Heartlight has published over 4,000 articles for Christians seeking to follow Jesus in everyday life.Written to encourage faith, offer biblical perspective, and speak to real-world joys and struggles, these articles remain fully searchable and freely available. While Heartlight is no longer publishing new articles, this library continues to serve as an active, enduring resource to help people live for Jesus.
by Rubel Shelly · Colossians 3:1 · Attitude
Rubel Shelley reminds us of the importance of attitude and how that changes everything important that matters.
by Rubel Shelly · Luke 2:10 · Christmas
Rubel Shelly puts Christmas into perspective by talking about Easter and the resurrection hope of the Savior.
by Tim Archer · Exodus 12:25 · Questions
We need to think about the meaning behind the things we do.
by Rubel Shelly · Ecclesiastes 3:1 · Balance
Rubel Shelly reminds us that there is a time for everything as long as it is kept in its place and we remain balanced in our lives with the correct priorities.
by Russ Lawson · Ecclesiastes 12:13 · Death
Russ Lawson reminds us that our expiration date is out there and we need to live as if we know we will one day expire.
by Rubel Shelly · Mark 1:15 · Change
Rubel Shelly talks about change and our need for it or we grow obsolete and irrelevant.
by Phil Ware · Luke 2:40 · Addiction
Phil Ware continues his series on Mary the mother of Jesus called window to wonder and talks about Mary forming Jesus.
by Tim Archer · Ecclesiastes 12:13 · Purpose · Groundhog Day
Like the movie Groundhog Day, life can seem like an endless cycle of meaningless days, an unending quest for happiness. The author of Ecclesiastes tells us the secret to escaping the cycle.
by Tom Norvell · Colossians 3:23 · Baseball
Tom Norvell reminds us on this 2010 MLB Allstars game night about the blessings of what we get to do each day.
by Tom Norvell · Ephesians 2:1 · Purpose
Tom Norvell reminds us that we were saved from what we were to be what we are: God's people created with purpose to do good works.
by Phil Ware · 2 Timothy 1:12 · Passion
Phil Ware challenges us to a life of passionate discipleship and challenge our children to follow with boldness, using the life of Paul.
by Rubel Shelly · Proverbs 22:9 · Thanksgiving
Rubel Shelly reminds us of the importance of remembering the real meaning of Thanksgiving.
by Russ Lawson · John 3:16 · Prayer
Russ Lawson talks about talking with his kids and grandchildren on the phone and how precious it is to him and how God longs to hear from us in much the same way.
by Phil Ware · John 10:10 · Peace
Phil Ware continues his lifewords series on the post resurrection sayings of Jesus and considers Jesus' blessing, "Peace be with you!"
by Rick Brown · Joshua 24:14 · Plans
Rick Brown writes in his family unique series about a family having a plan for what they are going to do and the key step in the plan is to decide how to finish the following, "As for me and my house we will ..."
by Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 3:9 · Providence
Phil Ware writes about having a sense of divine partnership in daily life and being used by God and sensing God's presence in what we do.
by Rubel Shelly · Proverbs 10:9 · Character
Rubel Shelly reminds us that image is not substance and shadow is not tree: trust the tree not the shadow!
by Phil Ware · Luke 23:46 · 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.
by Steve Ridgell · Romans 2:7 · Death
Everyone dies ... so how do I know my life matters?
by Rubel Shelly · Luke 9:23 · Selfish
Rubel Shelly reminds us that life's purpose rather than externals or someone else trying to make us happy is the real key to peace and joy in life.
by Paul Faulkner · Matthew 19:6 · Marriage
Paul Faulkner reminds us of the importance of discussing and sharing what we believe with each other in marriage so we can truly become one.
by Paul Faulkner · Matthew 23:23 · Important
Paul Faulkner reminds us that most folks miss the point of life entirely because they don't know what is really important.
by Phil Ware · Luke 10:41 · Jesus
Phil Ware shares about how important it is to find our one thing we are supposed to do in life and how to find it by spending time with Jesus.
by Paul Faulkner · 1 Corinthians 15:54 · Death
During tax season it is always important to be reminded that life is a whole lot more than living to pay taxes, in fact, God wants us to have life that is full of purpose and meaning.
by Russ Lawson · 2 Corinthians 5:16
Christmas has unfortunately gotten so caught up in conflict that we lose sight of loving folks the way Jesus came to do.