Articles Tagged 'Joy' (Page 4)

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.

Letting Hatred Go...

Stacy Voss reminds us that we can let our bitterness and un-forgiveness poison us and steal our lives from us.

Why do we hold onto the things that poison us the most?

Fifty Shades of Grace:Exchanging Gods

Phil Ware begins a seven week series of posts called Fifty Shades of Grace and will focus on Scripture and the Bible and God and the holy plan for fulfillment and sexuality in Scripture.

What do we say and do in today's charged climate of expectation and demand?

Fifty Shades?

Patrick Odum writes about 50 Shades of Grey and reminds us to think carefully about our participation and expectation of the movie and our sexuality.

Is it Grey or Gray?

Icebergs

Phil Ware comes in right after Valentine's Day and reminds us about iceberg dates on our calendar that tend to sink us and overwhelm us with feelings of being alone, being failures, and being abandoned but that we can overcome them by crying out to Jesus

What do you do about those iceberg dates on your calendar that seem to sink you?

Keep in Step with the Spirit

Phil Ware continues his short series on the Holy Spirit focusing on dancing with the Spirit and keeping in step with the Spirit.

Can you dance with the Holy Spirit

'...and thankful!'

Phil Ware begins a 4 part November series on giving thanks just in time for the Thanksgiving season.

What happens the other 51 weeks of the year?

What Time Is it in Your Church?

Tim Woodroof shares the final post or article in his series Change in the Life of Church, and talks about a time to be born and a time to die and asks what time is it in our church?

Can your church tell time?

I Need More Than Me!

Phil Ware continues his series on experiencing God through Jesus, Immanuel, this time focusing upon our need for spiritual community, family, fellowship.

We were not made to do this discipleship thing alone.

Ordinary or Not?

Ron Rose is back to challenging us to treat our spiritual life like and adventure and let God lead us by faith and not hide the monotony of our same old routines.

Are you making it up as you go?

What Jesus Said Is a Life-Changer: The Sozo Habit

Ann Voskamp shares the flash of insight that changed everything and began the journey of a 1000 God gifts and eucharisteo and thanksgiving.

One perspective change, one life change, and salvation can flood in!

A Gift Worth Re-gifting?

Tom Norvell reminds us that this is really a gift worth regifting -- Jesus -- because he is our hope, joy, love, and peace and others need to hear us speak of him when they need him most.

Is there really a Christmas gift worth regifting?

Building a Culture of Honor: Affirmation

Phil Ware continues his series on building a culture of honor focusing on affirmation.

Where do we begin to change the cynicism and negativity we bring into our families, workplaces, and churches?

You'd Do It All Again

Max Lucado writes about the high cost of doing God's work and the hope, joy, and crown we will glory in when we go to be with Jesus and it will be all about people!

Why pay such a high price and take such a big risk?

Taste of Grace, Glimpse of Glory

Phil Ware writes about a group of young men and young women interning in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and the cultural and racial melting pot that is the church.

Where can you actually see and taste a little bit of heaven?

Protective Covering?

Tom Norvell shares with us that fear keeps a protective covering over ourselves and keeps us from seeing and experiencing the beauty and wonder that God has for us in our world and in other people.

What's clouding your vision?

Fast or Full?

Tom Norvel reminds us that life happens quickly, fast, and if we are not careful, we can get so busy that we miss life in all its fullness, abundance, and joy.

The old saying is that life happens fast, but can we live like that and enjoy its fullness?

A Yes! Church

Phil Ware writes about interim ministry and his partners, and how we can be a 'Yes" church.

What kind of church do you want to be part of?

Easter is Still with Us?

Rubel Shelly reminds us that Easter is not over as long as Jesus' followers, Christians, his disciples, live out the evidence of his resurrection in their lives by the way they treat others.

We're done with leftovers and the eggs are put away, but Easter still remains!

Will this be 'Lucky 13'?

Rubel Shelly writes about the New Year, 2013, and talks about what the year will bring and also about being superstitious.

So are you superstitious, or only a little stitious?

Beginnings in Endings: Mary Did You Know?

Phil Ware finishes the year 2012 with two powerful posts or articles about Jesus' birth and the people gathered around him, and emphasizes that God's greatest beginnings are found in hard endings.

Mary's simple life was about to come to a dramatic end!

The Work of My Father

Lisa Mikitarian reminds us that our Father in heaven has invited us into his work just like our earthly parents have sometimes invited us, and taken pride in us, working in their world.

What is my Father trying to teach me about his work?

Thanksgiving

Phil Ware talks about how to keep thanksgiving a part of our daily lives even though we face challenging times.

How do we keep the concerns from stealing our thanksgiving?

Caught between Glory and Grumbling

Phil Ware continues his series based on The Story and focuses on Moses' leadership and his position as the go between for God in all his glory and the constantly grumbling Israelites!

How in the world did Moses lead in this mess?

Creating a Movement

Rick Brown talks about how we can accomplish the Great Commission in our world today, the same as they did it long ago.

How in the world did they do this?

Take No Thought?

Tom Norvell uses Matthew 6:25 and several translations (NIV, Message, and KJV translations) to help drive home Jesus' point and that many of us who look good on the outside are filled with worry on the inside, worry Jesus wants to take off our shoulders.

So what are we supposed to think about if not this?