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 Alan Smith · Hebrews 12:1 · Temptation · Sin
Most of us are trying to carry around things that don't matter very much and they are weighing us down from doing what God wants!
by Russ Lawson · Romans 8:5 · Redemption · Redeeming
We can reclaim those who have been discarded and reclaim them for God.
by Phil Ware · James 1:2-4 · Temptation · Trials
We can survive times of trouble, trials, and temptation if we prepare.
by Tom Norvell · Hebrews 4:14-16 · Grace · Redemption · Redeeming
The greatest words we can hope to hear are "It's been taken care of" both in life and also for eternity.
by Patrick D. Odum · Psalm 19:12-14 · Forgiveness · Cleanse · Mercy
If we will honestly ask for God to change us and help us, he will step and do so because he knows our struggles and longs to give us mercy.
by Kathy Bailey · Ephesians 6:11 · Temptation
Satan loves to trap us when we wander away from God's people.
by Patrick D. Odum · Hebrews 5:7-9 · Prayer · Temptation · Spiritual Warfare
Jesus faced the fight we all face in the garden of gethsemane so we should be willing to fight that same fight and not give up!
by Alan Smith · Luke 12:13-21 · Greed
We can get so caught up in wanting more that we kill ourselves.
by Thom Lemmons · 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8
Can a man be expected to resist when things are so easy?
by Lynn Anderson · Colossians 1:13-14
The power of an anonymous motel room doesn't have to claim our purity or cause us to cave into sin.
by Phil Ware · James 1:14-16 · Temptation
Just like the fast food ads decieve us by making their product look too good to be true, so also satan deceives and tempts us.
by Debbie Parker · Psalm 19:14 · Speech · Mind
We need to guard what we think in our minds and ask God to keep them pure.
by Bruce Wadd · Ephesians 6:10-12 · Satan · Demons · Temptation
Satan likes to sneak in and set up shop and begin his destructive work in our lives when we are unsuspecting.