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 James Nored & Phil Ware · Acts 1:4 · Mission
James Nored and Phil Ware share Jesus' plan to reach all peoples, like the Ethiopian Nobleman and the people in the farthest reaches of the earth, with the goodness of grace.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · Acts 1:8 · Great Commission
James Nored and Phil Ware challenge us through words and video to embrace God's mission for us as the bodily presence of Jesus in the world.
by Phil Ware · Ephesians 4:30
Phil Ware with Grady King give us insight on Jesus' example and command to forgive others as we pray for our own forgiveness.
by Phil Ware · 1 John 1:7
Phil Ware, with Chad Higgins, reminds us of the power of the simple words 'Forgive us our debts' and give us a daily practice to emphasize the power of these words.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · 1 John 3:1 · Life
James Nored and Phil Ware share in video and word how we can share in the life of Jesus in our lives today.
by Phil Ware · 1 Timothy 6:10 · Negative · Need, Bread
Phil Ware with Andy Johnson remind us that our prayer is for the bread we need today, not the extravagance we want for ourselves.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 6:10 · Holy Spirit
James Nored and Phil Ware emphasize the importance of the Holy Spirit in our resurrection from the dead.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 12:28 · Earth
Phil Ware along with Doug Peters help us hear the Lord's Prayer for the kingdom to dawn on earth so that the will of God can be seen on earth as it is in heaven.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · John 20:1 · Resurrection
James Nored and Phil Ware share in video, words, and images some of the many reasons Christians have to believe that Jesus was raised from the dead and is Lord, Christ, Jesus, and Son of God!
by Phil Ware · 2 Peter 3:9
Phil Ware and Grady King bring us teaching and practical prayer strategies on praying for God's will to be done.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 15:1 · Build · Buried
James Nored and Phil Ware remind us that Jesus died and was buried and that his burial has special significance for us.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 6:10 · Kingdom
Phil Ware with Chad Higgins help us understand and commit to praying for God's Kingdom to come.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · Colossians 1:18
James Nored and Phil Ware remind us that we all needed Jesus' redemptive death on the cross so we could find new life in the grace of God.
by Phil Ware · Exodus 20:7 · Holiness
Phil Ware and Andy Johnson remind us how important reverencing God is when we pray.
by Tom Norvell · Luke 4:18 · Perseverance
Tom Norvel sees the folks who face uphill challenges and yet keep on keeping on and is amazed and thanks them and affirms them and wants to be more like them.
by Phil Ware · Galatians 4:6 · Abba Father
Phil Ware and Doug Peters remind us what it means to pray to God as our Abba Father and then give us some pratical ways that we can experience God as Abba in our prayer life.
by Phil Ware · Acts 4:31
Phil Ware, with the help of Grady King, reminds us that prayer is a together experience in much of experience and God calls us to share this experience together, then Grady King gives us some added insight and an exercise to help us through the next week.
by Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 6:21 · Lord's Prayer
Phil Ware, with the help of Chad Higgins, continues his series on Lord Teach Us to Pray focusing on learning from Jesus.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 1:18 · Crucifixion
James Nored and Phil Ware remind us of the dark night that began the long, painful, and lonely journey of Jesus through his Passion to bring us to God.
by Phil Ware · Acts 1:14 · Prayer
Phil Ware continues his series on prayer this week, focused on the early church's devotion to prayer that they learned from Jesus.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · John 3:16
James Nored and Phil Ware remind us of the deadly consequences of a religion that forgets the love of God for broken people and mission Jesus has for us to the lost world.
by Phil Ware · Acts 1:14 · Prayer
Phil Ware begins a series of messages built around the disciples' request to Jesus to teach them to pray with today focusing on our need to pray first.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · John 9:39 · Messiah
James Nored and Phil Ware remind us that many were blind to Jesus as the Messiah because he refused to be the kind of Messiah they expected; he was the upside down Messiah.
by Phil Ware · 2 Timothy 4:11 · Reconciliation
Phil Ware reminds us of John Mark's failure when he deserted the mission field and the mission team and describes how God used this mess and the grace, mercy, and love of godly men to bring great good out of potential disaster.
by Phil Ware · John 21:15 · Holy Spirit · Fire
Phil Ware reminds of three fires in the life of the apostle Peter and what they can mean for us.