Articles Tagged 'Jesus' (Page 19)

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.

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.

Time to Stop the Whine

Phil Ware shares a redemptive way of looking toward the future and committing to live so generations have faith.

We can expect God to show up if we will invite future generations to experience his power and presence with us!

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!

The Foolish Man's House Went...

Phil Ware reminds us of the harsh truth about knowing more than we put into practice, we are certainly called to be much more than a biblical thumb drive.

How can we avoid the foolish man's crash?

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!

Would I Dig a Hole?

Phil Ware talks about four friends who dig a hole in the roof to get their friend to Jesus so he could be healed; so what would we be willing to do to get our friends to Jesus to be saved?

What would you not do to save the life of a friend?

The Unspoken Source of Anxiety

Max Lucado talks about being released from the chains of guilt from the sin in the past and set free to live for God by grace.

How can we lay down this concrete block that weighs us down and sinks our lives?

A Good Ending

Tom Norvell reminds us that as far as failure goes, Peter pretty much leads the way, but he also leads the way in turnarounds and being called back to significant ministry.

We don't have to live in the mess of our mess up!

'My Child, Get Up!'

Phil Ware pauses and looks at the pain of grieving parents at the loss of a child and reminds us to forgo easy answers and cling to the stories and promises of Jesus.

In the face of such hard grief, what do we have to offer?

Anger Lives in Sorrow's House

Max Lucado reminds us that sorrow can open the door for anger to overwhelm us because we cannot figure out why bad things happened, but we hold onto the reality that God is good.

Underneath our grief lurks the monster of anger waiting to tear into us.

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?

The Grace of Dropping Stones

Tom Norvell reminds us of a well known truth we so often forget and even more infrequently apply.

Would I be willing to drop my stone first?

Because Jesus Wants You to Be

Phillip Morrison reminds us of the most simple and basic reason of all to be baptized: Jesus wants us to be!

If Jesus was baptized and if Jesus wants you to be baptized, what's holding you back?

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!

TWENTY!

Phil Ware takes time to reflect on twenty years on the web and to give thanks for those who got them there and for the Lord who continues to do miracles among us.

The Lord is not finished surprising us with His grace and power if we live for His purposes.

Not All Who Lose Are Losers

Phillip Morrison reminds us that not all who lose are losers, in fact, the greatest victor of all could have been called a loser before he won the greatest victory of all time.

Sometimes the scoreboard only reveals the game's outcome, not the winners and losers!

Raised

Phil Ware continues his series on Jesus touching a man with leprosy and focuses on how Jesus' touch and word of command make clean and redeem this man who was left alone to die, abandoned by everyone and everything in his world.

In the healing of a man with leprosy, we see the touch of Jesus and new life promised to us through the Spirit's resurrection power.

The Silence of Saturday

Max Lucado reminds us during this special week of a day that is so often neglected: Saturday, the Sabbath, when everything appears to be silent and that Satan has triumphed, yet lying still in the grave, Jesus' body belies the truth of God.

God is at work even when nothing appears to be happening!

What Do We Do to Jesus?

Max Lucado reminds us during this special week to remember to put the lessons of Jesus' passion to work in our own daily lives.

We do so it so casually, so carelessly, and in doing it, we forget!

Touch

Phil Ware continues his series on Jesus' healing the man with Leprosy in Mark 1:35-45 and focuses in this post on Jesus' touch.

Without the personal touch, full healing never comes.

Best News Ever

Our sin has separated us from God and we cannot fix it. So God did. Best news ever.

Everyone loves good news... so how much better to hear the best news ever.

God's Masterpiece

Max Lucado reminds us not to think less of ourselves than God, our Creator does, and he declares that we are his masterpiece.

Don't view yourself as less than who God says you are!

Finding Contagious Joy

Max Lucado reminds us that contagious joy is rooted in courageous joy and not contingent joy, and our courageous joy is rooted in Jesus and faith in what God did through Jesus.

How can we move from contingent joy through courageous joy to contagious joy?