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 · James 1:2-4 · Peer Pressure · Pentecost · People
Phil Ware talks about the harshness of a long, cold, hard winter and the trials and troubles we must endure as believers.
by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Hebrews 12:2
Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware share a powerful virtual worship in Scripture, songs, and communion focused on Hebrews 12:2 and our need to fix our eyes on Jesus to continue with perseverance and endurance as we follow Jesus and seek to become like him.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · Exodus 3 · Endurance
James Nored and Phil Ware remind us that God's great stories of deliverance, like the Exodus with Moses leading God's people to victory over Egypt and Pharaoh, are reminders of Jesus' greater deliverance and God's faithfulness.
by Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 · Lord's Supper
Phil Ware continues his reflections on Holy Communion by reminding us of coming reunion that The Supper ensures will happen!
by James Nored & Phil Ware · Exodus 3 · Delivered
James Nored and Phil Ware remind us that God's great stories of deliverance, like the Exodus with Moses leading God's people to victory over Egypt and Pharaoh, are reminders of Jesus' greater deliverance and God's faithfulness.
by Rubel Shelly · Isaiah 41:10 · Problems
Rubel Shelly reminds us to not get knocked off our path when we encounter potholes, even big bad ones that do damage, but to keep pressing on and persevering toward the call of God.
by Joni Eareckson Tada · Proverbs 18:21 · Revenge
Ann Voskamp and Joni Eareckson Tada team up to provide a beautiful and powerful reminder of the power of our words to change everything.
by Rubel Shelly · Galatians 6:9 · Perseverance
Rubel Shelly reminds us of the missing virtue of persistence -- endurance and perseverance mixed with consistency and integrity.
by Tim Archer · 1 Corinthians 9:24 · Finish
It's important to start our walk with God, but even more important that we finish it. We have to persevere until the end.
by Ron Rose · 1 Thessalonians 1:3 · Endurance
Ron Rose talks about getting up after we have fallen down again and again, and keep on going.
by Rubel Shelly · Romans 5:3-4 · Adversity
Rubel Shelly warns us about the lure of the quick fix and reminds us that there are no short cuts to what is valuable and that perseverance is necessary for character.
by Rubel Shelly · Romans 8:28 · Adversity
Rubel Shelly reminds us of how hard times can actually shape us for the better and help us see our role in making the world a better place.
by Mike Barres · Romans 12:11 · Determination
Mike Barres gets stumped on moving a stump but keeps on going and reaches the tipping point and comes through because he doesn't give up.
by Rubel Shelly · James 1:2-4 · Adversity
Rubel Shelly reminds us to play through pain and go on to victory.
by Mike Barres · 2 Timothy 1:8 · Perseverance
Mike Barres contrasts our whiny little attempts at perseverance and compares it to the real martyrs in the world and calls us to genuine perseverance.
by Mike Barres · Philippians 4:12-13 · Perseverance
Mike Barres reminds us that we need to be like trees: flexible, rooted, connected, and built on the rock.
by Russ Lawson · Romans 8:28 · Prayer
Russ Lawson reminds us that even though it is hard to wait patiently, God always responds to our prayers at just the right time and we should never give up asking him for his help.
by Paul Faulkner · James 1:2-4 · Perseverance
Paul Faulkner encourages us to press on and persevere.
by Teresa Bell Kindred · Hebrews 12:3 · Parenting
Teresa Bell Kindred encourages us to endure and do the work necessary to grow strong roots in our children and compares it to growing strong roots to grow strong trees and tall bamboo plants.
by Rubel Shelly · James 1:4-5 · Perseverance
Rubel Shelly reminds us that we need to not give up when our life seems to be in the toilet, because as often archaeologists do, we can sometimes find the greatest treasures in the most surprising places.
by Mike Barres · Psalm 27:14 · Patience
Mike Barres reminds us that waiting is hard, but God's timing is always best.
by Rubel Shelly · Romans 5:3-4 · Perseverance
So often we look for short cuts or ways to cut corners to get to a goal that can only be reached by hard work, perserverance, and a willingness to keep on working over time.
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 Denise Waldrop · Matthew 26:40 · Mothers
Learning to take things one hour and one step at a time helps this mother learn to make it when her premature baby is having problems in the hospital.
by Bill Sherrill · Galatians 6:9 · Perseverance
Burn out seems to happen more and more frequently, but when see why it happens, we realize that folks are losing sight of the goal and are often motivated for the wrong reasons.
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