Articles Tagged 'Goal'

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.

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.

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?

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?

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?

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.

In the Footsteps of Jesus

James Nored and Phil Ware remind us of an important reason to be baptized: not only was Jesus baptized, he also said it was the right thing to do and called on all his disciples to be baptized and baptizers.

Jesus said this was the right thing for him to do!

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.

God isn't after change, that happens all the time: God wants transformation!

No Turning Back!

Phillip Morrison reminds us to focus forward and let go of the past.

We can't go back, so let's go forward with faith and determination and hope!

But One Thing I Do!

Phil Ware reminds us to let the past stay in the past and gives us Paul's advice for moving beyond our past: forgetting, straining, pressing on.

How do we keep from letting the past dominate our future?

What's Most Important?

Tom Norvell reminds us about our life's purpose, mission, goal, target and what gives our lives meaning and significance and eternal life.

So how do I find out this key to life?

Early Morning Coffee Discipline

Rubel Shelly reminds us that even early morning coffee can be a good thing if it is tied to a great habit of self-disciplined focus.

What's this discipline of early morning coffee?

'If it Aint Broke, Don't Fix It?'

Phil Ware continues his 3 series of articles on Sagrada Familia in Lima, Peru and talks about the need to change missions occasionally for the sake of a grander goal and greater return.

Sometimes we need a mission change even when things are working well!

Ordinary or Not?

Ron Rose is back to challenging us to treat our spiritual life like and adventure and let God lead us by faith and not hide the monotony of our same old routines.

Are you making it up as you go?

History and Mission

Mark Frost continues a series by http://interimministrypartners.com team members on how a church can discover its mission.

Can we really look back to find the way to move forward?

Exchanging Your Christmas Dream for a Bigger One

Rick Brown shares an insight from the Westjet Santa Claus video and says we need to ask God for more and greater vision.

Does God really have a bigger dream for you than He gave Joseph and Mary?

Discovering the Character of your Church: 'Are' Values or 'Should' Values?

Tim Woodroof talks about the values of churches and distinguishes between the values that are and the values that churches feel like they should have.

How do we get down to our true values?

Discovering the Character of Your Church: Core Values

Mark Frost of interimministrypartners.com shares insights into transition times for churches who are looking for a minister or pastor and helps them discover ways to determine their core values.

What really do we value?

Distracted

When it comes to finding your way through this world, no GPS can help you. No map program will get you there. You need directions from someone who really knows the way. The book of Psalms says, "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path" (Ps

Are you paying attention?

The Finish Line

It's important to start our walk with God, but even more important that we finish it. We have to persevere until the end.

It's not about starting, it's about finishing

What Kind of Church?

Phil Ware shares with us two kinds of early leaders and churches and groups, Paul and Barnabas become examples of those kinds of churches; each is faithful, takes risks, and faces opposition from the evil one.

There are two kinds of faithful leaders, groups, and churches. Which are you?

The Home Stretch

Tom Norvell reminds us that we will all have difficult points in our journey, but let's finish strong, especially when we find ourselves in the home stretch.

Make that last effort to make it home!

Priorities

Rubel Shelly reminds us of Stephen Covey and living by priorities rather than just prioritizing the things we schedule.

Do you prioritize what you schedule or do you schedule your priorities?

Through God's Eyes

Rubel Shelly reminds us that our self-perceptions may be totally inaccurate.

How do I really look?

Wishes Are Not Plans

Rubel Shelly reminds us that wishes aren't plans and we have to begin on the road to growth or it never happens.

Can we ever move beyond the failure to act on good intentions?

No Regrets

Mike Barres reminds us that it is never too late to begin pursuing God's dreams and plans and purposes for us.

It's not too late to start today!