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 · Genesis 3-11
Phil Ware continues his series on the biblical view of women and God's plan to use Jesus' people to live out his purposes in his kingdom.
by Phil Ware · Psalm 51 · Heart
Phil Ware challenges us to pursue the faithful love, righteous character, and gracious compassion of God from our hearts.
by Phil Ware · Hebrews 13:5-6 · Experience
Phil Ware reminds us of the Lord's nearness, four ways we can experience that nearness, but most importantly, he reminds us to seek the Lord's presence in our lives, always.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 1:1-6
Phil Ware is using December to remind us how to welcome Jesus during this special time and what Jesus' coming means for each of us.
by Phil Ware · 1 John 2:1-2 · Atonement · Communion · Lord's Supper
Phil Ware continues his series on 'Beyond Bread and Wine' focusing on Jesus' death for the sin of the whole world and a special Sunday in Bangkok, Thailand.
by Phil Ware · John 14:1-4 · Communion
Phil Ware talks about longing for home and the food of home and challenges us to see Communion as our taste of home while we are away.
by Phil Ware · Philippians 4:4-9 · Assurance
Phil Ware begins a series called the Lord is near and reminds us that the Lord is close and we have a right to long to know his presence is real and is near.
by Phil Ware · John 1
Phil Ware continues his series on The Andrew Effect and about connecting others with Jesus as our life's mission.
by Phil Ware · Song of Songs 4:9-16 · Sexuality
Phil Ware continues his series of posts and articles called Fifty Shades of Grace and focuses on the gift of pleasure, delight, joy, fulfillment, and blessing in sexual intimacy for the Christian married couple.
by Phil Ware · Hebrews 11 · Aging
Phil Ware continues his series tied to Thanksgiving called "...and thankful" and this week he is thankful for the longing to move toward Jesus and pursue the things of God.
by Rubel Shelly · Philippians 3:13-16 · Pessimism
Rubel Shelly reminds us that while we don't want to be blindly optimistic, there is value in not being a pessimist and always thinking things are worse.
by Phil Ware · Acts 2:3-47 · Ruts · Role of Women
Phil Ware continues his series on the value of woman in the eyes of God and how we incorporate that value into our belief system, roles, and treatment of women in our church culutures.
by Phillip Morrison · Proverbs 31:28-29 · Motherhood
Phillip Morrison talks about Kevin Durant's MVP speech and his own mom as the MVP.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 28:18-20 · Immanuel
Phil Ware does part 4 in a 5 part series on the Immanuel passages in Matthew, this week is the Great Commission, Matthew 28:18-20, focusing on cross cultural outreach and disciple-making, something much more involved than just evangelism.
by Phil Ware · Hebrews 12:39-13:3 · Bible
Phil Ware begins the journey through The Story of God and talks about how our story and God's story intersects and involves us in his great unfolding saga of grace and redemption.
by Thom Lemmons · 1 Thessalonians 4:3 · Faithfulness
Thom Lemmons tells us a story that gets to the heart of danger in sexual temptation and lust and a need for a friend.
by Phil Ware · John 6 · Jesus
Phil Ware continues his series on the I AM statements in the Gospel of John focusing on Jesus being the bread of life.
by Tim Archer · John 1:12 · Story
You've got a story. It's a unique story that's being written every day. But your story needs an ending, a happy ending. And I know that the only way your story can end happily is if you make your story part of God's story.
by Phil Ware · Luke 15:11-32 · Fatherhood
Phil Ware continues his series on the Prodigal Son called the Journey Home about the God we all need to be our Father.
by Steve Ridgell · Hebrews 10:24-25 · Children of God
You need to be part of a church ... and some church needs you.
by Phil Ware · Luke 15:11-24
Phil Ware begins a series of messages called "The Journey Home" and focuses on God being the home we long for.
by Brian McCutchen · Luke 19:9 · Jesus
Brian McCutchen reminds us that the first real glimpse of Jesus most people see is our own face.
by Tim Archer · Revelation 3:12 · Belonging
God wants to make Christians His own by writing His name on them. Instead of being orphans and alone, we can belong to God
by Bill Sherrill · Philippians 4:4-7 · Joy
Bill Sherrill reminds us that the Christian life should be a life of joy.
by Tom Norvell · Hebrews 11:8-10 · Home
Tom Norvel writes about his daughter moving and how his heart is still in a quest for home and that after she settles in to this place, he hopes she still continues her quest for home.
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