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 · Acts 7:25 · Providence
Phil Ware continues a series of messages called Traveling Mercies focusing on Moses and his journey from broken dreams to having those dreams realized in his life.
by Phil Ware · Luke 5:1-3 · Adversity
Phil Ware reminds that God still has the whole world in his hands and he can get us out of our ruts and break through the barriers that hold us captive to boredom and sameness.
by Rubel Shelly · Philippians 2:5-11 · Attitude
Rubel Shelly reminds us of several things we cannot change, especially in overwhelming times, but one we can change is our attitude.
by Rubel Shelly · Hebrews 13:4 · Marriage
Rubel Shelly talks about the try it before you buy idea, the test drive mentality, that infests the idea about marriage in modern society and he boils the problem down to selfishness.
by Rick Brown · Philippians 2:13-14 · Value
Rick Brown reminded us that families run on values, so what are the values your family runs on?
by Phil Ware · John 14:27 · Peace
Phil Ware continues his lifewords series on the post resurrection sayings of Jesus and considers Jesus' blessing, "Peace be with you!"
by Phil Ware · Luke 24:25-27,44-45 · Scripture
Phil Ware continues his series of articles based on Jesus' LifeWORDS, the words he spoke after his resurrection. This week the focus is upon Jesus knowing and predicting he would be crucified and raised and what difference does it make to us today.
by Joe Beam · 1 Thessalonians 4:3 · Adultery
Joe Beam deals with the challenging issue of improper email relationships.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 23:4 · Hypocrisy
Phil Ware challenges us to leave behind intention and move out into the world of action as we seek care for our broken world and overcome the criticism that we are uncaring hypocrites who are not willing to help.
by Tim Archer · Psalm 90:12 · Time · Eternal
We need to have an eternal perspective on things. Our lives here are finite, but God offers life without end.
by Sarah Stirman · Hebrews 12:1-3 · Focus
Sarah Stirman talks about running and rolling her ankle and how it made her afraid to focus on the goal and see the sights.
by Ron Rose · Romans 8:28 · Adversity
Ron Rose talks about a couple that loses everything beside faith and then finds an opportunity to influence others for God.
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 Tom Norvell · Matthew 17:20 · Dream
Tom Norvell shares about moving into a new home and his dreams for the future.
by Ron Rose · Philippians 3:13-17 · Dream
Ron Rose challenges us to get up and get going and quit waiting for your dreams to unfold.
by Russ Lawson · Matthew 19:26 · Goal
Russ Lawson speaks to our desires being the pursuit of our prayers.
by Susan Sagun · James 1:27 · Orphans
Susan Sagun shares with Heartlight the innovative way to help children and women in Uganda while at the same time giving a blessing here at home!
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 Rubel Shelly · Psalm 44:21 · Heart
Rubel Shelly reminds us to not settle for merely treating the symptoms, but get to the root causes of our problems.
by Tim Archer · Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 · Circumstances
We need faith to help us through the changing seasons of our life. The website www.hopeforlife.org helps us learn about that faith.
by Tom Norvell · Psalm 5:3-5 · Adultery
Tom Norvell talks about setting expectations too high or too low and trusting in God to do more than we can ask or imagine so we can wait in expectation of each day for his work in our lives.
by Rubel Shelly · 1 Timothy 6:10 · Greed
Rubel Shelly talks about the financial crisis, or better, crises, that are afflicting our economy and housing markets and foreclosure problems and points to one age old problem -- greed.
by Patrick D. Odum · 1 Corinthians 15:1-52 · Resurrection
Patrick Odum compares the lack of vacancy in a French cemetery and a law forbidding people to die to the hope we have in the resurrection of Jesus.
by Tom Norvell · Matthew 22:34-40 · Loving
Tom Norvell reminds us of the importance of Jesus' two love commands and challenges us to let this be enough for us.
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