Articles Tagged 'Close'

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.

Sighing for Home

Phil Ware continues his thoughts on the Immanuel passages in Matthew and challenges us to not settle for less than an experience of God -- Father, Son or Holy Spirit -- and not simply religious experience.

How do we deal with the longing?

The Lord is Near

Phil Ware reminds us that in our darkest times the Lord, our good Shepherd, wants to be near us and make his presence known to us.

The Lord longs to be near us when we feel most alone, especially in our last journey through the valley of shadows.

Night Songs

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in an online, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to invite God to permeate every moment of every day, including having our hearts tuned to God with night songs.

God wants us to live our lives to the full, inviting him to permeate each moment of each day, including our sleep time!

8GHT: What Time Is It?

Phil Ware continues his short series on Acts 1:1-11 and focuses today on restoring the kingdom.

Our world is fractured and lost. It needs to see what the way of the Kingdom looks like in real life today!

The Path of the Wind

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to lead us to worship God in his magnificence and greatness.

While the glorious magnificence of God is largely unknowable, the Creator has left his fingerprints on his creation and longs for us to seek after him and come to know him.

The LORD Is Close!

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to call us to recognize God's promise to be close to the broken-hearted and crushed, lonely and abandoned, discarded and forgotten.

We can do great ministry in the name of Jesus and can survive all the tough challenges in life because our LORD is always close to us!

The Lord Is Near!

Phil Ware reminds us that the Lord is close and we have a right to long to know his presence is real and is near.

We are not alone in our longing to know that the presence of the Lord is with us!

JesuShaped Prayer

Phil Ware continues his series of thoughts on living as a disciple that is JesuShaped and focuses on how the Lord's Prayer tunes our hearts to living the JesuShaped life.

Prayer becomes a tuning fork that helps us sing the song of God's magnificence with both holy praise as well as genuine concern for the people in our world.

Through the Keyhole of Grace

Phil Ware compares Jesus to a keyhole through which we look at God and the closer we get to Jesus the more clearly we see God and gives us a reading plan to discover more!

What can we learn about God by looking at Jesus?

The Lord is Near

Phil Ware reminds us that in our darkest times the Lord, our good Shepherd, wants to be near us and make his presence known to us.

The Lord longs to be near us when we feel most alone, especially in our last journey through the valley of shadows.

The Revolutionary Power of Witnesses

Phil Ware continues his short series on Acts 1:1-11 and focuses today on being witnesses of the great things Jesus has done.

Let’s be witnesses with those here, near, and far (Acts 1:8) like the first followers of Jesus did!

What Time Is It?

Phil Ware continues his short series on Acts 1:1-11 and focuses today on restoring the kingdom.

Your world is fractured and lost. It needs to see what the way of the Kingdom looks like in real life today!

The Lord is Near: Promises

Phil Ware shares his second in a series focused on Jesus' promises to never leave us or forsake us.

Some promises matter more because of when they are made!

Drawing Near

Because of the sacrifice of Jesus, those of us with faithful, sincere hearts, who have been washed in the blood of Jesus, may confidently enter the presence of God.

We can approach God without fear!

The Lord is Near: Longing

Phil Ware begins a series called the Lord is near and reminds us that the Lord is close and we have a right to long to know his presence is real and is near.

We are not alone in longing to know that the presence of the Lord is with us!

Think You Are a 'Hopeless Case'?

Rubel Shelley reminds us that God does his best work through the most unlikely of people.

The Father is looking to use you, no matter how unlikely it seems possible!

Through the Keyhole of Grace

Phil Ware compares Jesus to a keyhole through which we look at God and the closer we get to Jesus the more clearly we see God.

What can we learn about God by looking at Jesus?

Finding Jesus: O Living Word

Phil Ware continues his Christmas series on finding Jesus and emphasizes Jesus' promise to be real to us and near us and in us if we seek him and ask him.

Can Jesus really be experienced at Christmas?

Sighing for Home

Phil Ware continues his thoughts on the Immanuel passages in Matthew and challenges us to not settle for less than an experience of God -- Father, Son or Holy Spirit -- and not simply religious experience.

How do we deal with the longing?

So Glad God Doesn't Require a Smartphone

Max Lucado reminds us that we don't have to know how to use a smartphone to talk with the Creator of the universe who also happens to be our ABBA Father.

Which smartphone does God require of us?

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?

Eyes Opened!

Phil Ware continues his series on Jesus called UNPREDICTABLE and focuses on seeing people as Jesus sees them.

Will we choose to see people as Jesus does?

Father, Your Servant Is Listening

Tom Norvell reminds us to listen to God's voice for time alone with him to be renewed, rekindled, and directed to what matters most in our lives and on our to do lists.

How will I get everything done on my to do list?

SpiritFire - More than Near

Phil Ware shares insight in his SpiritFire series on the Holy Spirit and reminds us of the incredible promises of God's nearness and personal indwelling in us through the Holy Spirit.

How close is God to us?

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?