Articles Tagged 'Stillness'

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.

What the Dying Reveal to Us about the Trinity

by Scott Owings · 2 Corinthians 13:13 · Death

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?

Unplug!

by Teresa Bell Kindred · Psalm 46:10 · Sacred · Sabbath

Teresa Bell Kindred shares with us her absent-minded follies because she is distracted from all of her hi-tech toys to which she is plugged in and she reminds us to get away and be with God.

What's got you so distracted?

The Clutter of Activity

by Jane Vincenzi · Psalm 46:10 · Called · Busyness

Jane Vincenzi reminds us that our lives can get so cluttered with activity that we miss God and lose out on real life.

Are all your activities getting in the way of your life?

Rest from Your Labor!

by Phil Ware · 1 Thessalonians 1:2-3 · Rest

We work hard and that is good, but we also need to rest faithfully and easily and enjoy the rest God has called us to keep.

Shouldn't you take a little rest at least once per week?

Take a God Break

by Russ Lawson · Psalm 46:10 · Withdraw

We all need to take a God-break a time when we get alone with God and be renewed and restored.

When's the last time you shut everything down and sought to be alone with God?

God's Still, Small Voice

by Rubel Shelly · Psalm 107:27-31 · Silence

Not only must we be still and hear God, but he also longs to come to us in the busy rush of our daily lives.

Can you hear God in the rush of your daily grind?

The Gift of Stillness

by Rubel Shelly · Psalm 46:10 · Stillness · Solitude

We all need more silence and solitude than we are getting in our busy world so let's start with just 5 minutes each day.

Have you learned to be still?

Be Still

by Joe Bagby · Psalm 46:10 · Stillness

Be still, slow down, quit going at a break neck pace and know that God is God.

When was the last time you paused to listen for God?

What a Week

by Kelly Breece · Romans 5:4

Sometimes God's greatest blessings are seen when things don't go exactly like we like them.

What's good about the AC going out in summer?

He Really Is In Control

by Dr. Karen Buchanan · Philippians 4 · God · Peace · Stillness

A horrible storm in the United States Pacific Northwest helps slow things down enough for folks to remember some key truths from God.

What can we learn from the storm of the decade?

Be Still and Give Thanks to God

by Kelly Breece · Psalm 46 · God · Stress · Rest

God cares for us and beckons us to the quiet stillness to know he is in control and give us a chance to give him our thanksgiving.

Can we be still and give thanks in our times of chaos?

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