds us that God is the finder and mender of lost and broken things and lost and broken people.

God's people have been in lost places before our time. They made it safely through their wilderness to better times and better places.

Far Beyond the Monotony of Low Expectations

by Phil Ware · Luke 2:8-18 · Christmas

Phil Ware reminds us to celebrate Advent and not simply settle for Christmas, especially in a hard year like this one.

Advent is rooted in the work of God in history, through real people, to do the miraculous in the most human of things, through the birth of a child.

Our Intersection with Joy

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Luke 1 · Jesus coming

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.

The Good Shepherd

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · John 10:10-14 · Shepherd

Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware lead through worship in song, the Lord's Supper, a powerful message from God's word about Jesus our good shepherd, along with a closing blessing for worship from home with family and friends in a meaningful way.

Imagine the audacity of Jesus to identify himself as the LORD, our shepherd, the one David praises in Psalm 23 as well the God of deliverance who identified himself to Moses at the burning bush in Exodus 3!

The Birth of Jesus

by The Holy Spirit · Matthew 1:18-25

This is the Biblical account of Jesus' birth from Matthew 1 and Luke 2 from the NIV 11 version of the Holy Scriptures.

Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.

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.

Treasuring God's Mystery in Our Hearts

by Phil Ware · Luke 2:19 · Incarnation

Phil Ware reminds us that Mary treasured all the things about Jesus' birth in her heart and we can find our treasure with Jesus as he comes to us in the manger at Advent.

The mystery, the wonder, the bewilderment, the delight, the fear, and the struggle as a new mom to God's Son were secreted in this hiding place of Mary's heart.

Resurrection 2.4: When We Hear His Voice

by Phil Ware · John 20:11-18 · Resurrection

Phil Ware continues his series on Jesus' resurrection called resurrection 2.0, this week focusing on Jesus' word to Mary!

Mary heard his voice call her name and that one word changed everything for her!

Far Beyond the Monotony of Low Expectations

by Phil Ware · Luke 1 · Jesus · Christmas · Advent

Phil Ware reminds us to celebrate Advent and not simply settle for Christmas.

Advent is rooted in the work of God in history through real people to do the miraculous in the most human of things, the birth of a child.

How Full Is Your Gift Sack?

by Phil Ware · Philippians 2:5-11

Phil Ware asks us to remember all the people who joined Jesus at his birth and challenges us to believe that these are exactly the kind of people Jesus came to redeem -- people just like us!

Most of us only hoped to get enough of these seasons’ “givings” in our sacks not to be embarrassed, humiliated and marked as a less than desirable.

Trust God to Lead

by Max Lucado · Matthew 6:34

Max Lucado reminds us to trust God to lead us into the future and not worry about what is ahead.

Why do we worry about what lies ahead when we know the One Who is already there?

The Story of Our Savior's Birth

by Scripture · Matthew 1

Jesus' birth stories from Matthew and Luke are shared in straight Scripture from The Voice Bible.

Sometimes we just need to hear the familiar story told simply with fresh words.

Jesus, Be Born in Me

by Phil Ware · Matthew 1:28-35 · Jesus · Christmas · Mary, Jesus' Mother

Phil Ware reminds us of the gritty reality of Jesus' birth and Mary choosing to accept the challenge of being Jesus' mother and reminds us of our need to commit to have Jesus born in our lives.

Like Mary, we don't know fully what we are committing to do, but we know that our ultimate destination is Jesus.

A Christmas Invitation You Don't Want to Miss!

by Rick Brown · Luke 2 · Christmas

Rick Brown reminds us that we can tell the story of Jesus' birth just as well as the shepherds did!

Hold on to your Christmas hat, because you've received the same invitation as the shepherds!

The Christmas Interruption

by Max Lucado · Luke 2 · Christmas

Max Lucado reminds us that the first Christmas was one big gigantic interruption in the life of unknown shepherds.

Pause and let God speak hope rather than giving way to fear and panic.

Give Me Jesus: Now

by Phil Ware · Matthew 2 · Christmas

This is part of a 4 part series on Jesus' birth called, "Give Me Jesus," and this one focuses on finding him now.

Articles Tagged 'Shepherd'

What do we do in the middle of our challenges and problems with no plan in sight?

Mary heard his voice call her name and that one word changed everything for her!

Despite all the challenges, Mary and Joseph accepted their part in salvation's plan and their faith brought us God's gift of love, his beloved Son, Jesus!

Advent is rooted in the work of God in history, through real people, to do the miraculous in the most human of things, through the birth of a child.

Despite all the challenges, Mary and Joseph accepted their part in salvation's plan and their faith brought us God's gift of love, his beloved Son, Jesus!

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.

Advent is rooted in the work of God in history, through real people, to do the miraculous in the most human of things, through the birth of a child.

The description of the Good Shepherd in John 10 aligns beautifully with Jesus' definition of serving and giving himself to bless us in Mark 10.

We are loved by God, our faithful Shepherd, who will never abandon us but will rescue us and bring us safely home to him as his beloved children.

God's people have been in lost places before our time. They made it safely through their wilderness to better times and better places.

Advent is rooted in the work of God in history, through real people, to do the miraculous in the most human of things, through the birth of a child.

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.

Imagine the audacity of Jesus to identify himself as the LORD, our shepherd, the one David praises in Psalm 23 as well the God of deliverance who identified himself to Moses at the burning bush in Exodus 3!

Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord.

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.

The mystery, the wonder, the bewilderment, the delight, the fear, and the struggle as a new mom to God's Son were secreted in this hiding place of Mary's heart.

Mary heard his voice call her name and that one word changed everything for her!

Advent is rooted in the work of God in history through real people to do the miraculous in the most human of things, the birth of a child.

Most of us only hoped to get enough of these seasons’ “givings” in our sacks not to be embarrassed, humiliated and marked as a less than desirable.

Why do we worry about what lies ahead when we know the One Who is already there?

Sometimes we just need to hear the familiar story told simply with fresh words.

Like Mary, we don't know fully what we are committing to do, but we know that our ultimate destination is Jesus.

Hold on to your Christmas hat, because you've received the same invitation as the shepherds!

Pause and let God speak hope rather than giving way to fear and panic.

God came to us in a way that all of us could find him, know him, and find our way home!

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