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 · Mark 6:30-44 · Weakness
Phil Ware looks into Jesus feeding the five thousand and reminds us that he longs to do amazing things through us, too!
by Phil Ware · John 4:1-30 · Jesus
Phil Ware continues his series on Jesus and series of encounters where people say to him or heard him and thought, 'I doubt it!'
by Phil Ware · Luke 5:15-16 · Prayer
Jesus' life was framed by prayer, but do I find my "as usual" and "lonely places" moments in the presence of the Father in prayer?
by Phil Ware · 2 Timothy 1:15-18 · Servant
Phil Ware reminds us of Jesus' idea of greatness and challenges us to follow the example of the often forgotten Onesiphorus, a "One-Who-Is-For-Us" friend.
by Phil Ware · Romans 12 · Christmas
Phil Ware finishes his series on "Give Me Jesus" focusing on our role as his people to be his presence to the world.
by Phil Ware · Luke 2
Phil Ware continues his Christmas series, entitled "Give Me Jesus", focusing this week on the specific time, the then, of Jesus' coming.
by Max Lucado · James 4:7 · Obedience
Max Lucado reminds us that while all sorts of challenges await us today, the Lord longs for our obedience so he can step in and crush Satan at our feet.
by Phil Ware · Philippians 4:4-9 · Foreigner · Never Forsaken
Phil Ware shares his message focused on Paul's promises that the Lord will always be near us, focusing on Jesus' promises to his early disciples and to us!
by Compassion International · James 1:26-27 · Compassion
This powerful message is from an orphan who was abandoned and abused by family and rescued by a sponsor.
by Phil Ware · Philippians 4:4-9 · Promises
Phil Ware shares his second in a series focused on Jesus' promises to never leave us or forsake us.
by Max Lucado · Hebrews 13:5 · Presence · Heart · Hard-hearted
Max Lucado reminds us to be open to God even when things are bad and times are tough and we want to harden ourselves against him.
by Phil Ware · Mark 5:21-34
Phil Ware reminds us that faith always involves action that demonstrates its reality and Jesus saves in more than the miraculous; he saves us in every way a person can be saved.
by Max Lucado · 1 John 4:13-18 · Love · Fear · Loneliness
Max Lucado reminds us sometimes loneliness is an invitation from God to find his perfect love that can drive out fear and chase away our isolation and fill it with love and promise.
by Phil Ware · 2 Corinthians 3:18 · Christlikeness · Change · Transformation
Phil Ware continues his series on Jesus and transformation and focuses today on our walking with Jesus each day in the gospels and learning his words and talking with him and taking on on his character and compassion as the Spirit transforms us.
by Max Lucado · Zechariah 4:10
Max Lucado reminds us that God uses tiny seeds and tiny deeds to make big things.
by Tom Norvell · John 8:2-11 · Forgiveness
Tom Norvell reminds us of a well known truth we so often forget and even more infrequently apply.
by Phil Ware · Mark 1:35-45 · Compassion · Discipleship · Called
Phil Ware begins an 8-part series on discipleship and following Jesus in caring for the hurt people of the world.
by Heartlight Team · Matthew 18:20 · On Fire · One Another
This is a collection of "one another" passages in the New Testament, and primarily from Paul, that speaks about life together.
by Rubel Shelly · Luke 2:1-25 · Christmas
Rubel Shelly tells a story about Tommy Luck and the baby that transformed a rough mining town and then reminds us Jesus did the same thing with the world.
by Phil Ware · John 13 · Service
Phil Ware takes a moment to remind us of the importance of serving those who are caregivers and holding them up as heroes and recognizing that these people are considered precious in God's Kingdom.
by Phil Ware · Hebrews 12:1-3 · Focus
Phil Ware reminds of the Bible's repeated call to make the LORD the center of our lives and our focus and how Jesus must be that for us if we dare call ourselves Christians.
by Max Lucado · Colossians 3:13 · Forgiveness
Max Lucado reminds us that we can get through this even if it involves forgiving the unforgivable -- both unforgivable sin and sinner.
by Phil Ware · Nehemiah 13:1-13 · Integrity
Phil Ware finishes up his series on Nehemiah and emphasizes the importance of leaders being people of integrity.
by Rubel Shelly · Proverbs 18:24 · Friendship
Rubel Shelly talks about the repeated and consistent loss of friends and friendship in American culture and how we can combat it.
by Phil Ware · Nehemiah 1:1-11 · Nehemiah
Phil Ware continues his series on Nehemiah and focuses on prayers, especially when prayers seem to go unanswered and we feel alone, frustrated, disappointed, discouraged, and ignored by God.
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