Articles Tagged 'Blessed'

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.

Thank You and Have a Blessed Thanksgiving

The Heartlight.org and VerseoftheDay.com team gives thanks for you and prays you have a blessed Thanksgiving.

The prayers of the Heartlight.org and VerseoftheDay.com team pray that you have a blessed Thanksgiving!

'...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?

A Great Friend, A Great Man

Phil Ware shares about the important influence of Paul Faulkner, especially for the online ministries of Heartlight.org and VerseoftheDay.com

We are not alone as recipients of the kindness, encouragement, and love of Paul Faulkner. Many others have received the gracious touch of Paul and Gladys.

Thank You and Have a Blessed Thanksgiving

The Heartlight.org and VerseoftheDay.com team gives thanks for you and prays you have a blessed Thanksgiving.

The prayers of the Heartlight.org and VerseoftheDay.com team pray that you have a blessed Thanksgiving!

Twenty-five: A Quarter Century of Grace

Phil Ware takes time to reflect on twenty-five years on the web and to give thanks for those who got them there and for the Lord who continues to do miracles among us.

The Lord is not finished surprising us with His grace and power if we live for His purposes.

ONE!

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in virtual worship through words and music using YouTube videos and invite us to see the power of the Holy Spirit to make us part of Jesus' one body.

Jesus wants to be united as one!

In His Steps to Share His Light

Phil Ware and James Nored, through word and video, remind us of our need to return to the Jesus-styled kind of life.

Jesus went up on the mountain and taught his followers to live the good life, to live as Jesus did!

You Break It; You Buy It?

Phil Ware reminds us that God broke one of the most held rules of merchandising, you break it; you buy it, and in Jesus turned this principle upside down.

You mean, this actually applies to my kid, too?

Indescribable

Phil Ware shares a quick thank you for all who have donated and then focuses on establishing a new tradition of teaching his grandchildren to share what they have with others.

Wow! What a precious addition to our Christmas with these boys. We hope to do something like this every year.

Forever Friends!

Phil Ware reminds us that in Jesus, we are friends, and our friendships reach around the world, across cultures, and unite us in one family.

As followers of Jesus, we are blessed to have forever friends from all over the world!

Promises! Promises?

James Nored and Phil Ware remind us that God keeps his promises and Jesus is the ultimate proof that God's promises can be trusted!

Is God good enough and big enough to make all of his great promises come true?

Sitting Duck?

Max Lucado reminds us sometimes loneliness is an invitation from God to find his perfect love that can drive out fear and chase away our isolation and fill it with love and promise.

What if loneliness has an invitation for a great discovery about God?

TWENTY!

Phil Ware takes time to reflect on twenty years on the web and to give thanks for those who got them there and for the Lord who continues to do miracles among us.

The Lord is not finished surprising us with His grace and power if we live for His purposes.

Golden Rule, Golden Door!

Phillip Morrison reminds us of the need to be open-hearted to the refugee crisis both as Americans and as Christians and to see this as a moral imperative.

Some connections God makes inescapable no matter how costly obedience may be!

Finding Happiness?

Teresa Bell Kindred reminds us that what we define as happiness is nearly always temporary pleasure that is soon gone and leaves us unhappy; happiness is really on our own shoulders.

Are we looking in the right places to find happiness for ourselves?

'...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?

Revelation & Transformation in the Wilderness

Mark Frost continues his series on interim ministry and Israel's time in the wilderness

Can something good come from our time in the wilderness?

Blessed Assurance

Phillip Morrison reminds us that our assurance is based on what God does and has done in Jesus, not what we can accomplish for God!

Where is your certainty found?

Bless!

Phil Ware continues his series of messages related to "The Story" curriculum, using Abraham's call to be a blessing to be a reminder to us as well.

What do we do in the face of evil and meanness?

For Such a Time as This!

Phil Ware continues his series on Light on the Dark Side of the Mountain and uses Esther as a jumping off point for more talk about helping children and orphans.

Is this your time?

The One No One Ever Had

Rubel Shelly reminds us that while perfection is an ideal, we must not set it as our only goal or we will never attain what we reach to achieve and never be satisfied with our blessings.

How do you grab ahold of something this illusive?

Catch & Release: Blessings

Phil Ware continues his series on Catch and Release, focusing on sharing our blessings and also seeing sharing Jesus, the good news of Jesus, as a gift of generosity.

What makes it hard to be generous with the good news of Jesus?

Tested and Approved

Laura Baker reminds us that we are tested and approved by God.

What does it lead us to do?

I Think I Am ...

Tom Norvell makes a wide open confession, he likes shoes and they help him realize that he is rich!

Is this something you are ready to admit?

Figuring Out the Future

Rubel Shelly reminds us of what we need to hold onto during these uncertain times as we try to anticipate the future.

So what's going to happen with all this mess?

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https://www.heartlight.org/articles/201807/20180704_breakit_buyit.html 
https://www.heartlight.org/articles/201711/20171128_indescribable.html 
https://www.heartlight.org/articles/201710/20171031_foreverfriends.html 
https://www.heartlight.org/articles/201707/20170713_promises.html 
https://www.heartlight.org/articles/201608/20160828_sittingduck.html 
https://www.heartlight.org/articles/201604/20160406_twenty.html 
https://www.heartlight.org/articles/201509/20150925_goldendoor.html 
https://www.heartlight.org/articles/201505/20150502_happiness.html 
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https://www.heartlight.org/articles/201405/20140518_transformation.html 
https://www.heartlight.org/articles/201309/20130926_blessedassurance.html 
https://www.heartlight.org/articles/201209/20120902_bless.html 
https://www.heartlight.org/articles/201011/20101118_timeasthis.html 
https://www.heartlight.org/articles/201007/20100719_neverhad.html 
https://www.heartlight.org/articles/201002/20100225_blessings.html 
https://www.heartlight.org/articles/200911/20091101_testedapproved.html 
https://www.heartlight.org/articles/200904/20090405_rich.html 
https://www.heartlight.org/articles/200903/20090323_figuringfuture.html