Articles Tagged 'Reverence'

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 Secrets God Keeps

Lois Tverberg reminds us how the Bible begins and that in Hebrew, this very first sentence of the Scriptures reminds us that mysteries will remain for us about God, the One Who Is more.

The biblical account is unique among the creation stories of its time. Spare in detail, Genesis speaks with understated elegance and lofty grandeur.

Teach Me to Number My Days!

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to call us to recognize God's greatness and our need to obey him if we want to gain a heart of wisdom.

The New Year is our opportunity to seek after God's ways in our lives and find the wisdom to live for him in our challenging times.

Lord, Teach Us to Pray: Abba Father

Phil Ware and Doug Peters remind us what it means to pray to God as our Abba Father and then give us some pratical ways that we can experience God as Abba in our prayer life.

How do we combine both reverence and familiarity, respect and intimacy?

Teach Us to Pray 05: Holy Presence

Phil Ware and Andy Johnson remind us how important reverencing God is when we pray.

We cry out together, as Jesus' followers and family, for God's holiness to make itself known in undeniable ways in our fallen world.

Teach us to Pray 04: Abba Father

Phil Ware and Doug Peters remind us what it means to pray to God as our Abba Father and then give us some pratical ways that we can experience God as Abba in our prayer life.

How do we combine both reverence and familiarity, respect and intimacy?

The Revolutionary Power of Witnesses

Phil Ware continues his short series on Acts 1:1-11 and focuses today on being witnesses of the great things Jesus has done.

Let’s be witnesses with those here, near, and far (Acts 1:8) like the first followers of Jesus did!

Fearing God

There's a difference between fearing God and being afraid of God. One has to do with reverence; the other is a lack of love.

Should I be afraid of God?

An Expiry Date

Russ Lawson reminds us that our expiration date is out there and we need to live as if we know we will one day expire.

So what is yours?

SpiritFire - Abba

Phil Ware continues his series on the Holy Spirit by talking about God being Abba Father.

How dare we address God in this way?

What the Dying Reveal to Us about the Trinity

Scott Owings shares how his work in hospice chaplaincy has helped him appreciate the things that the dying can teach us, especially about the difficult concept of the Trinity.

How can we see movement in stillness?

And the Cure Is ...

Ron Rose reminds us that the way we come together in unity and the way we put ourselves in perspective is found by humbly praising Jesus.

What can help us get over us?

Consider Your Words

Tom Norvell makes a short and simple point about not using too many words.

How many words are too many words?

Learning to Tremble

Kimberly takes an honest self-appraisal and listens to God to learn that she needs to tremble in awe of God and his grace and at her own sin.

Have you learned the ultimate act of reverence

The Fear of the Lord

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and worship, but it is not a terror of the Lord, but an enraptured love-filled walk with a holy God.

Why should I excited about fearing the Lord?

God in a Box

Worhip is more than what happens on Sunday in our holy box.

Where do you worship?

Country Chicken

A trip to the cattle and the country rattles this city slicker loose from her busy ways enough to help her appreciate God in wonder.

A Texas city slicker?