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 · 1 Peter 1:6-8
Paul Faulkner reminds us that God can bring something good out of our grief and trials.
by Patrick D. Odum · James 4:7-10 · Temptation
Patrick Odum reminds us that overcoming temptation requires us to resist the devil, but he also adds some other insights from James' famous passage about overcoming temptation by being honest about oursleves and our need for God.
by Tom Norvell · Psalm 6:3-10 · Patience
Tom Norvell leads us to Psalm 6 and helps us ask, "How long, Lord?" because we all have times when we can barely hang on any longer.
by Mike Barres · Genesis 50:20 · Providence
Mike Barres reminds us that hardship can often be a time God is using us to make a difference in the lives of many others.
by Marsha Jordan · Romans 12:15
Marsha Jordan reminds us that folks need to know that we care and really are not looking for us to pour out our advice and give them all of our solutions.
by Alan Smith · Philippians 1:12 · Adversity
Alan Smith shares a Leith Anderson story about going to the only perfect World Series game and how he saw it as a disappointment because his team lost and then Alan compares this to our sometimes not seeing the big picture of what is really happening when
by Tom Norvell · John 10:10 · Life
Life is a combination of ups and downs and all arounds but Jesus is in the middle trying to bring us full life all the time!
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 Tammy Marcelain · Hebrews 13:5-6
Tammy is brought to a deeper realization of just how important God's faithfulness is to her through her journey through life with her son's cancer.
by Tom Norvell · John 16:33 · Peace · Trials · Troubles
There is trouble in this world, it crashes in on us and we cannot ignore it, but we must remain focused on Jesus who has overcome the world.
by Phil Ware · Colossians 3:1-4
God will stick by us and get us through the worse times in our lives.
by Tammy Marcelain · Romans 8:28 · Trials
An update on Jack Marcelain and his brain tumor recovery doesn't bring all good news, but Tammy is committed to not worry about it.
by Rubel Shelly · Malachi 3:6 · Change
Change is inevitable and we should appreciate many of the changes, but we need to trust in God who does not change.
by Russ Lawson · Ecclesiastes 9:10 · Anniversary
A simple anniversary celebration for the 39th anniversary leads a husband to reflect on his adventure with his wife!
by Katha Winther · John 5:24 · Forgiveness
A murder trial ends up in a conviction and acquittal because of a conversion!
by Sarah Stirman · 2 Corinthians 11:24-27 · Holy
We can't have the holy life without the adventure life because God uses the adventures to mold us and make us holy.
by Phil Ware · James 1:2-4 · Faith
Our faith can either be real and shaping us to be useful to God or it can be discarded or nothing more than a good luck charm.
by Mike Barres · Romans 8:28-29
We are often critical of others and can't understand God because we don't see the big picture of what is happening.
by Phil Ware · Psalm 30:5 · Trials
There are times of trials and difficulties are a long season of darkness, but in the middle, God brings times of joy.
by Alan Smith · 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 · Trials
God has a message of comfort for you in His word if you will only read it.
by Joe Bagby · Romans 5:3-5 · Adversity · Trust
Trial, temptation, trouble, and testing are in the same neighborhood with trust: we're not going to get the one we want without experiencing the ones we dont!
by Steven W. Allen · John 19
Jesus was unfairly tried by Pilate.
by Alan Smith · Isaiah 40:29-31 · Trials · Adversity
Sometimes the hardest times are when we face a repeated adversity or trial, but if we can hang in there the Lord will help us through.
by Tom Norvell · 1 Corinthians 15:21-58 · Resurrection · Hope
We all face the let down of failures on the next day; how will we handle the next day?
by Phil Ware · James 1:2-4 · Temptation · Trials
We can survive times of trouble, trials, and temptation if we prepare.
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