Articles Tagged 'Worth'

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.

The Divine Order of Love

Phil Ware reminds us where the word 'agape' really gets its meaning, in what God did for us in Jesus and that we must love God first if we are to love others properly.

Before Jesus, the word 'agape' didn't mean anything special. It was a sloppy word for 'love' pretty much like our English word 'love' as we use it today.

More than Our Words Can Express

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in virtual worship through words and music using YouTube videos encouraging us to worship God with all that we are and have and say.

God is worthy of all our praise — more than our finite minds and inadequate vocabulary can muster. So, how can we praise God appropriately?

Family

Brian McCutchen reminds us of the importance of family

Where can we go to know we are loved and safe from the storm?

Remember Your Worth

Max Lucado reminds us that we are the precious bride of Christ and we need to keep our focus on our wedding day.

You have been chosen by Christ for an eternity-long relationship!

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?

Who Can We Trust?

Tom Norvell shares with us insight into our skepticism and why we find it so hard to trust anyone.

In a world of deception, spin, and verbal hedging, is there anyone we can trust?

Building a Culture of Honor: Trust

Phil Ware continues his series on building a culture of honor, this time focusing on trust.

Is trust really something that has to be earned?

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!

Why Faith Is an Answer to Prayer and Prayer Is an Answer to Faith

Ann Voskamp reminds us that faith and prayer are a two street and the both are intertwined with each other and when this happens, grace, joy, and healing flow into Shalom, peace, wholeness and fullness of life.

How is faith an answer to prayer?

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?

I AM: Stay Connected!

Phil Ware continues his I AM series from the Gospel of John by talking about the vine and the branches and being fruitful by remaining or abiding or staying connected to Jesus.

Are you a limb or a stick?

Commitments and Complications

Rubel Shelly talks about trustworthiness, about keeping our word, honoring our promises, and even more, honoring God by keeping our promises.

How true are we to our promises?

Trust?

Patrick Odum talks about a strange occurrence involving trust, a New York ad agency worker, a homeless man, and an American Express Card, which reminds us that God trusts us.

I'm not sure I'm that trusting: are you?

Old Things Made New

God can take the broken, the useless, and the worthless and make them brand new.

God takes the broken pieces of our lives and makes us new.

Remember Who You Are

Ron Rose reminds us of tough times when God's people remembered who and whose they are.

Have you forgotten the truth?

Promises Kept!

Phil Ware talks about the promises of Jesus and how we know we can trust them: because he kept the hard and painful promises to die for us.

How do you know you can trust the promises of Jesus?

Good News about Tomorrow

Rubel Shelly talks about his medical ethics class and the importance these students put on telling the truth in all situations.

There's a wave of truthfulness headed down the pipeline!

Worthless Religion?

Tammy Marcelain shares insight on who we welcome and how we welcome them into our midst, and also reflects on what we do to push them away and hurt them with our words and actions.

What can empty our faith of its value?

Don't Trust a Shadow

Rubel Shelly reminds us that image is not substance and shadow is not tree: trust the tree not the shadow!

Why do we chase after what is not substance?

A Leader's First Duty

Rubel Shelly reminds us that the first duty of leaders is to be faithful, loyal, and trustworthy with the people closest to him.

Whatever happened to faithfulness in leaders?

In Christ

Patrick Odum shares a clear message from God's word, 2 Corinthians 5:17-21, and talks about all God has done to make us worthy in Christ.

God does the unthinkable to bless us immeasurably, in Christ!

How Do We Measure Success?

Bill Sherrill challenges us to judge our success based on our hearts and our service.

What is your unit of measurement?

The Lord Is Faithful

Tom Norvell reflects on Psalm 145:13-16 and reminds us that in the middle of broken marriages, broken political promises, and broken hopes, God is faithful to his promises.

Can you depend upon anyone any more?

Shout for Joy!

Rubel Shelly reminds us that we still have a lot to be celebrate even if things are bad with our lives, because God is at work in us and has done great things.

Whatever is bad, remember the great!

It's Not About ...

Is our life about us or about God, about giving him the praise in everything or about everything revolving around us.

What is your life really about?