Articles Tagged 'Growth' (Page 3)

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.

Post-Traumatic Growth

Sometimes rather than destroying us, pain and stress sometimes can make us stronger and grow.

Can anything good come out of pain, stress, and hurt?

Right Direction and Losing Ground

So often we get pre-occupied with being busy that we forget to check our direction and our progress

Does it seem like you're losing ground but working harder than ever?

Reflecting on the Years

As we age and the years speed by, we need to take some time and examine what we have done with our lives.

What have you learned and done based on what happened last year?

Exercising the Spirit

While we focus on physical exercise at the beginning of the year, why not also focus on spiritual exercise, too?

What have you done to grow your soul lately?

Dark Night of the Soul

Sometimes the dark night of the soul is exactly what we need to experience to let go of what we need to jettison and grab ahold again of God.

Do you want to find God in the dark night of the soul?

Swept Clean

We all need to deal with the real issue in our lives and not just the fake ones or the cosmetic ones.

Does it do the job or does it simply make things look better for awhile?

Signs of a Dying Church?

So often good churches slip into bad habits and then begin to die: do you know the signs of a dying church?

How is your congregation doing?

How Do You Measure Yourself?

While we can measure many things in many ways, there is only one way to measure a Christian -- by the standard of Jesus!

How do you measure up?

"Live and Learn"

Faith is about experience learning, not just sitting in a pew and having church book learning.

How did you get so smart?

Want to Plant a Church?

Four diferent approaches to church planting.

Interested in church planting?

Dared to Hope

We've got to believe that God can bring growth out of tough and impossible situations!

If only we would trust that the Lord can make us all grow!

No Pain, No Gain

Exercise can cause pain, but that pain is necessary to help us grow and see things more clearly.

How does your shoulder feel?