Articles Tagged 'Godly'

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.

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?!

What Do We Do About Leadership Abuse?

Phil Ware continues his thoughts on becoming JesuShaped disciples, this week focusing on the horrors of the litany of spiritual abuse cases in the news and how different they are from Jesus’ definition of a JesuShaped leader and godly shepherd.

The description of the Good Shepherd in John 10 aligns beautifully with Jesus' definition of serving and giving himself to bless us in Mark 10.

Adopted into the Family

Phil Ware shares a powerful story about his foster grandson and how that helps us understand what it means to be adopted into God's family.

We come with bad habits, wounds, and all sorts of unfortunate baggage. It takes awhile for us to unlearn them!

The Journey with Jesus to Transformation

Phil Ware's first in a four article series on Jesus' work of transformation in us.

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

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 Sweet Grace of Opportunity

Phil Ware writes about four remarkable young women -- Karen, Melody, Annie, and Jinda -- and how Compassion and mission trips and Jesus have changed everything for them.

What sweeter taste can there be than the taste of grace?

Holy Passion: Sacred Sexuality

Phil Ware shares about the sacredness of our sexual relationship as husbands and wives and calls us to follow Jesus in how we deal with this issue.

What, talk about sex and God in the same sentence?

The Big Deal that Shouldn't Have Been a Big Deal

Rubel Shelly talks about a PGA event, calling a self-imposed penalty no one knew about, and losing a lot of money for his honesty.

So why does this standout so much today?

Home

Phil Ware describes doing a funeral and a graveside for a good man and how it becomes the opportunity for good things to happen to children around the world.

When going home means giving a child a chance at life!

Feeling Good about Feeling Bad?

This is an honest look at repentance and sorrow and life change, and reminds us that God's goal isn't our sorrow, but our reformed life.

Can you actually feel good about your sorrow for sin?

Spiritual Immunity

Spiritual immunity comes from rearing children in godly homes with godly values and godly actions.

Can we actually help our families and our friends become immune to ungodliness?

Getting Things Right

When we mess things up, we need to confess and say we're sorry and change our behaviors and our heart.

How are you doing at getting things right?

Sorry Rocks

Repentance leads us to life change, not to just doing the same ol' relgious thing each week.

What has repentance led you to change?