Articles Tagged 'Delight'

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.

Beyond the Reach of Corruption and Decay

by Phil Ware · Matthew 6 · Reward

Phil Ware writes out of a quiet time study of Matthew 6 and the memory of the crass motivation often behind our behaviors, even our most religious behaviors.

Are humans that predictable? Are people really so selfish? Do we nearly always pursue some payoff or reward in every situation?

Lack No Good Thing

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Psalm 34:10 · Provision

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 greatness and his desire to bless us with every good thing we need.

Our ToGather time today focuses on God's great promises to bless us, but also challenges each of us to ask: What is the true source of my delight?

Overcoming the Greater Pandemic: From Hopeless to Living Hope

by James Nored & Phil Ware · 1 Peter 1:3-9 · Hope

James Nored and Phil Ware share a message of hope in video and word and Scripture to remind us to be ready to share our living hope for those caught in life's dark winter.

We can't think of a more important commitment for us as believers in our uncertain times.

Fifty Shades of Grace: Delight

by Phil Ware · Song of Songs 4:9-16 · Sexuality

Phil Ware continues his series of posts and articles called Fifty Shades of Grace and focuses on the gift of pleasure, delight, joy, fulfillment, and blessing in sexual intimacy for the Christian married couple.

So we are really supposed to delight in this?

Fifty Shades of Grace: Intimacy

by Phil Ware · Genesis 1:25-31 · Intimacy

Phil Ware continues his series on fifty shades of grace and what God has in mind for us in marriage with sexual and physical and spiritual and emotional intimacy.

What does God really want for us in intimacy

Fifty Shades of Grace:Exchanging Gods

by Phil Ware · Romans 1:18-32 · Sexuality

Phil Ware begins a seven week series of posts called Fifty Shades of Grace and will focus on Scripture and the Bible and God and the holy plan for fulfillment and sexuality in Scripture.

What do we say and do in today's charged climate of expectation and demand?

You Want to Use Me?

by Phil Ware · Exodus 3 · Ministry

Phil Ware continues his use of The Story material and focuses on God calling Moses.

I know who I am, so how can God use?

The Ally of God's Grace

by Bill Denton · Philippians 2:12-13 · Repentance

Bill Denton reminds us that we are not only saved from something but for something, and we need to display that salvation through repentance and life that is changed into what God made us to be.

When's the last time you heard a call for real life change?

A Time of w00t

by Ron Rose · Matthew 2 · Christmas

Ron Rose shares a new word, w00t, that means joy in gamer language, that has entered our common communication language.

Can you find the joy right now?

On Tiptoe!

by Phil Ware · Luke 2:1-12 · Angels

Whether Christmas comes on December 25 or not doesn't really matter, what does matter is that Jesus came and the angels declared it and that we celebrate it with great joy.

I wonder what it was like when the angel learned he would bring the news?

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