Articles Tagged 'Image'

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.

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.

How We View People

Phil Ware shares a study of John 9 and reminds us how Jesus viewed people so he could share the life and light of God with them and save them.

Our approach to people must focus on helping them believe God values them and that Jesus came to serve, love, and help them find life in him

The Image of God

Jackie Halstead reminds us to view people as Jesus did; unique and valuable because each is made in the image of God.

What a beautiful example of the movement from invisibility to humanity! It is so easy to allow the world to slip by as I attend to my very important tasks.

You Bear a Resemblance to Him

Max Lucado reminds us that we are made to resemble God and we must believe and Lauren Daigle reminds us we must listen to what God says about us and believe.

Because God’s promises are unbreakable, our hope is unshakable.

Of Sacred Value

Phil Ware begins a series of posts focusing on the sacred value of women and how we have lost the focus of Jesus.

God didn't make one a first class person and the other a second class person based on gender.

The Gospel According to Nintendo

Phil Ware continue their series on Finding Our Story in God's Story of Redemption by focusing on the beauty of creation, the arts, and sharing God.

How do we leverage creation to cry out for the Creator to be the guiding force in our lives?

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?

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.

God's Claim on You!

Max Lucado reminds us that we are precious to God and he has done everything he can to help us see that we are precious to the Creator of the universe.

No matter what anyone else may say about you, you are precious to your Creator!

How to Learn the Language of Happiness

Ann Voskamp takes a morning breakfast, washing, dishes, arguing boys, and books in multiple languages and turns it into a time of joy, happiness, and eucharisteo.

Arguing kids and the morning's first sunlight lead to thanksgiving?

The Forgotten Virtue

Rubel Shelly talks about the virtue of humility and how it is in short supply these days.

Is it hard to be humble when you think yourself great?

Unchanging

Pat Mingarelli shares photos of geese on a frozen lake and reminds us of the constants of unchanging nature and the God who is faithful and dependable and unchanging and just.

In the world of chaotic change, is there anything predictable and dependable?

The Masterpiece Within

We spend too much time covering up the masterpiece that is inside each one of us

What's hidden inside of you?

Delight

Patrick Odum writes about a woman who is getting plastic surgery to help make her look like Jessica Alba and talks about what it would take to make us feel lovely and acceptable to God.

Why in the world would someone do this?

Remember Who You Are

Ron Rose reminds us of tough times when God's people remembered who and whose they are.

Have you forgotten the truth?

All About the Layers

Ron Rose talks about layers in photography and layers in our lives, and emphasizes that the layers are where God's transformation takes place.

Where do you find God doing His best work?

Beyond the Mirror

Phil Ware challenges us to look beyond the cosmetic image we see in the mirror and view ourselves as God does.

When you look in the mirror, what do you see?

Don't Trust a Shadow

Rubel Shelly reminds us that image is not substance and shadow is not tree: trust the tree not the shadow!

Why do we chase after what is not substance?

Very Good!

Patrick D. Odum uses the Vatican's ruling on UFOs as a chance to remind us that we are made in God's image, and are very good.

Can't God do any better work than human beings?

Fragrance

We are to carry the distinctive fragrance of Jesus with us anywhere we go.

What, or who, do you smell like?