Archive for Phil Ware

Serving God with Dirty Hands #4: Throw What Stinks Out of God’s House!

by Phil Ware – What’s the greatest danger to participating in a great move of God during times of transition? Before this, Eliashib the priest had been put in charge of the storerooms of the house of our God. He was closely associated with Tobiah, and he had provided him with a large room formerly […]

Serving God with Dirty Hands #3: As Each Part Does Its Work

by Phil Ware How in the world could they do such a herculean task in less than eight weeks? Names. They get harder and harder to remember the older I get. Names. They pile up in my digital address books becoming more and more frustrating to keep up to date with their changing addresses, phone […]

Serving God with Dirty Hands 02: Beyond My Broken Prayers

by Phil Ware Is there a way through my times of ineffective prayer? “I’m not sure I can pray anymore. It’s useless. My prayers are not heard. They go unanswered. Nothing happens when I pray. At this point, I don’t even know what to say. I’m frustrated, discouraged, and disappointed with God. I’m even more […]

Serving God with Dirty Hands #1: Unworthy and Under-qualified

by Phil Ware – How are we ever going to find anyone who is willing, able, and qualified to lead us to face the important challenges ahead of us? “I just don’t think I can do it. I’m not really qualified. I’m not sure I’m worthy of stepping into the role. I believe there are […]

Ancient Wisdom, Modern Grace: Passing It On

by Phil Ware How do we learn to live with broader horizons and greater risk-taking for the Kingdom of God? Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where a disciple named Timothy lived, whose mother was Jewish and a believer but whose father was a Greek. The believers at Lystra and Iconium spoke well […]

Ancient Wisdom, Today’s Grace: Surprise!

by Phil Ware When is it okay to think that we’ve arrived at spiritual maturity? “Daddeee,” Megan said in her sweetest voice and using her pet name for me, “are we nearly to MiMi’s yet?” Megan loves her MiMi. It didn’t hurt that as she grew up, Megan’s MiMi lived in the country in an […]

Ancient Wisdom, Today’s Grace: Singing the Jesus Song

by Phil Ware What can reach our hearts and call us to be like Jesus with power and emotion? Critical Moments Fragile. Vulnerable. And, threatened! The precious young church in Philippi was fragile, vulnerable and threatened. Two women, Euodia and Syntyche, had been essential in evangelizing and leading many of their new believers to Jesus. […]

Ancient Wisdom, Today’s Grace: Finding God’s Will

by Phil Ware Throughout the Bible, we find great examples that can help us sort through our challenges today. Our Challenging Reality: A young woman shared her heart in Bible class: We all prayed and asked for God’s wisdom to know whether my dad should move to this new church, but we obviously misread the […]

Hearing God’s Call for Your Church (part 3) – Doing Your “One Thing”

by Phil Ware – “No way! Jesus NEVER left behind someone who needed his help! I refuse to believe he ever did that!” The student was adamant. In fact, she was angry at even the suggestion that this could be true. Then came the problem. I read the following to her: Simon and his companions […]

A User Friendly Church (Part 1) – A Yes! Church?

by Phil Ware – As surely as God is faithful, our word to you does not waver between “Yes” and “No.” For Jesus Christ, the Son of God, does not waver between “Yes” and “No.” He is the one whom Silas, Timothy, and I preached to you, and as God’s ultimate “Yes,” he always does […]

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