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 Paul Faulkner · Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 · Friendship
We all need a friend or brother or sister with whom we can confess, share our story, and find deep and meaningful friendship.
by Mike Cope · 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8
Men have a real struggle to live pure lives, but a small group that holds us accountable and confession can help.
by Kimberli J. Brackett · 2 Corinthians 3:18 · Accountability
Kimberli looks in the magnifying mirror and sees things she doesn't like on her face and also in her life.
by Russ Lawson · Romans 14:11-12 · Bible
While spiritual leaders have wisdom and knowledge, they are not always right and we should seek to answer many of our own questions ourselves using the Bible as our guide.
by Kimberli J. Brackett · Isaiah 5:20 · Holiness
Righteousness is not a choice but it is defined by God and his will, not by popular culture, media, and we cannot compromise and or flirt with evil.
by Phil Ware · Luke 1:46-55 · Christmas
The coming of Christ is a violent grace that heads to a violent end and if we listen to the birth stories of Jesus we can find there a real Savior who lived in our all too real world.
by Alan Smith · Psalm 50:14 · Giving
Using something for free almost every weekend of the year for a parking lot reminds a church that they don't own what they use; we need to learn that same thing as God's children.
by Paul Faulkner · 2 Thessalonians 1:11 · Judging
God wants us to be humble, but he doesn't want to get down on ourselves or judge ourselves or anyone else, he chose us and will us to his glory.
by Kimberli J. Brackett · Psalm 119:20,161 · Sin
Kimberly takes an honest self-appraisal and listens to God to learn that she needs to tremble in awe of God and his grace and at her own sin.
by Alan Smith · Hebrews 11:35-12:2 · Burden
We stand on the shoulders of giants and have the blessinmgs we have because of their sacrifices.
by Russ Lawson · Philippians 2:5-11 · Humility
Our egos are fragile and important but also dangerous, but we must learn humility.
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 Russ Lawson · Proverbs 23:23 · Morals
The price of gasoline kicks off some creative questioning by Russ as he wrestles with the serious desensitization that has occurred in many lives.
by Bill Sherrill · John 4:35 · Vision
Lift up your eyes is a call for vision, a call to not walk in fear of danger, but to look for the new, the glory, the things God is calling us to embrace.
by Rubel Shelly · Galatians 6:1-5 · Responsibility
A mother's lame explanation for child abuse makes us realize how easy and horrible it is to explain away our own responsibility.
by Tom Norvell · Luke 22:34 · Change
Many events in our lives change us forever, our lives will never be the same as a result, and Jesus is one of those life-changing events.
by Russ Lawson · Hosea 10:12 · Consequences
Often the difficult things in our lives we want to blame on God are really only the result or consequences of our own bad choices and decisions and actions.
by Larry Zinck · 2 Corinthians 6:2 · Perseverance
Life is accomplished and made worthwhile by sticking to our goals and doing things one step, one brick, at a time.
by Scott Owings · Hebrews 13:2 · Hospitality
Hospitality is the Christian virtue of entertaining strangers, outsiders, and guests and recognizing in them angels or even the presence of God in the Trinity.
by Paul Faulkner · Genesis 18:19 · Spirituality
Spiritual immunity comes from rearing children in godly homes with godly values and godly actions.
by Rubel Shelly · 2 Timothy 2:24 · Friendliness
We all need more friends, but the way to have them is to invest the time and offer others our friendship
by Rubel Shelly · James 4:8 · Sin
Dumb criminals remind us that we are all just a step away from moral calamity and disaster and must resist satan and draw near to God.
by Russ Lawson · Psalm 46:10 · Withdraw
We all need to take a God-break a time when we get alone with God and be renewed and restored.
by Patrick D. Odum · 1 Peter 4:10 · Faithfulness
Little things, done faithfully, like taking out the garbage, are the glue, the grace, of ongoing and lasting relationships and marriages.
by Scott Owings · 1 Timothy 4:8 · Train
Spiritual growth really requires us to have a spiritual trainer to help us with our spiritual discipline.
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