Articles Tagged 'Value' (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.

How Do I View People?

Phil Ware reminds us how Jesus viewed people and challenged us by his example to view each person as someone in whom the works of God need to be done.

Jesus challenges us to examine the everyday processes that we use to strip away the humanity of those around us and dismiss their value to us.

Credentials

Phil Ware looks at the way we chase and give credibility in our world and reminds how Paul showed credibility in his own: becoming a servant, in weakness, and letting God's glory and power be seen in him.

What are the achievements that validate your credibility at doing the things you are called to do?

Viewing People as Jesus Did!

Phil Ware reminds us of the four ways we often view people that are very crass and treats them as less than human, then he compares that to how Jesus views people.

Too often as human beings, we tend to view people in ways that demean their value to God and reveal the diminished value we place upon them.

Someone for Us

Phil Ware reminds us of Jesus' idea of greatness and challenges us to follow the example of the often forgotten Onesiphorus, a "One-Who-Is-For-Us" friend.

We all need a 'Someone-For-Us' Friend!

God's Claim on You!

Max Lucado reminds us that we are precious to God and he has done everything he can to help us see that we are precious to the Creator of the universe.

No matter what anyone else may say about you, you are precious to your Creator!

All That Stuff

Max Lucado reminds us that we shouldn't and we can't define who we are by what we have or don't have, but by our contentment in the Lord.

How are we going to define ourselves?

Trophies

I know that just as my childhood trophies have lost their value to me, I'll one day look at all the things that seem so important to me now and see that they are like trash compared to knowing Christ. On that day, I'll lay my trophies down and receive wha

Are you ready to lay down your trophies?

'A Sort of Christ'

Rubel Shelly challenges us as the church to awaken to the call of Jesus and arise from our lethargy as an institution to reclaim our mission and purpose as Jesus' presence in the world.

Can we re-find the way of Christ?

Too Familiar to Feel the Bite?

Phil Ware continues his series on the way God values women and expresses this in Scripture and also against the grain of culture.

Sometimes we miss the truth because we are too familiar with what we think we know!

Made to be Complements

Phil Ware continues his series on looking at how the Bible values a woman, this week focusing on what it means to be complements.

Filling in each other's missing pieces!

Of Sacred Value

Phil Ware continues his thoughts on the value of women in our culture.

What really is the fault line in our culture's view of women?

What Women Need to Say to Each Other to Shatter the Dark

Ann Voskamp looks at her daughters, remembers her own journey, and reminds all women that it is God, our Father, who determines the worth of a woman, not a mirror, not the media, and not our own doubts and self-deprecations.

Who determines my worth as a daughter of the King?

Trash or Treasure?

God sent his son Jesus to die for us. He sent him to die so that we could live. The offer of salvation is a precious treasure, yet some won't recognize that. They'll "despise" God's offer, discarding this gift like yesterday's trash.

Can you tell the difference between trash and treasure?

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?

Discovering the Character of Your Church: Personal vs. shared Values

Phil Ware continues the series on values and leadership, especially conflict in the leadership because they cannot discern operational, personal, strategic, theoretical, shared, and other types of values.

Why can't we just do it the way I see it?

Discovering the Character of your Church: 'Are' Values or 'Should' Values?

Tim Woodroof talks about the values of churches and distinguishes between the values that are and the values that churches feel like they should have.

How do we get down to our true values?

Discovering the Character of Your Church: Core Values

Mark Frost of interimministrypartners.com shares insights into transition times for churches who are looking for a minister or pastor and helps them discover ways to determine their core values.

What really do we value?

Worthwhile Things Take Time!

Rubel Shelly reminds us of the missing virtue of persistence -- endurance and perseverance mixed with consistency and integrity.

Perseverance, not slow and steady, wins the race!

Tyrannized by Our Feelings

Rubel Shelly reminds us that we don't have to be ruled, enslaved, and tyrannized by our feelings, but our emotions can be channeled and overcome by the power of commitment, the Holy Spirit, and love.

Are you enslaved by your emotions?

Up!

Rick Brown reminds us that lame excuses keep us lame and Jesus calls us to get up, take up, and get on with living and walking and taking responsibility for our lives.

Haven't you stayed down long enough?

Everything in Its Time and Place

Rubel Shelly reminds us that there is a time for everything as long as it is kept in its place and we remain balanced in our lives with the correct priorities.

Every get out of balance?

The Forgotten Virtue

Rubel Shelly talks about the virtue of humility and how it is in short supply these days.

Is it hard to be humble when you think yourself great?

He Didn't Save it for Us

Rubel Shelly talks about a family who found money in the attic of their newly purchased house and returned it to the heirs of the previous owners because they were honest and wanted their kids to know the truth of character.

Integrity can be costly in the long run while paying huge dividends in those we teach!

Treasure Keeping

Wealth isn't measured by dollars or gold. The only treasure that matters is that which is stored in heaven.

How do you get life that is truly life?

Look at Your Life

Tom Norvell reminds us to have some introspection and ask ourselves about the value of our lives.

What are people goig to find?