Special Features 2019 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.

Merry Christmas

A Christmas prayer from the teams at Heartlight.org and verseoftheday.com.

We Wish You a Very Warm and Happy Christmas!

For the Unseen Heroes

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.

How do they do it? I see them, am amazed by them, and want to be more like them.

Shape Your Worries into Prayer

Tom Norvell reminds us to take our worries, our concerns, our troubles, and turn them into prayers and praises.

In those times of restlessness and anxiety, where do we turn for relief?

He Wept!

Tom Norvell reminds us that Jesus wept at the death of Lazarus and the grief of his two sisters.

When Jesus arrived, Lazarus’s sisters were grieving and disappointed.

Glow in the Dark Spiders

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.

Inevitably, the darkness will weigh on them, exhaust them, and feel altogether overwhelming to them. Then, they can come to the light to re-charge, but they can't glow in the light!