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 · Isaiah 40:28
Phil Ware finishes up his series on CRUCIFORMED and the way of the cross that Jesus shows us in the Gospel of Mark.
by Phil Ware · Mark 9:14 · Prayer
Phil Ware continues his series of posts from the discipleship section of Mark chapters 8-10, this time focusing on the boy the disciples of Jesus could not heal.
by Mark Frost · Acts 1:24 · Mission
Mark Frost continues the series on discovering your mission before finding your minister with the Interim Ministry Partners team and he focuses on prayer.
by Melissa Troyer · 1 Thessalonians 5:16 · Thankful
Melissa Troyer reminds us that giving thanks -- and finding reasons to give thanks -- is a decision we make every day in all circumstances, especially when it is hard to be thankful!
by Phil Ware · Colossians 4:2 · Prayer
Phil Ware provides a host of resources on prayer and how to grow our prayer lives.
by Melissa Troyer · Matthew 7:7 · Messes
Melissa Troyer reminds us that life's messes should drive us to our knees and open our hearts to the love, grace, and freedom of God!
by Melissa Troyer · 2 Corinthians 12:10
Melissa Troyer talks about coming to the end of our own abilities, resources, and power to fix ourselves, our problems, and deal with our difficult situations on our own, and then we ask for help and prayer.
by Phil Ware · Guidance
Phil Ware talks about a discovery he made in Acts 1 -- that the early disciples chose to depend upon God's guidance for their direction, decisions, and future.
by Phil Ware · 2 Timothy 4:7 · Purpose
This post continues Phil Ware's look at the man with leprosy in Mark 1:35-45 and Jesus' loving interaction with the man after he had committed to live out the Father's purpose in his life.
by Phil Ware · Mark 1:35
Phil Ware looks at Mark 1:35-45 and learning how to touch the broken as Jesus touched them by learning to pray as Jesus
by Phil Ware · Acts 4:32 · Prayer
Phil Ware reminds us that the phrase 'don't just stand there do something' is absolutely wrong: we must pray first, then let the Lord lead us to know what to do!
by Bill Sherrill · James 1:6
Bill Sherrill reminds us about the importance of prayer and how we should pray to honor God.
by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · James 1:1
Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in virtual worship through words and music using YouTube videos encouraging us to recognize that God is our Father who longs to share His heavenly wisdom with His people.
by Melissa Troyer · 2 Timothy 2:1 · Prayer
Melissa Troyer shares a prayer all mothers of deep faith can pray over their children, and the children of others.
by Melissa Troyer · Joshua 24:5
Melissa Troyes writes with beauty about God’s touches of grace on a trip to New England with her family as she wrestles with the grief over an aunt who is gone too soon and the uncertainty of the future of her family and where they will live.
by Max Lucado · Luke 22:40 · Fear
Max Lucado reminds us that Jesus made all sorts of faces as he lived life much as we do, and because he has been where we are, even in the darkest of times, we can turn to him and find grace to help us in our times of need.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 22:35 · Prayer · Love · Lord's Prayer
Phil Ware continues his series of thoughts on living as a disciple that is JesuShaped and focuses on how the Lord's Prayer tunes our hearts to living the JesuShaped life.
by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 11:29 · Christlikeness
Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware share a DIY worship plan with a message, songs, and other resources in YouTuube video format and including a communion devotional by Rubel Shelly.
by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · 1 Peter 1:3
Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to glorify God as we remember Jesus' triumph over sin, death, and hell through his resurrection from the dead.
by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · 2 Corinthians 13:14 · Intercession
Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to glorify God as we remember that prayer is about relationship and Jesus has given us the Holy Spirit to help us know our hearts are heard.
by Phil Ware · Colossians 4:2 · Prayer
Phil Ware provides a host of resources on prayer and how to grow our prayer lives.
by Teresa Bell Kindred · James 5:16
Teresa Bell Kindred shares an emotional story from her experience caring for her husband in his two-plus month battle with COVID-19 and invites us to pray God's blessing into the life of an unknown young wife whose husband is in ICU.
by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Isaiah 30:18 · Gracious
Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in virtual, DIY worship through words and music using YouTube videos to remind us that God longs to be gracious to us if we wait in prayer for him to act.
by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · 2 Thessalonians 1:11 · Blessing
Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to remind us of the importance of affirming people we love through note-prayers of thanksgiving as we seek to be a blessing to other as Jesus h
by Phil Ware · 2 Chronicles 7:12 · Prayer
Phil Ware thanks all who participated in the prayer effort focused on #NewYearwithNewHope!
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