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 Katha Winther · 2 Corinthians 5:17 · New Year
Katha Winther shares insights on the New Year, fresh starts, and God's work of salvation in us!
by Rubel Shelly · Matthew 6:33 · New Life
Rubel Shelly gives us some practical advice and a challenge to face the New Year with expectation and also reminds us to take one day at a time.
by Mike Barres · Isaiah 43:19 · Ruts
Mike Barres talks about his gravel driveway and how it gets full of ruts and how he goes about avoiding them and then he challenges us to avoid living in the ruts we have made in our churches and our lives.
by Rubel Shelly · 2 Corinthians 5:17 · New Year
Rubel Shelly shares a prayer for the New Year as we begin 2008.
by Russ Lawson · Change
Russ Lawson is blessed and k ows further blessings await when he embraces change and leaves his religious cocoon.
by Mike Barres · Acts 3:19 · Conversion
Conversion is more than just a one time forgiveness, it is about learning a new way of life.
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 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.
by Jamie Shell & Brent Nidiffer · Ephesians 3:14 · Grudge
We can continue to grow and mature and flourish if we choose to do so, even until we are quite old.
by Paul Faulkner · 2 Corinthians 5:17 · Newness
Like a work of improvisational jazz, life is a journey from one new thing to another.
by Tom Norvell · 2 Corinthians 5:7 · New Year
This is simply a prayer for us to use the New Year wisely and well.
by Paul Faulkner · Matthew 6:14 · Forgiveness
Forgiveness is forgetting to remember the hurts you forgave and giving others, and yourself a fresh start on life.
by Paul Faulkner · Mark 6:30 · Rest
Without rest we cannot restore our bodies and our health, but this is not a new idea, it is God's fitness plan from long ago.
by Phil Ware · 2 Corinthians 5:17 · Newness
A man's conversion helps Phil remember that life can become fresh and new and he reminds us that the Christmas season can bring all of this to us if we are looking for it.
by Bill Sherrill · Genesis 3:8 · Silence
Our love for the cool of the day after the hot day of work is a reminder of our need to be close to God and his desire to have us close.
by Phil Ware · Ephesians 2:10 · Change
Life comes in many packages, but something way beyond new is fresh, like a loaf of bread.
by Tom Norvell · 2 Corinthians 5:16 · Fresh Start
All the big events in our lives and even many of the daily routines all begin with a blank page, including the grace God gives us to start fresh each day with a blank page.
by Tom Norvell · Isaiah 42:9 · New Year · Newness
Even though the holidays are over and gone, this can be a year God shows us new things!
by Phil Ware · 2 Corinthians 3:17 · New Year
It's a bright and shining new year so let's do something with it to bless the Lord and his kingdom.
by Phil Ware · 2 Timothy 1:16 · Renewal · Refresh
A kind friend can bring refreshment to the parched soul of another friend.
by Amy C. Baker · Psalm 50:10 · Renewal
A trip to the cattle and the country rattles this city slicker loose from her busy ways enough to help her appreciate God in wonder.
by Bill Sherrill · 2 Corinthians 5:17 · Communion
At the start of a New Year, let's make a commitment to remember the meaning of the Lord's Supper and Jesus' sacrifice.
by Bruce Wadd · John 3:6 · Holy Spirit
Only God can bring new life with refreshment through his holy spirit.
by Kelly Breece · Philemon 1:7 · Kindness · Service · Courtesy
Some people are just God's special blessings for us along the way.
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