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 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 Phil Ware · Ephesians 3:20-21
We give thanks for ten years of God's blessings at Heartlight.
by Rubel Shelly · Acts 4:23-31 · Boldness
Under persecution and difficulty, we most often need to pray for boldness instead of protection and ease!
by Phil Ware · Matthew 25:31-40
We need to pray for those who giving of their time, effort, energy, and themselves to be involved in the relief, recovery, and clean up in post Katrina aftermath.
by Elizabeth Price · John 17 · Inheritance
Jesus made us out a will of the things he wants us to inherit!
by The Holy Spirit · 1 Peter 1:2-9
God can give you peace, but it is going to come through prayer.
by Phil Ware · Ephesians 6:10-20 · Prayer
Prayer empowers God's people and God's message.
by Phil Ware · Luke 24:44-53
A group of baby birds in a flower basket nest remind us of the key three things for all of us as week to take flight for God!
by Rick Reynolds · John 14:6 · Reconcile
Infidelity wrecks lives and destroys families, but only by coming to the truth can its impact be healed.
by Bill Sherrill · Psalm 27:1-14 · Waiting
Waiting on the Lord is not easy, but in Psalm 27, we can find the basis of doing that waiting.
by Alan Smith · 1 John 5:14 · Waiting
Sometimes it seems that we can't get through to God no matter how long we wait on him.
by Katha Winther · Isaiah 40:31 · Waiting
While we end up having to wait for many things in our lives, this one thing that is worthy waiting for!
by Michele Howe · 2 Chronicles 7:14
Displaying our faith is laudable if it is backed up by a life committed to living what we say; otherwise, it's dangerous!
by Phil Ware · Mark 1:35-45 · Prayer
We get behind and stay behind because we don't pray.
by Patrick D. Odum · Romans 8:26-28 · Faith · Hope
Sometimes we don't have answers, but we just have to keep on keepin' on trusting that God will be faithful and bring us home.
by Alan Smith · 1 John 4:8 · Love
No matter how we understand God's love, it is deeper than we can imagine.
by Straight from the Bible · 1 Peter 5:8-11 · Prayer for the Nation
We must pray for those facing persecution.
by Straight from the Bible · 1 Peter 2:1-14 · Prayer for the Nation
We must recognize that our highest allegiance is to the Lord Jesus and His Kingdom and so we are all aliens.
by Straight from the Bible · Romans 13:1-3 · Prayer for the Nation
We can and must be good citizens of the nation we find ourselves in.
by Straight from the Bible · Psalm 33:10-22 · Prayer for the Nation
Reminder that our hope must be in the Lord.
by Phil Ware · 1 Timothy 2:1-5 · Prayer for the Nation
We should be a people in prayer at times like these.
by Amy C. Baker · Matthew 19:1-10 · Marriage · Adultery
An account of how an affair rocked two marriages, but resources online helped provide the solution and hope to reconciliation.
by Phil Ware · Ephesians 6:10-12 · Prayer · Spiritual Warfare
One of our most important tools in our spiritual warfare is prayer.
by Patrick D. Odum · Psalm 19:12-14 · Forgiveness · Cleanse · Mercy
If we will honestly ask for God to change us and help us, he will step and do so because he knows our struggles and longs to give us mercy.
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