Articles Tagged 'Go'

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.

Servant!

Phil Ware reminds us that the Jesus vibe is about being a servant and helping others, but he also reminds us that there are powerful memories in the Lord's Supper to help remind us of this thought.

Jesus recalibrated greatness and changed it from being fame and notoriety to kneeling and using a basin and towel.

No Longer Any Sea

Phil Ware concludes his 10 part series on "Saved at Sea" dealing with sea stories in the Bible and how God has always saved his people, this time focusing on the ultimate saved at sea story, Revelation 21:1-5

The glorious future when the sea is no more!

Unhinderedly!

Phil Ware continues his series on Saved at Sea focusing on Paul's promise in Philippians 1:6 and Paul's shipwreck and travel to Rome to fulfill his calling from God.

God will get us where we need to be when we need to be there!

One Dad Changes Everything

Phil Ware continues his Saved at Sea series and in this third message reminds us of Noah for Father's Day and also emphasizing the importance of godly and righteous men and dads and the power of their influence.

How much power does one man of God have?!

The Creator Brings Grace

Phil Ware continues his series of messages based on the sea passages of the Bible, called Saved at Sea, this post is called Something Beautiful, Someone Good.

Can you drown out all the noise and simply listen for the Creator's voice in the Bible's first chapter?

Keeping My Eyes on the Prize

Phil Ware continues his series on Jesus and transformation and focuses today on our walking with Jesus each day in the gospels and learning his words and talking with him and taking on on his character and compassion as the Spirit transforms us.

We have to follow the Lord, and Jesus promises to empower our becoming like him through the Holy Spirit.

The Pentecost Challenge

Ron Rose is back at Black Rifle Coffee Company and visiting with friends about Pentecost Sunday and knowing each other's names.

We long for the day when we know fully, even as we are fully known!

Thanking God for Our Women of Faith

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to call us to give thanks for the godly women of faith in our lives.

Many of us have experienced the goodness of God through the life of a woman of faith who helped shape us and mold us in our personal walk with Jesus.

Resurrection 2.0: The Empty Tomb

Phil Ware begins his series on Jesus' resurrection appearances called Resurrection 2.0

They stood there, stunned and perplexed.

Cruciformed #5: The Power of Small

Phil Ware continues his series on the Cruciformed disciple, focusing this week on the power of the small.

Jesus’ disciples were clueless. Even worse, they were unwilling to accept that the role of exaltation for Jesus and his followers involved the cross of Golgotha!

Cruciformed #2: Beyond Our Blurry Vision

Phil Ware continues his series from the Gospel of Mark called Cruciformed, formed into the likeness of Jesus who went to the cross.

As we journey with Jesus down his way of the cross, something grabs our hearts. That drawing power reaches through the centuries.

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?

Living Your Dream

God has placed a dream in each of our hearts and we will not be satisfied until we find it.

Are you living the dream God placed inside you?

Kicked to the Curb? Good!

Ron Rose talks about how everything he and Lyn set out by the curb was reclaimed and reused by someone else, which is what God has done with us when we have been broken and discarded.

Holy ground — without brokenness, there would be no healing or hope or grace. So, thank you, Abba, for reserving a place for us, just for us, at the curb with you.

Flying High with Freedom!

Phil Ware reflects on the importance of freedom and what Paul teaches in Galatians.

We have been set free, so let's not give up our freedom?

Leaving the Past, Living the Kingdom

Paul Faulkner reminds us that we need to live for the present to help others and keep our focus on the matters of the Kingdom rather than let our lives get filled with regret for the past.

How can I escape my past?

What Is Core: Loving

Phil Ware continues his series on what is core and focuses on love and what it is and how Jesus and God demonstrate it.

Core to following Jesus is becoming like God in offering love, first.

What is CORE: Going

Phil Ware continues his series on "What is CORE" by focusing on Jesus' final and intentional last command to make disciples of all nations, and emphasizes the first process of doing that: GOING!

True disciples of the Lord haven't stopped going ever since Jesus commanded it!

What IS CORE: Disciple-making

Phil Ware continues his series on "What is CORE" by focusing on Jesus' final and intentional last command to make disciples of all nations.

When I die, my prayer is that Jesus will tell me that my life has honored his final command with even more passion and purpose. How about you?

What Is Core: Believing

Phil Ware begins a series of messages on what is core, or what is at the heart of what we must believe and do to be true disciples of Jesus, today.

What is most important for us to believe and do as disciples of Jesus, today?

Cruciformed Disciple

Phil Ware finishes his four part series on Peter and following Jesus by focusing on Jesus transforming and cruciforming him into a great servant for the Kingdom of God.

If the Lord can transform Peter with his failures, imagine what the Lord can do with you.

The Vast Sky Was My Teacher

Melissa Troyer draws on her life of experiences with the vastness of our universe and her need and thanks God for always knowing and seeing and caring and planning for us.

The vast needs that spread wide before us? They are already in His hands.

The Who's Who that Really Matters

Rubel Shelly reminds us that God's book of Who's Who is only filled with those who are servants.

So how do I get my name in this book?

Reflecting the Servant Heart of Jesus

Phil Ware talks about a university honoring students for their acts of service and it leads him to wonder how we honor God's servants today.

How do you honor a servant who is not trying to be noticed but simply trying to do good things for others?

Finding Our Path to God

James Nored and Phil Ware remind us of both the exclusive claim of Jesus as the only way to God and the inclusive fellowship of welcoming all people who truly believe in him.

The Bible and the early church were both exclusive and inclusive about salvation and fellowship.