Articles Tagged 'Holy' (Page 9)

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.

I Doubt It: World Changers

Phil Ware continues his series called 'I Doubt It' and focuses today on Jesus' call and promise that his eleven apostles and those that followed them would turn the world upside down with their message of good news and hope and grace.

Despite early Jewish opposition and later Roman persecution and martyrdom, their passion, conviction, and impact could not be stopped.

In Our Hands

Phil Ware continues his series of Communion devotionals called 'Beyond Bread and Wine' with a reminder that our often taken for granted hands can lead us to a profound grace!

The Father has given us a simple way of remembering the significance of this Supper: our hands!

Until He Comes!

Phil Ware continues our focus on the Lord's Supper called Beyond Bread and Wine: this week our focus is on Jesus' return in glory!

The Lord's Supper is our regular reminder that Jesus is coming for us to share in his victory!

I Doubt It: The Well

Phil Ware continues his series on Jesus and series of encounters where people say to him or heard him and thought, 'I doubt it!'

Phil Ware invites us to join a weary woman who is all alone at the well in the middle of her daily grind and whose life was changed by a divine encounter!.

Greater Things

Phil Ware reminds us that Jesus made great promises in the context of his Last Supper and one of them promised that we would do greater things than he did.

Anchored in the context of the Last Supper, Jesus promises greater things!

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!

Made Out of Love

James Nored and Phil Ware continue their series on Finding My Story in God's Story and listening to what the Bible says about our world, about us, and about where to find life.

Why in the world did the Creator make us and give us such a beautiful place to live?

Broken Bread

Phil Ware continues his series of Communion Devotionals called Beyond Bread and Wine that focuses on all the depth, meaning, and significance to the Lord's Supper.

Why is it so important to recognize that the bread is broken? Because we are broken, too!

Resolutions or Life-Quest?

Phil Ware challenges us to look beyond the New Year's resolutions on to a life pursuing Jesus.

Phil Ware challenges us to look beyond the New Year's resolutions on to a life pursuing Jesus.

Drought Buster

Phil Ware reminds us of Jesus' promise to send us living water in the Holy Spirit, water that would never run dry and would well up in us to eternal life.

With the Holy Spirit, there never has to be a spiritual drought!

His Power Becomes Our Power

Max Lucado reminds us to wait on the Holy Spirit to come with power.

When we wait on the Holy Spirit, we are anticipating God's power to work through us to God's glory!

The Lord is Near: Assurance

Phil Ware shares his message focused on Paul's promises that the Lord will always be near us, focusing on Jesus' promises to his early disciples and to us!

No matter what life, Satan, or circumstances suggest, we will never be forsaken by our God!

Wait!

Max Lucado reminds us that the Holy Spirit is essential to all we do and are as followers of Jesus, so let's wait on the Spirit to lead us and empower us before launching out too hastily into the unknown.

If the apostles needed to wait on the Spirit, shouldn't we?

The Lord is Near: Doubts

Phil Ware shares his third in a series of 6 messages on the promise that the LORD is near; this time focusing on our doubts.

How do we hang onto God's promises when they seem too good to be true?

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?

Strongholds

Max Lucado reminds us of what we don't want others to know about us and we don't want to admit ourselves -- we have strongholds that require drastic action to tear down and we have to invite God into every area of our lives for that to happen.

Where does the Loch Ness monster of your soul dwell?

Like Michelle!

Brian McCutchen reminds us of the joyous and infectious virtues of a heart gladly surrendered to Jesus, like Michelle's.

How do we have an infectious love of people and life that it changes us and those around us?

Cruciformed Disciple

Phil Ware finishes his four part series on Peter and following Jesus by focusing on Jesus transforming and cruciforming him into a great servant for the Kingdom of God.

If the Lord can transform Peter with his failures, imagine what the Lord can do with you.

Let's Experience What the Lord Has Told Us About!

Phil Ware challenges our settled notions about church in the box and wants us to realize that Jesus has so much more in store for us if we will make the moves necessary to experience Jesus and his story for ourselves.

Does it ever feel like that we've reduced Christianity down to something less than Jesus wants us to experience?

Unleashing God's Holy Fire

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!

Dancing with the Spirit

Phil Ware shares article three in his four part series on being transformed to become like Jesus.

To become more like Christ, we must allow the Lord to lead us in the dance of grace to the music of the Holy Spirit.

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?

Into His Likeness

Max Lucado reminds us that God is at work in us to make us and transform us to be like Jesus.

God loves you, so he's at work to transform you!

What a Prayer Partner

Phillip Morrison reminds us of Jesus' incredible role in interceding for us always and living to make that intercession in our defense.

Most folks don't even know about this promise about Jesus!

Remember Your Worth

Max Lucado reminds us that we are the precious bride of Christ and we need to keep our focus on our wedding day.

You have been chosen by Christ for an eternity-long relationship!