Articles Tagged 'Offer'

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.

The Power of Praise in the Presence of Enemies

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to remind us and call us to passionate praise as our gift to honor God and empower his Kingdom in the face of fierce opposition today.

When things on earth seem bleak and our strength feels small, we can push against the darkness with praise!

The Upside-Down Messiah

James Nored and Phil Ware remind us in word and video how upside down Jesus' values are to the way we often do things in our world and in our churches.

As much as we don't want to admit it, we often miss the way of the upside down Messiah as badly as his first disciples.

I Will Celebrate!

Phil Ware and Demetrius Collins lead us into worship in song and the Word to experience, proclaim and rejoice in the majesty, goodness, and grace of our God who is powerful and present among us.

David danced with all his might amid the reverence and honor given to God as the ark, the representation of God's power and presence, returned to his people.

Living My MUSD #6: Shared Prayer through Forgiving Redemptively

Phil Ware opens the New Testament and reminds of a great way to live out our mission while under social distancing, prayer because prayer has always been a virtual way of blessing others.

Living My Mission Under Social Distancing

Living My MUSD #5: Shared Prayer through Interceding Personally

Phil Ware opens the New Testament and reminds of a great way to live out our mission while under social distancing, prayer because prayer has always been a virtual way of blessing others.

Even when confined to our houses and limited in our travels and frustrated with social distancing, we still have the incredible ability to pray for others.

He Entered Your World

Max Lucado reminds us that Jesus longs for us to draw near to him in our times of troubles, problems, challenges, pain, and trials.

God drew near to us in Jesus, so why would we not come to him with our challenges, troubles, and trials?

Upside Down Messiah

James Nored and Phil Ware remind us in word and video how upside down Jesus' values are to the way we often do things in our world and in our churches.

As much as we don't want to admit it, we often miss the way of the upside down Messiah as badly as his first disciples.

Willing to Be Powerful

Phil Ware writes out of the context of recent disasters and the loss of a mother and child to remind us that being a servant, offering ourselves in sacrificial love, is never a waste!

Dear God in heaven, we’d sure like to have a little bit of power to alter our irrelevance, lighten the burdens of others, and heal the wounds of the broken and despairing.

The Real Root of Brokenness

Ann Voskamp reminds us again of the incredible importance of giving thanks.

We must not dare forget to give thanks for how we're blessed and how great the Father is!

Fifty Shades of Grace: Submission

Phil Ware continues his series called 50 shades of grace that focuses on the intimacy between a husband and wife in marriage.

The power of grace, the gift of life in marriage.

A Key Tool in the Master's SIGnature Toolset

Phil Ware reminds us that God longs to fashion us into a vital tool in The Master's SIGnature Toolset to be used for Kingdom and church ministry.

You mean I am an important tool in God's ministry toolset?

Examen: Thinking through my Years

Jackie Halstead shares with us the process of Examen as she reviews 2013 and looks ahead to 2014 and dedicates her life to God.

How can we move forward and not just repeat the same old things?

It All Begins with...

Phil Ware completes his two article series on being strong and courageous and being ready to see God do great things among us.

Why are we so afraid to do what God makes clear is our next step?

Falling at His Feet

Phil Ware continues his series on Luke 8 and 9 and this week he focuses on what each of these events has in common -- in each one, someone falls at the feet of Jesus.

What do all these events in Jesus' life have in common?

God Will...

Max Lucado writes about Abraham, his sacrifice of Isaac, and about the God who provides, Jehovah-jireh.

Do we really believe this before we see it?

Living Large

Rubel Shelly tells about a Canadian couple who won the lottery and donated all but 2% of what they won to charity.

Aren't you tired of living within a shallow, narrow, selfish box?

Dibs

Patrick Odum uses a humorous tradition in Chicago about reserving parking spaces after the snow plow passes and compares it to the year of Jubilee in the Old Testament.

Where are you going to park in Chicago anyway?

Bombarded by Self

When we put self in the middle of everything, then everything becomes about I, me, my, and mine, and not about God and we mess up our self-absorbed lives.

So what's the big problem with all this self stuff?