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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.

A Humbling Reason for Thanksgiving

We give thanks for ten years of God's blessings at Heartlight.

Our joyous thanksgiving overflows!

Thank You Once Again

Some folks we simply cannot thank enough!

When is enough, enough?

Reasons to Be Thankful

A terrible accident can't rob this little girl or her family of reasons to give thanks.

How many reasons do you have to be thankful?

Thankfulness

We must never take for granted the great blessings we have been given by the hand of our gracious God!

WIll you give thanks, even for the leftovers?

The Thanksgiving Hooke

A little boy about whom we know nothing shows us the way to the meaning of thanksgiving.

Do you remember this little boy from the first Thanksgiving?

Lord of the Banquet

What can a husband do to bless his wife on Thanksgiving?

What makes a man truly great?

Dealing with Stress with Thanksgiving

We can find many reasons to give thanks even in difficult times.

Do you really believe this is a stress reduction strategy?

Upside Down Blessings

Bad things can be turned into blessings by God.

Can you see the good in the bad?

Flashing Lights in the Park

A description of the Dry Bones minsistry and a hard night a kid died.

Is there hope for these kids?

A Word to the Wise

We shouldn't need many words to hear or to speak.

Are your words few?

Finishing

While starting well is important, finishing is the most important thing of all!

So you started well, but how did you finish?

Ministry of the Presence

God cares about our struggles and sent Jesus to us to show us the way back to his heart.

What can we do to help others when their world collapses?

Finishing the Race

Hanging in there and persevering during tough times is not easy, but it is necessary and will develop our character.

Will you finish even if the going gets really tough?

They Prayed for Boldness

Under persecution and difficulty, we most often need to pray for boldness instead of protection and ease!

What would you have prayed for in this circumstance?

Hoof, Anvil, Fire, Wall, or Junk Pile

Our faith can either be real and shaping us to be useful to God or it can be discarded or nothing more than a good luck charm.

Where did you put your faith?

The Cost of our Tickets

We show by our lifestyle and our choices if we really worship God or other gods.

Who or what really is our God?

The Cockatoo Run

Change is hard, but God goes with us every step of the way.

What do birds have to do with it?

A Definite Maybe

God's promises are sure because he is always faithful.

Can you make up your mind?

Crazy Things Keep Happening to Me

Crazy things happen to all of us, but we can face them with joy because of God.

Does crazy stuff happen to you?

What She Could

Sometimes we try too hard and too much when we should simply be doing what we can.

Are you trying to do too much or are you doing what you can?

Thank You Rosa Parks

what we can learn from Rosa Parks' simple act of courage and defiance.

Isn't it time we said it?

The Power of One Woman

Rosa Parks is just one example of many women whose lives of faith have great changed the world.

What difference can one lady do?

Sandra Reaches for the Wrong Thing

We show we are Jesus' disciples by what we do, but so often what we reach for is the wrong thing.

What are you reaching for?

What if We Did What Jesus Said?

Jesus commanded us to act in certain ways toward others, especially when people mistreat us; what would happen if we really did obey him?

Can you imagine what would happen if we really obeyed Jesus?

Suing God

A man sues God because he thinks he didn't get from God what he felt he deserved.

Would you take God to court?