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 · Jesus
Phil Ware talks about what is most important about the Bible and the focus of Scripture and the answer is simple: Jesus must be the center of everything.
by Skye Noe · Romans 12:1
Just as birthdays should be about moms, so our very lives should be about the One who gave us life
by Kimberli J. Brackett · Nehemiah 9 · Praise
Is our life about us or about God, about giving him the praise in everything or about everything revolving around us.
by Ron Rose · Hebrews 2:1 · Target
As human beings, we can so easily get off track and drift off course and miss our target because we get distracted.
by Tom Norvell · Luke 10:38-42 · Jesus
It is so easy to get distracted by a lot of good things instead of focusing on Jesus, just as Martha and Mary showed us.
by Courtney Loy · Psalm 118:24
Consider the power of attitude, the idea that how we choose to view life impacts the quality of it.
by Russ Lawson · Colossians 3:1-3 · Heaven
How we approach the weekend and the beginning of a new week depends upon whether or not we focus on heavenly things, things above where God is!
by Phil Ware · Luke 11:35
Some of us need sunlight all the time, but all of us need God's true light or we lose our way. So let's not settle for our own idols, for what is false and shadow.
by Russ Lawson · Philippians 3:12-14 · Future
Sometimes we find ourselves unhappy with where we are and look back to the good ol' days just like Israel did in turning their hearts back to Egypt.
by Paul Faulkner · Colossians 1:29 · Purpose
We have to have a mission for our families bigger than physical and financial goals, we have to have a spiritual mission.
by Alan Smith · Matthew 5:6 · God
Can we spend any special, focused, time thinking about nothing but God? It is hard, but we must learn to do so.
by Paul Faulkner · Matthew 7:3-5 · Selfishness
Selfishness destroys families while self-examination helps us improve ourselves and bless our families.
by Kimberli J. Brackett · Luke 9:23 · Self Esteem
When we put self in the middle of everything, then everything becomes about I, me, my, and mine, and not about God and we mess up our self-absorbed lives.
by Rubel Shelly · 1 Peter 4:4-5 · Baseball
If you want something bad enough, you go for it and do whatever it takes to do it, even if no one understands you.
by Scott Owings · Romans 8:26-27 · Prayer
We can learn to breath pray and pray any time and any place and reach out to God through prayer.
by Russ Lawson · Matthew 14:22-33 · Faithfulness
We don't usually sink into sin all of a sudden, but it is a gradual thing that leads us away when we do not call on the Lord for help.
by Rubel Shelly · John 4:35 · Focus
We need to open our eyes and view things from a point of view of spiritual reality.
by Tom Norvell · Focus · Champion
While we will have a great deal of help, ultimately, making it through depends upon us sticking to it.
by Russ Lawson · Philippians 3:12-13 · Focus
A four year old reminds us that the problem isn't falling down, but it is staying down.
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