Articles Tagged 'Acceptance'

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 Pentecost Challenge

Ron Rose is back at Black Rifle Coffee Company and visiting with friends about Pentecost Sunday and knowing each other's names.

We long for the day when we know fully, even as we are fully known!

The Pentecost Challenge

Ron Rose is back at Black Rifle Coffee Company and visiting with friends about Pentecost Sunday and knowing each other's names.

We long for the day when we know fully, even as we are fully known!

Posers and Pretenders

Ron Rose is back having conversations over coffee, and including all people and their stories in his conversations whether or not he agrees with them.

We are all damaged and divided, and there seems to be a whole bunch of us who've become professional pretenders and posers, desperately seeking to be little tin gods who want to be in charge.

Warts and All

Philip Gulley uses his homespun charm to pay tribute to a hero, tell a self-effacing story about childhood warts and crushes, and weaves it together to remind us of God's love and how we should love others.

When I recall how Mr. Ellis brought me back into the human fold, I remember that Jesus once took ten lepers in hand and did the same.

You Be You!

Max Lucado reminds us that God didn't call us to be anyone else, but calls us to be the person whom he made for his purposes.

Don't try to be someone else, God made you to be you for his purposes.

Going to the Dogs

Teresa draws a parallel between what we can learn from our dogs and what we can learn from Jesus.

What can we learn from this faithful friend?

Yardsticks: How the hidden Dangers of Comparison Are Killing Us and Our Daughters

Ann Voskamp reminds women and their daughters about the dangers of comparison and how it belittles the work of God going on in each person we see.

Have we turned our yardsticks into swords?

Home on the Range

Tom Norvell reminds us of the power of encouraging and discouraging words and how we need to make the place where we find ourselves home on the range.

Don't you long for a place with no discouraging words!

The List

Jesus' family tree teaches us that God can work through all kinds of people.

Surprises in the family tree

Praying for the Dawn

Rubel Shelly talks about when we can see the dawn and tells a rabbinic story about when we see the light in someone else's eyes and welcome them, even if they are a stranger.

Where do you see the light?

For Sale Signs

Being acceptable to Jesus is not like getting a house ready to sell.

What kind of

Throwing Stones

The story of Jesus and the woman caught in adultery teaches us how the church should deal with sinful people ... because the church is full of sinful people.

The church is not a rock-throwing society ...

Chosen

Phil Ware describes a dream a friend had about Phil's dad -- and he shares how hard it is for him to accept that God feels that way about him, too.

Can you really accept that God views you as He does?

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

Your Will Be Done

Even though it is hard to pray it and truly mean, we must pray, "your will be done on earth as it is in heaven!"

Can you really pray this every single day?

Change and Growth

If we are going to change and grow, we're going to have to know what motivates that kind of change: affection, acceptance, and self-respect.

What motivates us to change and growth?