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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.

SpiritFire - Abba

Phil Ware continues his series on the Holy Spirit by talking about God being Abba Father.

How dare we address God in this way?

But I Love Her Anyway

Jesus makes it possible to once again have the purity and innocence of a child.

I wish I could be as innocent and trusting as a child.

Beauty in Black and White

Pat Mingarelli shares more of his great photography, this time focusing on black and white images and reminding us that sometimes God meets us in the most stark of places.

Can you see the beauty here?

The One No One Ever Had

Rubel Shelly reminds us that while perfection is an ideal, we must not set it as our only goal or we will never attain what we reach to achieve and never be satisfied with our blessings.

How do you grab ahold of something this illusive?

SpiritFire - The Master's Voice

Phil Ware continues his series on the Holy Spirit focusing on listening to the Spirit's voice and how we hear God and Jesus and the Spirit in our daily life.

Are you listening?

Treasure Keeping

Wealth isn't measured by dollars or gold. The only treasure that matters is that which is stored in heaven.

How do you get life that is truly life?

We Get to Play Baseball

Tom Norvell reminds us on this 2010 MLB Allstars game night about the blessings of what we get to do each day.

What do you get to do today?

Even When the Rain Falls

Tammy Marcelain shares her experience at a recent baptism and reminds us of the mercy and grace that are ours in Jesus.

Are you washed by the water?

SpiritFire - Unforgivable?

Phil Ware shares insight into the unforgivable sin against the Holy Spirit, or blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, and offers a four point way to invite the Holy Spirit into our world each day.

Do you worry about this?

A Visit to the Dentist

Just as my teeth need regular care and maintenance, so does my relationship with God.

What I learned about a healthy relationship with God from my dentist visits.

More Than a Matter of Taste

Katha Winther talks about all the smells and tastes that are associated with marketing products today and reminds us that life is more than food and clothing.

Why is it all about taste and aroma?

Could Anything Else Be More Bizarre?

Rubel Shelly tells of a tragic murder in a family over a soccer game and a TV show about faith.

How does this happen?

SpiritFire - Potholes, Ditches, and Freedom

Phil Ware continues his SpiritFire series and reminds us of the ditches that can trap us on the way to freedom in grace and being led by the Spirit.

Can you avoid the deep ditches?

The Ties That Bind

Sports unite people who share the same loyalty. But an even greater bond is formed among those who share the same Lord.

You're invited!

Perfect!?

Patrick Odum reminds us of a horribly blown call in baseball that cost Armando Galarraga a perfect game, and Patrick reminds us of what really makes us perfect.

When perfect isn't perfect!

Through God's Eyes

Rubel Shelly reminds us that our self-perceptions may be totally inaccurate.

How do I really look?

Getting a Firm Grip

Russ Lawson uses an old story about street cars to remind us of our need to hang on to God and our relationship with him.

Are you holding on to God?

SpiritFire - How Do I Think of the Spirit?

Phil Ware continues his SpiritFire series focusing on God getting personal with us in the Holy Spirit and addresses the question of whether the Holy Spirit is a he, she, or it.

Who is the Holy Spirit?

Strangers and Foreigners, No More

As Christians, we have family around the world. Some of our family members speak other languages, but we are still family

Have you ever been a stranger in a strange land?

The Conversation that Changes Lives

Ron Rose talks about being open with God about what is on our heart in hopes He moves us to change.

What can melt our hearts and let God find us?

The Main Ingredient in Stardom

Rubel Shelly talks about Coach John Wooden of UCLA and his great winning streak and the importance of teamwork.

Coach Wooden and the most important player on the team.

SpiritFire - Two Choices

Phil Ware kicks off a series called SpiritFire on the Holy Spirit and emphasizes we have to either walk by the flesh or by the Spirit.

Which do you choose?

My Coffee/Chocolate/Coke Cup

Just as my coffee cup could be washed clean from the accumulated remains of my drinks, so can our lives become clean in Christ.

Sometimes life is like my coffee cup.

The Way

Patrick Odum describes a man in a boat near England that had no plan and was just circling, he needed help and a way to get where he was going.

Are you just circling?

Wishes Are Not Plans

Rubel Shelly reminds us that wishes aren't plans and we have to begin on the road to growth or it never happens.

Can we ever move beyond the failure to act on good intentions?