Articles Tagged 'Heaven'

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 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!

'What Sort of Man Is This?'

Phil Ware continues his series called 'Saved at Sea' with his fourth message on life's most important question, 'What sort of man is this?'

Who in the world is this man?

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?

Future Safe

Phil Ware reminds us that true thanksgiving is rooted in our future being safe in Jesus and sharing in his glory when he comes for us.

How secure to feel about your safety as we move into what seems to be an increasingly uncertain future?

To Your Advantage?

Melissa Troyer reminds us of Jesus' strange promise of going away being better for His disciples than staying with them.

It was in the middle of one of these nitty-gritty down-to-earth conversations between Jesus and His disciples that He fleshed out the secret.

The Wisdom God Longs to Give Us!

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in virtual worship through words and music using YouTube videos encouraging us to recognize that God is our Father who longs to share His heavenly wisdom with His people.

We know that our God showers his grace upon us. One of his greatest gifts is heavenly wisdom, given when we ask for it in faith.

The Cosmic Christmas Story

Dan Bouchelle reminds us of another story of the nativity, a violent one, a clash between heaven and hell, good and evil, the evil red dragon and the Christ child.

Don't forget the wildest story, the cosmic war story, behind Jesus' coming to earth!

Beyond the Reach of Corruption and Decay

Phil Ware writes out of a quiet time study of Matthew 6 and the memory of the crass motivation often behind our behaviors, even our most religious behaviors.

Are humans that predictable? Are people really so selfish? Do we nearly always pursue some payoff or reward in every situation?

A Time to Weep

Philip Gulley talks about his dad's heart surgery and his directions for his funeral service in case he didn't survive and the lasting impact this has had on Phillip's life.

What time is it in your relationship with your older friends and family? What time is it in your own life? Are you ready for closing time?

Waiting in Expectation

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 greatness and Jesus' promise to take us home to the Father and reveal us as God's adopted children and heal our broken wo

We trust in Jesus' promise to return in victory for us and bring God's new heaven and new earth.

Almost Persuaded?

Paul Faulkner reminds us that we need to decide to respond to Jesus now and honor him with our lives.

Why do we put off our commitment to truly follow Jesus?

I Will Not Abandon You, Ever!

Phil Ware writes about Jesus' promise of the Holy Spirit focusing on John 14 and Jesus' promise to not leave us as orphans but to come to us and show himself to us and be in us and make his home with us.

What can we really expect the Spirit to do for us, today, in our world?

I Forgot How Big!

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead through worship in song, the Lord's Supper, a powerful message from God's word, and a blessing to enable us to worship from home or with family and friends in a meaningful way. They invite us to remember just how big o

Nehemiah reminded God's people — even as they lived among the ruins of their failed history — that God is bigger than their failures and can re-create his new future for them.

I Will Not Abandon You!

Phil Ware writes about Jesus' promise of the Holy Spirit focusing on John 14 and Jesus' promise to not leave us as orphans but to come to us and show himself to us and be in us and make his home with us.

What can we really expect the Spirit to do for us, today, in our world?

Teach Us to Pray 08: Redemption Partners

Phil Ware along with Doug Peters help us hear the Lord's Prayer for the kingdom to dawn on earth so that the will of God can be seen on earth as it is in heaven.

The earth is sick. Our world is sicker. We are to bridge the gap until Jesus' return!

Teach Us to Pray 06: Kingdom Come

Phil Ware with Chad Higgins help us understand and commit to praying for God's Kingdom to come.

While we see glimpses of our universe's awe-inspiring beauty, variety, and magnificence, we also are witnesses of its brokenness.

Teach Us to Pray #1: Devotion

Phil Ware continues his series on prayer this week, focused on the early church's devotion to prayer that they learned from Jesus.

When Luke summarized the heart of the early church, he chose to highlight one particular word —

A Tabulated List of Grace

Max Lucado shares a short anecdote on forgiveness and grace.

Registered forgiveness! No humiliation! No shame!

The Weather When Jesus Came

Phil Ware recalls a refreshing winter morning that reminds him of the weather when Jesus came.

What will your weather be this Christmas?

Future Safe

Phil Ware reminds us that true thanksgiving is rooted in our future being safe in Jesus and sharing in his glory when he comes for us.

How secure to feel about your safety as we move into what seems to be an increasingly uncertain future?

Freedom to Choose

Max Lucado reminds us about our freedom to choose Jesus and eternal life or not.

While we can get frustrated by our lack of choices about some things in life, the most important choice of all is ours because of Jesus!

Longing for Home

Phil Ware talks about longing for home and the food of home and challenges us to see Communion as our taste of home while we are away.

As we share this bread and drink this cup, let's be reminded of our home on the horizon and the joy we will share when we arrive!

Tug-of-War over Grace

Phil Ware reminds us that people make up their own definitions of what grace means all the time, but Jesus defines grace, exemplifies it, and pours it out upon us and he should be our example and definition of grace.

Is grace a gift or does it come with conditions?

Going to Heaven?

You can know you are going to heaven. You do not have to wish you were able to, you just have to decide how bad you want to go.

Some wish they could, some might want to, but you can know you will go to heaven.

An Answer for the Times When There Are No Answers

The death of a child is one of those times when it seems there are no answers. But there are.

What do you say when to the hard questions that seem to have no answers?