Articles Tagged 'Fatherless'

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.

Generous Like Our Father

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Psalm 112:5 · Generosity

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in an online, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to celebrate our blessings in Christ and our need to reflect our Father's values by being generous and gracious ourselves.

'Keep on helping the poor...' was a core commitment that came out of this history-changing moment in Jesus' church!

Helping Immigrants & Refugees Get Involved with a Spiritual Group

by Rhonda Underhill · Matthew 28:18-20

Rhonda Underhill shares ways that newly arrived immigrants, especially older ones, can make a new home in their new world

These displaced people need to discover Jesus' love and the love of his people.

To the Least of These, Like Jesus

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Matthew 23 · Least

James Nored and Phil Ware remind us that we not only must become like children but as Jesus' followers, we must value children.

Largely, in the days when Jesus came, children were only valued if they were wanted. I wonder what history will say in the future about us?

Caring for the Vulnerable

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Jeremiah 7:5-7 · Witnessing · Widows

Phil Ware and Demetrius Collins lead us into worship through songs, Communion, and the Word God, inviting us to experience, proclaim and rejoice in the love of God for all people and to be stirred to share that love with others.

We are Jesus' heart, hands, and feet. Let's remind each other that we should bless the broken, forgotten, left out, and needy.

When Life is Unfair!

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Exodus 3 · Mountains · Moses

James Nored and Phil Ware remind us of the importance of God's past stories of deliverance to help us know how to live in our times of unfairness and hold onto to hope in the middle of oppression.

God’s great story of redemption reminds us of three truths that we must take with us as we live in a world that always seems to tilt away from fairness.

The Holy Family, Incarcerated!

by Patrick D. Odum · Matthew 2 · Refugees

Patrick Odum challenges us to think critically and lovingly in light of our new-found awareness of baby Jesus' status as a refugee from violence.

Christ Church takes the story of the flight to Egypt and uses it to make us think about what the “old, old story” of Jesus tells us about this very contemporary issue.

Compassion for the Fatherless

by Compassion International · James 1:26-27 · Compassion

This powerful message is from an orphan who was abandoned and abused by family and rescued by a sponsor.

Hear the words of one who has lived it: What does an orphan desire most?

The Grace that Brought Us Jesus

by Phil Ware · Ruth 1-4 · Poor

Phil Ware continues his journey through The Story and this week finds us in the book of Ruth and the story about the faith of a foreign woman.

So why is Ruth so important in the overall scheme of things?

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