Articles Tagged 'God' (Page 5)

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.

No Cheap Grace

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Matthew 22:29

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to remind us of all that we have received from God through grace and how we must say no to sin because we have been so blessed!

Rather than taking God's lavish grace for granted, we choose to offer ourselves to God and walk away from sin.

At YOUR Word

by Phil Ware · Luke 5

Phil Ware focuses on Luke 5 and a few key phrases that reveal what it means to be JesuShaped!

Do I aggressively pursue Jesus because his words reveal the truth and the heart of God?

Resist and Obey!

by Max Lucado · James 4:7 · Obedience

Max Lucado reminds us that while all sorts of challenges await us today, the Lord longs for our obedience so he can step in and crush Satan at our feet.

Decide now to choose obedience and resist the devil and invite the LORD to help you win your victory over the evil one!

Guiding My Steps

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Psalm 119:105

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to remember God's faithfulness to his promises, the victory our God has promised to us, and the importance of obeying the Scriptures God has gi

We are blessed to have the Holy Spirit and the Scriptures that the Spirit inspired to guide our steps in a confusing and dangerous world.

Unleashing God's Holy Fire

by Phil Ware · Luke 11:13 · Holy Spirit

Phil Ware completes his four part series on growing to become like Jesus through the transformative work of the Holy Spirit, the transformation that Jesus promises us when we choose to follow him as his disciple.

The Father has given us access to holy power and a way to bless each other through prayer if only we will take advantage of it!

Made for This!

by Melissa Troyer · Psalm 139:13-16 · Denial · Delight

Melissa Troyer writes about the challenging realities of the roles we have to play and have to fill and then wonders, and embraces, that maybe these are exactly the roles God has made to embrace and fill.

All too often we cringe at the role we find ourselves filling, and filling beautifully, when in fact this is the role God made us to fill!

Short-Circuiting My Angry Words

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · James 1:19-21 · Speech · Anger

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to praise God for his holiness and grace and call each other to use our lives, our speech, and our actions to bless others.

God's holiness and grace call us to live our lives to bless others with what we do and what we say.

One-Anothering, Together

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 10:33-11:1 · One Another

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.

When our hearts look beyond our walls, our nations, our skin tones, and our languages, we can hear our Savior welcome all of us as his family.

Keeping My Eyes on the Prize

by Phil Ware · 2 Corinthians 3:17-18 · Transformation

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.

Proof of My Identity

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Romans 8 · Holy Spirit

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to reassure us of our victory through Christ because of the Holy Spirit's presence within us as God's children.

God has provided each of us the ultimate proof of our identity: the Holy Spirit living inside of us!

The Journey with Jesus to Transformation

by Phil Ware · 2 Corinthians 3:17-18 · Transformation

Phil Ware's first in a four article series on Jesus' work of transformation in us, this week, we are called to follow Jesus.

Why does the character we long to have take so long to develop?

A Breathtaking Mystery

by Melissa Troyer · 2 Corinthians 3:17-18 · Transformation

Melissa Troyer reminds us of the breathtaking partnership we have with Christ to remain in the process of transformation.

The more I discover, the vast possibilities ahead yawn even wider before me.

Listening to Our Master's Voice

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Proverbs 10:8 · Obedience

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to open our hearts to the call of God in our lives and to living according to his will and guidance for us.

Will we build our lives on the Lord's will, on the foundation of his loving instructions to us?

Set Free!

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Romans 8:1-2 · Freedom

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to celebrate our identity in Christ and remind us that we are freed from law-keeping as our way of being righteous and celebrate our identity a

As we worship together, we celebrate our freedom in Christ and invite the Holy Spirit to continue his work of transforming us!

Who Are You?

by Phil Ware · Ephesians 2:1-10 · Identity

Phil Ware challenges us to look at our identity built around the question of 'Who are you?' and the answer framed by the work of Jesus.

Have you lost your identity to all the ways you are known by others?

God Made Known to Us

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · John 14 · Presence

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 presence to be in us and real to us and reveal his love in us.

God promises to be with us and in us so that we can experience his love for us!

The Lord Is Near!

by Phil Ware · Philippians 4 · Presence

Phil Ware reminds us that the Lord is close and we have a right to long to know his presence is real and is near.

We are not alone in our longing to know that the presence of the Lord is with us!

He Holds Us in His Hand

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Isaiah 43:1-16

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to open our hearts to God's promise to us as his people, Jesus' church, to walk with us, protect us, and lead us into the future.

God claims us as his beloved children. He has sacrificed for us to show us his love, and he promises to walk with us into the future.

Trusting God's Truth for Our True North

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Proverbs 16:20 · Trust

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to challenge us and encourage us to trust in God as our true north and our basis for life and faith.

Will we trust God and his truth for our lives? This trust is a big challenge in a world that doesn't really acknowledge the ways of God.

For Freedom!

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Galatians 5:1,13

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to celebrate our freedom in Christ and make a commitment to never give up our freedom to law-keeping or sin.

God set us free from law-keeping and sinful rebellion so that we can find freedom to become all we were created to be.

Jesus Longs to Be Real to Us!

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Matthew 1:23

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to remind us that Jesus is Immanuel and not only draws near to us, but is in us and with us.

God — as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — is with us and has made his home in each of us and wants to reveal himself to each of us!

Thank You, O God, Our Father!

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Romans 8:9

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to help us honor and praise our Father in heaven on this Father's Day.

Some of us have had good fathers. Others have had absent fathers or bad fathers. In Christ, however, we have been adopted into God's family, and we all have a loving, powerful, tender, and attentive Abba Father!

I Daily Choose Jesus' Cross!

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Romans 6 · Cross

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to open our hearts to hear God's call to choose to keep our sin dead and buried and live for Jesus in the shadow of the cross.

Jesus put fresh depth of meaning into the words 'love' and 'cross' because of WHO he is and WHAT he did!

JesuShaped Prayer

by Phil Ware · Matthew 5:9-13 · Prayer · Love · Lord's Prayer

Phil Ware continues his series of thoughts on living as a disciple that is JesuShaped and focuses on how the Lord's Prayer tunes our hearts to living the JesuShaped life.

Prayer becomes a tuning fork that helps us sing the song of God's magnificence with both holy praise as well as genuine concern for the people in our world.

Who Pilots My Life?

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Proverbs 3:5-6 · Guidance

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to open our hearts to ask God to guide us and lead us in all our ways so that our paths are the ones he would have us choose.

We must seek God's way, follow God's will, and trust him if our paths are going to lead us where we need to go.

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