Articles Tagged 'Celebration'

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.

Thankful for Our Greatest Gift

Christmas card and thank you from the Heartlight.org and VerseoftheDay.com team.

God has blessed us with many gifts, but the greatest of all gifts was God coming to us in Jesus of Nazareth!

Interrupting the Silence of Foolishness

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware combine to bless us with a powerful Resurrection Sunday message on Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection and the power God blesses us with to triumph over sin and death.

Before Jesus’ resurrection, to believe in a crucified savior was a ridiculous and foolish!

When Easter Feels Messy

Melissa Troyer shares her busy and messy Easter morning when she arrived in a mess and exhausted from the messiness of the morning only to meet Jesus there.

Maybe your Easter was picture perfect and everything you hoped it would be. Or, maybe you found yourself too far away to see or hear anything clearly.

To the Ends of the Earth

James Nored and Phil Ware share Jesus' plan to reach all peoples, like the Ethiopian Nobleman and the people in the farthest reaches of the earth, with the goodness of grace.

God uses the most amazing connections and people to fulfill his promises to bless all people!

ToGather.church for Sunday, September 13, is Ready!

Dr. Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware invite you to join us for our Sunday, Verse of the Day focused, home worship guide and videos, called ToGather.church!

You're Invited to join us!

ToGather.church for Sunday, September 6, is Ready!

Dr. Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware invite you to join us for our Sunday, Verse of the Day focused, home worship guide and videos, called ToGather.church!

You're Invited to join us!

I Will Celebrate!

Phil Ware and Demetrius Collins lead us into worship in song and the Word to experience, proclaim and rejoice in the majesty, goodness, and grace of our God who is powerful and present among us.

David danced with all his might amid the reverence and honor given to God as the ark, the representation of God's power and presence, returned to his people.

Anticipation!

Phil Ware continues his reflections on Holy Communion by reminding us of coming reunion that The Supper ensures will happen!

While we remember Jesus, let's also remember all those who love Jesus that make up our huge, worldwide family.

Merry Christmas

A Christmas prayer from the teams at Heartlight.org and verseoftheday.com.

We Wish You a Very Warm and Happy Christmas!

To the Ends of the Earth

James Nored and Phil Ware share Jesus' plan to reach all peoples, like the Ethiopian Nobleman and the people in the farthest reaches of the earth, with the goodness of grace.

God uses the most amazing connections and people to fulfill his promises to bless all people!

Keep Singing the Song

Phillip Morrison brings Sara Barton's writings into the moments of our headlines of today with a story from long ago that reminds us that God's word still has the ultimate love song.

As followers of Jesus, isn't it time the world heard what we are for when it comes to sexuality?

Because Jesus Wants You to Be

Phillip Morrison reminds us of the most simple and basic reason of all to be baptized: Jesus wants us to be!

If Jesus was baptized and if Jesus wants you to be baptized, what's holding you back?

The God Who Loves a Party

When people come together to enjoy God's blessings and celebrate God's goodness, God not only approves; he comes to be a part.

God loves parties!

Fifty Shades of Grace: Intimacy

Phil Ware continues his series on fifty shades of grace and what God has in mind for us in marriage with sexual and physical and spiritual and emotional intimacy.

What does God really want for us in intimacy

When Our Star first Began to Shine

Phil Ware writes about the Christmas star that actually began to shine many years before the Magi found it!

It's Been up There a long, long Time!

UNPREDICTABLE: MY Lord!

Phil Ware continues his series on Jesus from the Gospel of John called unpredictable, and focuses on Mary Magdalene calling Jesus Lord in the middle of all sorts of grief, sorrow, despair, discouragement, loss, and hopelessness and is given the gift o

In the middle of this mess, would you still have called Jesus Lord?

Spiritual Zombies

Ron Rose writes about people living like spiritual dead people.

Isn't it time to live — I mean, really be alive!

Down the Hill, Waiting for the Return

Phil Ware continues his series on the mission trip to Sagrada Familia, The Community in Lima, Peru, and ties it in this article or post to Jesus' ascension.

How can you compare these two things?

C2K — Kiss the Bride

Phil Ware concludes his series on Church to Kingdom, C2K, and reminds us that as Jesus' people, we are the bride of Christ and need to be ready for our wedding.

Are you ready for the big wedding?

YAY!

A dying boy reminds us of the things we should celebrate

What can make a dying boy say

A Time of w00t

Ron Rose shares a new word, w00t, that means joy in gamer language, that has entered our common communication language.

Can you find the joy right now?

People Like Me!

Patrick Odum describes a city wide gathering of people who are different in many ways but find their unity in one thing -- Jesus!

When's the last time you celebrated someone different from you?

Shout for Joy!

Rubel Shelly reminds us that we've got to look past our own failures and low view of our own importance and learn to rejoice because we are each a child of the King.

Why should I rejoice when things are not going well?

Events and Emotions

Katha Winther shares the up and downs of her emotional roller coaster in her life recently and reminds us that God is with us in the ever-changing emotions of life.

Have you ridden the roller coaster lately?

The Inflatable Christmas

Tom Norvell compares the inflatable Christmas yard decorations to the inflatable Christians and religious people that Jesus criticized.

Wow, can you blow up your Christmas season?