Articles Tagged 'Story' (Page 2)

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.

Finding Jesus: Experiencing Jesus as Immanuel

Phil Ware brings to close his series on experiencing the presence of Jesus in our lives.

Are we wiling to open up the door and invite him in?

Refuse to Make Jesus Boring

Phil Ware begins a series of 5 messages on Inviting Jesus to church; this one focuses on not making the message of Jesus boring.

How can we make the message of life so boringly predictable?

Experience Immanuel

Phil Ware finishes up his 5 part series on experiencing Immanuel and summarizes the content of the four previous articles.

Why do we settle for so much less of Jesus than He promised us?

A Humble Suggestion

Kasey Pipes shares very personal observations about Washington, D.C., politics, humility, blogging, writing, and pride.

What can this former Whitehouse staffer teach us about humility and forgiveness?

Be Sure to Read the Whole Book!

Rubel Shelly shares insight on the whole Bible and our need to read the whole Bible, not just the New Testament.

So why mess with the Old Testament anyway?

Staring into the Face of Jesus

Phil Ware continues his five part series on yearning for the presence of God and shares with us ways to experience Immanuel, Jesus as God with us.

When was the last time you stared in the face of the Lord?

Discovering the Character of Your Church: Values & Integrity

Greg Anderson reminds us why values are so important and how we must live out of our values with integrity.

How do we handle our values with integrity in the life of our congregation?

Superman and Jesus?

Rubel Shelly comments and describes the difference between Superman and Jesus.

Is there a link between our desire for Superman and our need for Jesus?

A Light to Bring You Safely Home

Larry Davies reminds us of the power of a story about lighthouses and how Jesus is our lighthouse.

Can we be delivered from our darkness.

Nothing Significant?

Phil Ware reminds us that nothing we do in the Lord's name is insignificant, unimportant, or forgotten by God who loves us and remembers and rewards us for what we do.

So why do we discount what the Lord does through us?

Out of Chaos

Phil Ware continues with The Story and focuses on the first eleven chapters of Genesis and the Fall and the brokenness of our world.

How in the world did we get into this mess?

Enter The Story

Phil Ware begins the journey through The Story of God and talks about how our story and God's story intersects and involves us in his great unfolding saga of grace and redemption.

How do you fit into God's story?

Meeting Immanuel

Phil Ware shares the principles of drawing nearer to God and experiencing him as Immanuel.

Where can we go to experience God?

We Doubt...

Phil Ware shares insight into sharing the story of Jesus and its power based on his trips to Thailand and Peru and the young men and women with whom he has shared Jesus' story and shared his heart.

But it is not so much doubting God as doubting ourselves!

Did You Learn This in Sunday School?

Ron Rose talks about moving from waiting to tell the story to being the story in someone's life today.

How about this for the discovery of all life has for you?

Creating a Movement

Rick Brown talks about how we can accomplish the Great Commission in our world today, the same as they did it long ago.

How in the world did they do this?

The Core Necessity of Faith

Ron Rose reminds us that imagination is vital for our faith and for living life to the full.

Are you ready for the leap from the lion's head?

God in the boring Stuff?

Ron Rose asks us to pay attention to our lives and see God at work, even in the moments he does not appear to be present and especially in the moments that appear to be boring.

What are you seeing God at work doing in your life?

Get Your Head Out of the Clouds!

Phil Ware begins the New Year with an article or post about the book of Acts and the power of Jesus and the Holy Spirit to take broken people and use them powerfully to change the world.

Move beyond resolutions to Kingdom living!

Stories

You've got a story. It's a unique story that's being written every day. But your story needs an ending, a happy ending. And I know that the only way your story can end happily is if you make your story part of God's story.

What's your story?

Find the Plot to Your Dots

Ron Rose shares a very personal story about his daughter and her husband and their grandchildren and an adoption and reminds us of car games when he was a child.

Can you tell what God is doing?

Got a Problem with God?

Ron Rose talks about dealing with pain and disappointments with God by tracking down the issues and finding the truth and not just living in pain and bitterness.

Are you willing to find some answers?

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?

SpiritFire - Unforgivable?

Phil Ware shares insight into the unforgivable sin against the Holy Spirit, or blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, and offers a four point way to invite the Holy Spirit into our world each day.

Do you worry about this?

Creative Christmas Letters?

Janet Colbrunn tackles the hard task of helping us write creative Christmas letters that do more than inform our friends: they tell our story for generations to come.

Can anything be done to make these special?