Articles Tagged 'Wounded'

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.

God-skin!

Ron Rose is back at Black Rifle Coffee, being the available friend and pastor to folks who drop in with a story to tell, this time it's a lady who's been dumped and betrayed and Ron Reminds her of her need for God, and he will be available to be the skin

Without hesitation, no warm-up required, she told her story of betrayal and rejection.

Run Away Like Jonah Days

Melissa Troyer is having one of those days where you want to run away and hide and yet has a young child that demands attention, driving Melissa back into the strength of God!

Perhaps the biggest gift of

LOVING A SPOUSE WITH ADHD: Understanding the Misery and Ecstasy

Ken Fox, a relationship coach, shares insight and research on what it is like to be married to a person with adult ADHD.

More and more people have a better idea of the challenges of being married, or hopelessly in love with someone possessing the unmissable gifts you can't imagine living without!

He Did It for You!

Max Lucado reminds us of the gift Jesus gives us with the cross and resurrection.

Why would Jesus face all that he faced when He could have stopped it with a word?

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?

Better Broken: 11!

Phil Ware continues his series, Better Broken, focusing on the problem of there being 11 apostles and how people fail us and what are we doing to do to go on after we've been betrayed.

What do you do with the one who is missing?

Someone Named Her 'Unwanted'

Rubel Shelly writes about the name Nakusa in India and how it means unwanted and asks how to you overcome a bad name.

How do you ever overcome the name?

Church Is a Wellness Center ... Not Just a Hospital

Church is not just like a hospital where everyone is sick. It is more like a wellness center where we learn to live healthy.

Church is not a place to stay spiritually sick, but a place to get well.

Sharing Someone's Load

Rubel Shelly tells a funny story about a sad situation and reminds us to help each other carry our burdens.

I wonder if they ever got the shoe box back?

Love Path 911: Can We Have a Good Marriage?

Joe Beam answers the reader's question about having a good marriage again after all the hurt and sinfulness?

After all that has happened, can we have a good marriage?

How Will We Survive?

Rick Reynolds shares solid advice on how to survive an affair.

If your world crashes in around you, how will you make it?

People First

Mike Barres challenges us with a powerful example of climbing Mt. Everest and compares it with having a great church experience but not being concerned with people.

Would you reach the mountaintop or help the wounded?

Some Who Has Been There

Rubel Shelly reminds us that Superman isn't really a model of a hero because he didn't have to worry about anything, but those of us who are mortal need heroes like Jesus and you!

Who is more super than Superman and yet doesn't possess his powers?

I Trust in Your Unfailing Love

Tom Norvell reminds us of the power of trusting God and putting our faith in his unfailing love.

Can you still hold on to trust?

Rest for the Weary

Tom Norvell reminds us and prays for us to find rest from our weariness in the Lord.

Where can we turn when we are worn out and discouraged?

Out of the Shadows?

Ron Rose reminds us that God is our Shepherd and he will comfort us, even during those awful times in the valley of the shadow of death.

How do we ever get through those darkest days in the valleys of life?

Tragedy Can Bring Awareness

Paul Faulkner reminds us that God can bring something good out of our grief and trials.

What good can come out of this kind of mess?

Divorce and Stress in Children

Paul Faulkner reminds us that divorce causes stress on our children and creates a legacy that impacts their lives, so we need to learn to love each other in words and actions.

How can we help our children long-term?

A Far Country

Letting a child go is a scary thing and when they hurt or they are killed or they go through a traumatic experience, it awful for the parent, so all we can do is ask that God be present and real for them.

How can we protect them?

When Your Heart Hurts

With an onslaught of bad things happening over the last several weeks, Russ is holding on to hope and faith in God and the steadfast love of the Father.

Is there anyting to really hold on to when your heart aches in the middle of life's messes?

Venting?

We need to vent our anger appropriately with a Christian friend before we lose control and the whole things blows up on us and those around us.

Have you learned to let off a little steam before you blow up?