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 · Luke 2:8-18 · Christmas
Phil Ware reminds us to celebrate Advent and not simply settle for Christmas, especially in a hard year like this one.
by Phil Ware · 2 Corinthians 3:17-18 · Transformation
Phil Ware challenges us to enter the mystery of the conception and birth of Jesus the Messiah with Mary and find ourselves caught up in the story of Jesus with her.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 24:1-51 · Parousia
Phil Ware focuses on what we need to do, and who we need to be, by looking at six intersections with our world during these last days as we await the return of Jesus, the glorious Son of Man!
by Phil Ware · Matthew 14 · Exhaustion
Phil Ware continues his reflections on what it means to be a JesuShaped disciple, this week focusing on our need for rest and time alone with God.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 6 · Reward
Phil Ware writes out of a quiet time study of Matthew 6 and the memory of the crass motivation often behind our behaviors, even our most religious behaviors.
by Phil Ware · Philippians 2:5-11 · Servant
Phil Ware talks about a university honoring students for their acts of service and it leads him to wonder how we honor God's servants today.
by Phil Ware · John 10:1-18
Phil Ware continues his thoughts on becoming JesuShaped disciples, this week focusing on the horrors of the litany of spiritual abuse cases in the news and how different they are from Jesus’ definition of a JesuShaped leader and godly shepherd.
by Phil Ware · Genesis 4:1 · Immanuel
Phil Ware shares insights about intimately knowing God and Immanuel being real to us in our daily lives as we seek to be Jesus' disciples.
by Phil Ware · Mark 14:1-9 · Women
Phil Ware continues his reflections in the Gospels as he seeks to call us to continue pursuing Jesus so that we can be JesuShaped.
by Phil Ware · Mark 5 · Believe
Phil Ware continues his reflections from his gospel readings and uses Mark 5 and Mark 6 to remind us that Jesus has greater expectations of what he can do through us than we do!
by Phil Ware · Mark 1:1-8,2:1-12 · Joy · John the Baptizer
Phil Ware continues his reflections on his gospel studies and shares how we can become JesuShaped by becoming servants like John the Baptizer and four friends.
by Phil Ware · Luke 8:1-3
Phil Ware continues his reflections on his daily reading in the gospels, this time focused on Luke 8:1-3 and how this forgotten gem opens our eyes to the importance that women played in Jesus' ministry.
by Phil Ware · Luke 5
Phil Ware focuses on Luke 5 and a few key phrases that reveal what it means to be JesuShaped!
by Phil Ware · 2 Corinthians 3:17-18 · Transformation
Phil Ware continues his series on Jesus and transformation and focuses today on our walking with Jesus each day in the gospels and learning his words and talking with him and taking on on his character and compassion as the Spirit transforms us.
by Phil Ware · Mark 7 · Heart
Phil Ware reminds that to become JesuShaped, we have to pay attention to our interior worlds, the world of our hearts, and not just religious externals.
by Phil Ware · Mark 3 · Cross
Phil Ware continues his reflections and convictions on becoming a JesuShaped disciple, this time focusing on the dangers and difficulties the Lord faced from his religious adversaries.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 22:34-40
Phil Ware continues his series on becoming JesuShaped disciples.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 5:9-13 · Prayer · Love · Lord's Prayer
Phil Ware continues his series of thoughts on living as a disciple that is JesuShaped and focuses on how the Lord's Prayer tunes our hearts to living the JesuShaped life.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 5:23-24 · Forgiveness
Phil Ware takes the two love commands of Jesus, the Greatest Commands, and applies them to all of life for a follower of the Lord.
by Phil Ware · John 13 · Servant
Phil Ware reminds us that the Jesus vibe is about being a servant and helping others, but he also reminds us that there are powerful memories in the Lord's Supper to help remind us of this thought.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 3 · Temptation
Phil Ware leads in our focus on being JesuShaped disciples by talking about the real power behind Jesus overcoming temptation.
by Phil Ware · John 1:1-19 · Jesus
Phil Ware talks about what is most important about the Bible and the focus of Scripture and the answer is simple: Jesus must be the center of everything.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 1:22-23 · Christmas
Phil Ware shares the Heartlight.org and VerseoftheDay.com Christmas prayer with all their readers.
by Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 15:1-7 · Core
Phil Ware brings his series on 'What is CORE!' to a close, giving us a short summary to help us remember these three CORE passages and what they teach and call on us to do.
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