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 Alan Smith · Psalm 1:1-5 · Wisdom
Alan Smith reminds us of some important lessons that we can learn from trees.
by Ron Rose · Proverbs 27:6
Ron Rose shares some beautiful insights on friendship and the importance of a friend to living the abundant life.
by Ron Rose · 2 Corinthians 3:18 · Life
Ron Rose talks about sleep walking through life like zombies and how we were made to find life and dance with joy and help others do the same.
by Rubel Shelly · Psalm 42:1 · Growth
Rubel Shelly talks about faith during the dry cycles of life and how we can endure these dry times to follow God more vibrantly.
by Phil Ware · Mark 10:45 · Service
Phil Ware reminds us of an old story describing heaven and hell and how the difference between the two is whether or not people serve each other.
by Ron Rose · Job 42:5-6 · Life
Ron Rose writes about life's obstacles and challenges us to follow the example of others who have lived beyond their limits.
by Mike Barres · Psalm 1:1-5 · Truth
Mike Barres reminds us that often what culture is giving us as water is not God's truth and will rot our roots.
by Phil Ware · Colossians 1:3-6 · Growth
Phil Ware shares with us ideas about growth and how God has re-created us to be like Jesus and be full of life and growth, spiritually and physically.
by Tom Norvell · 2 Timothy 4:6-8 · Finish
Tom Norvell reflects on Paul writing the final chapter of his life and finishing his race.
by Russ Lawson · Romans 13:11-12 · Life
Russ Lawson shares about a pain that awakened him in the night and how it caused him to take a closer look at his life.
by Patrick D. Odum · Matthew 16:24-27 · Rich
Patrick Odum reflects on several folks who have auctioned off huge portions of their lives and property on eBay and challenges us to ask if we have done the same thing with our stuff.
by Mike Barres · Lamentations 3:22-23 · 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 Tom Norvell · John 8:31-37 · Freedom
Tom Norvell thinks about July 4th and reminds us that freedom is found in Jesus.
by Tom Norvell · 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12 · Influence
Tom Norvell shares with us some insights from 1 Thessalonians and how to life a quiet life and honor God and win the hearts of outsiders.
by Lisa Mikitarian · Hebrews 13:8 · Dream
Lisa Mikitarian examines how we often get driven off course in life and how we are going to do something about it.
by Bill Sherrill · Matthew 11:28-30 · Rest
Bill Sherrill talks about our rush to rush into everything and how we need to read God's Book about life and how to experience it.
by Larry Davies · 2 Corinthians 11:2-3 · Clutter
Larry Davies shares with us his struggle with a cluttered office and how it's been embarrassingly displayed on the Internet.
by Steve Ridgell · Matthew 13:10-13 · Christian Living
We can learn many spiritual lessons from everyday things and events.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 6:17-18 · Generosity
Phil Ware looks back on an old reel-to-reel recording and editing session and reflects how he could sure use that same kind of thing in his life!
by Tom Norvell · 2 Timothy 4:6-8 · Positive Attitude
Tom Norvell reflects on the words from Psalm 72 that the prayers of David are ended and he hopes his life, his prayers, end with praise like David's did.
by Phil Ware · John 20:1-8 · Resurrection
Phil Ware shares insight on the resurrection of Jesus on Easter, and how Mary calls Jesus Lord when she doesn't know he is raised and how the beloved disciple saw the death clothes of Jesus and believed.
by Tim Archer · Ephesians 4:1 · Remember
We were not meant to live our lives like animals. We are called to be sons of God.
by Phil Ware · Nehemiah 8:10 · Joy
Phil Ware talks about the real source of authentic joy, the Holy Spirit.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 19:14 · Poverty
Phil Ware describes meeting his Compassion little girl for the first time in a slum in Kampala, Uganda.
by Phil Ware · Luke 23 · Hope
Phil Ware shares insights he learned from a book and a group of pictures about Compassion International and the meaning of life and death.
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