Articles Tagged 'Gather' (Page 2)

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.

What Exalts a Nation?

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Proverbs 14:34

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in an online, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to call us to be the light-bearers of Christ Jesus to our dark world caught in a cycle of decay, destruction, and death.

As we worship, let's open our hearts to God and his call for us to be his blessing to our broken world.

Righting Our Upside Down World

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Leviticus 19:18 · Revenge

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in an online, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to open our hearts to the power of the Holy Spirit to love our neighbor and not bear grudges and seek revenge.

God's high standards are certainly upside down to how we often feel and how the world usually functions.

Christ at the Center

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Ephesians 5:21-6:4 · Submit

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in an online, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to celebrate Father's Day and Juneteenth, and also focus on the practical ways we live in relationship with others with Christ at the center of

We choose to follow our Lord's example and submit our desires to the needs of others.

The Heavens Declare

by Phil Ware · Psalm 19:1-2

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a full online DIY worship through words and music using YouTube videos to

How will people who do know about the Bible find out about the God who created them and who yearns for a relationship with them?

Keep On Doing It!

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · 1 Thessalonians 5:11

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to call us to encourage and build up each other and learn to live out our own version of Ed-ness.

Ed saw a need to check on and connect with folks who have been absent, so he started doing it.

God's Everlasting Covenant of Love

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Psalm 103:17-18 · Cross · Covenant

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to remind us of God's everlasting covenant of love and his faithfulness to that covenant.

Your Father in heaven has loved you with an everlasting love, and all he asks is that you respond with thanks by obeying what his Son, Jesus, has taught.

Freed to Serve

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Galatians 5:13 · Servant

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to remind us how Jesus paid the price to free us from sin and adopt us into God's family so we need to serve one another with our freedom.

Jesus paid the price to free us from sin, death, and hell so we could serve others in love.

The Path of the Wind

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Ecclesiastes 11:5 · God

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.

Using Every Opportunity to Be Salt

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Colossians 4:5-6

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to call us to be salt to a world of decay, flavorlessness, and bland hope.

With the genuine seeker, the struggling follower longing to be more godly, and those broken by life, the Lord used tender language filled with grace and mercy.

Precious and Priceless

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · 1 Peter 1:18-19 · Redemption

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to remind us just how precious we are to the Lord and how greatly we matter to Him.

The value of a gift isn't the financial expense of the gift but the personal sacrifice made to give it!

Interrupting the Silence of Foolishness

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 1:18-25,15:17-18 · Resurrection

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware combine to bless us with a powerful Resurrection Sunday message on Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection and the power God blesses us with to triumph over sin and death.

Before Jesus’ resurrection, to believe in a crucified savior was a ridiculous and foolish!

He is My Mighty Rock, My Refuge

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Psalm 62:7 · Role model · Rock

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to remind us that God is our stronghold, foundation, certainty, refuge, strength and assurance.

We celebrate that God is our salvation, our stronghold, our refuge, our one certainty in the middle of all that is unsure!

Growing Up Into Jesus

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · 1 Peter 2:2-3 · Growth

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to encourage us to grow in Jesus now that we have tasted that the Lord is good and crave good spiritual food.

Not only will the Holy Spirit help transform us to become more and more like Christ, which must be our goal; the Spirit will also produce God's fruit of goodness in us.

God at Work in You!

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Romans 8:28-29

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to remind us of God's grace to be at work within us for our ultimate Good.

Jesus demonstrated God's love powerfully while he was on earth and is now at the right hand of the Father with power to work in our lives for our good and God's glory.

The Power of Praise in the Presence of Enemies

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Psalm 34:1-3 · Praise

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to remind us and call us to passionate praise as our gift to honor God and empower his Kingdom in the face of fierce opposition today.

When things on earth seem bleak and our strength feels small, we can push against the darkness with praise!

Real Love Involves Loving Actions

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · 1 John 3:16-18 · Love

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to call us into the mission Jesus gave us to be his bodily presence sent into the world just as the Father sent him.

Jesus reminds us that real love involves our tangible demonstration of that love in acts of kindness, help, and service.

Love Covers Offenses

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Proverbs 17:9

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to emphasize the importance of forgiving and covering over the offenses of others with our forgiveness and love.

Today, we focus on the power of love to cover over the offenses of others and stop the power of gossip from ruining lives.

From Say It to Display It

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · John 3:16 · Love

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 great love for us as something more like, feel, think, or say, it is always demonstrated.

Because God has so graciously loved us, we can live as Jesus' agents of love and kindness in our broken world.

Seeking What Matters Most!

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Matthew 6:33 · Seek · Love · Kingdom

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, righteousness, love, and faithfulness to bless us as we seek him with our lives.

We can spend our lives pursuing accomplishments and health and joy, or we can seek God's righteousness, love, and reign in our lives and have him bless us with what we need on our journey!

Reflecting Jesus' Love to Each Other

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Ephesians 4:1-6 · Love

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to challenge us to love one another and put other's need above our own.

Everyone in God's family is flawed just as we are, which makes loving each other hard at times. However, our love generously shared with each other is proof we are God's children in whom the Holy Spirit lives.

The Wisdom God Longs to Give Us!

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · James 1:1-4,1:5-8

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in virtual worship through words and music using YouTube videos encouraging us to recognize that God is our Father who longs to share His heavenly wisdom with His people.

We know that our God showers his grace upon us. One of his greatest gifts is heavenly wisdom, given when we ask for it in faith.

Living by the Power of the Holy Spirit

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Galatians 5:16

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 great power available to us in the Holy Spirit.

Our attempts to live for Jesus will succeed only if we have the power of the Holy Spirit to enable us to live as the Lord desires.

My Heart's Treasure!

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Matthew 6:19-21 · Treasure

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 as our greatest treasure and that he is enough for us, even in, and especially when, the world crashes in on us.

Is God my treasure? If I were to lose everything but still have God in my life, would he be enough for me?

Teach Me to Number My Days!

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Psalm 90:1-12 · Wisdom

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 our need to obey him if we want to gain a heart of wisdom.

The New Year is our opportunity to seek after God's ways in our lives and find the wisdom to live for him in our challenging times.

Christ Is Mine

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Matthew 1 · Christmas

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 great love in sending Jesus, the joy Jesus' birth brings, and the truth that Jesus is with us and for us in this

Despite all the challenges, Mary and Joseph accepted their part in salvation's plan and their faith brought us God's gift of love, his beloved Son, Jesus!

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