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 · Romans 8:5-17 · Holy Spirit
Phil Ware continues his SpiritFire series focusing on God getting personal with us in the Holy Spirit and addresses the question of whether the Holy Spirit is a he, she, or it.
by Rubel Shelly · Romans 8:28 · Providence
Rubel Shelly talks about how badly rejection hurts and our temptation to react in negative ways, but also uses Warren Buffett as an example of someone who failed forward.
by Phil Ware · Acts 7:25 · Providence
Phil Ware continues a series of messages called Traveling Mercies focusing on Moses and his journey from broken dreams to having those dreams realized in his life.
by Phil Ware · 2 Timothy 2:1-2 · Leadership
Phil Ware continues his series of messages on true shepherds in the church and focuses on the subject of a leader's glory -- seeing his or her passion formed in others they have trained.
by Phil Ware · Luke 15:1-32 · Lost
Phil Ware tells about a time he lost his son Zachary and then found him and the joy of finding lost sheep in the teaching of Jesus.
by Phil Ware · John 10:1-18
Phil Ware talks about Nathan's rebuke of David using a shepherding story, the use of shepherd imagery to describe God, and the call of God's leaders to be shepherds to the people of God.
by Patrick D. Odum · Matthew 18:23-37 · Forgiveness
Patrick Odum talks about an amazing overcharge on cigarettes and reminds us of another huge debt that has gone up in smoke.
by Tim Archer · Mark 1:16-18 · Following Jesus
Jesus called his disciples to leave comfortable lives in order to receive lives of purpose and a chance to be a part of God's mission in this world
by Phil Ware · Luke 24:45-48 · Witnessing
Phil Ware imagines a conversation that the apostle Peter might have had with a visitor to him in prison shortly before his execution.
by Tom Norvell · Psalm 100:1-5 · Praise
Tom Norvell reminds us that we need to live like the Lord is our God!
by Larry Davies · 2 Corinthians 11:2-3 · Clutter
Larry Davies shares with us his struggle with a cluttered office and how it's been embarrassingly displayed on the Internet.
by Bill Denton · Matthew 1:23 · Jesus
Bill Denton shares insight into the incarnation of God in Jesus Christ and what it means for us.
by Jane Vincenzi · Psalm 46:10 · Called · Busyness
Jane Vincenzi reminds us that our lives can get so cluttered with activity that we miss God and lose out on real life.
by Rubel Shelly · Psalm 107 · Prayer
Trying to find time to be still and wait for God feels awfully impossible in our busy world today, so why not cry out to God in the struggles and noise you face today?
by Bill Sherrill · Genesis 3:8 · Silence
Our love for the cool of the day after the hot day of work is a reminder of our need to be close to God and his desire to have us close.
by Tom Norvell · 2 Corinthians 12:9 · 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 Danny Sims · Isaiah 40:11 · Shepherd
Reading the story of a lost sheep with his son allows a father to really hear what is in his sons heart and how he is his sons shepherd.
by Jeff Lee · Luke 2:8-10 · Christmas
We have taken the joy, glory, risk, holiness, excitment out of Christmas and made it predictable and boring.
by Cary Branscum · Luke 15 · Find
Finding things no one else sees is great, but being found by God is better.
by Patrick D. Odum · Matthew 9:35-38 · Compassion
We must view the world outside our churches in new ways, especially through the eyes of compassion like Jesus did.
by Alan Smith · 1 Timothy 6:6-8 · Contentment · Rich
This fisherman has learned the real meaning of the word contentment.
by Melva Cooper · Luke 2:1-20 · Children · Jesus · Christmas
Let's find a fresh joy in going back to Bethlehem for the birth of our Lord!
by Rubel Shelly · Romans 14:5-6 · Jesus · Christmas · Lord
We have let the world take Jesus out of Christmas and just make it a secular holiday; let's remember to make sure any holiday we celebrate is to the Lord and put Jesus back into our Christmas celebrations.
by Phil Ware · 2 Timothy 2:1-2 · Parenting · Leadership · Purpose
So often leaders do not do their most important work, living out God's purpose for them, because they are so busy handling problems and crises.
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