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 Phil Ware · Luke 5:1-11 · Lord
Phil Ware continues his series on Saved at Sea looking this week at the call of Simon Peter and the miraculous catch of fish when it shouldn't have happened unless Jesus is Lord.
by Phil Ware · Exodus 14 · Delivered
Phil Ware begins a series called Saved at Sea which focuses on God's deliverance and truth found in the stories about the sea and rivers and water in the Bible.
by Phil Ware · Acts 14:27
Phil Ware continues his 4 part series on Thanksgiving and how important it is for churches to leverage change and growth in in their church families.
by Mark Frost · Deuteronomy 8:2-5 · Interim Ministry
Mark Frost of http://www.interimministrypartners.com shares part two on the journey through the wilderness during the interim and how God is preparing his people for great things.
by Ann Voskamp · 1 Thessalonians 5:13-16 · Earthquake · Eucharisteo
Ann Voskamp takes a morning breakfast, washing, dishes, arguing boys, and books in multiple languages and turns it into a time of joy, happiness, and eucharisteo.
by Teresa Bell Kindred · Deuteronomy 6:6-7 · Motherhood
Terese Bell Kindred reminds mothers and grandmothers of the importance of a child's and grandchild's first five years of life and the urgency of making a God impression on them while we can.
by Phillip Morrison · Genesis 1:1-27 · Speech · Earth
Phillip Morrison writes about the Apollo 8 moon orbit and the famous earthrise photo taken by the astronauts orbiting the moon in what otherwise would have been a disastrous year for America.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 18:1-35 · Accountability
Phil Ware continues his series on building a culture of honor with a focus on accountability -- both holding others accountable and holding ourselves accountable for our growth in the Lord.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 5:11-16 · Light
Phil Ware shares the sweet prayer request from one of the translators in a predominantly Muslim nation wracked with violence and bloodshed: "Please pray for the terrorists that they know Jesus Christ like Saul who became Paul :)"
by Steve Higginbotham · Matthew 7:1-2 · Attitude
Steve Higginbotham reminds us that many of our most difficult days come from our negative and judgmental assumptions about why things happen.
by Ron Rose · Ezekiel 37:12-14 · Trust
Ron Rose deals with a person who has had very difficult times and feels that prayer is not acted upon by God even if he hears them and that miracles are for times gone by.
by Phil Ware · John 1 · Christmas
Phil Ware shares a collection of Scriptures that talk about the significance of Jesus' birth.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 1:18-25 · Christmas
Phil Ware finishes the year 2012 with two powerful posts or articles about Jesus' birth and the people gathered around him, and emphasizes that God's greatest beginnings are found in hard endings.
by Rubel Shelly · Matthew 1:22-23 · Christmas
Rubel Shelly reminds us of what is most important and truthful and what is legend about the Christmas story.
by Phil Ware · John 1:1-18 · Incarnation
Phil Ware continues his series on I AM, God's handwritten messages from heaven and focuses on the bottom line faith requirement -- Jesus is God come in human flesh.
by Phil Ware · John 9 · Compassion
Phil Ware continues his series on Jesus called UNPREDICTABLE and focuses on seeing people as Jesus sees them.
by Phil Ware · John 1:1-18 · Incarnation
Phil Ware talks about why he and about 100 others go to Peru each year when it costs so much.
by Phil Ware · Acts 1:1-14 · 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 · John 1:14-18 · 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 Phil Ware · Luke 2:9-11 · 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?
by Phil Ware · Romans 8:20-22 · Compassion
Phil Ware talks about our broken world, spring, the tsunami and earthquakes in Japan, and the Lord's prayer.
by Anonymous · Psalm 23
This is a simple meditation on the meaning of the Shepherd Psalm, Psalm 23.
by Rubel Shelly · Matthew 1:23 · Christmas
Rubel Shelly reminds us that Christmas is about God getting involved in our messy world with us.
by Phil Ware · John 1:14 · Christmas
Phil Ware takes an incident of love and laughter with his foster grandson and learns a powerful insight into God, who chose to let us see his face and hear his voice in Jesus.
by Rubel Shelly · Isaiah 53:4-5 · Pain
Rubel Shelly talks about pain and how life would be diminished without it.
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