Articles Tagged 'Worthy'

For over 30 years, Heartlight has shared articles to help people live for Jesus in everyday life. While we are no longer publishing new articles, this enduring collection features relevant pieces throughout the year to encourage faith, offer biblical perspective, and speak to real-world joys and struggles.

The Divine Order of Love

Phil Ware reminds us where the word 'agape' really gets its meaning, in what God did for us in Jesus and that we must love God first if we are to love others properly.

Before Jesus, the word 'agape' didn't mean anything special. It was a sloppy word for 'love' pretty much like our English word 'love' as we use it today.

More than Our Words Can Express

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in virtual worship through words and music using YouTube videos encouraging us to worship God with all that we are and have and say.

God is worthy of all our praise — more than our finite minds and inadequate vocabulary can muster. So, how can we praise God appropriately?

Family

Brian McCutchen reminds us of the importance of family

Where can we go to know we are loved and safe from the storm?

Who Can We Trust?

Tom Norvell shares with us insight into our skepticism and why we find it so hard to trust anyone.

In a world of deception, spin, and verbal hedging, is there anyone we can trust?

Building a Culture of Honor: Trust

Phil Ware continues his series on building a culture of honor, this time focusing on trust.

Is trust really something that has to be earned?

Building a Culture of Honor: Serving

Phil Ware continues his series on building a culture of honor and focuses on Jesus washing his disciples' feet on the eve of his crucifixion.

How do you break down the strongest barriers? The secret is simple, watch Jesus!

Why Faith Is an Answer to Prayer and Prayer Is an Answer to Faith

Ann Voskamp reminds us that faith and prayer are a two street and the both are intertwined with each other and when this happens, grace, joy, and healing flow into Shalom, peace, wholeness and fullness of life.

How is faith an answer to prayer?

Superman and Jesus?

Rubel Shelly comments and describes the difference between Superman and Jesus.

Is there a link between our desire for Superman and our need for Jesus?

Trust?

Patrick Odum talks about a strange occurrence involving trust, a New York ad agency worker, a homeless man, and an American Express Card, which reminds us that God trusts us.

I'm not sure I'm that trusting: are you?

Promises Kept!

Phil Ware talks about the promises of Jesus and how we know we can trust them: because he kept the hard and painful promises to die for us.

How do you know you can trust the promises of Jesus?

Good News about Tomorrow

Rubel Shelly talks about his medical ethics class and the importance these students put on telling the truth in all situations.

There's a wave of truthfulness headed down the pipeline!

Don't Trust a Shadow

Rubel Shelly reminds us that image is not substance and shadow is not tree: trust the tree not the shadow!

Why do we chase after what is not substance?

A Leader's First Duty

Rubel Shelly reminds us that the first duty of leaders is to be faithful, loyal, and trustworthy with the people closest to him.

Whatever happened to faithfulness in leaders?

In Christ

Patrick Odum shares a clear message from God's word, 2 Corinthians 5:17-21, and talks about all God has done to make us worthy in Christ.

God does the unthinkable to bless us immeasurably, in Christ!

The Lord Is Faithful

Tom Norvell reflects on Psalm 145:13-16 and reminds us that in the middle of broken marriages, broken political promises, and broken hopes, God is faithful to his promises.

Can you depend upon anyone any more?

It's Not About ...

Is our life about us or about God, about giving him the praise in everything or about everything revolving around us.

What is your life really about?

To Swim or Not to Swim

We mustn't let our feelings of inadequacy keep us from going to the One who can make us perfect.

Do we have to be

Grace

Joey's granddaughter Landrye has taught him a great deal about God's grace.

How do you understand it?

Walk!

It's not how many days we have, but how we use those days for God that matter -- or to say it differently, it is not how far we walk, but how we walk in the miles we cover that matter most.

Can you walk this walk from now on?

Little Things, Done Faithfully

Little things, done faithfully, like taking out the garbage, are the glue, the grace, of ongoing and lasting relationships and marriages.

Are you willing to do all those tedious, little things of love?

Confidentiality

Confidentiality is crucial to maintain when secrets have been entrusted to us.

Can you be trusted with precious and dangerous information?

The Divine Order of Love ||| https://www.heartlight.org/articles/202102/20210211_divinelove.html
Family ||| https://www.heartlight.org/articles/201710/20171021_family.html
Who Can We Trust? ||| https://www.heartlight.org/articles/201401/20140109_whotrust.html
Building a Culture of Honor: Trust ||| https://www.heartlight.org/articles/201311/20131125_COH_trust.html
Building a Culture of Honor: Serving ||| https://www.heartlight.org/articles/201311/20131118_coh_serving.html
Why Faith Is an Answer to Prayer and Prayer Is an Answer to Faith ||| https://www.heartlight.org/articles/201307/20130719_prayer-faith.html
Superman and Jesus? ||| https://www.heartlight.org/articles/201307/20130705_supermanandjesus.html
Trust? ||| https://www.heartlight.org/articles/201011/20101129_trust.html
Promises Kept! ||| https://www.heartlight.org/articles/200910/20091029_promiseskept.html
Good News about Tomorrow ||| https://www.heartlight.org/articles/200910/20091005_goodnews.html
Don't Trust a Shadow ||| https://www.heartlight.org/articles/200903/20090302_shadow.html
A Leader's First Duty ||| https://www.heartlight.org/articles/200902/20090227_firstduty.html
In Christ ||| https://www.heartlight.org/articles/200902/20090222_inchrist.html
The Lord Is Faithful ||| https://www.heartlight.org/articles/200811/20081120_faithful.html
It's Not About ... ||| https://www.heartlight.org/articles/200705/20070513_notabout.html
To Swim or Not to Swim ||| https://www.heartlight.org/articles/200705/20070509_toswim.html
Grace ||| https://www.heartlight.org/articles/200704/20070403_grace.html
Walk! ||| https://www.heartlight.org/articles/200612/20061205_walk.html
Little Things, Done Faithfully ||| https://www.heartlight.org/articles/200607/20060704_littlethings.html
Confidentiality ||| https://www.heartlight.org/articles/200603/20060316_confidentiality.html