Heartlight has published over 4,000 articles for Christians seeking to follow Jesus in everyday life.Written to encourage faith, offer biblical perspective, and speak to real-world joys and struggles, these articles remain fully searchable and freely available. While Heartlight is no longer publishing new articles, this library continues to serve as an active, enduring resource to help people live for Jesus.
by Tim Archer · 2 Corinthians 4:6 · Light
God wants to place his light inside of us. He wants to make us shine brighter than the sun.
by Phil Ware · 2 Corinthians 8:7 · Fellowship
Phil Ware continues to talk about the greater things the early church experienced in the opening days of the believers following Jesus and in this case, genuine fellowship, sharing and having life in common, is key.
by Rubel Shelly · Mark 6:1 · Adversity · Adventure
Rubel Shelly reminds us to live life expecting it to be an adventure with Jesus in which we are surprised and learn new things again and again.
by Rubel Shelly · Ecclesiastes 3:1 · Balance
Rubel Shelly reminds us that there is a time for everything as long as it is kept in its place and we remain balanced in our lives with the correct priorities.
by Steve Ridgell · Luke 9:23 · Discipleship
The gift of Jesus is free to us. That does not mean it is easy.
by Rick Brown · Luke 10:29 · Neighbor
Rick Brown writes of Johnny Brown in Bermuda who greets and welcomes and shares greetings with people six hours each day.
by Tim Archer · John 21:12 · Easter · Holiness · Vocation
Special religious days can be nice for recharging our batteries, but the Christian life is lived out 24/7, both in holy places and on dirty streets. God comes to meet us anywhere and everywhere. He doesn't just wait for us inside a church building on East
by Russ Lawson · Hebrews 10:23
Russ Lawson shares with us having to miss church because of weather and how much we need each other to keep the fire alive!
by Tim Archer · 1 John 3:1 · Loneliness · Relationship
We were made to be in relationship with one another. We were made to be in relationship with God. In fact, God's plan is that we be adopted into His family.
by Phil Ware · John 13:1 · Urgency
Phil Ware continues his series on the unpredictable Savior and reminds us of the upper room discourses where Jesus demonstrates and teaches what is most important to him to those who are most important to him, his disciples, his friends, those he loves.
by Phil Ware · John 9:1 · Compassion
Phil Ware continues his series on Jesus called UNPREDICTABLE and focuses on seeing people as Jesus sees them.
by Tom Norvell · 1 Samuel 3:10 · Quiet Time
Tom Norvell reminds us to listen to God's voice for time alone with him to be renewed, rekindled, and directed to what matters most in our lives and on our to do lists.
by Rick Brown · Romans 15:7 · Hospitality
Rick Brown challenges us to be welcoming to those who are outsiders and those we do not know.
by Tom Norvell · 1 John 3:16 · Valentine
Tom Norvell talks about God's love for us in Jesus and also anniversaries.
by Phil Ware · John 2:1
Phil Ware shares a message centered on John 2 and Jesus' miracle of turning the water to wine at Cana in Galilee because of Mary's concern and intervention.
by Phil Ware · Hebrews 1:1 · Incarnation
Phil Ware talks about why he and about 100 others go to Peru each year when it costs so much.
by Tom Norvell · James 1:5 · Wisdom
Tom Norvel reminds us as leaders that we are promised wisdom, we just need to pray for it and ask for it genuinely and in faith.
by Rick Brown · Romans 8:1 · New Year
Rick Brown reminds us that even though we may have already begun to slip back into the old way of living, the New Year can be bring us fresh life if we remember this.
by Phil Ware · Acts 1:1 · Prayer
Phil Ware continues his series called Better Broken that focuses on how God used flawed, broken people to change the world by sharing the message of Jesus and this involved Purpose: to be witnesses, Plan: to release God's power through prayer; People: the
by Phil Ware · Acts 2:17 · Christmas
Phil Ware talks about the recurring phrase in Matthew 1 and 2, in a dream, and how God fills the empty spaces left behind by our broken dreams.
by Phil Ware · John 1:14 · Christmas
Phil Ware goes over a number of inaccuracies that have crept in to our telling of the story of Jesus at Christmas, but reminds us that the main thing is that Jesus came for everyone and the more we know the story, the more we know it is true.
by Rubel Shelly · Luke 2:1 · Christmas
Rubel Shelly helps clarify that Jesus is a historical figure and real, not something imaginary like the Easter Bunny, tooth fairy, and Santa Claus.
by Rubel Shelly · 1 Peter 3:13 · Christmas
Rubel Shelly shares very respectfully the reason he wants to say Merry Christmas.
by Tom Norvell · James 4:13 · Life
Tom Norvell reminds us that life is temporary and should mean so much so let's grasp what is good and godly while we are here.
by Phil Ware · Luke 2:10 · Shepherd
Phil Ware looks at the birth of Jesus and asks the very simple question: why did God reveal the birth of his Son to shepherds first?
Bible: Browse OT/NT Books