Articles Tagged 'Useful'

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.

Kicked to the Curb? Good!

Ron Rose talks about how everything he and Lyn set out by the curb was reclaimed and reused by someone else, which is what God has done with us when we have been broken and discarded.

Holy ground — without brokenness, there would be no healing or hope or grace. So, thank you, Abba, for reserving a place for us, just for us, at the curb with you.

Guiding My Steps

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to remember God's faithfulness to his promises, the victory our God has promised to us, and the importance of obeying the Scriptures God has gi

We are blessed to have the Holy Spirit and the Scriptures that the Spirit inspired to guide our steps in a confusing and dangerous world.

Refresh

Patrick Odom uses the short letter of Paul to Philemon to remind us what is important in Christ.

If the gospel we believe doesn't cause us to liberate people from the chains of our prejudices and selfishness, then perhaps we don’t understand it.

Harmony!

Max Lucado reminds us of our need to be part of a band to make beautiful music no matter what part we play.

We need each other just like a band needs a tuba... and a flute... and a drum beat!

You Be You!

Max Lucado reminds us that God didn't call us to be anyone else, but calls us to be the person whom he made for his purposes.

Don't try to be someone else, God made you to be you for his purposes.

A Good Ending

Tom Norvell reminds us that as far as failure goes, Peter pretty much leads the way, but he also leads the way in turnarounds and being called back to significant ministry.

We don't have to live in the mess of our mess up!

The Ig Nobel Awards

Patrick Odum tells us about the Ig Nobel awards and reminds us that God uses ordinary folks, ignoble folks, to do great things for His glory.

If it's not Nobel, is it ignoble?

Mother's Day Messages

A simple message from 2 Timothy about mothers.

Thank you for your legacy of faith.

The Partnership

Phil Ware writes about having a sense of divine partnership in daily life and being used by God and sensing God's presence in what we do.

Can you see more going on in your life than the daily grind?

Reluctant Leadership?

Mike Barres reminds us about the power of leadership and encourages us to prayerfully step up if asked.

What does God see that we don't?

Who?

Steve Higginbotham writes about Bezalel, an artist who was chosen by God to design and oversee the construction of the Tabernacle and all the sacred items found in it during the rugged time of the wilderness wanderings.

Who in the world is this dude who played such an important role?

Clay or Collectible

Article on the transformation God can do in our lives changing us from a lump of clay into an object of beauty and usefulness.

Can we ever be more than a lump of clay or a collection of dust?

Useful

No matter what others say or do to make you feel useless, Jesus loves you and has demonstrated again and again that you are useful to him!

Do you sometimes feel useless?

Retire or Re-fire?

Christians should never retire spiritually, but instead re-fire!

What are you going to do in your retirement?