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 Bill Sherrill · 1 Thessalonians 1:2-3 · Faith · Love · Hope
Bill Sherrill reminds us of the importance of faith, hope, and love -- not just as theological concepts, but as integrated real-life motivation and actions.
by Max Lucado · Genesis 1:27 · Image of God
Max Lucado reminds us that we are made to resemble God and we must believe and Lauren Daigle reminds us we must listen to what God says about us and believe.
by Phil Ware · Romans 4:14-17 · Faith
Phil Ware reminds us that faith as understood in the New Testament was much more robust than what we often call faith today.
by Phil Ware · John 9 · Comparison
Phil Ware reminds us how Jesus viewed people and challenged us by his example to view each person as someone in whom the works of God need to be done.
by Phil Ware · Luke 21 · Speech
Phil Ware shares how the Holy Spirit convicted him about the kind of speech he, and we must use in a world that has gone crazy at attacking each other.
by Phil Ware · Luke 19 · Jesus
Phil Ware discovers a verse in Luke 19 that the Holy Spirit uses to confront him about an important question.
by Phil Ware · Mark 15:37-47 · Jesus
Phil Ware looks at the Centurions in the New Testament and reminds us that they often believed in Jesus.
by Phil Ware · John 4:46-54 · Faith · Obedience
Phil Ware reminds us that faith is something much more than just believing in our heads, but it is something that leads us to obey what Jesus asks of us so that we can find the life he longs to give us.
by Phil Ware · John 1 · Jesus · Obedience · Believe
Now that Easter has passed, what are we going to do with Jesus? How about spending time with him in the gospel of John so we can know him for ourselves?
by Phil Ware · Mark 6:1-6
Phil Ware challenges us with a hard truth about our low expectations of what we believe Jesus can do with us, for us, and through us -- are we, the church, the Nazareth of today?
by Phillip Morrison · Acts 2:38-39 · Baptism
Phillip Morrison shares some beautiful insight on unity, baptism, and how the water can be our friend if we let it!
by Phil Ware · Mark 2:1-12
Phil Ware reminds us of Mark's story about Jesus and the four friends who dug a hole in the roof to get their buddy to Jesus.
by Phil Ware · John 9 · Value
Phil Ware reminds us of the four ways we often view people that are very crass and treats them as less than human, then he compares that to how Jesus views people.
by Phil Ware · Acts 16:1-4 · Faith · Discipleship · Legacy
Phil Ware completes his four-part series called 'Ancient Wisdom, Modern Grace.' He reminds us of our need to be a risk-taking group of Jesus followers
by James Nored & Phil Ware · Mark 9:2-29 · Unbelief
James Nored and Phil Ware look at C.S. Lewis and his struggle to find faith and our own challenges in believing.
by Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 15
Phil Ware continues his series called 'I Doubt It' and focuses this week on Jesus having risen from death to never die again.
by Phil Ware · John 4 · Outreach
Phil Ware continues his 'I doubt it!' series and looks at Jesus' promise that the fields are ready for harvest.
by Phil Ware · John 4:1-30 · Jesus
Phil Ware continues his series on Jesus and series of encounters where people say to him or heard him and thought, 'I doubt it!'
by Phil Ware · John 3 · New Life
Phil Ware continues his series on 'I Doubt It' by talking about Jesus' encounter with Nicodemus and his need to be born of God, from above, born again.
by Phil Ware · Romans 12 · Christmas
Phil Ware finishes his series on "Give Me Jesus" focusing on our role as his people to be his presence to the world.
by Max Lucado · Luke 2 · Christmas
Max Lucado reminds us that the first Christmas was one big gigantic interruption in the life of unknown shepherds.
by Phil Ware · Philippians 4:4-9 · Promises
Phil Ware shares his second in a series focused on Jesus' promises to never leave us or forsake us.
by Phil Ware · Mark 6:1-6 · Miracle · Trust · Believe
Phil Ware reminds us of the dangers of limiting what Jesus can do among us and through us because we think we know what we can expect of him.
by Steve Hemphill · Ephesians 6:10-12
Steve Hemphill reminds us of the great power for those of us who believe God is still the Great I AM and who intervenes to bless and empower his people today.
by Brian McCutchen · Romans 5:8 · Encourage · Blessed · Joy
Brian McCutchen reminds us of the joyous and infectious virtues of a heart gladly surrendered to Jesus, like Michelle's.
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