Two Minute Meditations (Page 5)

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In the Power of the 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!

Fresh Air from Heaven's Wind

Phil Ware begins a short 4 part series on the Holy Spirit as we begin the New Year, this one is focused on living by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Is there a way to catch our breath and be renewed for a fresh start?

Tiny Enough for All of Us

Phil Ware has one more Christmas thought to place in our hearts before we lose Jesus in the New Year!

Before we put Jesus away with our Christmas ornaments, let's pause for...

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?

The Weather when Jesus Came

Phil Ware reminds us of the weather when Jesus came, filled with the fresh wind and heavenly breezes of heaven brought by the Holy Spirit.

What will the weather be this Christmas?

Finding Jesus: O Living Word

Phil Ware continues his Christmas series on finding Jesus and emphasizes Jesus' promise to be real to us and near us and in us if we seek him and ask him.

Can Jesus really be experienced at Christmas?

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?

'... and thankful!'

Phil Ware finishes his November series of giving thanks and focuses on our mission or call from God.

Give thanks for this?

'...and thankful!'

Phil Ware continues his series tied to Thanksgiving called "...and thankful" and this week he is thankful for the longing to move toward Jesus and pursue the things of God.

That passion to pursue Jesus must never die!

'...and thankful!'

Phil Ware continues his 4 part series on Thanksgiving and how important it is for churches to leverage change and growth in in their church families.

So we are supposed to give thanks for this?

'...and thankful!'

Phil Ware begins a 4 part November series on giving thanks just in time for the Thanksgiving season.

What happens the other 51 weeks of the year?

Postscript Praise

Phil Ware finishes his short series on the value of women to God and to the early church.

This time the treasure is in the details!

The Women

Phil Ware continues his series on the importance of women to God and to the early church and focuses on the "The Women" Luke refers to as standing by Jesus in his Passion, crucifixion, burial, resurrection, and pouring out the Spirit at Pentecost and how

Who stood by Jesus while all his apostles failed him?

Too Familiar to Feel the Bite?

Phil Ware continues his series on the way God values women and expresses this in Scripture and also against the grain of culture.

Sometimes we miss the truth because we are too familiar with what we think we know!

Co-heirs with Christ

Phil Ware continues his series on the way God values a woman and how Pentecost begins a new humanity that is to work itself out in the life of Jesus' people, the church.

Paul blows away the confusion and declares us all equally heirs of God's promise!

Restoring the Creator's Intent

Phil Ware continues his series on the value of woman in the eyes of God and how we incorporate that value into our belief system, roles, and treatment of women in our church culutures.

Hope beyond our world's brokenness!

Made to be Complements

Phil Ware continues his series on looking at how the Bible values a woman, this week focusing on what it means to be complements.

Filling in each other's missing pieces!

Of Sacred Value

Phil Ware continues his thoughts on the value of women in our culture.

What really is the fault line in our culture's view of women?

Writing Love in the Dust

Phil Ware reflects on the Ray Rice debacle and speaks about Jesus' encounter with the teachers of the law and the Pharisees and a woman caught in the very act of adultery.

What in the world did Jesus actually write?

A Key Tool in the Master's SIGnature Toolset

Phil Ware reminds us that God longs to fashion us into a vital tool in The Master's SIGnature Toolset to be used for Kingdom and church ministry.

You mean I am an important tool in God's ministry toolset?

Remember Their Sacrifices!

Phil Ware and the Heartlight.org and verseoftheday.com and aYearwithJesus.com ask you to please see what you can do!

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Interconnected Grace

Phil Ware challenges us to think about the small blue planet we find ourselves on and how are we going to interconnect it with grace.

Far from isolationism, we are called to

Blame Game

Phil Ware uses a traffic incident and a crazy, cursing woman to help him make a point about blaming others rather than owning our sin and asking forgiveness for it through confession.

What? I haven't done anything wrong...!

Closing Time

Phil Ware finishes the third in a series of posts that focus on the 2014 July mission trip to Lima, Peru and Sagrada Familia children's home and he focuses on the last day of saying good bye and welcoming new children into the family of God.

Sooner or later you have to say good bye, but what does good bye really mean?

'If it Aint Broke, Don't Fix It?'

Phil Ware continues his 3 series of articles on Sagrada Familia in Lima, Peru and talks about the need to change missions occasionally for the sake of a grander goal and greater return.

Sometimes we need a mission change even when things are working well!