Articles Tagged 'Lead' (Page 3)

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.

Born of the Spirit

Phil Ware continues his series on the Holy Spirit with a focus on being born of the Spirit and its ties to faith, baptism, and repentance.

Without the Holy Spirit, how can there be new life?

The Missing Link

Rubel Shelly reminds us that the real missing link in so many great athletes, politicians, and business leaders is integrity and character.

What's lacking when see all this failure in positions of leadership?

A Prayer about Things We Cannot Change

Rubel Shelly shares an important reality about dealing with the hand we are dealt and living life recognizing that there are many things we cannot change but have to do the best we can with.

Sometimes life is not fair with us, so what are we going to do about it?

Postscript Praise

Phil Ware finishes his short series on the value of women to God and to the early church.

This time the treasure is in the details!

Welcome to the Dance

Lisa Noble shares a beautiful and intimate reflection of her walk, or better yet her dance with the Lord and his lead in her life.

All of life is a dance if we will only remember who needs to take the lead!

The God Who Goes Before

I don't want a God who stays behind while I go first. I don't want a God who waits until I'm in trouble and then comes to my rescue. I want a God that goes ahead of me. I want a God that I can follow, one who will lead me the way I should go.

Who's going to go first?

Revelation & Transformation in the Wilderness

Mark Frost continues his series on interim ministry and Israel's time in the wilderness

Can something good come from our time in the wilderness?

The Discipline of the Wilderness

Mark Frost of http://www.interimministrypartners.com shares part two on the journey through the wilderness during the interim and how God is preparing his people for great things.

So is there anything good that can come from our time of challenge and hardship?

Hope in the Wilderness

Mark Frost of http://www.interimministrypartners.com shares part 1 of a 4 part series on the interim season by comparing it to the journey through the wilderness.

How do we live in the interim?

Hate Crime or Love Offering?

Phil Ware writes on this day after Palm Sunday about Jesus' ultimate destination in Jerusalem, with the triumphal entry, the conflict with the leaders, and his betrayal, death, and resurrection.

So what, or who, really put Jesus on the cross?

The Waiting Is the Hardest Part

Phil Ware shares his heart about someone who is precious to him who needs to come to the Lord and has not yet done so.

O how our hearts ache till all our precious ones are in Jesus!

Community and Mission

Phil Ware continues the http://interimministrypartners.com team series on a church finding its mission and living it out so it can grow and be vital and make a difference.

Looking around can help us find our way forward!

Forgiveness

Phillip Morrison talks about the greatest Christmas gift of all, the gift of forgiveness.

Why would they let the person responsible for their son's death off the hook?

People in the Process of Mission

Greg Anderson continues the series from Interim Ministry Partners about helping a church discover its mission by focusing on the people in the process.

How do we hear from God about our mission?

With You Always

Phil Ware does part 4 of a 5 part series on experiencing Jesus' presence from the gospel of Matthew, focusing on the Great Commission and Jesus' promise to be present.

Can I really know and experience Jesus in my daily life?

Discovering the Character of Your Church: Values & Integrity

Greg Anderson reminds us why values are so important and how we must live out of our values with integrity.

How do we handle our values with integrity in the life of our congregation?

Discovering the Character of Your Church: Personal vs. shared Values

Phil Ware continues the series on values and leadership, especially conflict in the leadership because they cannot discern operational, personal, strategic, theoretical, shared, and other types of values.

Why can't we just do it the way I see it?

That's You Dad!

Russ Lawson writes about finding a book with a special inscription for fathers, dads, that reminds us that changing the world comes at a cost and so we step up to the plate and do what a dad is supposed to do.

What a sweet dedication in a book, just wish it were my own!

The Long Wait

Phil Ware talks about how important it is that Thanksgiving is followed by Christmas and he shares a personal story to remind us it is true!

Aren't you glad Christmas is coming even on 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?

Our Legacy

Donna Ware shares insight into raising children to leave a legacy of faith.

What are we leaving behind?

Bribery, Cursing, and Lying

Brian McCutchen reminds us that the Cross is a nasty, hurtful, despicable place where Jesus died.

What do you see around Jesus?

As Different as...

Phil Ware continues his series on Outside the Walls, looking at Nicodemus and the Samaritan woman at the well and reminding us that they are more alike than they are different: both need Jesus and his truth, life, and love.

How important are our differences?

When You Need Wisdom

Tom Norvel reminds us as leaders that we are promised wisdom, we just need to pray for it and ask for it genuinely and in faith.

With all the crazy stuff going on, how am I supposed to know what to do?

A Child Will Lead Them

Phil Ware redoes an older article focused on Jesus being the child that leads us.

What in the world does this mean?