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 Phil Ware · Acts 4:12 · Millenials · Message
Phil Ware continues his series called 8GHT -- Eight Truths that Turned the World Upside Down! from Acts 1:1-11, this week focusing on Jesus as the Message, Motive, Model, and Mover in the early days of the church.
by Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 10:16 · Fruit of the Spirit · Frustration
Phil Ware reminds us that we can all reach the end of our rope and not know what to do and this is when Jesus can step in and change everything.
by Phil Ware · Mark 12:41
Phil Ware continues his series of messages of how Jesus values women, focusing this week on the loving and extravagant gift of the unnamed woman who broke her alabaster jar and anointed Jesus with expensive perfume.
by Phil Ware · Acts 1:14 · Women
Phil Ware continues his series of reflections on the importance of women in the Bible, to Jesus, to Paul, and to the early church.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · 1 Timothy 1:12 · Grace
James Nored and Phil Ware explore the wonderfully unsettling nature of God's grace and His desire to make it accessible to everyone.
by Phillip Morrison · Luke 22:44 · Homebound · Holy Week
Phillip Morrison reminds us where the journey of Holy Week ends and our new life in Christ begins, the cross and the empty tomb.
by Phil Ware · 2 Corinthians 5:17
Phil Ware reflects on the last tens days of Jesus' life before his crucifixion and points us to the hope of a new beginning found in Jesus' life ending.
by Max Lucado · Matthew 10:28 · Courage
Max Lucado reminds us to be courageous in our times of trouble for we have put our faith in the one who has conquered.
by Phil Ware · 2 Corinthians 4:16 · Purpose · Called · Finish
Phil Ware reminds us that we are called to accomplish the mission God has called us to do so that when our days on earth are over we can say we have finished the work he has given us to do.
by Phil Ware · Mark 10:42 · Sacrifice
Phil Ware writes out of the context of recent disasters and the loss of a mother and child to remind us that being a servant, offering ourselves in sacrificial love, is never a waste!
by Phil Ware · Ephesians 6:10 · Demons
Phil Ware reminds us the battle we are in with Satan with our lives and how Jesus can end our bondage to him.
by Max Lucado · 1 John 3:2 · Death
Max Lucado shares insights from the Bible about what happens to us when we die and what Jesus' resurrection means to our hope.
by Phil Ware · 1 Thessalonians 4:13
Phil Ware continues his "I Doubt It" series focused today on Jesus' promise to Mary that those who believe in him will never die.
by Phil Ware · 1 Thessalonians 4:13 · Communion
Phil Ware reminds us that though the bread and wine of this meal are simple, so were Jesus' words to Jairus' daughter, and those words changed everything.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · Hell
James Nored and Phil Ware remind us that human sin and rebellion have left our world a broken mess, not the world God intended for us.
by Phil Ware · John 14:12 · Communion
Phil Ware reminds us that Jesus made great promises in the context of his Last Supper and one of them promised that we would do greater things than he did.
by Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 10:16 · Communion
Phil Ware continues his series of Communion Devotionals called Beyond Bread and Wine that focuses on all the depth, meaning, and significance to the Lord's Supper.
by Phil Ware · 1 Peter 5:8 · Courage
Phil Ware reminds us of the importance to act courageously for God, for good, and for grace even when it is dangerous because eternity hangs on our decision.
by James Nored and Phil Ware · Luke 2:4
Phil Ware and James Nored introduce Heartlight.org readers to the grit of grace and the coming video series called, "My Story in God's Story."
by Phil Ware · Philippians 1:18
Phil Ware shares his third in a series of 6 messages on the promise that the LORD is near; this time focusing on our doubts.
by Phil Ware · 2 Peter 1:4 · Promises
Phil Ware shares his second in a series focused on Jesus' promises to never leave us or forsake us.
by · Philippians 4:4
A special article about a man name Pranjees, the children he lost and the prayer he had answered.
by Phil Ware · John 13:35 · Church · Friendship · Love
Phil Ware takes us back to an old article from twenty years ago about a circle of love and a family that was sustained through tragedy and loss because of the love of friends.
by Phillip Morrison · Acts 2:38 · Death · Salvation · Fellowship
Phillip Morrison reminds us in the shadow of Independence Day about the many inconsistencies when principles are first applied, yet he also urges us to be patient and gracious and open to the needs of all people.
by Phil Ware · John 19:25 · Grief
Phil Ware pauses and looks at the pain of grieving parents at the loss of a child and reminds us to forgo easy answers and cling to the stories and promises of Jesus.
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