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 Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · 1 John 3:16 · Love
Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in a virtual, DIY, worship through words and music using YouTube videos to call us to recognize God's great love for us as something more like, feel, think, or say, it is always demonstrated.
by Phil Ware · Amos 5:14 · Knowing God
Phil Ware continues his series of posts on the Immanuel Project, the way Jesus promised we could know and experience God.
by Max Lucado · 1 Corinthians 13:4 · Friendship · Love · Speech
Max Lucado reminds us that love protects when others speak untruth, spread gossip, or destroy reputations.
by Rubel Shelly · Job 15:9 · Humor
Rubel Shelly reminds us of the character who was Yogi Berra and reminds us that we need to be certain about our communication.
by Rubel Shelly · Proverbs 10:19
Rubel Shelly reminds us that we have to choose our words carefully because we don't have an unsend button for our mouth or a delete button to use after the words are spoken.
by Ann Voskamp
Ann Voskamp looks at her daughters, remembers her own journey, and reminds all women that it is God, our Father, who determines the worth of a woman, not a mirror, not the media, and not our own doubts and self-deprecations.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 1:22
Phil Ware begins a series of articles on the Immanuel Sayings in Matthew and this is done in coordination with Interim Ministry Partners and focuses on experiencing Jesus, or Immanuel.
by Rubel Shelly · 1 Peter 2:10 · Holiness
Rubel Shelly reminds us that our character and our faith are reflected as much by how we drive as how we go to church.
by Phil Ware · John 17:3 · Influence · Immanuel
Phil Ware shares the principles of drawing nearer to God and experiencing him as Immanuel.
by Rubel Shelly · 2 Timothy 2:15 · Bible
Rubel Shelly talks about pithy, wisdom sayings that some mistake to be Scripture.
by Rubel Shelly · James 1:26 · Speech
Rubel Shelly reminds us of our need to restrain our urge to speak too quickly and compares that to a new gmail feature called undo send
by Phil Ware · Hebrews 12:2 · Faith
Phil Ware concludes his series on the 7 sayings of Jesus from the Cross, this one about "into your hands I commit my spirit" and comparing it to a child learning to jump off the edge of a pool toward his or her parent.
by Phil Ware · John 19:30 · Finish
Phil Ware reflects on Jesus' statement, "It is finished" and how he can ever be finished in his life.
by Alan Smith · Deuteronomy 32:10 · Children
Alan Smith describes the empty nest syndrome from a humorous point of view, then goes to remind us that we are all in God's nest.
by Alan Smith · James 1:22 · Obedience
We need to let the word of God speak to us and not worry about applying it to everyone else.