Articles Tagged 'Power' (Page 8)

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.

Connect to the Power Source

If you connect to the correct power source, you can live a life full of hope, purpuse, and power.

What I learned about powerful living from an electric razor.

Heaven's Light

Phil Ware continues his series on When Spirit Becomes Flesh and talks about Jesus as heaven's light.

Can you find that light that chases away the shadows?

Miracles from a Lighthouse

Larry Davies talks about us being lighthouses to others, and sometimes that means being a steady stream of light and sometimes it means being a blazing beacon of hope.

When was the last time you truly shined the light for someone else to see?

Getting a Firm Grip

Russ Lawson uses an old story about street cars to remind us of our need to hang on to God and our relationship with him.

Are you holding on to God?

SpiritFire: Life to Our Bones

Phil Ware continues his thoughts on the Holy Spirit and prayer, especially focusing on us interceding and asking God to release the Holy Spirit into the life of those we love, who lead our churches, and who need God's presence.

What can we do to bring revival to the Church and life to the world?

SpiritFire: Ask!

Phil Ware begins a four week challenge that coordinates with the SpiritFire daily devotional challenging us to invite the Holy Spirit into our daily lives.

Why do we not ask for something God longs to give?

Breath of Heaven

Phil Ware talks about the Holy Spirit and the importance of the Spirit in Jesus' conception, birth, and all that is tied to it.

Has God's wind blown through you this season?

Respect and Truth-Telling

Rubel Shelly challenges us with an old story to be people of truth and respect even in the most dire and painful circumstances and treat people with the same ethical respect we would expect ourselves.

Would you have told the truth in such dire circumstances?

The Ig Nobel Awards

Patrick Odum tells us about the Ig Nobel awards and reminds us that God uses ordinary folks, ignoble folks, to do great things for His glory.

If it's not Nobel, is it ignoble?

Strange Neighbors

Phil Ware talks about weird neighbors and who God has sent us to hear so we can lead them to Christ.

Why would God place us in close proximity to these people?

Beyond that Helpless Feeling

Tom Norvell looks at times that are too difficult for us to handle well and challenges us to realize that there are many things we can do to help folks in desperate situations.

What do you do when you can't do what needs to be done?

Have You Heard these Words?

Ron Rose reminds us that a few words and our physical presence can make all the difference in the life of someone else, just like Al Ware made a difference in Ron's life.

Just a few words and our presence can make all the difference in the world!

Who Are You?

Phil Ware challenges us to look at our identity built around the question of "Who are you?" and the answer framed by the work of Jesus.

Have you lost your identity?

Where's the Power?

Phil Ware continues the LifeWORDS series and focuses on Jesus' promise to send the power of the Holy Spirit to empower the church.

What happened to the power Jesus promise?

His Strength in My Weakness

Tom Norvell talks about the overwhelming challenges of trying to minister to people when it is beyond his power or ability and he hears the words of the apostle Paul about God's grace is sufficient and God's power is made perfect in weakness so that when

How can weakness be our moment of greatest strength?

My Brothers!

Phil Ware shares insight in his LifeWORDS series on the resurrection sayings of Jesus and how Jesus forgave and empowered his failures, his disciples, by this forgiveness.

How could He see so much more in them than they had ever demonstrated?

I've Got Nothing!

Tom Norvell reminds us to listen to God when we feel like we have nothing to offer, and if we do, we will realize that is enough.

What do you do when you don't feel like you have anything to offer?

Reluctant Leadership?

Mike Barres reminds us about the power of leadership and encourages us to prayerfully step up if asked.

What does God see that we don't?

How Less Becomes More

Rubel Shelly reminds us that even in a season when folks have less than they are used to having, if they look they will actually find that they have more.

How in the world does having less mean having more?

Here I Am, Please Send Someone Else

Mike Barres reminds us that inadequacy is an opportunity for God's power to be displayed and God to be glorified.

How do we face down our own inadequacies for the challenges we face?

Faith in the Future

"Where there is no faith in the future, there is no power in the present."

Living for today isn't enough

Mighty Power

As the massive Boeing 777 jet accelerated down the runway, then lifted into the air, I was again in awe at the magnificent power

As the massive Boeing 777

Freed!

This is simply quoting Hebrews 2:14-18 about freedom from death's tyrranny.

A biblical reminder of our ultimate freedom.

The God of Power

Bill Sherrill reminds that if we don't believe in the God of power today, it will be hard for those who don't believe in God to listen to us talk about the great deeds of God from long ago.

Do you really believe in the God of power?

Is This On Your List?

Larry Davies reminds of our need to repent and get our hearts and behavior right if we are going to prepare the way for Jesus at Christmas.

Why put something like this on your Christmas list?