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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.

Strategy for the End Times

by Phil Ware · Matthew 24:1-51 · Parousia

Phil Ware focuses on what we need to do, and who we need to be, by looking at six intersections with our world during these last days as we await the return of Jesus, the glorious Son of Man!

I may never untangle every nuance of Jesus' prophecies about the destruction of Jerusalem and HIS coming at the end of time but I can be ready!

Thanksgiving!

by Phil Ware · Colossians 4:2-5 · Thanksgiving

Phil Ware reminds us to keep thanksgiving a part of our daily lives even though we face challenging times, difficult circumstances, and discouraging realities.

How do we keep our concerns for the future and our hardships from the last two years of Covid 19 from stealing the joy of our Thanksgiving?

Rest and Power for the Weary

by Phil Ware · Matthew 14 · Exhaustion

Phil Ware continues his reflections on what it means to be a JesuShaped disciple, this week focusing on our need for rest and time alone with God.

Our resources run low, our spirits grow tired, our bodies shut down, we can’t handle another thing, then Satan throws in a storm or two. What do we do?

Called to Holiness, Not Passing Judgment

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Romans 14:4 · Judging

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to call us to recognize God's greatness and to living a life of holiness that refuses to judge others in Christ over non-essential practices.

Can we really pursue obedience and have a deep passion for holiness and still welcome people who practice their faith differently than we do?

Reflecting the Servant Heart of Jesus

by Phil Ware · Philippians 2:5-11 · Servant

Phil Ware talks about a university honoring students for their acts of service and it leads him to wonder how we honor God's servants today.

How do you honor a servant who is not trying to be noticed but simply trying to do good things for others?

Stand Up!

by Max Lucado · John 5:1-30 · New Life

Max Lucado reminds us of Jesus' power do fresh and new things if we will respond to his command to get up and do something.

Jesus sees you, my friend, and he has a new version of you waiting to happen.

What Do We Do About Leadership Abuse?

by Phil Ware · John 10:1-18

Phil Ware continues his thoughts on becoming JesuShaped disciples, this week focusing on the horrors of the litany of spiritual abuse cases in the news and how different they are from Jesus’ definition of a JesuShaped leader and godly shepherd.

The description of the Good Shepherd in John 10 aligns beautifully with Jesus' definition of serving and giving himself to bless us in Mark 10.

The LORD Is Close!

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Psalm 34:18 · Cleanse · Nearness

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to call us to recognize God's promise to be close to the broken-hearted and crushed, lonely and abandoned, discarded and forgotten.

We can do great ministry in the name of Jesus and can survive all the tough challenges in life because our LORD is always close to us!

Knowing God and Meeting Immanuel

by Phil Ware · Genesis 4:1 · Immanuel

Phil Ware shares insights about intimately knowing God and Immanuel being real to us in our daily lives as we seek to be Jesus' disciples.

Let's not settle for religion, going to church, or fast-food spirituality when God longs to fill that hole in our soul !

Lack No Good Thing

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Psalm 34:10 · Provision

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to call us to recognize God's greatness and his desire to bless us with every good thing we need.

Our ToGather time today focuses on God's great promises to bless us, but also challenges each of us to ask: What is the true source of my delight?

I Want to Be Like Her

by Phil Ware · Mark 14:1-9 · Women

Phil Ware continues his reflections in the Gospels as he seeks to call us to continue pursuing Jesus so that we can be JesuShaped.

Let's move beyond remembering her story; let's also commit to being like her in these four ways.

Made to Glorify!

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Psalm 63:3 · Glorify

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to call us to recognize God's greatness and bring him glory and honor in all we say and do.

No words can adequately describe the love that brought God to earth in Jesus, but we can celebrate this gift of grace and live to bring God the glory that is due him!

Disoriented to Be Recalibrated

by Ron Rose · Micah 7:3-7 · Reconcile · Recalibrating

Ron Rose is back at the coffee shop to visit and pray and observe and be with God and discovers a dynamic new concept, sometimes God confuses to have us do a soft reboot and recalibrate our compasses!

His hands were fiddling with his watch the whole time. He had taken it off and seemed to be trying to get it to wake up, to get it unstuck.

No Cheap Grace

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Matthew 22:29

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to remind us of all that we have received from God through grace and how we must say no to sin because we have been so blessed!

Rather than taking God's lavish grace for granted, we choose to offer ourselves to God and walk away from sin.

One-Anothering, Together

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 10:33-11:1 · One Another

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to challenge us to love one another and put other's need above our own.

When our hearts look beyond our walls, our nations, our skin tones, and our languages, we can hear our Savior welcome all of us as his family.

Warts and All

by Philip Gulley · Luke 17:9-11 · Kindness

Philip Gulley uses his homespun charm to pay tribute to a hero, tell a self-effacing story about childhood warts and crushes, and weaves it together to remind us of God's love and how we should love others.

When I recall how Mr. Ellis brought me back into the human fold, I remember that Jesus once took ten lepers in hand and did the same.

God Made Known to Us

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · John 14 · Presence

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to remind us of God's presence to be in us and real to us and reveal his love in us.

God promises to be with us and in us so that we can experience his love for us!

There in the Deep End

by Ron Rose · Romans 8:32-39 · Trust

Ron Rose writes about his daughter Julie from long ago and how she didn't want to swim in the deep end of the pool if her teacher wasn't there.

Yesterday, in practice, she was the only one who did it. Why was she so afraid today?

Trusting God's Truth for Our True North

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Proverbs 16:20 · Trust

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to challenge us and encourage us to trust in God as our true north and our basis for life and faith.

Will we trust God and his truth for our lives? This trust is a big challenge in a world that doesn't really acknowledge the ways of God.

Thank You, O God, Our Father!

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Romans 8:9

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to help us honor and praise our Father in heaven on this Father's Day.

Some of us have had good fathers. Others have had absent fathers or bad fathers. In Christ, however, we have been adopted into God's family, and we all have a loving, powerful, tender, and attentive Abba Father!

Who Pilots My Life?

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Proverbs 3:5-6 · Guidance

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to open our hearts to ask God to guide us and lead us in all our ways so that our paths are the ones he would have us choose.

We must seek God's way, follow God's will, and trust him if our paths are going to lead us where we need to go.

Servant!

by Phil Ware · John 13 · Servant

Phil Ware reminds us that the Jesus vibe is about being a servant and helping others, but he also reminds us that there are powerful memories in the Lord's Supper to help remind us of this thought.

Jesus recalibrated greatness and changed it from being fame and notoriety to kneeling and using a basin and towel.

Life that Lasts

by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Proverbs 3:1-2 · Mentoring

Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to celebrate the greatness of Jesus our Lord and learn to live for him from others and help others learn to live for him, as well!

Sometimes a single, short, straightforward passage from Proverbs gives us two gems to help us live fruitful and long lives!

Through the Keyhole of Grace

by Phil Ware · John 1:1-18

Phil Ware compares Jesus to a keyhole through which we look at God and the closer we get to Jesus the more clearly we see God and gives us a reading plan to discover more!

What can we learn about God by looking at Jesus?

The Way of Jesus #1: Truly See the Coming King

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Mark 8:29 · Triumphal Entry

James Nored and Phil Ware share the significance of Jesus' Triumphal Entry as they begin a special Holy Week series.

When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked,

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