Articles Tagged 'Road'

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 Narrow Way Is Not About Narrow Thinking!

by Ron Rose · Mark 10:46-52 · Thinking · The Way

Ron Rose is back at Black Rifle Coffee, and God is in the room inviting people to walk with Jesus in the narrows!

These followers are not what they used to be and not yet what they are going to be... they are learners.

Starting Over Having Learned Lessons from the Past

by Melissa Troyer · Jeremiah 6:16 · Motherhood · Starting over

Melissa Troyer combines her journey through motherhood, her realization of inadequacy, her belief in God's sufficiency, and the willingness to teach using our own failures.

We AREN'T enough, but He is. It is the goodness of the Lord that brings us nose-to-nose with our desperate need for Him.

Opening People's Hearts to Jesus

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Colossians 4:5-6 · Witnesses

ToGather.church worship segment for April 5, 2020, focusing on Jesus' Triumphal Entry and how we prepare people to receive Jesus into their hearts and shout "Hosanna!" in praise and welcome to him.

How do we prepare the hearts of those we influence to be ready to receive Jesus with joy?

Leave, Go, and Bless

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Genesis 12:1-3 · Faith

James Nored and Phil Ware remind us of God's incredible journey of redemption and how Abraham was the one who began this journey demonstrating great faith when he followed God for a destination he did not yet know.

As Abraham showed us, God's greatest promises often come packaged as our greatest sacrifices, hardest challenges, and longest journeys.

Somewhere Down the Road

by Phil Ware · 1 Thessalonians 4:15-18 · Heaven

Phil Ware reminisces about his father's death and the years that have gone by and the reasons things happen and how we will know it all at the end of the Road, just like Amy Grant sings.

Do you ever long for someone who has gone home before you?

Forgiveness

by Phillip Morrison · Luke 23:34

Phillip Morrison talks about the greatest Christmas gift of all, the gift of forgiveness.

Why would they let the person responsible for their son's death off the hook?

It All Begins with...

by Phil Ware · Joshua 3 · Constants · Consecration

Phil Ware completes his two article series on being strong and courageous and being ready to see God do great things among us.

Why are we so afraid to do what God makes clear is our next step?

Motel 6

by Thom Lemmons · 1 Thessalonians 4:3 · Faithfulness

Thom Lemmons tells us a story that gets to the heart of danger in sexual temptation and lust and a need for a friend.

When is a cup of coffee a whole lot more?

You Don't Have to Do a House Cleaning for this Christmas Guest

by Rick Brown · Luke 1:6-7 · Christmas

Rick Brown reminds us of a messy Christmas long ago and the messy time in which Jesus was born.

You don't have to pretend things aren't a mess!

For Insiders or Outsiders?

by Phil Ware · Luke 19:1-10 · Community

Phil Ware talks about the tension between insiders and outsiders and how we are to view community and the way we connect our outside friends to it.

What does it matter really, if I am community or not?

Family Unique: GPS

by Rick Brown · Genesis 18:19 · Leadership

Rick Brown reminds us that we need to have a plan to negotiate the road that lies ahead for us and for our family and it is called the Genealogical Planning Strategy.

How is your family going to navigate the road ahead?

Wrong Road, Right Friend

by Phil Ware · Luke 24:13-36 · Jesus

Phil Ware continues to share his insights on experiencing Jesus as Immanuel.

Are you walking down the hard road alone?

Ruts

by Mike Barres · Lamentations 3:22-23 · Ruts

Mike Barres talks about his gravel driveway and how it gets full of ruts and how he goes about avoiding them and then he challenges us to avoid living in the ruts we have made in our churches and our lives.

How can we get out of those hard and fast ruts?

I Did It for You!

by Rubel Shelly · John 3:16 · Christmas

Rubel Shelly reminds us of a hard story from last year about James Kim who risked everything to get help for his family, and he reminds us that Jesus did the same thing for us in leaving heaven.