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 Rubel Shelly · 2 Corinthians 12:9 · Pain
Rubel Shelly discusses both the problem and the purpose of pain in the believer's life.
by Jenny Runkel · Ephesians 5:17 · Parenting
Jenny Runkel reminds us of the rules of improv and shows us how to use them in our parenting!
by Phil Ware · Colossians 1:1-5 · Witnessing
Phil Ware talks about persecution of believers today and how we can make a difference.
by Sarah Stirman · Ephesians 6:10-18
Sarah Stirman talks about her daughter's basketball playing and how coaches warn their teams to watch out for her, number 3.
by Phil Ware · John 19:24-30 · Cross
Phil Ware continues his seven sayings of Jesus on the Cross and talks about how the words "I thirst" make Jesus' incarnation real.
by Russ Lawson · Philippians 4:12-13 · Satisfaction
Russ Lawson talks about the Sword of Damocles, Mr. Spock, the apostle Paul and about being satisfied with life.
by Steve Higginbotham · Ephesians 6:1-4 · Fatherhood
Steve Higginbotham shares a powerful story about a conversation with a neurosurgeon who choose to be a daddy before being a recognized neurosurgeon.
by Alan Smith · Romans 12:1-2 · Evangelism
Alan Smith uses a story by Elie Wiesel to help make the point that sometimes we have to do things that seem even futile because we don't want to be changed into something we don't want to be.
by Tim Archer · Psalm 37:4 · Satisfaction
Only God can satisfy our deepest longings. Everything else will just leave us longing for more.
by Patrick D. Odum · James 4:7-10 · Temptation
Patrick Odum reminds us that overcoming temptation requires us to resist the devil, but he also adds some other insights from James' famous passage about overcoming temptation by being honest about oursleves and our need for God.
by Phil Ware · Luke 4 · Temptation
Phil Ware shares his continuing series on the Jesus vibe and focuses on how Jesus won the war over sin and temptation.
by Courtney Loy · Luke 12:15
Money really doesn’t grow on trees -- and some of us are growing more aware of this fact every day. Truthfully, most people deal with financial stress
by Paul Faulkner · Mark 2:27 · Rest
Paul Faulkner reminds us that we need to rest 1 in 7 if we are going to fully experience life and be productive.
by Kimberli J. Brackett · Nehemiah 9 · Praise
Is our life about us or about God, about giving him the praise in everything or about everything revolving around us.
by Joey Cope · 1 Peter 3:15 · Evangelism
A woman talking to herself reminds us our need to engage in conversation in meaningful ways with others.
by Byron Ware · Philippians 2:3-11 · Selfishness
Selfishness is what really lies behind all of marriage problems and the devil wants to use selfish people and marriage problems to render the church ineffective.
by Bill Sherrill · Ephesians 4:22-24 · Sin
Sin is like a virus Satan has designed to appear harmless, infect us, spread, and render everything useless and destroy everything.
by Phil Ware · John 19:30 · Purpose
Jesus finished his work, accomplished his mission, completed his task, passed his test, and when his life was over he was victorious.
by Rubel Shelly · James 4:8 · Sin
Dumb criminals remind us that we are all just a step away from moral calamity and disaster and must resist satan and draw near to God.
by Rubel Shelly · James 4:7
We've got to be honest about our weakness and inconsistency and quit trying to blame everything on someone or something else, including satan or the devil.
by Tom Norvell · John 14:30-31 · Satan · Addiction
Don't you wish you could say, like Jesus said, that the devil or Satan has no hold on you?
by Rubel Shelly · Proverbs 22:7
We have got to address our addiction to things, money, greed, debt, wealth, and materialism.
by Mike Barres · Luke 9:23-24 · Faithfulness
Things don't have to be sensational to be of God; God is often found in doing the faithful challenges of each day.
by Russ Lawson · Matthew 18:3 · Children
Kids often know the difference between truth and lie and what is real world and what is not.
by Phil Ware · Ephesians 6:10-12 · Sin · Evil
We shouldn't play around with sin because it opens the door of heart to evil and satan.
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