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 Bill Sherrill · Galatians 6:9 · Perseverance
Burn out seems to happen more and more frequently, but when see why it happens, we realize that folks are losing sight of the goal and are often motivated for the wrong reasons.
by Bill Denton · Ephesians 4:18-20 · Singing
Can a Christian father learn a lot about faith from his rappin' son and the rap he wrote to be sung at church?
by Paul Faulkner · John 15:12-15 · Friendship
Friends can help friends if they love them and minister to them.
by Hal Runkel, LMFT · Ephesians 6:4 · Parenting
Parenting can be done scream free, but not because we focus on our children, but because we focus on ourselves.
by Patrick D. Odum · Luke 19:10 · Lost
What would happen in church, church folks, got serious about seeking lost people like Jesus did?
by Rubel Shelly · 2 Timothy 2:24 · Friendliness
We all need more friends, but the way to have them is to invest the time and offer others our friendship
by Phil Ware · Romans 5:6-11 · Jesus
Road trash and tire debris challenges Phil to remember exactly who it was that Jesus reached and ask why we don't reach them today?
by Russ Lawson · Job 11:13 · Prayer
In the middle of our struggles, we need to remember that we need to reach out for God's unchanging hand.
by Patrick D. Odum · 1 Peter 4:10 · Faithfulness
Little things, done faithfully, like taking out the garbage, are the glue, the grace, of ongoing and lasting relationships and marriages.
by Phil Ware · Romans 5:3-5 · Perseverance
Stuck in an airport trying to get home, Phil realizes several lessons about getting un-stuck spiritually.
by Ron Rose · Isaiah 43:19
Getting out of the rut is not only possible, but it can be fun, creative, and stimulating if we choose for it to be.
by Paul Faulkner · 2 Peter 1:3-8 · Help
Jesus thought about others and helped them all the time and so must we.
by Russ Lawson · John 3:16 · Touch
God calls us to be a people and a person who touches hurting people because Jesus was willing to touch us.
by Patrick D. Odum · Ephesians 4:22-23 · Sin
We hang on to so much unnecessary and unhelpful stuff that we need to let go and forgive.
by Danny Sims · Matthew 28:18-20 · Support
Danny Sims, a friend and supporter of Heartlight reminds us that we can reach the whole world through Heartlight.
by Rubel Shelly · 1 John 4:12-18 · Fear
Fear can keep us from many things, but mostly fear keeps us from life!
by Bill Sherrill · Matthew 22:36-40 · Witnessing
We've got to show the world that we will actually love them way we claim we will.
by Russ Lawson · Luke 11:2-4 · New Year
When we approach God in prayer, it needs to be more than by rote, but instead as if we were speaking to our Father.
by Russ Lawson · Psalm 118:24 · Rejoice
So much of life is a matter of perspective; we can choose to be glad.
by Danny Sims · 2 Corinthians 4:15 · Thanksgiving
A little boy about whom we know nothing shows us the way to the meaning of thanksgiving.
by Alan Smith · 1 Peter 4:4-12 · Faithfulness
There are times when we are going to be rejected because we are Christians.
by Phil Ware · Mark 10:14-15 · Children
Children are a blessing, a gift, and a responsibility: how we treat the least and most insignificant says a lot of how we would treat Jesus.
by Alan Smith · Proverbs 20:29 · Aging
Young and old both have things that they alone can do and both must be respected.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 28:18-20 · Missions
God cares about all people, all races, all nationalities in a tragedy and so should we.
by Rubel Shelly · Philippians 2:1-4
The real point of life is being willing to be a friend those who need relationships.
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