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 · Ephesians 2:8-10 · Grace
Phil Ware reminds of the importance and power of grace and that we can live out of the overflow of this grace and bless others.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 25:40 · Disaster · Relief
Phil Ware continues his posts on how to help with the disasters currently plaguing the United States.
by Phil Ware · Mark 4 · Fear
Phil Ware looks at Jesus and how he brings us victory over our worst fears as adults.
by Phillip Morrison · Acts 2:38-39 · Baptism
Phillip Morrison shares some beautiful insight on unity, baptism, and how the water can be our friend if we let it!
by Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 10:17 · Communion · Lord's Supper
Phil Ware reminds us that our times at the Lord's Table should be filled with the same kind of people who joined Jesus at the table when he was on earth!
by Phil Ware · Philippians 4:4-9 · Preaching · Presence
Phil Ware continues his series that the Lord is near focusing on the power of this promise found in the Lord's faithfulness, love, and grace.
by Max Lucado · 1 Corinthians 13:5 · Anger · Abuse · Hurt
Max Lucado helps us deal with the hurts of the heart that lead to bitterness, anger, and depression, as we are provoked and frustrated into sullen and negative states of spirit and emotion and mind.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 16:13-27 · Messiah · Failure · Violence
Phil Ware shares his third post on The Question, Peter's confession of Jesus and how he had to be broken before he could really understand what his confession meant.
by Phil Ware · Mark 6:31-35
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.
by Max Lucado · 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 · Friendship · Love · Speech
Max Lucado reminds us that love protects when others speak untruth, spread gossip, or destroy reputations.
by Max Lucado · John 14:20-33 · Joy
Max Lucado reminds us that contagious joy is rooted in courageous joy and not contingent joy, and our courageous joy is rooted in Jesus and faith in what God did through Jesus.
by Max Lucado · Genesis 3:15
Max Lucado talks about the defeat of Satan, the devil, by Jesus on the cross.
by Scripture · Philippians 1:2-6 · Thanksgiving
heartlight.org, verseoftheday.com, ayearwithjesus.com all want to say thank you in the words of Scripture for your prayers, love, support, and encouragement.
by Phil Ware · Revelation 21:1-5 · Heaven
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
by Steve Ridgell · John 16:33 · Tragedy
Jesus has overcome the world. He is the way through disaster, death, pain, and evil.
by Rubel Shelly · Ephesians 1:17-23 · Hardship
Rubel Shelly reminds us that the heroes of scripture had to endure many of the same kinds of challenges we do, that is what makes their witness so powerful.
by Max Lucado · Isaiah 43:2 · Perseverance
Max Lucado shares the encouragement that we can get through our tough times just like Joseph did his.
by Phil Ware · John 6 · Comfort
Phil Ware writes about Compassion international and seeing the incredible things God is doing through the projects in Fortaleza, Brazil using the help of sponsors and ground personnel to free children from poverty in Jesus' name.
by Rubel Shelly · Ephesians 6:10-12 · Satan
Rubel Shelly reminds us of the sly intentions of the evil one who would like to deceive us, but we can and do have the power to resist.
by Phil Ware · Genesis 1:25-31 · Intimacy
Phil Ware continues his series on fifty shades of grace and what God has in mind for us in marriage with sexual and physical and spiritual and emotional intimacy.
by Phil Ware · Romans 1:18-32 · Sexuality
Phil Ware begins a seven week series of posts called Fifty Shades of Grace and will focus on Scripture and the Bible and God and the holy plan for fulfillment and sexuality in Scripture.
by Phil Ware · James 1:26-27 · Acceptance
Phil Ware talks about reaching the 1,000 sponsored child mark with Heartlight.org and verseoftheday.com and what a great mark this is to break.
by Phil Ware · Galatians 6:10 · Grace
Phil Ware writes about four remarkable young women -- Karen, Melody, Annie, and Jinda -- and how Compassion and mission trips and Jesus have changed everything for them.
by Rubel Shelly · Philippians 2:12-13 · Prayer
Rubel Shelly shares an important reality about dealing with the hand we are dealt and living life recognizing that there are many things we cannot change but have to do the best we can with.
by Phil Ware · 2 Corinthians 9:10-15 · Comparison
Phil Ware writes part of a monthly series on his Compassion visit to Chiang Mai Thailand as Heartlight.org and Verseoftheday.com move closer to 1,000 sponsored children.
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