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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.

Simple Oil Changes

Max Lucado reminds us that God wants to help us through our hardest challenges.

Why is it so hard to let our Father help us?

Viewing People as Jesus Did!

Phil Ware reminds us of the four ways we often view people that are very crass and treats them as less than human, then he compares that to how Jesus views people.

Too often as human beings, we tend to view people in ways that demean their value to God and reveal the diminished value we place upon them.

Rebellious Confusion

James Nored and Phil Ware share in thought and video several important truths about the Tower of Babel story and the human resistance to the will of God.

The story of the Tower of Babel is a reminder of the confusion that ultimately results from refusing to obey God's will.

Ancient Wisdom, Modern Grace: Passing It On

Phil Ware completes his four-part series called 'Ancient Wisdom, Modern Grace.' He reminds us of our need to be a risk-taking group of Jesus followers

How do we learn to live with broader horizons and greater risk-taking for the Kingdom of God?

Eating and Leftovers

Phil Ware reminds us that our times at the Lord's Table should be filled with the same kind of people who joined Jesus at the table when he was on earth!

Why the connection between Jesus and 'the leftovers' and why does the modern church not have the same relationships?

Is Anything Sacred?

Max Lucado reminds us that God's holiness standards do not change and that we must not compromise on what we feel called to do.

Why do we try to change God's standards?

Ancient Wisdom, Today’s Grace: Surprise!

Phil Ware continues his series on 'Ancient Wisdom, Today's Grace' and focuses on our desire to continue to grow in Christ.

When is it okay to think that we've arrived at spiritual maturity?

The Struggle to Find Faith

James Nored and Phil Ware look at C.S. Lewis and his struggle to find faith and our own challenges in believing.

I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!

Ancient Wisdom, Today's Grace: Singing the Jesus Song

Phil Ware continues his series on 'Ancient Wisdom, Today's Grace' and challenges us to follow Paul's example of using our songs to call us back to Jesus.

What can reach our hearts and call us to be like Jesus with power and emotion?

Ministry Outside the Church Walls

The Christian life is meant to be lived out among non-believers, living in such a way that they can see who we are and eventually glorify God. A Christian life lived inside a building will never accomplish that.

Corporate worship isn't enough

Ancient Wisdom, Today's Grace: Finding God's Will

Phil Ware begins a series for church leaders and congregations in transition which uses Paul's experiences in his ministry to Macedonian churches to help us in our struggles today.

Throughout the Bible, we find great examples that can help us sort through our challenges today.

The Whole World

Phil Ware continues his series on 'Beyond Bread and Wine' focusing on Jesus' death for the sin of the whole world and a special Sunday in Bangkok, Thailand.

Why is our sight so short-sided that we cannot see the whole world at Jesus' Table of grace?

Grace Comes After You!

Max Lucado reminds us how God's grace pursues, comes after, and seeps into us if we allow it to flood over us.

Is there anywhere we can go to escape God's grace? I don't think so!

I Doubt It: World Changers

Phil Ware continues his series called 'I Doubt It' and focuses today on Jesus' call and promise that his eleven apostles and those that followed them would turn the world upside down with their message of good news and hope and grace.

Despite early Jewish opposition and later Roman persecution and martyrdom, their passion, conviction, and impact could not be stopped.

Noah, Violence, and Grace

James Nored and Phil Ware remind us that violence is not God's plan, but humanity's corrupt and wicked propensity to injure and mar those created in the image of God.

The story of Noah fascinates children, but the message of Noah also reminds us of the Creator's heart being broken by humanity's penchant for violence.

I Doubt It: You Still Have a Lot to Offer

Phil Ware continues his 'I Doubt It' series and reminds us that Jesus not only forgives and cleanses, but he restores and calls us back to ministry.

Yes, we've all blown it at some point, yet Jesus does more than remind us we're valuable; the Lord calls us back to service!

In Our Hands

Phil Ware continues his series of Communion devotionals called 'Beyond Bread and Wine' with a reminder that our often taken for granted hands can lead us to a profound grace!

The Father has given us a simple way of remembering the significance of this Supper: our hands!

A Palm Full of Mercy from a Basin of Grace

Max Lucado reminds us that mercy may be hard, but it is often the only solution and that solution can only be offered by the one offended.

How can a basin of water mean so much to so many?

I Doubt It: Jesus Is Risen from the Dead

Phil Ware continues his series called 'I Doubt It' and focuses this week on Jesus having risen from death to never die again.

Jesus is risen, and we believe because the first disciples had their doubts!

Resurrection Sunday!

This is a harmonization of the accounts from the Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, of the resurrection appearances of Jesus on the first day of his resurrection.

Have you read the story lately?

What Happens When You Die?

Max Lucado shares insights from the Bible about what happens to us when we die and what Jesus' resurrection means to our hope.

What Jesus' resurrection guarantees about our own.

I Doubt It: Dirty Feet & Open Hands

Phil Ware continues his series called, 'I Doubt It,' focusing this week on Jesus' tender act of washing the disciples' feet.

Learning the art of loving and sacrificial service in a room full of dirty feet.

I Doubt It: Never Die

Phil Ware continues his "I Doubt It" series focused today on Jesus' promise to Mary that those who believe in him will never die.

Can Jesus really promise us that we will never die?

Something Simple, Something Glorious

Phil Ware reminds us that though the bread and wine of this meal are simple, so were Jesus' words to Jairus' daughter, and those words changed everything.

Don't be fooled by the simplicity of this meal, but be reminded that Jesus makes simple things glorious!

God Still Cares

James Nored and Phil Ware continue their messages on God's plan of redemption and how God longs to restore us to himself.

When we have sinned, fallen short of God's plans for us, and have disappointed our heavenly Father, we assume he puts us into his “club for the unwanteds.”