Articles Tagged 'Pit'

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.

Seed, Towel, Promise, & Torchlight: The Promise

Phil Ware continues his series on Seed, Towel, Promise, and Torchlight, focusing this week on the power of Jesus' promise in the face of his own impending death.

Jesus gave his promise to speak comfort and hope into this place of deep longing in their hearts

Seed, Towel, Promise, & Torchlight: The Promise

Phil Ware continues his series on Seed, Towel, Promise, and Torchlight, focusing this week on the power of Jesus' promise in the face of his own impending death.

Jesus gave his promise to speak comfort and hope into this place of deep longing in their hearts

Hope: More than Wishing, It's Expecting!

Ron Rose is back at Black Rifle coffee and visiting and reflecting with others who have gone through rough times and found lasting hope.

God is in the room and has placed hope on a buffet platter right here, right now.

Overcoming the Power of Hatred

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to call us to be people of reconciliation, forgiveness, and grace, just like our Savior!

We commit to be Jesus-shaped people, people who leave the world a different and better place than we found it.

Made To Be More!

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to glorify God as we remember the encouraging future and forever-change we have in Jesus at his return in glory.

We will exchange our mortal bodies for immortal bodies that are made for eternal glory!

Confident and Courageous!

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to glorify God as we remember the life-changing implications of Jesus' resurrection.

Jesus rose from the dead, so we choose to live based on the conviction that this world is not our home, while we long for our lasting and more glorious one!

To the Girl on the Elevator

Teresa Bell Kindred shares an emotional story from her experience caring for her husband in his two-plus month battle with COVID-19 and invites us to pray God's blessing into the life of an unknown young wife whose husband is in ICU.

I wish I could have hugged the girl on the elevator.

Seed, Towel, Promise, & Torchlight: The Promise

Phil Ware continues his series on Seed, Towel, Promise, and Torchlight, focusing this week on the power of Jesus' promise in the face of his own impending death.

Jesus gave his promise to speak comfort and hope into this place of deep longing in their hearts

Restoring the Creator's Intent

Phil Ware continues his series on the biblical view of women and God's plan to use Jesus' people to live out his purposes in his kingdom.

The divine goodness of our Creator has been ripped apart by human selfishness and suspicion, leaving behind its insidious and poisonous residues.

An Early Christmas Would Be Nice

Max Lucado reminds that Jesus, the Son of God, the Christ and Messiah, came to us in a manger in Bethlehem.

Despite all the mess and the complications, God came to live among us being born in a place where animals fed.

How Big Is Our Aquarium?

Phil Ware looks through The Jesus Window and is led to ask a question of all of us: just how big is our aquarium, just how big is our Jesus?

Why do we have to be the big fish in our small puddle?

What Do We Do to Jesus?

Max Lucado reminds us during this special week to remember to put the lessons of Jesus' passion to work in our own daily lives.

We do so it so casually, so carelessly, and in doing it, we forget!

Let it Begin with Me!

Phillip Morrison is back as our conscience asking us about how we sort through the refugee crisis in Syria and what are we going to do about it.

What are we to do with such great human need and such great risk?

Praise from the Pit

Stacy Voss reminds us of the story of Jonah and how Jonah praised God from the pit, from the belly of the beast, the fish.

I don't like Jonah, but I do like this!

Illness, My Teacher

Jackie Halstead reminds us of our need to slow down and let God lead us instead of thinking we can be in charge of our own lives.

Can anything good come from being sick?

Nothing Significant?

Phil Ware reminds us that nothing we do in the Lord's name is insignificant, unimportant, or forgotten by God who loves us and remembers and rewards us for what we do.

So why do we discount what the Lord does through us?

Customer Service in a 'Yes!' Church?

Greg Anderson shares the third in a series of articles from Interim Ministry Partners on greeting guests and welcoming others into our midst.

How are we doing with our connection with those who are not one of us and are interested in us?

What Do You Learn from the Darkness

Ron Rose writes about hard times and hospital visits and Job and Israel and what we do with the darkness we find ourselves in.

When life is tough, how does faith really help?

Master the Art of Welcoming

Rick Brown challenges us to be welcoming to those who are outsiders and those we do not know.

How open are our arms?

An Amazing Find

Russ Lawson talks about the origin of the word serendipity and asks how we will use these blessings in our lives?

Finding more than we are looking for!

Does the Bible Say That?

Rubel Shelly talks about pithy, wisdom sayings that some mistake to be Scripture.

Are you sure the Bible says that?

Risky Faith

Phil Ware continues his series called Light on the Dark Side of the Mountain and reminds us that risky faith is rewarded.

How dark is it in your world?

Family Unique: Stops along the Way

Rick Brown continues his family unique series and tries to help us understand that we have to stop and let our families rest sometimes along the way.

Isn't it about time your family took a rest break?

Everyone Is a Critic

Rubel Shelly talks about how we all have begun to play the role of critic -- some are on the giving end and some on the receiving -- so how are we to act and respond in such a world?

What do we do and how do we act in a world of critics?

Family Connection

Lisa Mikitarian shares an unusual set of Thanksgiving events that took her far from home where she found family in an unlikely place.

So what did all those men do?