Articles Tagged 'Water'

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.

Courage! I AM! Quit Fearing!

Phil Ware continues his series on Saved at Sea and this week focuses on Jesus walking on the water.

Can we see the LORD in middle of our storms?

What is CORE: Baptizing

Phil Ware continues his series on "What is CORE" by talking about baptism and why it is important.

God has given us a way to experience the saving work Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection.

What is CORE: Baptizing

Phil Ware continues his series on "What is CORE" by talking about baptism and why it is important.

God has given us a way to experience the saving work Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection.

Geshem: The Water of Heaven

Dr. Lois Tverberg talks about 'geshem' or water, and how God set up Israel to need God to supply their water and make them strong, not their location or their efforts or their wisdom!

When God chose a land for his people, he didn't choose a place where they could have security because of their own efforts, he chose a land where they would be far more dependent on him!

I Doubt It: The Well

Phil Ware continues his series on Jesus and series of encounters where people say to him or heard him and thought, 'I doubt it!'

Phil Ware invites us to join a weary woman who is all alone at the well in the middle of her daily grind and whose life was changed by a divine encounter!.

I Doubt It: The Delivery Room

Phil Ware continues his series on 'I Doubt It' by talking about Jesus' encounter with Nicodemus and his need to be born of God, from above, born again.

If Nicodemus needed grace despite all his religious accomplishments and his genuinely God-seeking heart, then we desperately need grace, too.

Living Water for Our Soul-Drought

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to call us to find Jesus' gift of the Holy Spirit the living water to end our soul-drought.

If all we have is a once-a-year sentimental baby Jesus, then we don’t have the real Jesus and our souls remain parched and thirsty and our whole being longs for SOMEONE more!

What is CORE: Baptizing

Phil Ware continues his series on "What is CORE" by talking about baptism and why it is important.

God has given us a way to experience the saving work Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection.

Through Every Storm!

James Nored and Phil Ware remind us that the storms of life can engulf us, surround us, buffet us, and even terrify us, but Jesus will not abandon us in our storms and will eventually bring us to safety, peace, and calm.

Jesus wants us to invite him into our storms so he can speak peace to our panic and hope to our dread.

The Overflow of Grace

Phil Ware reminds of the importance and power of grace and that we can live out of the overflow of this grace and bless others.

We not only live in the overflow of grace, we are now the flow of that grace into the lives of those around us.

Your Feet in His Hands

Max Lucado writes reminding us of our need for being washed and made clean by Jesus.

We say, “No! Don’t wash their feet, Jesus. Tell them to wash Yours!”

Let the Water Be Your Friend

Phillip Morrison shares some beautiful insight on unity, baptism, and how the water can be our friend if we let it!

It was with fear and trembling that she made her unsteady way down the steps and stood, shaking like a leaf!

I Doubt It: The Well

Phil Ware continues his series on Jesus and series of encounters where people say to him or heard him and thought, 'I doubt it!'

Phil Ware invites us to join a weary woman who is all alone at the well in the middle of her daily grind and whose life was changed by a divine encounter!.

I Doubt It: The Delivery Room

Phil Ware continues his series on 'I Doubt It' by talking about Jesus' encounter with Nicodemus and his need to be born of God, from above, born again.

If Nicodemus needed grace despite all his religious accomplishments and his genuinely God-seeking heart, then we desperately need grace, too.

Drought Buster

Phil Ware reminds us of Jesus' promise to send us living water in the Holy Spirit, water that would never run dry and would well up in us to eternal life.

With the Holy Spirit, there never has to be a spiritual drought!

Tug-of-War over Grace

Phil Ware reminds us that people make up their own definitions of what grace means all the time, but Jesus defines grace, exemplifies it, and pours it out upon us and he should be our example and definition of grace.

Is grace a gift or does it come with conditions?

Love: The Deep and The Quiet

Ann Voskamp's article on love and the river is merged with Delirious? and Martyn Smith's song Find Me in the River.

Love means so much more than a warm fuzzy feeling; it means we act differently.

Keeping My Eyes on the Prize

Phil Ware continues his series on Jesus and transformation and focuses today on our walking with Jesus each day in the gospels and learning his words and talking with him and taking on on his character and compassion as the Spirit transforms us.

God isn't after change, that happens all the time: God wants transformation!

Almost Destroyed by the Actions of Another

Stacy Voss shares the parallel between a house burned by a nearby car and the destruction in her life because of infidelity and divorce.

Can you come back from near total destruction?

Courage! I AM! Quit Fearing!

Phil Ware continues his series on Saved at Sea and this week focuses on Jesus walking on the water.

Can we see the LORD in middle of our storms?

Born of the Spirit

Phil Ware continues his series on the Holy Spirit with a focus on being born of the Spirit and its ties to faith, baptism, and repentance.

Without the Holy Spirit, how can there be new life?

Deep Roots

Teresa Bell Kindred reminds us of the importance of growing deep roots of faith by the waters of God's grace.

What kind of legacy are we leaving for those around us?

Building a Culture of Honor: Serving

Phil Ware continues his series on building a culture of honor and focuses on Jesus washing his disciples' feet on the eve of his crucifixion.

How do you break down the strongest barriers? The secret is simple, watch Jesus!

Practice the Wine of Kindness

Rick Brown reminds us to be focused on meeting the felt needs of people and use that to invite them to Jesus.

What would you have done with the jugs of water?

When Did God Change?

Brian McCutchen talks about the night he was baptized and the fear he felt and his desire to know he was going to heaven and now he is assured of those things because he understands God's grace.

Is it me, or has God changed his opinion on grace?