Articles Tagged 'Prayer' (Page 4)

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 Rabbi's Nudge about Thanksgiving

Rick Brown gives us insights on abstract prayers and the Rabbi's teaching that would help us be more thankful.

So can we learn to be more thankful?

Building a Culture of Honor: Trust

Phil Ware continues his series on building a culture of honor, this time focusing on trust.

Is trust really something that has to be earned?

Prayer and Mission

Mark Frost continues the series on discovering your mission before finding your minister with the Interim Ministry Partners team and he focuses on prayer.

So if they didn't and couldn't, how dare we?

Building a Culture of Honor: Prayer

Phil Ware continues his series on building a culture of honor focusing this week on prayer, especially prayer as a redemptive tool of offering forgiveness and blessing to those who are our enemies and who mistreat us.

Prayer changes something much more important than our circumstances!

This Treasure Is up for Grabs

Ron Rose writes about the good things he used to find in the garbage dump and how there are special surprises and treasures that he found along the way and how we can do the same thing with people if we are willing to get messy.

Treasure among all the garbage?

When God Does not Answer Prayer the Way You Expected

It is easy to share God's answer to prayer when things turn out the way we wanted. It is just as important to share our faith when the answer is not what we wanted.

What do you say to a nonbeliever when God does not answer your prayer the way you wanted.

Pray without Ceasing?

David Bratton shares with us some important ideas about praying without ceasing and obeying, honoring, blessing, and working for the justice that blesses God.

How can we really do this?

Why Faith Is an Answer to Prayer and Prayer Is an Answer to Faith

Ann Voskamp reminds us that faith and prayer are a two street and the both are intertwined with each other and when this happens, grace, joy, and healing flow into Shalom, peace, wholeness and fullness of life.

How is faith an answer to prayer?

Prayer: Warrior or Weakling?

Rick Brown reminds us that prayer begins simply, and in the process fo growing we all end up developing and growing in our prayer life.

Does prayer feel like sand getting kicked in your face?

'In Jesus' Name, All Girls!'

Russ Lawson reminds us that kids can say something wrongly, but at the same time remind us of greater truth.

Sometimes when kids get it wrong, they get it right!

Learning to Live the Life God Blesses

Rick Brown leads us to see prayer in a fresh way, but also the way of Jesus.

So how does this all fit with prayer?

You Want to Use Me?

Phil Ware continues his use of The Story material and focuses on God calling Moses.

I know who I am, so how can God use?

Why Doesn't God Answer My Prayers?

Ron Rose writes about unanswered prayers and letting God find us and us having conversations with our heavenly Father.

What happened to Jesus' promise?

Everything on the Line

Phil Ware continues his series on the unpredictable Savior and reminds us of the upper room discourses where Jesus demonstrates and teaches what is most important to him to those who are most important to him, his disciples, his friends, those he loves.

What would you do in your last moments with those you love?

Open Doors, Open Hearts

Phil Ware reminds us of our need for God's help to open hearts so that we can share Jesus with others.

Please pray that God will open the door to effective ministry!

Better Broken: The Plan

Phil Ware continues his series called Better Broken that focuses on how God used flawed, broken people to change the world by sharing the message of Jesus and this involved Purpose: to be witnesses, Plan: to release God's power through prayer; People: the

What was God's plan to help Jesus' broken and flawed followers accomplish his mission?

The One Born in Bethlehem Can be Born in You

Rick Brown gives some statistical data on Christmas shopping, historical data on the birth of Jesus, and some spiritual insight on how to keep from going under during the busy time we call Christmas.

When was your last pause to reflect, rest, and renew?

Lists

Rubel Shelly talks about living by lists and emphasizes the importance of moving things from your worry list to your prayer list.

He's making a list and checking it twice ...

Beloved!

Tammy Marcelain reminds us that we are able to realize that we are God's beloved when we take time to open ourselves to Him and be still and experience that God is with us and speaks to us in whispers.

We spend time with God and find out that we are loved!

The News Behind the News

Ron Rose reminds us that God stories are everywhere, but don't make the press because God's work can't be nailed down to a snippet, a spin, a sound byte, or a headline.

Do you ever get a glimpse of God behind the stories we hear everyday?

Come with Me!

Tom Norvell reminds us of Jesus encouraging his disciples, his followers, to get away from the maddening rush of the crowds and go to a quiet place with him and get some rest.

Is there any way to step off the treadmill a minute?

SH!FT: PRAY_passionately

Phil Ware continues his shift series with a message on prayer and about being real before God.

Can we really be honest with God and reverent, too?

Committed or Comfortable?

Rick Brown talks about a famous photograph and the message to pray and have hope in the darkest of times, and to remember that fervent and earnest prayer is the kind of prayer the early church, the committed church prayed.

What do we need to get us to stretch out a bit?

A Visit to the Dentist

Just as my teeth need regular care and maintenance, so does my relationship with God.

What I learned about a healthy relationship with God from my dentist visits.

Prayer for Such a Time as This

Heartlight.org urges people the world over to pray for our nations and for our world and for peace and for the spread of the gospel.

This is much bigger than just one nation!