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So, thank you, Abba, for reserving a place for us, just for us, at the curb with you.</h4> <p>Ron Rose talks about how everything he and Lyn set out by the curb was reclaimed and reused by someone else, which is what God has done with us when we have been broken and discarded.</p> <p class="links">07/23/2024 by Ron Rose</p>  </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-with-image-wrap"> <div class="row has-margin-bottom"> <div class="col-md-3 col-sm-3"> <a href="https://www.heartlight.org/articles/202407/20240718_sharing_the_joy.html"><img class="img-responsive center-block" src="//img.heartlight.org/crop.php?w=250&f=articles/4372-large.jpg" alt="" title="Sharing in the Joy!"></a> </div> <div class="col-md-9 col-sm-9 bulletin">  <h3 class="media-heading"><a href="https://www.heartlight.org/articles/202407/20240718_sharing_the_joy.html">Sharing in the Joy!</a></h3> <h4 class="media-heading">O God, please, will you let me see a little harvest... Please!</h4> <p>Phil Ware takes into John 4 and Samaria with Jesus and let's Jesus speak to us about the sower and the harvester rejoicing together.</p> <p class="links">07/18/2024 by Phil Ware</p>  </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-with-image-wrap"> <div class="row has-margin-bottom"> <div class="col-md-3 col-sm-3"> <a href="https://www.heartlight.org/articles/202407/20240716_prayermission.html"><img class="img-responsive center-block" src="//img.heartlight.org/crop.php?w=250&f=articles/2994-large.jpg" alt="" title="Prayer and Mission"></a> </div> <div class="col-md-9 col-sm-9 bulletin">  <h3 class="media-heading"><a href="https://www.heartlight.org/articles/201311/20131124_prayermission.html">Prayer and Mission</a></h3> <h4 class="media-heading">So if they didn't and couldn't, how dare we?</h4> <p>Mark Frost continues the series on discovering your mission before finding your minister with the Interim Ministry Partners team and he focuses on prayer.</p> <p class="links">07/16/2024 by Mark Frost</p>  </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-with-image-wrap"> <div class="row has-margin-bottom"> <div class="col-md-3 col-sm-3"> <a href="https://www.heartlight.org/articles/202407/20240711_somewherelse.html"><img class="img-responsive center-block" src="//img.heartlight.org/crop.php?w=250&f=articles/1462-large.jpg" alt="" title="Let's Go Somewhere Else"></a> </div> <div class="col-md-9 col-sm-9 bulletin">  <h3 class="media-heading"><a href="https://www.heartlight.org/articles/200709/20070917_somewherelse.html">Let's Go Somewhere Else</a></h3> <h4 class="media-heading">Why would Jesus leave someone behind?</h4> <p>Phil Ware talks about spending time in communion with God so that we can know best how to respond to those who need compassion and yet help us keep to our mission.</p> <p class="links">07/11/2024 by Phil Ware</p>  </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-with-image-wrap"> <div class="row has-margin-bottom"> <div class="col-md-3 col-sm-3"> <a href="https://www.heartlight.org/articles/202407/20240709_yourmission.html"><img class="img-responsive center-block" src="//img.heartlight.org/crop.php?w=250&f=articles/2466-large.jpg" alt="" title="Your Life in God's Mission"></a> </div> <div class="col-md-9 col-sm-9 bulletin">  <h3 class="media-heading"><a href="https://www.heartlight.org/articles/201103/20110314_yourmission.html">Your Life in God's Mission</a></h3> <h4 class="media-heading">Can you visualize your workplace as your mission?</h4> <p>Rubel Shelly talks about using our work and workplace as the place we live out God's mission for us.</p> <p class="links">07/09/2024 by Rubel Shelly</p>  </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-with-image-wrap"> <div class="row has-margin-bottom"> <div class="col-md-3 col-sm-3"> <a href="https://www.heartlight.org/articles/202407/20240704_flyingwithfreedom.html"><img class="img-responsive center-block" src="//img.heartlight.org/crop.php?w=250&f=articles/3294-large.jpg" alt="" title="Flying High with Freedom!"></a> </div> <div class="col-md-9 col-sm-9 bulletin">  <h3 class="media-heading"><a href="https://www.heartlight.org/articles/201507/20150704_flyingwithfreedom.html">Flying High with Freedom!</a></h3> <h4 class="media-heading">We have been set free, so let's not give up our freedom?</h4> <p>Phil Ware reflects on the importance of freedom and what Paul teaches in Galatians.</p> <p class="links">07/04/2024 by Phil Ware</p>  </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-with-image-wrap"> <div class="row has-margin-bottom"> <div class="col-md-3 col-sm-3"> <a href="https://www.heartlight.org/articles/202407/20240702_allaboutpeople.html"><img class="img-responsive center-block" src="//img.heartlight.org/crop.php?w=250&f=articles/3446-large.jpg" alt="" title="It's All About People!"></a> </div> <div class="col-md-9 col-sm-9 bulletin">  <h3 class="media-heading"><a href="https://www.heartlight.org/articles/201607/20160707_allaboutpeople.html">It's All About People!</a></h3> <h4 class="media-heading">Through the years and all the changes, one thing remains true about the heart of God.</h4> <p>Phillip Morrison reminds us in the shadow of Independence Day about the many inconsistencies when principles are first applied, yet he also urges us to be patient and gracious and open to the needs of all people.</p> <p class="links">07/02/2024 by Phillip Morrison</p>  </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-with-image-wrap"> <div class="row has-margin-bottom"> <div class="col-md-3 col-sm-3"> <a href="https://www.heartlight.org/articles/202406/20240627_finishing.html"><img class="img-responsive center-block" src="//img.heartlight.org/crop.php?w=250&f=articles/3995-large.jpg" alt="" title="What is CORE: Finishing"></a> </div> <div class="col-md-9 col-sm-9 bulletin">  <h3 class="media-heading"><a href="https://www.heartlight.org/articles/202011/20201118_finishing.html">What is CORE: Finishing</a></h3> <h4 class="media-heading">I remain convicted that these passages give us the CORE of what we must believe and practice as Jesus' disciples.</h4> <p>Phil Ware brings his series on 'What is CORE!' to a close, giving us a short summary to help us remember these three CORE passages and what they teach and call on us to do.</p> <p class="links">06/27/2024 by Phil Ware</p>  </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-with-image-wrap"> <div class="row has-margin-bottom"> <div class="col-md-3 col-sm-3"> <a href="https://www.heartlight.org/articles/202406/20240625_leaving.html"><img class="img-responsive center-block" src="//img.heartlight.org/crop.php?w=250&f=articles/1514-large.jpg" alt="" title="Leaving the Past, Living the Kingdom"></a> </div> <div class="col-md-9 col-sm-9 bulletin">  <h3 class="media-heading"><a href="https://www.heartlight.org/articles/200711/20071109_leaving.html">Leaving the Past, Living the Kingdom</a></h3> <h4 class="media-heading">How can I escape my past?</h4> <p>Paul Faulkner reminds us that we need to live for the present to help others and keep our focus on the matters of the Kingdom rather than let our lives get filled with regret for the past.</p> <p class="links">06/25/2024 by Paul Faulkner</p>  </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-with-image-wrap"> <div class="row has-margin-bottom"> <div class="col-md-3 col-sm-3"> <a href="https://www.heartlight.org/articles/202406/20240620_worship.html"><img class="img-responsive center-block" src="//img.heartlight.org/crop.php?w=250&f=articles/2815-large.jpg" alt="" title="What is Core: Worshiping"></a> </div> <div class="col-md-9 col-sm-9 bulletin">  <h3 class="media-heading"><a href="https://www.heartlight.org/articles/201302/20130210_worship.html">What is Core: Worshiping</a></h3> <h4 class="media-heading">Why do we put so much emphasis on worship in the box and not in our everyday lives?</h4> <p>Phil Ware finishes his series on What is Core by talking about worship and the importance of meeting together in big and small groups, but also living out the life God has called us to lead, being a reflection of the righteous character and gracious compa</p> <p class="links">06/20/2024 by Phil Ware</p>  </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-with-image-wrap"> <div class="row has-margin-bottom"> <div class="col-md-3 col-sm-3"> <a href="https://www.heartlight.org/articles/202406/20240618_worshipnrealworld.html"><img class="img-responsive center-block" src="//img.heartlight.org/crop.php?w=250&f=articles/2047-large.jpg" alt="" title="Worship in the Real World"></a> </div> <div class="col-md-9 col-sm-9 bulletin">  <h3 class="media-heading"><a href="https://www.heartlight.org/articles/200904/20090423_worshipnrealworld.html">Worship in the Real World</a></h3> <h4 class="media-heading">Why is it so easy to draw this line?</h4> <p>Phil Ware reminds us that there should be no line between sacred and secular for followers of Jesus.</p> <p class="links">06/18/2024 by Phil Ware</p>  </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-with-image-wrap"> <div class="row has-margin-bottom"> <div class="col-md-3 col-sm-3"> <a href="https://www.heartlight.org/articles/202406/20240616_leavinglegacy.html"><img class="img-responsive center-block" src="//img.heartlight.org/crop.php?w=250&f=articles/3918-large.jpg" alt="" title="Leaving a Multi-generational Legacy"></a> </div> <div class="col-md-9 col-sm-9 bulletin">  <h3 class="media-heading"><a href="https://www.heartlight.org/articles/202006/20200617_leavinglegacy.html">Leaving a Multi-generational Legacy</a></h3> <h4 class="media-heading">As fathers, we can leave behind messes for our children and grandchildren; more importantly, we can leave behind a lasting legacy of faith!</h4> <p>Phil Ware reminds us that as fathers and grandfather, we will leave behind messes but we can also leave behind a legacy of faith that lasts for generations.</p> <p class="links">06/16/2024 by Phil Ware</p>  </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-with-image-wrap"> <div class="row has-margin-bottom"> <div class="col-md-3 col-sm-3"> <a href="https://www.heartlight.org/articles/202406/20240613_core_communing.html"><img class="img-responsive center-block" src="//img.heartlight.org/crop.php?w=250&f=articles/3961-large.jpg" alt="" title="What is Core: Communing"></a> </div> <div class="col-md-9 col-sm-9 bulletin">  <h3 class="media-heading"><a href="https://www.heartlight.org/articles/202009/20200916_core_communing.html">What is Core: Communing</a></h3> <h4 class="media-heading">When we gather in Jesus' name, something transcendent happens: the Lord is present with us!</h4> <p>Phil Ware talks about what is core to our faith and then ties it to everyday meals as well as our celebration of the Lord's Supper and the things of first importance in 1 Corinthians 15:1-7.</p> <p class="links">06/13/2024 by Phil Ware</p>  </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-with-image-wrap"> <div class="row has-margin-bottom"> <div class="col-md-3 col-sm-3"> <a href="https://www.heartlight.org/articles/202406/20240611_free.html"><img class="img-responsive center-block" src="//img.heartlight.org/crop.php?w=250&f=articles/1025-large.jpg" alt="" title="Free to Be Authentic"></a> </div> <div class="col-md-9 col-sm-9 bulletin">  <h3 class="media-heading"><a href="https://www.heartlight.org/articles/200607/20060707_free.html">Free to Be Authentic</a></h3> <h4 class="media-heading">Are you truly free?</h4> <p>When we don't have to impress folks, we are free to live authentically.</p> <p class="links">06/11/2024 by Paul Faulkner</p>  </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-with-image-wrap"> <div class="row has-margin-bottom"> <div class="col-md-3 col-sm-3"> <a href="https://www.heartlight.org/articles/202406/20240606_core_love.html"><img class="img-responsive center-block" src="//img.heartlight.org/crop.php?w=250&f=articles/3958-large.jpg" alt="" title="What Is Core: Loving"></a> </div> <div class="col-md-9 col-sm-9 bulletin">  <h3 class="media-heading"><a href="https://www.heartlight.org/articles/202009/20200909_core_love.html">What Is Core: Loving</a></h3> <h4 class="media-heading">Core to following Jesus is becoming like God in offering love, first.</h4> <p>Phil Ware continues his series on what is core and focuses on love and what it is and how Jesus and God demonstrate it.</p> <p class="links">06/06/2024 by Phil Ware</p>  </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-with-image-wrap"> <div class="row has-margin-bottom"> <div class="col-md-3 col-sm-3"> <a href="https://www.heartlight.org/articles/202406/20240604_loveyou.html"><img class="img-responsive center-block" src="//img.heartlight.org/crop.php?w=250&f=articles/3682-large.jpg" alt="" title="Let God Love You!"></a> </div> <div class="col-md-9 col-sm-9 bulletin">  <h3 class="media-heading"><a href="https://www.heartlight.org/articles/201805/20180506_loveyou.html">Let God Love You!</a></h3> <h4 class="media-heading">Do more than try to hang onto love. Let's God's love Hang on to you!</h4> <p>Max Lucado reminds us to accept and receive the love God longs to give us.</p> <p class="links">06/04/2024 by Max Lucado</p>  </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-with-image-wrap"> <div class="row has-margin-bottom"> <div class="col-md-3 col-sm-3"> <a href="https://www.heartlight.org/articles/202405/20240530_training.html"><img class="img-responsive center-block" src="//img.heartlight.org/crop.php?w=250&f=articles/3989-large.jpg" alt="" title="What is CORE: Training"></a> </div> <div class="col-md-9 col-sm-9 bulletin">  <h3 class="media-heading"><a href="https://www.heartlight.org/articles/202011/20201111_training.html">What is CORE: Training</a></h3> <h4 class="media-heading">Our practice of omitting from the Lord's Great Commission is more likely based on our preference for the attractional model of doing church.</h4> <p>Phil Ware continues his series on What is CORE focusing on the training -- teaching to obey -- element of the Great Commission.</p> <p class="links">05/30/2024 by Phil Ware</p>  </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-with-image-wrap"> <div class="row has-margin-bottom"> <div class="col-md-3 col-sm-3"> <a href="https://www.heartlight.org/articles/202405/20240528_the_hands.html"><img class="img-responsive center-block" src="//img.heartlight.org/crop.php?w=250&f=articles/4371-large.jpg" alt="" title="The Hands that Helped Formed Me"></a> </div> <div class="col-md-9 col-sm-9 bulletin">  <h3 class="media-heading"><a href="https://www.heartlight.org/articles/202405/20240528_the_hands.html">The Hands that Helped Formed Me</a></h3> <h4 class="media-heading">It's not in my most mountain top moments, but in the desolate, agonizing ones of inability where I've found that infilling.</h4> <p>Melissa Troyer shares the challenging and agonizing and glorious moments of giving birth through several difficult deliveries and remembers all the key people who have formed her into the woman she has become.</p> <p 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