Articles Tagged 'Power' (Page 6)

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.

Ancient Wisdom, Today's Grace: Singing the Jesus Song

Phil Ware continues his series on 'Ancient Wisdom, Today's Grace' and challenges us to follow Paul's example of using our songs to call us back to Jesus.

What can reach our hearts and call us to be like Jesus with power and emotion?

Grace Comes After You!

Max Lucado reminds us how God's grace pursues, comes after, and seeps into us if we allow it to flood over us.

Is there anywhere we can go to escape God's grace? I don't think so!

I Doubt It: Never Die

Phil Ware continues his "I Doubt It" series focused today on Jesus' promise to Mary that those who believe in him will never die.

Can Jesus really promise us that we will never die?

Resolutions or Life-Quest?

Phil Ware challenges us to look beyond the New Year's resolutions on to a life pursuing Jesus.

Phil Ware challenges us to look beyond the New Year's resolutions on to a life pursuing Jesus.

Drought Buster

Phil Ware reminds us of Jesus' promise to send us living water in the Holy Spirit, water that would never run dry and would well up in us to eternal life.

With the Holy Spirit, there never has to be a spiritual drought!

His Power Becomes Our Power

Max Lucado reminds us to wait on the Holy Spirit to come with power.

When we wait on the Holy Spirit, we are anticipating God's power to work through us to God's glory!

The Lord is Near: Acorn

Phil Ware continues his series that the Lord is near focusing on the power of this promise found in the Lord's faithfulness, love, and grace.

The power of the oak is in the acorn!

Couldn't!

Phil Ware reminds us of the dangers of limiting what Jesus can do among us and through us because we think we know what we can expect of him.

As Jesus' family, what are we preventing him from doing among us because of our lack of faith?

Staking God's Claim on Our Lives

Steve Hemphill reminds us of the great power for those of us who believe God is still the Great I AM and who intervenes to bless and empower his people today.

God's Word is powerful in our lives when we go public with our faith and commitment to Him!

Strongholds

Max Lucado reminds us of what we don't want others to know about us and we don't want to admit ourselves -- we have strongholds that require drastic action to tear down and we have to invite God into every area of our lives for that to happen.

Where does the Loch Ness monster of your soul dwell?

In Jesus' Name

Max Lucado reminds us of the great power of praying in Jesus' name.

This is no throw away or empty phrase, but a reminder of the One in charge!

Unleashing God's Holy Fire

Phil Ware completes his four part series on growing to become like Jesus through the transformative work of the Holy Spirit, the transformation that Jesus promises us when we choose to follow him as his disciple.

The Father has given us access to holy power and a way to bless each other through prayer if only we will take advantage of it!

God Answers the Mess of Life

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?

TWENTY!

Phil Ware takes time to reflect on twenty years on the web and to give thanks for those who got them there and for the Lord who continues to do miracles among us.

The Lord is not finished surprising us with His grace and power if we live for His purposes.

A Little Light Please

Rubel Shelly reminds us of the powerful quality of a simple flashlight to dispel darkness.

Sometimes a little light can make a world of difference!

When the Way Out Is Through

Phil Ware begins a series called Saved at Sea which focuses on God's deliverance and truth found in the stories about the sea and rivers and water in the Bible.

What do we do in the middle of our challenges and problems with no plan in sight?

Sorry Happy for You

Stacy Voss writes about her pain and a friend's pain at finding out that their husbands have been unfaithful and had repeated adulteries.

How in the world be sorry and happy both?

Unworthy and Under-qualified

Phil Ware shares the first in a series of messages on Nehemiah called "Doing God's Work with Dirty Hands" and focuses on our willingness to be useable and moldable and trusting in the LORD's great power.

How are we ever going to find anyone to help serve?

Alert to Satan's Tactics

Rubel Shelly reminds us of the sly intentions of the evil one who would like to deceive us, but we can and do have the power to resist.

No one wants to be an expert, but we all must be alert!

The One with the Power

The next time you see a wonder of nature, don't just wonder at nature. Wonder at the One who created it all. The One with the power to stop wind and waves with just a word. For he is the same One with the power to change your life. He is the One wit

The winds and the waves obey Him!

Icebergs

Phil Ware comes in right after Valentine's Day and reminds us about iceberg dates on our calendar that tend to sink us and overwhelm us with feelings of being alone, being failures, and being abandoned but that we can overcome them by crying out to Jesus

What do you do about those iceberg dates on your calendar that seem to sink you?

Keep in Step with the Spirit

Phil Ware continues his short series on the Holy Spirit focusing on dancing with the Spirit and keeping in step with the Spirit.

Can you dance with the Holy Spirit

Fresh Air from Heaven's Wind

Phil Ware begins a short 4 part series on the Holy Spirit as we begin the New Year, this one is focused on living by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Is there a way to catch our breath and be renewed for a fresh start?

The Weather when Jesus Came

Phil Ware reminds us of the weather when Jesus came, filled with the fresh wind and heavenly breezes of heaven brought by the Holy Spirit.

What will the weather be this Christmas?

Act(s) 1: Scene 4 — Constantly in Prayer

Mark Frost finishes his 4 part series on Acts 1 and the key scenes that set the stage for the church to launch out into a whole new era of mission.

Doesn't sound like much of a plan, just to sit and pray, but it was Jesus' plan!