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 Patrick D. Odum · John 3:16 · Prayer
Life is unfair and in the unfairness we need to learn to pray and keep after it and not relent, not praying those PC prayers, but gut check from the heart prayers that are real.
by Paul Faulkner · Hebrews 1:1-3 · Christmas
Even Napoleon Bonaparte was awed by the astonishing Jesus who came to earth as a baby.
by Rubel Shelly · 1 Peter 1:12 · Christmas
Rubel reminds us that Christmas is the season for many things depending on who we are. So let's use this season to be a blessing and not to stir trouble and let's do it responsibly and with grace.
by John Cragg · James 1:27 · Orphans
Mentoring kids offers a great chance for Christians to honor the call of Jesus to care for orphans.
by Mary Lindow · 1 Thessalonians 5:18 · Appreciation
Sending thank you cards or notes can be such a powerful and special blessing to those who receive them and are just the kind of thing the Lord would have us do!
by Tom Norvell · Psalm 86:1 · Worship
The words of an old song remind us of our deep need for God and longing for him.
by Phil Ware · Psalm 139:13-16 · Children
An awful Halloween ten years ago reminds us how important it is to value children for who they are!
by Phil Ware · Luke 23:34 · Forgiveness
Christian people can be ugly and ungrateful, but we must be like Jesus in both the way we use our speech and the way we forgive others who are hateful and ungrateful.
by Alan Smith · Matthew 14:16 · Provision
God longs to help supply us with our need, just as he did with the apostles trying to feed the 5000.
by Bill Sherrill · John 4:35 · Vision
Lift up your eyes is a call for vision, a call to not walk in fear of danger, but to look for the new, the glory, the things God is calling us to embrace.
by Tom Norvell · Psalm 102:1-28 · Eternal
We can cry out to God and know he hears us and that our children and our grandchildren's futures are in his hands.
by Paul Faulkner · James 4:13-17 · Urgency
Paul has a scare while tending his goats and it makes him realize the urgency of now, of doing the things today that need to be done and saying the things that need to be said right now.
by Russ Lawson · Galatians 2:20
So often we don't let God have control of our lives and we want to be the driver to our own loss.
by Marsha Jordan · Romans 8:28 · Providence
God is really in control, and is at our side, and in control of our agenda if we will loosen up and let him lead us.
by Scott Owings · Matthew 5:42 · Generosity
The spiritual discipline of generosity is crucial if we are going to grow in the spirit.
by Donna Ware · Luke 1:38 · Control
The world is changing and we lose control, but the real issue isn't controlling as it is yielding to the one in control.
by Russ Lawson · John 3:16 · Touch
God calls us to be a people and a person who touches hurting people because Jesus was willing to touch us.
by Tom Norvell · Philippians 2:1-11 · Generosity
The interests of others must be our focus and not just our own stuff and wants.
by Phil Ware · 1 Peter 5:7-8
A little girls interruptions become the occasion for seeing how much God loves and listens to us.
by Tom Norvell · Job 40:4-5 · Humility
Life can often leave us speechless, not knowing what to say, so what we must say is that we don't know anything other than that God is greater than we are.
by Bill Sherrill · Matthew 12:36 · Speech
Our language and speech lives on long after we do, and the Internet is a reminder of just how far and wide such things can go.
by Ron Rose · James 2 · Compassion
So often we don't live a life of faith because we are afraid to get out of the car and get involved!
by Mike Barres · Philippians 2:9-11 · Commitment
We all too often want to have the promises of God without commitment to his Kingdom work.
by Rubel Shelly · Mark 1:35-42 · Help
We can't help everybody, or even most bodies, but we can help the person nearest us.
by Paul Faulkner · John 1:18 · Incarnation
God's vulnerability, his openness in Jesus to his emotions, is captivating.
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