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 · Isaiah 25:9
God gives us each day as a day of celebration and newness.
by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Proverbs 16:9 · Providence
Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in virtual worship through words and music using YouTube videos and challenging us to re-align ourselves with God's purposes for us.
by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Ephesians 4:23-5:2 · New Year
Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in virtual worship through words and music using YouTube videos and inviting us to continually be made new from the inside out.
by Phil Ware · Ephesians 4:22-24 · Transformation
Dr. Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware invite you to join us for our Sunday Verse of the Day home worship guide and videos, called ToGather.church!
by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 12 · Body of Christ
Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in virtual worship through words and music using YouTube videos and invite us to live as Jesus' bodily presence in the world, today.
by Jackie Halstead, Ph.D. · Romans 12:1-2 · New Year
Jackie Halstead challenges us to take advantage of the New Year to begin writing a new chapter in our lives that brings grace to a world struggling with evil.
by Phil Ware · 2 Corinthians 3:18 · New Year
Phil Ware challenges us to look beyond the New Year's resolutions on to a life pursuing Jesus.
by Byron Ware · John 16:33 · New Year
Byron Ware reminds us that even after a very hard year in 2016, we have good news to carry with us in 2017!
by Phil Ware · Ephesians 3:14-21 · 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.
by Phil Ware · 2 Corinthians 3:18 · Maturity
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.
by Bill Brant · Romans 14:5-6 · Holidays
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
by Steve Ridgell · Romans 6:4 · New Year
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.
by Bill Brant · 2 Corinthians 5:17 · New Year · New Life
Being a follower of Jesus makes one's life NEW and notice the words that said old things have passed away. When you make that decision to follow Jesus and are baptized, then your "old things" do not matter to God anymore; you are NEW.
by Rubel Shelly · Ephesians 3:14-21
Rubel Shelly re-shares a prayer for the New Year and a fresh start on life.
by Tim Archer · John 1:10-14 · New Year
Every man's life is divided into "Before Christ" and "After Christ." We come to know of him, we learn about him, then we decide. We decide to reject him and all that he stands for. Or we believe in him, and receive all that he has to offer.
by Phil Ware · Mark 3 · New Year
Phil Ware gives us three key principles to follow as we approach the New Year, ask the Lord what he wants us to do, learn to rest, and get to know Jesus better.
by Rubel Shelly · 1 Corinthians 16:22 · New Year
Rubel Shelly writes about the New Year, 2013, and talks about what the year will bring and also about being superstitious.
by Tim Archer · Romans 6:4 · New Year · Newness · New Life
New weeks and new years feel like new beginnings, but only God can truly make things new.
by Ron Rose · 2 Corinthians 3:18 · New Year
Ron Rose writes about redemption and even more of sanctification, the slow work of God to transform us into something new and better and more like Him and reminds us that this is a process.
by Rick Brown · Romans 8:1 · New Year
Rick Brown reminds us that even though we may have already begun to slip back into the old way of living, the New Year can be bring us fresh life if we remember this.
by Phil Ware · Acts 1:1-11 · Mission
Phil Ware begins the New Year with an article or post about the book of Acts and the power of Jesus and the Holy Spirit to take broken people and use them powerfully to change the world.
by Tim Archer · Romans 7:24-25 · Change · Resolutions
There is a certain futility in making resolutions. Only God can truly change us.
by Katha Winther · 2 Corinthians 5:17 · New Year
Katha Winther shares insights on the New Year, fresh starts, and God's work of salvation in us!
by Larry Davies · Joshua 24:13 · New Year
Larry Davies talks about spiritual ways to prepare and live out the year 2010.
by Rubel Shelly · Matthew 6:33-34 · New Life
Rubel Shelly gives us some practical advice and a challenge to face the New Year with expectation and also reminds us to take one day at a time.