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 Jeff Lee · 2 Timothy 4:10-11 · Disciple Making · Discipleship
Just as key people did with John Mark in moving him from failure to useful, so too, good leaders must recycle.
by Rick Brown and Reg Cox · Faith · Fear
God can get us in some tough scrapes because he wants to develop faith and comfort in us.
by Alan Smith · John 14:27 · Faith · Fear
Fear and faith are often enemies and fear is often addressed by the Bible and by Jesus -- let's not be afraid!
by Rick Reynolds · John 14:6 · Reconcile
Infidelity wrecks lives and destroys families, but only by coming to the truth can its impact be healed.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 26:36-36 · Fear
Fear can paralyze and immobilize us if we let it be our master.
by Alan Smith · 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 · Empathy
If we have been through a hard time, we know how it feels and God can use us to comfort others.
by Phil Ware · Mark 1:35-45 · Prayer
We get behind and stay behind because we don't pray.
by Michele Howe · Acts 20:35
We cannot hide our loneliness behind being busy, but God also uses our busy times to bless others and heal us.
by Tom Norvell · John 10:1-5 · Listening
Who and what we listen to is crucial if we are to stay on track and also drown out the voices that make us fear and doubt.
by Tom Norvell · 1 Corinthians 15:21-58 · Resurrection · Hope
We all face the let down of failures on the next day; how will we handle the next day?
by Kelly Breece · Ruth 1:14-19 · Women
Women, sisters in Christ, are such a blessing for support, friendship, help and encouragement.
by Joseph Mazella · Matthew 5:13-16 · Time
We must use all the time we have and not waste it because we can make a difference in the time we are given.
by Byron Ware · 2 Timothy 3:14-17 · Marriage
Like a fine garden, a marriage relationship takes cultivation and care
by Rubel Shelly · Ephesians 6:4
A coach's first responsibility is to coach his own son!
by Phil Ware · Psalm 46:10 · Endurance · Encourage · Exhaustion
So often we get behind and don't know how to catch up; how about listening to God and what he tells us?
by Betty Jo Mings · Proverbs 17:17 · Friendliness · Encourage · Friendship
If we are willing, we can love the unlovable and encourage them to know Jesus.
by Russ Lawson · 2 Timothy 4:11 · Friendliness · Encourage · Friendship
Too many people are put on the back shelf of life and we need to find them and reclaim them just as Baranabas once did.
by Lou Seckler · Philippians 4:7-13 · Depression
We all get a little blue or depressed; here are 10 suggestions to help us.
by Alan Smith · Revelation 2:4-5 · Discipleship · Passion
While time and daily life may wear away the newness of a marriage or our first love to Jesus, we can and must recapture it.
by Lou Seckler · James 3:10 · Speech
We must watch our language for others and for God.
by Russ Lawson · Psalm 59:16
Some of life's worst tragedies become an occasion where God's mercy is shown.
by Bruce Wadd · Philippians 2:13
An electrical outage doesn't last as long as folks thought and they learn a lesson about turning on the power.
by Amy C. Baker · Matthew 19:1-10 · Marriage · Adultery
An account of how an affair rocked two marriages, but resources online helped provide the solution and hope to reconciliation.
by Phil Ware · John 6:16-21 · Family · Marriage
If Jesus isn't made the center of our marriages and families, our failure is assured.
by Alan Smith · John 8:57-58 · Incarnation
Aren't we glad Jesus has always been around even though we may be as old as dirt!
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