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.
by Rubel Shelly · 1 John 4:12-18 · Fear
Fear can keep us from many things, but mostly fear keeps us from life!
by Sarah Stirman · 1 John 4:12 · Grace
A mom's work at writing Scripture on her daughter's wall leads to a great opportnity to learn about God's grace.
by Phil Ware · Isaiah 40:30-31 · Perseverance
Failure and falling on our face is a part of life, the real question is whether or not we'll keep getting up.
by Elizabeth Price · John 4:34 · Food
Food has been an object of fascination for a variety of reasons, but Jesus has helped us determine the value of a good diet.
by Martha Pope Gorris · 1 John 2:12-14 · Parenting
Parenting twenty-somethings is a challenge but can be a blessing if we do our job well.
by Paul Faulkner · 2 Corinthians 3:17-18
Transformation, sanctification takes time in the real world of our lives, but God won't give up on us.
by Tom Norvell · Mark 10:41-45 · Service
Being in positions of leadership and authority doesn't give us the right to be above the law, but instead should give us the opportunity to serve in love.
by Katha Winther · Revelation 4:13 · Reward
We should pursue our spiritual growth and goals with all our passion, just like olympic athletes pursue theirs.
by Rubel Shelly · Proverbs 22:7
We have got to address our addiction to things, money, greed, debt, wealth, and materialism.
by Phil Ware · Luke 6:40 · Discipleship
We need to listen to our Teacher: Jesus is the one we must look to for our answers in how to help and bless others.
by Joe Bagby · 2 Timothy 3:7
Real knowledge is experiential knowledge: knowledge we've gained by acting on the truth.
by Elizabeth Price · John 14:27 · Peace
We can pray for our families and our children to help be prepared for the difficult times come.
by Paul Faulkner · 2 Timothy 1:12 · Faith
Jesus doesn't live up to our expectations, because God has more planned for us than what we can imagine.
by Ron Rose · Ephesians 2:8-10 · Trust
All around us are people who are grace stories -- people who have opened up to God and received his grace and had their hard lives changed for the better.
by Steve Higginbotham · 1 Peter 1:18-19 · Obedience
We can think we are following God's will, but the only way to know for sure is by consulting his word.
by Rubel Shelly · Colossians 3:17 · Church
Church is found where people who make up the Lord's Body are at work doing Kingdom business.
by Phil Ware · Ephesians 4:29 · Speech
We need to learn that there is a time to be silent.
by Tom Norvell · 2 Corinthians 5:17-21 · Fresh Start
All the big events in our lives and even many of the daily routines all begin with a blank page, including the grace God gives us to start fresh each day with a blank page.
by Mike Barres · 1 Peter 3:17 · Suffering
Suffering and death for the cause of Christ are now viewed as something sad, unnecessary, and a wast.
by Paul Faulkner · Matthew 7:12 · Change · Growth
If we are going to change and grow, we're going to have to know what motivates that kind of change: affection, acceptance, and self-respect.
by Scott Owings · 2 Timothy 3:16-17
If we are to grow in our spiritual walk, we must exercise the Spirit within us and one way is lectio divina, sacred reading.
by Bill Sherrill · Matthew 22:36-40 · Witnessing
We've got to show the world that we will actually love them way we claim we will.
by Rubel Shelly · Proverbs 3:5-8 · First
We must realize that rules and deep thought are both necessary if we are to figure out how to live for God in a world like ours.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 6:33 · Maturity
Learning to pay the price to get better or else we'll become irrelevant.
by Mike Barres · Matthew 28:18-20 · Growth
We need to evaluate how we are growing and have a plan to continue to grow.
Bible: Browse OT/NT Books