Articles Tagged 'Blessing' (Page 4)

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.

I've Been Wanting to Talk to You

Phillip Morrison talks about a campaign in Austin, Texas, called Explore God and about trying to introduce people to conversations about the Lord.

Been talking to anyone about the Lord lately?

Talk Less, Hug More

Ron Rose talks about his adopted grand daughter Halle Grace and how important hugs are to her.

What's the universal language?

Protective Covering?

Tom Norvell shares with us that fear keeps a protective covering over ourselves and keeps us from seeing and experiencing the beauty and wonder that God has for us in our world and in other people.

What's clouding your vision?

My Deliverer Is Coming!

Phil Ware continues with his series on The Story focusing on the What Is and Who Is and the Why Is of Jesus' coming.

What Is, Who Is, Why Is

The Story: U!

Phil Ware gets us back into The Story by taking us to Jesus' birth and looking from the prologue of the Gospel of John to try to understand what it means.

So we know a lot about Jesus' birth, but what does it mean?

God Put His SIGnature on You!

Phil Ware reminds us that we are all God's gifted children and that God has put his signature on each of us in three different ways.

Can you see God's signature on his masterpiece?

Learning to Live the Life God Blesses

Rick Brown leads us to see prayer in a fresh way, but also the way of Jesus.

So how does this all fit with prayer?

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?

Did You Learn This in Sunday School?

Ron Rose talks about moving from waiting to tell the story to being the story in someone's life today.

How about this for the discovery of all life has for you?

Thankful for the Mercies

Rick Brown reminds us to be thankful for God's mercies.

Here's something you don't want to forget at the table of thanks today!

The Scattered Church

Rubel Shelly reminds us that the church is sent, scattered, meant to infiltrate and penetrate the world and make a difference.

How is the church like manure?

An Amazing Find

Russ Lawson talks about the origin of the word serendipity and asks how we will use these blessings in our lives?

Finding more than we are looking for!

Reunion!

Phil Ware continues to tell about his 2011 trip to The Community, Sagrada Familia in Lima, Peru.

Who can you not wait to see?

My Father

Phil Ware continues his series on the Prodigal Son called the Journey Home about the God we all need to be our Father.

Why is it so important that God be called Father?

Let Us Thank Him

Rubel Shelly reminds us to be thankful for even the most simple things, including our meal and the gift of food and fellowship over table.

God is great, so what are we going to do about it?

A Walk with Our Shepherd

This is a simple meditation on the meaning of the Shepherd Psalm, Psalm 23.

What does it really mean for us?

Light for the Dark Places

Rubel Shelly talks about how important it is for us to be light for the dark places of our world.

What's shining in that darkness?

Last Lights on the Tree

Phil Ware looks at the reflection of the Christmas tree lights in his quiet and darkened house and reflects on the grace God has brought into his life this past year.

With the Christmas lights reflection, what do you remember?

Giving Thanks

Giving thanks is good for us. More than that, it's the right thing to do.

Giving thanks is the right thing to do

What Takes Your Breath Away?

Ron Rose reminds us of the benefits of our faith and our need to celebrate them!

Isn't it all a matter of how we view things?

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?

SpiritFire - How Do I Think of the Spirit?

Phil Ware continues his SpiritFire series focusing on God getting personal with us in the Holy Spirit and addresses the question of whether the Holy Spirit is a he, she, or it.

Who is the Holy Spirit?

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?

The Things You Planned for Us!

Tom Norvell tries to get us to think in terms of what the Lord has planned for us.

What's the plan?

What's Your Purpose?

Tom Norvell reminds us that we were saved from what we were to be what we are: God's people created with purpose to do good works.

Is there something more than being saved from sin?