Articles Tagged 'Psalm'

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.

Where the Lines Blur

Melissa Troyer is on the road with her family visiting West Texas where she was raised and she and her family encounter God in an old rest stop where earth and sky meet in a glorious gold, pink, and orange reminder of God's presence.

But here in the place where lines blur, between land and sky, that small fold between day and night, the very place where great danger lies, it is here where we experience God's presence like never before.

Sharing Our Cup of Gratitude

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in online worship through words and music, using YouTube videos to lead us to sing with hearts full of gratitude for all that God has done for us in Jesus.

We want to be a people who sing to God out of hearts full of gratitude because of our riches in Christ Jesus!

I Will Lift My Eyes

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in an online, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to lift our eyes to the LORD and receive our strength, hope, and encouragement from him.

Despite many warnings from the prophets, Israel began felt entitled because they were God's PEOPLE, in God's PLACE, by God's POWER.

God's Masterpiece

Max Lucado reminds us not to think less of ourselves than God, our Creator does, and he declares that we are his masterpiece.

Don't view yourself as less than who God says you are!

Getting Our Lives on Track

Bill Sherrill reminds us that life is full of ups and downs, good things and bad, so we need to find the good and not the bad.

Life is full of ups and downs, but God goes with us through it all!

As Far as the East Is from the West

There are lots of reasons to give thanks. It doesn't always seem that way, but if we put our mind to it, we can usually think of more reasons for being thankful than for complaining.

Take time to be thankful

Psalm 46

Psalm 46 with a prayer added, especially in light of the situation in Japan.

Where do we go in such times of upheaval?

A Walk with Our Shepherd

This is a simple meditation on the meaning of the Shepherd Psalm, Psalm 23.

What does it really mean for us?

This Is What I Told You ...

Phil Ware continues his series of articles based on Jesus' LifeWORDS, the words he spoke after his resurrection. This week the focus is upon Jesus knowing and predicting he would be crucified and raised and what difference does it make to us today.

What difference does it make that Jesus knew and did it anyway?

Just a Second

We need to have an eternal perspective on things. Our lives here are finite, but God offers life without end.

Did you realize that somebody gave you more time?

Learning from Trees

Alan Smith reminds us of some important lessons that we can learn from trees.

What

Faith in the Dry Seasons

Rubel Shelly talks about faith during the dry cycles of life and how we can endure these dry times to follow God more vibrantly.

Can faith actually grow when it feels lifeless and dry?

A Choice

Tom Norvell talks about the struggles of moving and the way people in customer service promise more than they can deliver.

Do I really have a choice in my day?

Praise the Lord

Tom Norvell reminds us that we need to praise the Lord on all occasions and for many reasons.

Do we have to have a special reason?

While I Sleep

Phil Ware shares what God does for us when we sleep.

What does God do while you sleep?

Exercising the Spirit: Silence

We can only regain our rightful place in our spirit through Silence and the work of the Holy Spirit on our spirit.

What do you hear in the silence?

God Is

Hope and help in times of trouble come from God who is ... always is.

What is our hope in times of uncertainty?

Rise Up Singing

Singing changes and so must we, but the bigger issue is that we sing!

What's your favorite way to sing?

Pauses of Grace

We must take time to pause and rest in the gracious presence of God.

Have you stopped longed enough to hear his voice?

Our Hearts are Alive with the Sound of Music

Music is indispensable to us and our lives would be much deprived without it!

What would life be like without it?