Articles Tagged 'Leaders' (Page 2)

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.

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?

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?

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!

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?

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?

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?

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?

Play to Your Strengths

Rubel Shelly talks about using your strengths and interests to do your best and honor God.

Use the best of what the Lord has given you to honor him?

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?

The Heart of Successful Leadership

Rubel Shelly challenges us to go beyond the facade and charisma of many supposed leaders today and demand more.

Where can we find this kind of people today?

Grace?

Danny Sims uses a cartoon and touch of humor to remind us that we did not discover grace!

How can we receive grace and still be so ungracious?

The Greatest Glory

Phil Ware continues his series of messages on true shepherds in the church and focuses on the subject of a leader's glory -- seeing his or her passion formed in others they have trained.

Where does a leader find true and lasting glory?

A Really Inconvenient Truth

Phil Ware talks about Nathan's rebuke of David using a shepherding story, the use of shepherd imagery to describe God, and the call of God's leaders to be shepherds to the people of God.

What is a shepherd's real goal in leading God's flock?

Good News about Tomorrow

Rubel Shelly talks about his medical ethics class and the importance these students put on telling the truth in all situations.

There's a wave of truthfulness headed down the pipeline!

Why Leaders Don't Make Excuses

Rubel Shelly reminds us that the heart of leadership is not making excuses and helping others get the credit when things go right.

What, it's my fault?

David's First Giant

Phil Ware looks at the story of David and Goliath and challenges us to not keep our young believers away from risk, faith, and leadership.

Why do we keep them at the kids table so long?

Fast for the President

Bob Sjogren reminds us the importance of fasting and praying for the president.

Let's pray for our leaders!

Ruts

Mike Barres talks about his gravel driveway and how it gets full of ruts and how he goes about avoiding them and then he challenges us to avoid living in the ruts we have made in our churches and our lives.

How can we get out of those hard and fast ruts?

Agony to Maturity

Phil Ware addresses the issue of church leadership, hypocrisy, and consumerism by pointing leaders to Paul's example in Colossians of pointing people to Jesus, praying for their maturity, and trusting in Him to supply the power as Paul worked strenuously

What should we expect of our leaders to help us reach maturity?

Thanksgiving and Walking the Boundaries

Larry Davies offers a Thanksgiving check up for churches and their leaders as he explores things that make for healthy churches.

So what can we do to bless our churches this next year as we thank God this year?

What Do You Think?

While spiritual leaders have wisdom and knowledge, they are not always right and we should seek to answer many of our own questions ourselves using the Bible as our guide.

Sometimes, don't you think you ought to find the answer for yourself?