Articles Tagged 'Hope' (Page 17)

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.

Forgotten Anything?

Ron Rose talks about remembering God and what it means to truly love someone.

Does love mean action or does it mean remembering?

Faces in the Crowd

Patrick Odum reminds us of the heart of Jesus for those who are sick and broken.

What's standing in the way of us really finding health care?

Wait in Expectation

Tom Norvell challenges us to wait in expectation and reminds us that the expectation part is often easier than the waiting part.

How are you at your wait?

Great Smokey Mountains and Tourists

We often get so caught up in the world of our own making that we miss the life God created.

When I am so busy with my life that I cannot see the life God created for me.

Beyond that Helpless Feeling

Tom Norvell looks at times that are too difficult for us to handle well and challenges us to realize that there are many things we can do to help folks in desperate situations.

What do you do when you can't do what needs to be done?

Grace Beyond the Miracle

Phil Ware talks about the events in the miracle stories that happen after the spectacle of the miracle takes place, the things that put people back into fellowship, community, and normalcy -- the way things were.

How come we focus on the spectacle and miss the greater miracle?

What For?

We don't just need more life. We need meaning in our lives.

Most of us want to live longer. What for?

Who Are You?

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?

A New Normal

Rubel Shelly reminds us that the economic times, especially the financial downturn, gives us an opportunity to learn new things and establish new values, more biblical values, in our approach to consumption, greed, and ownership.

What are you going to do in the new financial environment?

Are You Weary?

Tom Norvell reminds us of God's promises for those who are weary and tired: the Lord will renew us and restore us and cause us to ride on the wings of eagles and Jesus will give us rest.

Why do we begin so many weeks so tired?

Addicted to Legalism

Ron Rose talks about his own struggle with legalism and challenges us to the liberating that comes from the good news of Jesus, the challenge to live a life of faith outside the walls of church.

Are you addicted to the religious games we play?

Family Unique: Fuel in the Family Tank

Rick Brown reminded us that families run on values, so what are the values your family runs on?

What is your family running on and what is it running toward?

Don't Abandon Optimism

Rubel Shelly reminds us that there is something positive about thinking with an optimistic spirit and believing things can get done and be better.

What's there to feel good about?

This Is What I Told You ...

Phil Ware continues his series of articles based on Jesus' LifeWORDS, the words he spoke after his resurrection. This week the focus is upon Jesus knowing and predicting he would be crucified and raised and what difference does it make to us today.

What difference does it make that Jesus knew and did it anyway?

My Brothers!

Phil Ware shares insight in his LifeWORDS series on the resurrection sayings of Jesus and how Jesus forgave and empowered his failures, his disciples, by this forgiveness.

How could He see so much more in them than they had ever demonstrated?

He Knows My Name!

Phil Ware shares insights on Jesus calling Mary by name and speaking to us today.

Does He really speak to people today?

When Life Tumbles In

Arthur John Gossip's famous sermon helps us face grief: "You people," says Gossip, "in the sunshine may believe the faith, but we in the shadow must believe it. We have nothing else."

What do you say when you lose a loved one?

Go to My Brothers and Tell Them

Phil Ware shares insights into Jesus' appearance to Mary Magdalene and how he commissioned her to go declare his resurrection to his followers.

Who was the first apostle to the apostles?

Making God Touchable

Phil Ware talks about making God touchable and how we share the touch of Jesus with others.

Have you touched someone in the name of Jesus, lately?

When Heroes Walk

Phil Ware shares a message about hanging on and keeping on walking in the face of adversity, pain, hardship, and challenge.

Sometimes, it takes everything to just keep walking!

David's First Giant

Phil Ware looks at the story of David and Goliath and challenges us to not keep our young believers away from risk, faith, and leadership.

Why do we keep them at the kids table so long?

Mother's Day Messages

A simple message from 2 Timothy about mothers.

Thank you for your legacy of faith.

A Gift from a Friend

Kelly Breece shares the important lesson about friendship and helping a grieving friend by just being present.

What can one person do at such a painful time?

Your Half Full Glass

Rubel Shelly takes on the negative sentiment of the day and confronts it head on.

What are you doing with all the negative news?

The Partnership

Phil Ware writes about having a sense of divine partnership in daily life and being used by God and sensing God's presence in what we do.

Can you see more going on in your life than the daily grind?