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 Muriel Larson · Romans 8:28
Muriel Larson reminds of the great blessing we have from Romans 8:28
by Katha Winther · Romans 8:28 · Providence
Katha Winther reminds us that life can be full of periods of bad things and rainy days with floods, but God has not forsaken or abandoned us and will see us through.
by Sarah Stirman · Psalm 45:10 · Worship
Sarah Stirman reminds us that when we use our hands to serve the Lord, we are seen as beautiful and he gives us strength to serve him.
by Phil Ware · John 13 · Service
Phil Ware reminds us that the Jesus vibe is about being a servant and helping others, but he also reminds us that there are powerful memories in the Lord's Supper to help remind us of this thought.
by Paul Faulkner · Romans 8:28 · Providence
Paul Faulkner shares several good things about bad things helping us focus on what is important.
by Mike Barres · Genesis 50:20 · Providence
Mike Barres reminds us that hardship can often be a time God is using us to make a difference in the lives of many others.
by Rubel Shelly · 2 Chronicles 7:14 · Tragedy
Rubel is pretty fed up with the dumb questions that people ask after a tragedy and reflects on how maybe if we prayed more and prattled less these things would not be as frequent.
by Mike Barres · Matthew 28:19-20 · Conversion
Conversion is more than just a one time forgiveness, it is about learning a new way of life.
by Amy Grant · Matthew 10:29-31 · Children
What will it take for us to realize our great value to God simply because he wants us to love him and be with him?
by Rubel Shelly · Psalm 107 · Prayer
Trying to find time to be still and wait for God feels awfully impossible in our busy world today, so why not cry out to God in the struggles and noise you face today?
by Mike Barres · Philippians 4:12 · Providence
Life brings storms that threaten to break us, but will we be flexible and look for God's other alternatives and opportunities?
by Rubel Shelly · Proverbs 22:1 · Adultery
Gerald Ford was not flashy or spectacular, but he was kind, honest, decent, and dependable as a president and a husband and that is how he will be remembered.
by Phil Ware · Philippians 2:13 · Providence
Phil reminds us that a change in our plans may not be for the worst, in fact it may be one of God's little reminders that we need to be aware of his work in our lives.
by Rubel Shelly · 2 Corinthians 5:17 · New Year
Light a stuck anchor prevents a boat from advancing or moving, so we often get stuck in our pasts and can't go forward until we get rid of the dead weight that weighs us down and holds us back.
by Tom Norvell · Micah 6:8 · Grace
How do we know what God expects of us or what it takes to please him? By listening to what he tells us to do in Micah 6:8.
by Patrick D. Odum · Philippians 1:11 · Value · Useful
No matter what others say or do to make you feel useless, Jesus loves you and has demonstrated again and again that you are useful to him!
by Phil Ware · Matthew 7:12
After reading the passage again, have you seen anything new, like maybe it should apply in everything you do -- the Golden Rule!
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 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 Alan Smith · Luke 11:46 · Burden
Religion often addes burdens to people's backs, but Jesus came and relieved burdens.
by Patrick D. Odum · Job 12:7-10 · Value · Vacation
A trip to the beach and other vacation sites helps lead Patrick Odum to ask what he is not recognizing in his daily life where God's fingerprints and footprints can be found.
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 Kimberli J. Brackett · Romans 8:28 · Providence
Journaling allows us to see God's work, his fingerprints, his involvement in our lives.
by Russ Lawson · 1 John 2:3 · Disappointment · Confidence
God is at work in the ordinary and unimportant aspects of life as well as the extraordinary and debilitating aspects of life.
by Teresa Bell Kindred · Galatians 6:2 · Mercy
So often we don't know each well enough to even know the burdens we all carry, but we must step in and help by listening more carefully to those around us.
Bible: Browse OT/NT Books