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 Paul Faulkner · John 13:35 · Friendship
Friends can help friends if they love them and minister to them.
by Rubel Shelly · 2 Timothy 2:24 · Friendliness
We all need more friends, but the way to have them is to invest the time and offer others our friendship
by Phil Ware · Psalm 68:6 · Friendship
With so many lonely people out there, how are we going to be like Jesus and God and minister to their loneliness and isolation?
by Phil Ware · Romans 5:10 · Jesus
Road trash and tire debris challenges Phil to remember exactly who it was that Jesus reached and ask why we don't reach them today?
by Donna Ware · Luke 1:38 · Control
The world is changing and we lose control, but the real issue isn't controlling as it is yielding to the one in control.
by Tom Norvell · 2 Corinthians 5:17 · Newness
The newness wears off and we get bored and we lose interest and we give up.
by Patrick D. Odum · Exodus 20:2 · Priorities
World Cup was such a big deal that even the monks in Thailand changed their priorities, but we must work to keep God number one in our hearts at all times.
by Rubel Shelly · Proverbs 18:24 · Friendship
We all need friends, but in America, people have fewer and few friends, but the best way to have friends is to be a friend.
by Tom Norvell · John 7:20 · Judgment
What we decide, especially about Jesus, is crucial and we don't need to be making snap or rash judgments.
by Steve Higginbotham · Matthew 23:16 · Truth
Honesty is more than just relating facts, it's telling the whole truth.
by Rubel Shelly · 1 Peter 3:13
Our Christianity has to accompany us everywhere, even traffic, or it doesn't go with us anywhere.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 7:24 · Obedience
The world is looking for Christians who are really willng to be obedient, real, authentic, and genuine in their walk with the Lord and do what he says.
by Paul Faulkner · Song of Solomon 5:16 · Rapture · Romantic Love
Romantic love will fail if it is not built on friendship.
by Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 14:24 · Worship
Worship has to be part of our everyday real life world where we work, play, do sports, have recreation, and watch our kids play.
by Tom Norvell · Ephesians 3:20 · Power
God can do all things, even more than we imagine, so why do we live and pray like we don't believe this?
by Paul Faulkner · 2 Peter 1:3 · Help
Jesus thought about others and helped them all the time and so must we.
by Rubel Shelly · John 14:6 · Jesus
Jesus didn't intend to set up the religious mess we see, but instead build a life of relationships and concerned people.
by Tom Norvell · Matthew 10:40 · To Do List
Interruptions and surprise visitors are not bad things in a busy day of ministry; they are an answer to prayer.
by Paul Faulkner · 1 Samuel 1:27 · Parenting
parenting is really babysitting for God: they are not ours, they are his.
by Tom Norvell · Philippians 1:1 · Generosity
The interests of others must be our focus and not just our own stuff and wants.
by Rubel Shelly · Psalm 107:27 · Silence
Not only must we be still and hear God, but he also longs to come to us in the busy rush of our daily lives.
by Alan Smith · 1 Corinthians 12:20 · Unity
We can learn a lot about who we are spiritually from a box of LEGOs, things like unity and being built by God into something special.
by Tom Norvell · 2 Corinthians 12:10 · Power
Life is full of events that make us feel and actually be powerless, but that is exactly where God can work in our life the most.
by Russ Lawson · Matthew 25:31 · Friendship
What if we greeted everyone as if they were a long lost friend who we were glad to see?
by Phil Ware · Romans 12:1 · Worship
We've got to re-think and re-do the way we worship in the church today and get back to our mission of being Jesus to the world around us.
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