Heartlight has published over 4,000 articles for Christians seeking to follow Jesus in everyday life.Written to encourage faith, offer biblical perspective, and speak to real-world joys and struggles, these articles remain fully searchable and freely available. While Heartlight is no longer publishing new articles, this library continues to serve as an active, enduring resource to help people live for Jesus.
by Jeff Lee · Luke 1:37 · Mary, Jesus' Mother
Jeff Lee reminds us about Mary's faith, but he also reminds us of the importance of having a heart like hers.
by Lisa Mikitarian · 1 Chronicles 28:20 · Mothers
Lisa Mikitarian shares a story about her husband being a builder and how God wires some to be builders themselves.
by BooMama · Ephesians 3:14 · Mothers
BooMama shares her insight into the privilege of raising a son, a child, that God has given her to train in His ways.
by Michele Howe · Matthew 6:34 · Women
Michelle Howe warns women about worry and wishing that can rob them of the present moment and distort their vision of their future.
by Mary Anne Brannon · Proverbs 13:22 · Mothers
Mary Anne Brannon shares memories of her childhood and the hand-me-downs and hand sewn clothes from her mother that were all made with love.
by Kimberli J. Brackett · Romans 5:1 · Hardship
Kimberli Brackett reminds us that even in the worst of circumstances, God is at work trying to make something out of our situation and we can see if we will praise God and ask for his perspective.
by Michele Howe · Luke 7:50 · Marketplace
Michele Howe reminds us again about women in the marketplace and the very needed virtue of affirming and giving appreciation to those who need it and deserve it.
by Katha Winther · Proverbs 25:11
Katha Winther reminds us of the weird and yet powerful staying power of many of our words and reminds us to use them to be a blessing to others.
by Muriel Larson · Romans 8:28
Muriel Larson reminds of the great blessing we have from Romans 8:28
by Katha Winther · 1 Peter 5:7 · Providence
Katha Winther reminds us that life can be full of periods of bad things and rainy days with floods, but God has not forsaken or abandoned us and will see us through.
by Sarah Stirman · Isaiah 40:29 · Worship
Sarah Stirman reminds us that when we use our hands to serve the Lord, we are seen as beautiful and he gives us strength to serve him.
by Leah Adams · Genesis 3:8 · God
Leah Adams remembers a friend who had gone to be with God and a song sung at her funeral that reminds us all the God longs to walk with us and talk with us and tell us we are his very own.
by Teresa Bell Kindred · Mark 6:31 · Sacred · Sabbath
Teresa Bell Kindred shares with us her absent-minded follies because she is distracted from all of her hi-tech toys to which she is plugged in and she reminds us to get away and be with God.
by Tammy Marcelain · Revelation 3:21 · Conversion
Tammy Marcelain shares about her return home to God and how it was a walk with Jesus that did it.
by Teresa Bell Kindred · Psalm 5:8 · Obedience
Teresa Bell Kindred shares an experience she had with her GPS and then compares it to God's Plan of Salvation which is in the Bible, the only Voice we should trust.
by Kimberli J. Brackett · Proverbs 16:5 · Pride
Kimberli Brackett reminds us that it is easy to slip into the role of being prideful and a snob who hurts others because of our silly and stupid pridefulness.
by Kimberli J. Brackett · Luke 19:40 · Praise
Is our life about us or about God, about giving him the praise in everything or about everything revolving around us.
by Muriel Larson · Matthew 11:28 · Anger
Loss of a dream, losing a loved one, is not fair and can often leave us confused and angry, so how do we cope with it, by turning it over to God and living for him.
by Daphne Simpkins
Mildred Budge goes to church decked out on commitment Sunday.
by Leah Adams · Isaiah 26:3 · Help
Leah talks about struggling with a mess at her new home and shares how prayer and God's help pulled her through!
by Katha Winther · 1 Corinthians 6:19 · Redeeming
Somethings have been bought forever, maybe not stamps, but we have been bought by the blood of CHrist.
by Teresa Bell Kindred · Romans 10:15 · Evangelism
No matter how ugly your feet may look, if you share the good news of Jesus, God says they are really beautiful.
by Daphne Simpkins · Luke 18:13 · Church Lady
Mildred Budge, church lady personified, faces another set of misadventures, this time with a truck driver, a Hummer, and an ambulance at Wal-Mart.
by Kathy Bailey · 2 Timothy 3:16 · Deceive
It is so easy to be deceived by the evil one, but the Scriptures can help us like they helped Jesus overcome temptation.
by Tammy Marcelain · Hebrews 13:2 · Hospitality · Gracious
Tammy remembers a strange person welcomed at her church and how important it is to love all the Leslie's in our life.
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