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 Tom Norvell · Matthew 6:9-10 · Prayer
Even though it is hard to pray it and truly mean, we must pray, "your will be done on earth as it is in heaven!"
by Ron Rose · James 2 · Compassion
So often we don't live a life of faith because we are afraid to get out of the car and get involved!
by Kathy Bailey · Hebrews 4:14-16 · Prayer
Our prayers get to God, they don't bounce back to us and we can be sure about that because Jesus intercedes for us.
by Tom Norvell · John 14:30-31 · Satan · Addiction
Don't you wish you could say, like Jesus said, that the devil or Satan has no hold on you?
by Mike Barres · Philippians 2:9-11 · Commitment
We all too often want to have the promises of God without commitment to his Kingdom work.
by Russ Lawson · Matthew 5:16 · Influence
What we really love shines through and shows others our heart and will reveal or not reveal our passion for God.
by Paul Faulkner · 1 Thessalonians 2:8 · Transparency
Without transparency we cannot fully share our love or be loved by another.
by Rubel Shelly · Mark 1:35-42 · Help
We can't help everybody, or even most bodies, but we can help the person nearest us.
by Michele Howe · Hebrews 13:6-7
A trip through deep depression forces our writer to look at reliance, dependence upon God, and finding hope when there doesn't seem to be much reason to hope.
by Johnnie Ann Burgess Gaskill · Philippians 1:18-20 · Example
If we want our lives to count, we have to be willing to face hard times.
by Rubel Shelly · 1 John 4:12-18 · Fear
Fear can keep us from many things, but mostly fear keeps us from life!
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 Joe Bagby · 2 Timothy 3:7
Real knowledge is experiential knowledge: knowledge we've gained by acting on the truth.
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 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 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 Rubel Shelly · Psalm 28:7 · Thanksgiving
A whale gives the author a reason to look at gratitude and ingratitude and see them as a choice since gratitude seems to be built into the natural instinct.
by Tom Norvell · John 1:19-20 · Honesty
Let's make sure our words are true and fair and honest, completely.
by Bill Sherrill · Revelation 2:2-5 · Spirituality
For God, losing our loving passion for His Son and His Kingdom is a major concern and we should repent!
by Jeff Lee · Matthew 7:21-27
Rather than following the whims of culture, let's obey God's word.
by Rubel Shelly · Hebrews 4:16 · Pain · Stress
Sometimes rather than destroying us, pain and stress sometimes can make us stronger and grow.
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