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.
Letting go, whether to death or to school is hard, but when we do, let's let them go to God's care.
by Patrick D. Odum [School]
The greatest joy is knowing that we will see each other again!
by Russell Larson
Different kinds of trees fulfill different needs, just like we need different kinds of friends.
by Elizabeth Price [Friendliness · Friendship]
It hurts to see our children experiencing pain so imagine how God feels about our pain!
by Tom Norvell [Children · Pain]
Graduation brings a time for a father to reflect on his daughter's love for making friends, even among four legged creatures.
by Larry Davies [Graduation]
One of these days our blindness will be taken away and we will see everything and everyone as they truly are!
by Johnnie Ann Burgess Gaskill [Evangelism · Heaven · Hope]
The greatest joy a gift giver can give is when someone uses the gift he or she has been given.
by Kelly Breece [Giving · Joy]
Being the world's worst mother is a good thing: it means you did the right things with your kids!
by Larry Davies [Mothers]
Sometimes God's surprising comfort comes at the most unexpected times and in the most unexpected places.
by Kelly Breece [Death · Peace · Hope · Destination · Rejection]
We must not give up on ourselves or each other because we are not there yet!
by Tom Norvell [Growth]
Can we make the transition that happens after a leap of faith even if it is more restrictive.
by Kelly Breece [Grandmother · Retirement]
Even our dreams can't live up to the things God has in store for us in heaven.
by Kelly Breece [Heaven · Dream]
We can record our children's memories when they are little and then they will have them when they are older.
by Katha Winther [Family · Mothers · Memories]
We are called to not let our bad stuff from work spill over on our families and neighbors.
by Rubel Shelly [Family · Influence · Integrity · Work]
No matter how much we love our family, we can't protect them all the time or fix their every problem; we have to trust God to work in their lives what is best for them and to take care of them.
by Janice Price [Family · Faith · Mothers · Health · Caregiving]
We can make the holidays a lot more cheery and bright if we will simply take a little time to plan and prepare for the holiday season.
by Ryan Rush [Family · Christmas · Time]
God's authority, his love and discipline, are for our good and our blessing, not our punishment.
by Kelly Breece [Family · Character · Baby · Discipline]
Nothing blesses us than to see those we love being generous with others -- that's true thanksgiving!
by Melva Cooper [Children · Character · Giving · Generosity]
While we may be flawed, God is compassionate, loving, and forigiving, and through Jesus, he will find ways to save us!
by Patrick D. Odum [Forgiveness · Grace · Mercy · Judgment · Second Coming]
So many things we have are temporary, but the ones that are most important are the ones that help us hang on to the eternal.
by Kelly Breece [Children · Eternal · Baby · Gifts]
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