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 Melissa Troyer · 1 Kings 19:11-12 · Silence
Melissa Troyer urges us to listen to the silence so we can hear the voice of God calling to us in the gentle slosh of the paddle slide through the water and the whisper of a gentle breeze.
by Phil Ware · Romans 16 · Women
Phil Ware concludes his 14 part series on how God values women and their importance in the life of His people.
by Max Lucado · Matthew 27:57-61 · Death · Abba Father · Discouragement
Max Lucado reminds us during this special week of a day that is so often neglected: Saturday, the Sabbath, when everything appears to be silent and that Satan has triumphed, yet lying still in the grave, Jesus' body belies the truth of God.
by Phil Ware · Romans 16:1-15 · Women
Phil Ware finishes his short series on the value of women to God and to the early church.
by Rubel Shelly · Psalm 46:10 · Contemplation
Rubel Shelly talks about an airport delay that ended up in a blessed day alone with God focusing and praying on the things and people that matter most and being present with God in the quietness of the moment.
by Rick Brown · Luke 2:1-20 · Christmas
Rick Brown writes about LSTN headphones, hearing, Starkey hearing foundation, 400 years of silence after the Old Testament, years, silence, quiet, need, hear, hearing, listening, listen, Immanuel.
by Tammy Marcelain · Psalm 46:10 · Quiet Time
Tammy Marcelain reminds us that we are able to realize that we are God's beloved when we take time to open ourselves to Him and be still and experience that God is with us and speaks to us in whispers.
by Tom Norvell · Mark 6:30-31 · Rest
Tom Norvell reminds us of Jesus encouraging his disciples, his followers, to get away from the maddening rush of the crowds and go to a quiet place with him and get some rest.
by Pasquale R. Mingarelli · Psalm 62:5 · Silence
Pat Mingarelli shares insight from his time hiking and being outdoors as a photographer and reminds us our need for silence to listen to God.
by Lisa Mikitarian · Psalm 147:16 · Peace
Lisa Mikitarian shares some beautiful insights on the beauty of a heavy snow and how Jesus comes to us and offers to do the same -- bring peace to our hectic and harried worlds.
by Alan Smith · Romans 12,1 · Gifts
Alan Smith talks about a junior high music teacher whose students didn't play.
by Rubel Shelly · Psalm 46:10 · Silence
Rubel Shelly remembers famed mime Marcel Marceau and how the silence is powerful and helps us hear, especially hear the voice of God.
by Russ Lawson · Psalm 46:10 · Withdraw
We all need to take a God-break a time when we get alone with God and be renewed and restored.
by Rubel Shelly · Psalm 107:27-31 · 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 Tom Norvell · Job 40:4-5 · Humility
Life can often leave us speechless, not knowing what to say, so what we must say is that we don't know anything other than that God is greater than we are.
by Rubel Shelly · Psalm 46:10 · Stillness · Solitude
We all need more silence and solitude than we are getting in our busy world so let's start with just 5 minutes each day.
by Scott Owings · Psalm 62:1-7 · Solitude · Silence
We can only regain our rightful place in our spirit through Silence and the work of the Holy Spirit on our spirit.
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