Finding My Story in God's Story (Page 2) 2019 Archives

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.

Desert of Trial

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Matthew 4

James Nored and Phil Ware discuss the temptations and trials of Jesus and why they are important to us and what they have to say to us as people who are part of God's story.

Because he knew the true and living God, the heart behind the Scriptures, he could recognize the forger, the fraud.

In the Footsteps of Jesus

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Matthew 3:1-17 · Baptism

James Nored and Phil Ware remind us of an important reason to be baptized: Jesus was and said it was the right thing to do.

Jesus said this was the right thing for him to do!

U-Turn to Walk in God's Will

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Luke 3

Phil Ware and James Nored look at what the ministry of John the Baptizer meant for people in his day and call on us to share in this move toward the kingdom of God today.

Before we can be useful in living for God, we need to have our U-turn moment!

Jesus Came to Be One of Us!

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Matthew 1:18-25 · Incarnation

James Nored and Phil Ware remind us to push past the glittering lights and see that God came to be one of us in the birth of Jesus of Nazareth.

How can God know experientially how hard life can sometimes be for us?

One Like Moses!

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Incarnation · Matthew

James Nored and Phil Ware move from Abraham and Moses to Jesus in God's great story of redemption.

Moses brought down God's Law from his mountain. Jesus demonstrated God's love on his mountain.

God's Character Shapes His People

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Exodus 20 · 10 Commandments

James Nored and Phil Ware remind us of the importance of the 10 Commandments and the two divine principles of God and Jesus and call us to live them in our daily lives.

God alone had earned the right to speak truth into their lives, compassion into their hearts, and righteousness into their behaviors.

Who Is Really God?

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Exodus 3

James Nored and Phil Ware look at Moses' showdown with Pharaoh to remind us that this was really a showdown to show who was truly God and our need to choose to follow him.

Moses wanted Pharaoh and the Egyptians to see that only Israel's God was truly God. Anything in addition to God was less.

The Power Behind Our Story

by James Nored & Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 15 · Resurrection

James Nored and Phil Ware remind us of the central importance of the resurrection of Jesus and what it means for all us in our lives today

Christ is risen! Christ is risen indeed! And, nothing should ever be the same.

In Over Our Head

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Exodus 3 · Delivered

James Nored and Phil Ware remind us that God's great stories of deliverance, like the Exodus with Moses leading God's people to victory over Egypt and Pharaoh, are reminders of Jesus' greater deliverance and God's faithfulness.

God has you in a position to see his great work and make your life an enduring testimony of faithfulness in the face of struggle and victory in the face of defeat.

When Life is Unfair!

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Exodus 3 · Mountains · Moses

James Nored and Phil Ware remind us of the importance of God's past stories of deliverance to help us know how to live in our times of unfairness and hold onto to hope in the middle of oppression.

God’s great story of redemption reminds us of three truths that we must take with us as we live in a world that always seems to tilt away from fairness.

C.S. Lewis and the Struggle to Find Faith

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Hebrews 11 · Faith

James Nored and Phil Ware challenge us to look at C.S. Lewis and his journey of faith along with a broken-hearted father and see how we might be able to find faith in our own lives.

The final destination of our journey to faith often depends upon the orientation of our hearts.

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