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 · Ephesians 5:15-21 · Holy Spirit
Phil Ware continues his series on the Holy Spirit focusing on listening to the Spirit's voice and how we hear God and Jesus and the Spirit in our daily life.
by Pasquale R. Mingarelli · Psalm 62:5 · Silence
Pat Mingarelli shares insight from his time hiking and being outdoors as a photographer and reminds us our need for silence to listen to God.
by Tom Norvell · Psalm 15:1-5 · Life
Tom Norvell uses Psalm 15 to help direct us to having a list to help us live an unshakable life.
by Phil Ware · 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 · Comfort
Phil Ware talks about 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 and comforting others with the comfort we have received when we went through the season of mourning, grief, and pain.
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 Bill Denton · 1 Corinthians 15 · Grace
Bill Denton reminds us that the Gospel of Jesus isn't centered in a list of do's and don't's but in a Savior, Jesus Christ, who was crucified and raised to bring us God's grace.
by Rubel Shelly · James 1:19 · Listening
Rubel Shelly describes how hard it is to really listen and not cut off someone else's conversation.
by Paul Faulkner · Matthew 25:44-45 · Jesus
Paul Faulkner reminds us that we can get so busy that we fail to find God in the everyday world where he meets us.
by Teresa Bell Kindred · Psalm 5:8 · Obedience
Teresa Bell Kindred shares an experience she had with her GPS and then compares it to God's Plan of Salvation which is in the Bible, the only Voice we should trust.
by Rubel Shelly · Matthew 6:30-36 · Compassion
Rubel uses a street person named Jack and his friend to remind us that each of these people have a name and need to be valued and noticed as real people.
by Teresa Bell Kindred · Luke 10:38-42 · Mothers
So often we try to complete our list without involving Jesus or investing ourselves in what really matters.
by Paul Faulkner · Proverbs 18:21
Messing up his communication with his wife, Paul learns the lesson of the importance of good communication.
by Phil Ware · 1 Peter 5:7-8
A little girls interruptions become the occasion for seeing how much God loves and listens to us.
by Rubel Shelly · Proverbs 1:7-8 · Fatherhood
Kids hear all sorts of things in the background of the world via the radio and tv, how are we helping them process this?
by Sarah Stirman · 1 John 3:1 · Mothers
Overhearing a questioning about loving children enough gets Sarah thinking about the need for meaningful touch, focused listening, and hanging around together.
by Phil Ware · Ephesians 4:29 · Speech
We need to learn that there is a time to be silent.
by Tom Norvell · 1 Peter 1:8-9
What we want and most need at Christmas are not the kinds of things that money can buy!
by Mike Barres · Job 2:13 · Patience
God cares about our struggles and sent Jesus to us to show us the way back to his heart.
by Teresa Bell Kindred · 1 John 5:14-16 · Mothers
One a mom's greatest responsibilities is to listen to her family, her children, and her God.
by Kimberli J. Brackett · Psalm 37:7 · Stillness
God is calling us to be still, but he sometimes has to do radical things to get us to listen!
by Tom Norvell · John 10:1-5 · Listening
Who and what we listen to is crucial if we are to stay on track and also drown out the voices that make us fear and doubt.
by Alan Smith · Mark 7:32-34 · Listening
While many folks can hear, they often don't listen and refuse to hear the things they most need to hear.
by Alan Smith · John 14:5-6 · Listening
Listen to the Lord, don't seek the advice of those who don't truly know the truth.
by Tom Norvell · James 1:19-20
We need to learn to listen better if we ever hope to connect with other people.
by Russ Lawson · Psalm 119 · Bible · Word of God
If we truly love God's Word, then we are going to let it be the crucial part of our lives each day by scheduling time to listen to and read from the Bible.
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