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 · Matthew 15 · Heart
Jordan Harrell helps us understand what Jesus meant when what matters is in our hearts!
by Patrick D. Odum · Romans 8:18-39 · Hope
Patrick Odum picks up a line from a Bruce Springsteen interview and helps us understand the need for being real about our struggles but also celebrating our hope in the gospel.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · John 3:16 · Incarnation
James Nored and Phil Ware challenge us to faith in the eternal God who chose to reveal himself by becoming human and living in our world
by Heartlight Team · Luke 2 · Christmas
A Christmas prayer from the teams at Heartlight.org and verseoftheday.com.
by Phil Ware · Luke 2:19 · Incarnation
Phil Ware reminds us that Mary treasured all the things about Jesus' birth in her heart and we can find our treasure with Jesus as he comes to us in the manger at Advent.
by Phil Ware · John 14:1-4 · Waiting
Phil Ware shares an article about his son coming home from college and how it reminds him of the Father in heaven waiting for us to return home to him.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · Romans 8:18
James Nored and Phil Ware share God's message for us about purpose and meaning through words and video.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · Isaiah 53:1-12 · Mission
James Nored and Phil Ware share Jesus' plan to reach all peoples, like the Ethiopian Nobleman and the people in the farthest reaches of the earth, with the goodness of grace.
by Phil Ware · Romans 8 · Earth
Phil Ware along with Doug Peters help us hear the Lord's Prayer for the kingdom to dawn on earth so that the will of God can be seen on earth as it is in heaven.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 6:9-13 · Kingdom
Phil Ware with Chad Higgins help us understand and commit to praying for God's Kingdom to come.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 6:5-9 · Lord's Prayer
Phil Ware, with the help of Chad Higgins, continues his series on Lord Teach Us to Pray focusing on learning from Jesus.
by Phil Ware · Acts 1:14 · Prayer
Phil Ware continues his series on prayer this week, focused on the early church's devotion to prayer that they learned from Jesus.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · Matthew 8:23-37 · Fear
James Nored and Phil Ware remind us that the storms of life can engulf us, surround us, buffet us, and even terrify us, but Jesus will not abandon us in our storms and will eventually bring us to safety, peace, and calm.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · Matthew 5 · New Life
James Nored and Phil Ware remind us of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount and that he was not giving us a list of do's and don't do's, but was calling us to put into practice the way of God from the heart.
by Phil Ware · John 20:11-18 · Resurrection
Phil Ware continues his series on Jesus' resurrection called resurrection 2.0, this week focusing on Jesus' word to Mary!
by James Nored & Phil Ware · Luke 3
Phil Ware and James Nored look at what the ministry of John the Baptizer meant for people in his day and call on us to share in this move toward the kingdom of God today.
by Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 15
Phil Ware continues his series on Resurrection 2.0 focusing this week on the doubts of early disciples, and our times of doubting sometimes in our world.
by Steve Hemphill · Deuteronomy 6 · Prayer
Steve Hemphill challenges us to rethink our role in spiritual warfare and calls on us to battle for the heart of our cities through prayer and prayer stakes.
by Phil Ware · Mark 9:2-7 · Listening
Phil Ware continues his short series on becoming a cruciformed people -- disciples transformed by the cross of Jesus -- by talking about the focus on the story of Jesus' transfiguration.
by Max Lucado · Matthew 18:21-35 · Unfair · Unforgiving
Max Lucado reminds us of the importance of forgiveness or bitterness poisons our hearts and destroys our influence.
by Phil Ware · John 3:16 · Great Commission
Phil Ware continues his short series on Acts 1:1-11 and focuses today on sharing the message of Jesus with the world God loves.
by Phil Ware · Acts 1:1-11 · Witnessing · Witnesses · Testimony
Phil Ware continues his short series on Acts 1:1-11 and focuses today on being witnesses of the great things Jesus has done.
by · Luke 15 · Prayer · Seek · Path to God
Jordan Harrell reminds us of the comfort we find in the times of our darkness are tied to the amount of time we have sought to have a path to the Father when we are in the light.
by Phil Ware · Acts 1:1-11 · Witnessing · Outreach · Mission
Phil Ware continues his series called 8GT -- Eight Truths that Turned the World Upside Down.
by Phil Ware · Acts 2 · 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.
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