All (Page 5) Articles 2023 Archives

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.

Breathtaking!

Phil Ware reminds us of the divine titles for Jesus in Matthew 1 and then drives home the point that this divine Christ, Messiah, Son of God, Immanuel, God with us, came to us as the child, Jesus.

For God so loved us that he came to our world as a child.

Considering Valentine's Day

Sarah Stirman talks about Valentine's Day and what it means to be really in love and to share love.

So what's really the deal with Valentine's Day?

The Long, Hard Chill of Winter

Phil Ware talks about the harshness of a long, cold, hard winter and the trials and troubles we must endure as believers.

Are you ready for the long hard chill of winter?

Transparency

Paul Faulkner reminds us how desperately we need to be in a loving relationship with someone with whom we can be fully transparent.

How open are you to others who want to bless you?

The Spirit Opens Our Eyes to Truth

Ron Rose reminds us that without the Holy Spirit alive in us, we have no guide to help us understand the Scriptures, much less God or Jesus or the holy plans and promises for us!

"I remember when that knowledge really hit me for the first time... that to get the whole truth, you have to have the Holy Spirit.'

A Fork in My Path

Ben Steed chronicles his trip with Compassion International to Ecuador.

...make me a fork, that men must turn one way or another on facing Christ in me.

Hope in our Messy Days

Melissa Troyer reminds us that life's messes should drive us to our knees and open our hearts to the love, grace, and freedom of God!

Parenting cuts deep to the core. It lays open our needs before God, and we can either resent it or embrace the powerful cleansing that comes from God's purifying fire

How We View People

Phil Ware shares a study of John 9 and reminds us how Jesus viewed people so he could share the life and light of God with them and save them.

Our approach to people must focus on helping them believe God values them and that Jesus came to serve, love, and help them find life in him

Finding Jesus: Experiencing Immanuel

Phil Ware shares a summary of Matthew's Immanuel sayings focused on experiencing Jesus today.

Do we feel like we have to keep up some kind of smokescreen so others won't know about our own times of emptiness and longing?