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 Jordan Harrell & Phil Ware · John 5:39-30 · Joy
Jordan Harrell and Phil Ware invite to come celebrate at the table of grace our Father longs for us to share and not get hung up on chapter and verse prooftexting religion.
by Max Lucado · Luke 22 · Fear
Max Lucado reminds us that Jesus made all sorts of faces as he lived life much as we do, and because he has been where we are, even in the darkest of times, we can turn to him and find grace to help us in our times of need.
by · John 9 · Prejudice
Jordan Reese shares a poignant piece of writing by her dad as she thinks through our blindspots and calls us to seek first Jesus' Kingdom and that righteousness, not our own biases.
by Paul Faulkner · Acts 26:28
Paul Faulkner reminds us that we need to decide to respond to Jesus now and honor him with our lives.
by Max Lucado · Galatians 3:26-29 · Gentleness
Max Lucado reminds us that when we are baptized, we are clothed with Christ, so what people see in us they attribute to Jesus!
by Phil Ware · John 6 · Thankful
Phil Ware takes time to reflect on twenty-five years on the web and to give thanks for those who got them there and for the Lord who continues to do miracles among us.
by Phil Ware · Genesis 1:26-27 · One Another
Phil Ware shares a great infographic on one another passages in the Bible.
by Phil Ware · 2 Chronicles 7:12-14 · Prayer
Phil Ware thanks all who participated in the prayer effort focused on #NewYearwithNewHope!
by Phil Ware · Ephesians 3:14-21 · Prayer
Phil Ware shares Scriptures, stories, and ideas to help us prepare for the hour of worldwide unified prayer for our broken world, especially focused on love and prayer as a source of hope for our broken world.
by Phil Ware · James 5:13-17 · Healing
Phil Ware shares Scriptures, stories, and ideas to help us prepare for the hour of worldwide unified prayer for our broken world, especially focused on healing and health for our broken world.
by Phil Ware · John 3:16-17 · Redeeming
Phil Ware shares Scriptures, stories, and ideas to help us prepare for the hour of worldwide unified prayer for our broken world, especially focused on Jesus being both Savior and Lord.
by Phil Ware · Colossians 4:2 · Prayer
Phil Ware invites us to share in prayer in all the seasons of life and especially know we have an all-season God who longs to hear our prayers, especially prayers for a change in our world's messes.
by Phil Ware · 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 · Prayer
Phil Ware explains the unified, simultaneous, hour of prayer on January 1 and December 31 as all the time zones gather together to pray.
by Michael DeCamp · 1 Corinthians 13:5 · Neighbor
Michael DeCamp shares a chapter out of his new book, "Loving Out Loud," and challenges us to use our words to bless and not hurt, to give life and not steal it from someone.
by Max Lucado · 1 John 4:18 · Fear · Loneliness
Max Lucado reminds us that discovering God's love for us in Jesus, his perfect love, helps us overcome our feelings of loneliness, impatience, and fear.
by Glenn McDonald · John 17 · Worship
Glenn McDonald reminds us that we are never more free than when we surrender to the will of Jesus -- when we willingly lay down our crowns to the Lord of lords.
by Tom Norvell · John 16:33
Tom Norvell reminds us this Lord’s Day that Jesus came to give us peace and that peace is meant to be a blessing in the middle of the chaos and uncertainty we face in our world.
by Patrick D. Odum · Romans 8:18-39 · Hope
Patrick Odum picks up a line from a Bruce Springsteen interview and helps us understand the need for being real about our struggles but also celebrating our hope in the gospel.
by Tom Norvell · Isaiah 64:8
Tom Norvell reminds us what it means to be in the hands of the potter!
by Heartlight Team · Luke 2 · Christmas
A Christmas prayer from the teams at Heartlight.org and verseoftheday.com.
by Tom Norvell · Luke 4:18-19 · Perseverance
Tom Norvel sees the folks who face uphill challenges and yet keep on keeping on and is amazed and thanks them and affirms them and wants to be more like them.
by Tom Norvell · Philippians 4:6-7 · Anxiety
Tom Norvell reminds us to take our worries, our concerns, our troubles, and turn them into prayers and praises.
by Tom Norvell · John 11
Tom Norvell reminds us that Jesus wept at the death of Lazarus and the grief of his two sisters.
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 Phillip Morrison · Matthew 2:1-23
Phillip Morrison reminds us that the Magi, the Wise Men, came later on after Jesus was older; but rather than this putting a damper on our Christmas, we need to use this truth to extend our Christmas past the first of the year.
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