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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.

I Doubt It: The Delivery Room

Phil Ware continues his series on 'I Doubt It' by talking about Jesus' encounter with Nicodemus and his need to be born of God, from above, born again.

If Nicodemus needed grace despite all his religious accomplishments and his genuinely God-seeking heart, then we desperately need grace, too.

Resolutions or Life-Quest?

Phil Ware challenges us to look beyond the New Year's resolutions on to a life pursuing Jesus.

Phil Ware challenges us to look beyond the New Year's resolutions on to a life pursuing Jesus.

Another Perspective

Byron Ware reminds us that even after a very hard year in 2016, we have good news to carry with us in 2017!

Was 2016 a hard year? So how are you going to face 2017?

Drought Buster

Phil Ware reminds us of Jesus' promise to send us living water in the Holy Spirit, water that would never run dry and would well up in us to eternal life.

With the Holy Spirit, there never has to be a spiritual drought!

A Spiritual MRI

Max Lucado reminds us that we can ask God to both examine us and cleanse us; such is the grace of grace!

Can I let go of my regrets, guilt, and shame?

Why Do I Ignore This Sacred Rhythm?

Phil Ware shares part 2 in his four part series on learning to rest in Jesus and trust in the Lord's power to bless us and give us grace.

Jesus invites us into a time of rest and quiet with him!

More Bread than Peanut Butter to Spread

Phil Ware begins a series of posts on our needing rest with Jesus and focuses on what we do when we have more to do than resources or strength and we don't have a rest time close at hand.

What do we do when we have way more going on in our lives than we can handle?

God's Message to Jesus... and You!

Phil Ware reminds us of the importance of baptism to Jesus as a new beginning and how that should be important to us.

What does God long to say to you?

Because Jesus Wants You to Be

Phillip Morrison reminds us of the most simple and basic reason of all to be baptized: Jesus wants us to be!

If Jesus was baptized and if Jesus wants you to be baptized, what's holding you back?

Best News Ever

Our sin has separated us from God and we cannot fix it. So God did. Best news ever.

Everyone loves good news... so how much better to hear the best news ever.

Welcoming the Dawn of a New Year

The beginning of the New Year brings challenges and the potential for fear and reluctance, but with God we can welcome it and use it for his glory.

What will you do about a New Year?

New Wine and Old Skins

Phil Ware shares an insight on older people in the Bible and today who kept growing and changing through the years because they wanted to be more like Jesus.

Can we keep growing, or do we have to stop just because we age?

Holiday Trifecta

So as the schedules, demands and pressures of the Holiday Trifecta invade your world, house and family, allow me to offer a short blessing to you and all whom you hold dear

Putting the most into the holidays

No Longer Any Sea

Phil Ware concludes his 10 part series on "Saved at Sea" dealing with sea stories in the Bible and how God has always saved his people, this time focusing on the ultimate saved at sea story, Revelation 21:1-5

The glorious future when the sea is no more!

The Most Important Thing to Know

The Bible itself says this is the most important thing to know: Jesus died for your sins and was raised on the third day.

With all the information in the Bible, what is the most important thing to know?

'What prevents me from being baptized?'

The Bible says the Ethiopian eunuch was baptized and went on his way rejoicing. You can too. It was good news for the Ethiopian. It's good news for us. Everyone who is willing to put their faith in Jesus may come to him.

What stands between you and the water?

Bored to Life

Phil Ware talks about the importance of rest and the Sabbath principle.

Is rest really necessary for holy and whole living?

Stay Teachable

Rubel Shelly challenges us to entertain new thoughts and consider fresh ideas and be willing to make new changes.

When was the last time you seriously entertained a new thought or considered a new idea?

Born of the Spirit

Phil Ware continues his series on the Holy Spirit with a focus on being born of the Spirit and its ties to faith, baptism, and repentance.

Without the Holy Spirit, how can there be new life?

Fresh Air from Heaven's Wind

Phil Ware begins a short 4 part series on the Holy Spirit as we begin the New Year, this one is focused on living by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Is there a way to catch our breath and be renewed for a fresh start?

The Best New Year Ever

Pay off my biggest debt, restore my most important relationship, and find real meaning and purpose for my life. Now that would be the best New Year ever.

How would you like to have the best New Year ever? Jesus can make it happen.

Hooker to Hero

Rahab is the story of a prostitute who became a spiritual hero. Her story is important for all of us to know.

Why would anyone want to write about a hooker on a Christian website?

Sing the Jesus Song!

Phil Ware of www.interimministrypartners.com continues his series on inviting Jesus back to church with us and asks us to use Jesus to evaluate everything we do based on Jesus' example and teaching and use Paul's Christ hymn as our Jesus filter.

So we are supposed to sing a song to get us on the same page?

A Saved Life

Brian McCutchen talks about Connie, her cancer, and her coming to Jesus in faith and baptism and leading many of her family to join her.

Have you seen someone pass from death to life?

A Mother's Beautiful and Tenacious Grace

Cathy Messecar shares a beautiful story about an adoptive mom and dad who have shown tenacious and beautiful love to a young man born with very challenging physical limitations.

This is how much a mother can love!