Articles Tagged 'Intercession'

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.

Is God Listening to My Prayers?

Bill Sherrill reminds us about the importance of prayer and how we should pray to honor God.

Prayer that the Father hears is directed to him in faith with an unselfish attitude, seeking to bless and honor God's will because of our love for the Father.

Bringing God's Grace through Love and Prayer

Phil Ware shares Scriptures, stories, and ideas to help us prepare for the hour of worldwide unified prayer for our broken world, especially focused on love and prayer as a source of hope for our broken world.

Prayer is a holy moment. We invite the eternal and divine grace of God to invade our hearts and change our lives and the lives of those we love.

The Scandal and Grace of Jesus' Cross

Phil Ware and Demetrius Collins lead us into worship in song and the Word to experience, proclaim and rejoice in the power of the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For us, the cross means everything because at the cross God meets us with overwhelming grace and love that know no limit.

Living My MUSD #6: Shared Prayer through Forgiving Redemptively

Phil Ware opens the New Testament and reminds of a great way to live out our mission while under social distancing, prayer because prayer has always been a virtual way of blessing others.

Living My Mission Under Social Distancing

Living My MUSD #5: Shared Prayer through Interceding Personally

Phil Ware opens the New Testament and reminds of a great way to live out our mission while under social distancing, prayer because prayer has always been a virtual way of blessing others.

Even when confined to our houses and limited in our travels and frustrated with social distancing, we still have the incredible ability to pray for others.

Living My MUSD #4: Shared Prayer through Empowering Missionally

Phil Ware shares some practical ideas on how to stay on mission even while practicing social distancing.

I get done only what I pray for!

Living My MUSD #3: Shared Prayer through Communicating Purposefully

Phil Ware shares some practical ideas on how to stay on mission even while practicing social distancing.

My prayers for others mean much more to them when they know what I have prayed for them!

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!

Instant Always Access

Phil Ware continues his series on the Holy Spirit and the gift of the Spirit's intercession before the Father in prayer that guarantees that our words and emotions are heard.

With whom else could you have this grace?

The Burden & Blessing of Prayer

Tom Norvell talks about a sleepless night that leads to a great time of prayer and some key lessons about prayer.

A hard night leads to a great time of prayer.

Expectations

Rob Woodfin uses the movie "Evan Almighty" and Morgan Freeman to remind us to pray specifically for people and personally for them.

How do you think He answers them?

Always with Thanksgiving

Phil Ware reminds us that prayer should always include Thanksgiving no matter our circumstance, something he learned from his dad and from hogs!

Even the hogs do better than we do?

Right Now!

Mike learns to not put off prayer, but when someone has a need, he says, "Let's pray right now!"

Why do we put it off and then forget?

Bait the Hook

While we don't expect to do the work to make prayer work, we must at least engage ourselves in the task we pray for.

What do you expect of yourself when you pray?

Failure Notice

Our prayers get to God, they don't bounce back to us and we can be sure about that because Jesus intercedes for us.

Do you feel like your prayers bounced and came back to you?

Storm Peace

We can pray for our families and our children to help be prepared for the difficult times come.

Can you rest securely when the storm winds blow?

Storms Come

In the middle of the storms of life, where are we going to turn? Jesus!

How will we survive our storms?

The Gracious Hand of Our God

When we pray, God goes to work.

What do you see at work after you pray?

Opening Doors, Empowering Messengers

Prayer empowers God's people and God's message.

What are you doing to empower God's word?

S.O. S.

One of our most important tools in our spiritual warfare is prayer.

We must learn to use prayer to face our challenges.

This Prayer's For You!

Everyone needs someone praying for them; this prayer is for you and we pray without ceasing!

Got anybody praying for you?