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 James Nored & Phil Ware · Romans 6:3-14 · Life
James Nored and Phil Ware share in video and word how we can share in the life of Jesus in our lives today.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 15 · Holy Spirit
James Nored and Phil Ware emphasize the importance of the Holy Spirit in our resurrection from the dead.
by Phil Ware · John 18 · Holy Spirit · Fire
Phil Ware reminds of three fires in the life of the apostle Peter and what they can mean for us.
by Phil Ware · 2 Corinthians 3:18 · Holy Spirit
Phil Ware reminds us on the eve of Independence Day in the U.S. and movements all around the world striving for freedom, that the Holy Spirit gives us the greatest freedom of all!
by James Nored & Phil Ware · Matthew 5 · New Life
James Nored and Phil Ware remind us of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount and that he was not giving us a list of do's and don't do's, but was calling us to put into practice the way of God from the heart.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · Luke 6:40 · Discipleship
Phil Ware and James Nored remind us that the core of our faith is Jesus, that Christ is our defining note around whom all of us must tune our lives and recognize the grace of being called and transformed to be like him.
by Phil Ware · Mark 9:2-7 · Listening
Phil Ware continues his short series on becoming a cruciformed people -- disciples transformed by the cross of Jesus -- by talking about the focus on the story of Jesus' transfiguration.
by Phil Ware · Mark 8 · Cross
Phil Ware begins a series on the central section of the Gospel of Mark that focuses on being "cruciformed" as the first step of being a disciple of Jesus.
by Max Lucado · Matthew 5
Max Lucado writes to remind us of our need to surrender our anxiety, and everything else, to Jesus and let him change our name and our future.
by Phil Ware · Revelation 3:20 · Jesus
Phil Ware shares a message he has shared privately many times about how to experience Jesus, how for Jesus to be real in our lives, each day.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · Luke 6:40 · Discipleship
Phil Ware and James Nored remind us that the core of our faith is Jesus, that Christ is our defining note around whom all of us must tune our lives and recognize the grace of being called and transformed to be like him.
by Phil Ware · Mark 9:2-10 · Jesus
Phil Ware reminds us not to miss the truth about Jesus by getting too caught up in the heavenly fireworks of the Transfiguration.
by Phil Ware · Mark 4:30-32 · Transformation · TRANSENDING
Phil Ware introduces us to the concept of TRANSENDING.church and calls us to be a people who gather to transform and scatter.
by Phil Ware · 2 Corinthians 5:14-21 · Jesus
Phil Ware continues looking at the gospel of Mark and reminds us that Jesus isn't a patch on religion or a new joy to infuse old and stale religion; he is an altogether all new thing.
by Phil Ware · Acts 16 · God's Will
Phil Ware begins a series for church leaders and congregations in transition which uses Paul's experiences in his ministry to Macedonian churches to help us in our struggles today.
by Max Lucado · Matthew 5:1-12 · Jesus
Max Lucado reminds us that while the Beatitudes are demanding, they are also life-giving and a privilege to live as an answer to God's call in our lives.
by Phil Ware · 2 Corinthians 3:18 · New Year
Phil Ware challenges us to look beyond the New Year's resolutions on to a life pursuing Jesus.
by Max Lucado · Exodus 2 · Change · Called
Max Lucado reminds us that God is not finished with us yet and still speaks to us.
by Phil Ware · John 21 · Disciple Making · Cross · Crucifixion
Phil Ware finishes his four part series on Peter and following Jesus by focusing on Jesus transforming and cruciforming him into a great servant for the Kingdom of God.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 16:13-27 · Christlikeness · Disciple Making · Confess
Phil Ware shares his second post in his four article series on Peter's confession, focusing this time on our tendency to reduce faith to words and not actions and discipleship.
by Phil Ware · Ephesians 1:17-20 · Prayer · Transformation · Fellowship
Phil Ware completes his four part series on growing to become like Jesus through the transformative work of the Holy Spirit, the transformation that Jesus promises us when we choose to follow him as his disciple.
by Max Lucado · Acts 9 · Transformation · Conversion
Max Lucado reminds us of the importance of Jesus' power to change us and make us new and give us a new name -- he points to the apostle Paul, who was once Saul, the persecutor.
by Phil Ware · Galatians 5:22-26 · Perseverance · Commitment · Christlikeness
Phil Ware shares article three in his four part series on being transformed to become like Jesus.
by Phil Ware · 2 Corinthians 3:18 · Christlikeness · Change · Transformation
Phil Ware continues his series on Jesus and transformation and focuses today on our walking with Jesus each day in the gospels and learning his words and talking with him and taking on on his character and compassion as the Spirit transforms us.
by Phil Ware · 2 Corinthians 3:17-19 · Spiritual Focus · Temptation · Transformation
Phil Ware's first in a four article series on Jesus' work of transformation in us.
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