Articles Tagged 'Messes'

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.

Leaving a Multi-generational Legacy

by Phil Ware · 2 Timothy 2:1-2

Phil Ware reminds us that as fathers and grandfather, we will leave behind messes but we can also leave behind a legacy of faith that lasts for generations.

As fathers, we can leave behind messes for our children and grandchildren; more importantly, we can leave behind a lasting legacy of faith!

Hope in our Messy Days

by Melissa Troyer · Matthew 7:7-8 · Messes

Melissa Troyer reminds us that life's messes should drive us to our knees and open our hearts to the love, grace, and freedom of God!

Parenting cuts deep to the core. It lays open our needs before God, and we can either resent it or embrace the powerful cleansing that comes from God's purifying fire

But God!

by Melissa Troyer · Luke 1:37 · Hope

Melissa Troyer looks at everyday life, her children, and the horrifying images and videos and cries of mothers and children, and sees an opportunity to teach our children to say, But God!

In a world swirling with heavy clouds and looming headlines, we mothers hold a massive opportunity!

Leaving a Multi-generational Legacy

by Phil Ware · 2 Timothy 2:1-2

Phil Ware reminds us that as fathers and grandfather, we will leave behind messes but we can also leave behind a legacy of faith that lasts for generations.

As fathers, we can leave behind messes for our children and grandchildren; more importantly, we can leave behind a lasting legacy of faith!

The Lord is Near: Doubts

by Phil Ware · Philippians 4:4-9

Phil Ware shares his third in a series of 6 messages on the promise that the LORD is near; this time focusing on our doubts.

How do we hang onto God's promises when they seem too good to be true?

God Answers the Mess of Life

by Max Lucado · Ephesians 2:8-10 · Grace

Max Lucado recognizes the monotonous routine of life and its challenges and reminds us that God's grace meets us in our messes and gives us the power to live our way out of them.

Is there any hope for the monotonous mess of life?

The Mercy Bank

by Mike Barres · Zechariah 7:9 · Mercy

We have to show mercy to others when they let us down because we need mercy for our mistakes and mess ups!

How well do you show genuine mercy toward those who let you down?

Dodging Our Own Explosions

by Patrick D. Odum · Jeremiah 10:23-24 · Forgiveness · Grace · Messes

When we try to do things by our own insight, we invariably end up blowing up everything; we need to go to God to help us through our messes!

How do we get out of the way of our own explosions?

Scrambled Eggs

by Tom Norvell · Philippians 3:12-14 · Attitude · Restoration · Redemption

What do you do when you can't unscramble the messes you've made; you trust that God can mend them and you go on trying to live a redemptive life.

What do we do when we can't unscramble our messes?

Cleaning Up Our Father's Messes

by Phil Ware · Joshua 24:14-15 · Parenting · Children · Christmas

We will leave behind messes for our children and grandchildren, but will we also leave behind a lasting legacy of faith?

What will our children have to clean up after we are gone?

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