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 Phil Ware · Mark 15 · Risks
Phil Ware continues his series of insights on living the CRUCIFORMED life Jesus calls all disciples to live on his way to the cross.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · Exodus 3 · Mountains · Moses
James Nored and Phil Ware remind us of the importance of God's past stories of deliverance to help us know how to live in our times of unfairness and hold onto to hope in the middle of oppression.
by Phil Ware · Mark 8-10 · Servant
Phil Ware continues his series on the Cruciformed disciple, focusing this week on the power of the small.
by Steve Hemphill · Deuteronomy 6 · Prayer
Steve Hemphill challenges us to rethink our role in spiritual warfare and calls on us to battle for the heart of our cities through prayer and prayer stakes.
by Phil Ware · Mark 9 · Prayer
Phil Ware continues his series of posts from the discipleship section of Mark chapters 8-10, this time focusing on the boy the disciples of Jesus could not heal.
by Phil Ware · Mark 9:2-7 · Listening
Phil Ware continues his short series on becoming a cruciformed people -- disciples transformed by the cross of Jesus -- by talking about the focus on the story of Jesus' transfiguration.
by Max Lucado · Matthew 18:21-35 · Unfair · Unforgiving
Max Lucado reminds us of the importance of forgiveness or bitterness poisons our hearts and destroys our influence.
by Phil Ware · Mark 8 · Crucifixion · Cruciform
Phil Ware continues his series from the Gospel of Mark called Cruciformed, formed into the likeness of Jesus who went to the cross.
by Phil Ware · Mark 8 · Cross
Phil Ware begins a series on the central section of the Gospel of Mark that focuses on being "cruciformed" as the first step of being a disciple of Jesus.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · Hebrews 11 · Faith
James Nored and Phil Ware challenge us to look at C.S. Lewis and his journey of faith along with a broken-hearted father and see how we might be able to find faith in our own lives.
by · Matthew 5:15-16 · Light · Darkness · Glow
Jordan Harrell learned from her son's fascination with glow-in-the-dark spiders that we are made to shine in darkness, not sit under a light.
by Phil Ware · Acts 1:1-11 · Holy Spirit · Power · Violence
Phil Ware finishes his series called 8GHT and focusses on Jesus' command for us to quit standing around and doing nothing, but to go and do something to redeem our lost world.
by Phil Ware · Acts 1:1-8 · Exercise · Empower
Phil Ware continues his series called, 8GHT, focusing on eight principles out of Acts 1, today his focus is on the Holy Spirit being the power behind the early church.
by Patrick D. Odum · Romans 3:23 · Parenting · Mothers · Sin
Patrick Odum challenges us to look at sin, community involvement, engagement in the problems of our world, and what it means to be a citizen of the world in which we live.
by Phil Ware · John 3:16 · Great Commission
Phil Ware continues his short series on Acts 1:1-11 and focuses today on sharing the message of Jesus with the world God loves.
by Bill Sherrill · Psalm 23 · Peace · Restoration · Restore
Bill Sherrill feels the rhythm of life and noise on a lake and compares it to life and our need for God to bring us peace and restoration to our souls.
by Phil Ware · Acts 1:1-11 · Witnessing · Witnesses · Testimony
Phil Ware continues his short series on Acts 1:1-11 and focuses today on being witnesses of the great things Jesus has done.
by Max Lucado · Genesis 1:26-31 · Creation
Max Lucado reminds us that God made all of creation just for each one of us as the crown of his creation.
by Phil Ware · Acts 1:1-11 · Rapture · Parousia · Jesus coming
Phil Ware continues his short series on Acts 1:1-11 and focuses today on restoring the kingdom.
by · Luke 15 · Prayer · Seek · Path to God
Jordan Harrell reminds us of the comfort we find in the times of our darkness are tied to the amount of time we have sought to have a path to the Father when we are in the light.
by Phil Ware · Acts 1:1-11 · Witnessing · Outreach · Mission
Phil Ware continues his series called 8GT -- Eight Truths that Turned the World Upside Down.
by Patrick D. Odum · 1 Corinthians 15
Patrick Odum reminds us that sometimes our best isn't good enough, it doesn't count, unless our focus is on the Lord Jesus and his work, then his resurrection ensures our work is not in vain!
by Phil Ware · Acts 2 · Millenials · Message
Phil Ware continues his series called 8GHT -- Eight Truths that Turned the World Upside Down! from Acts 1:1-11, this week focusing on Jesus as the Message, Motive, Model, and Mover in the early days of the church.
by Jackie Halstead, Ph.D. · Romans 12:1-2 · New Year
Jackie Halstead challenges us to take advantage of the New Year to begin writing a new chapter in our lives that brings grace to a world struggling with evil.
by Phil Ware · Acts 1:1-11 · Providence · Holy Spirit · Power
Phil Ware begins an eight-part series on eight truths that turned the world upside down, a look at the early verses of the book of Acts.
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