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 Skye Noe · 1 Corinthians 9:19 · Kingdom · Selfishness · Community
We must never be willing to sacrifice the things we believe in to gain popularity, but we must find a way to become all things to all men, so that we may by all means save some.
by Russ Lawson · Philippians 4:6 · Comfort
Russ Lawson reminds us of the comfort that we can find in God and His word if we will trust and believe it.
by Phil Ware · 2 Corinthians 2:14 · Kingdom
Phil Ware reminds us that we are to be the aroma Christ and asks for input on how to there?
by Skye Noe · Acts 2:28 · Christian Living · Attitude · Commitment
There are so many times in life that the world around me is full of confusing messages. It's hard to know which way to turn and it seems impossible to find my way. The good news is that as a Christian I have someone to clear the path ahead for me.
by Katha Winther · Proverbs 25:11
Katha Winther reminds us of the weird and yet powerful staying power of many of our words and reminds us to use them to be a blessing to others.
by Katha Winther · 1 Peter 5:7 · 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 Phil Ware · Matthew 5:23 · Forgiveness
Phil Ware takes the two love commands of Jesus, the Greatest Commands, and applies them to all of life for a follower of the Lord.
by Tom Norvell · Isaiah 30:18 · Prayer
Tom Norvell describes the blessings promised to those who wait on the Lord from Isaiah.
by Larry Davies · Isaiah 43:1 · Tragedy
Larry Davies shares a hard and horrible story of tragedy and asks where God is and helps walk us through Isaiah 43 and shows how it reflects the presence of God in our worst times through the people of God who help.
by Skye Noe · Ephesians 2:13
Summertime is a great time of the year! There is nothing I enjoy more than spending a day at the swimming pool, having a cookout in the park, watching my favorite baseball team play late on a warm evening and watching the neighborhood kids play without th
by Tim Archer · John 8:36
Despite common misconceptions, freedom is not granted by governments, nor won on a battlefield. True freedom comes from God and God alone.
by Russ Lawson · Change
Russ Lawson is blessed and k ows further blessings await when he embraces change and leaves his religious cocoon.
by Tammy Marcelain · Revelation 3:21 · Conversion
Tammy Marcelain shares about her return home to God and how it was a walk with Jesus that did it.
by Kimberli J. Brackett · Proverbs 16:5 · Pride
Kimberli Brackett reminds us that it is easy to slip into the role of being prideful and a snob who hurts others because of our silly and stupid pridefulness.
by Hal Runkel, LMFT · Genesis 3:10 · Parenting
Hal Runkel reminds us that we can issue an apology and actually use it to beat up someone else in the process by transferring the focus of the guilt from ourselves to someone else and this is fake and mean and bullying.
by Paul Faulkner · Mark 2:27 · Rest
Paul Faulkner reminds us that we need to rest 1 in 7 if we are going to fully experience life and be productive.
by Russ Lawson · Colossians 4:6 · Speech
Russ Lawson reminds us that we can and should be considerate, comforting, and encouraging in the way we respond to others.
by Alan Smith · Psalm 34:14 · Humility
Alan Smith reminds us that we have to be moldable, to have a broken and contrite spirit if God is going to do anything with us.
by Phil Ware · Philippians 3:12 · Journey
Phil looks at our spiritual journey to be conformed to Jesus and to go to our home with God and asks how we can get so bogged down in being critical of others who are not at the same point in their journey as we are.
by Muriel Larson · Matthew 11:28 · Anger
Loss of a dream, losing a loved one, is not fair and can often leave us confused and angry, so how do we cope with it, by turning it over to God and living for him.
by Bill Sherrill · 1 Corinthians 2:10 · Easter
God's springtime reminds us that new life is possible and that God is on doing new things in our lives and that a better future awaits us as week seek to live with the Lord forever!
by Steve Ridgell · James 4:7 · Life
I have the greatest remote control anywhere. It is amazing what it can do with my television. If I miss something, I can replay it until I catch it, and then jump back into real time.
by Phil Ware · Ephesians 4:25 · Honesty
We live in a world of deception but God has called us to be Kingdom people, people who tell the truth and do not deceive, yet forgive those who confess their deceitfulness to us.
by Vann Conwell · Mark 2:10 · Addiction · Sinners
When a mega-pastor says he wants to get rid of the kooks that weigh his church down, Vann is not only shocked, but prays that God sends the kooks to his church.
by Tim Archer · 1 John 1:7 · Forgiveness · Grace · Fresh Start
We’ve gotten better and better at correcting mistakes on our computer. God, through His son Jesus, let’s us correct life’s mistakes in an even more amazing way.