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 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 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 Paul Faulkner · 1 Corinthians 10:13 · Temptation
Tough times, even when they are filled with temptation can help us grow and better appreciate good times when they come.
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 Phil Ware · Romans 8:28 · Thanksgiving
How God turned a couple of horrible, traumatic experiences in the Ware family into something really good!
by Tom Norvell · Psalm 6:3-7 · Health · Hardship
In the times of hardship and trial, it is hard to wait on the Lord because it seems so long before his deliverance, promised and sure as it is, comes to free us from our pain and suffering.
by Tom Norvell · Psalm 102:1-28 · Eternal
We can cry out to God and know he hears us and that our children and our grandchildren's futures are in his hands.
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 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 Tom Norvell · Psalm 46 · God
Hope and help in times of trouble come from God who is ... always is.
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 Gene Vance · 1 Peter 5:7
God longs for us to come to him and receive his mercy and grace in our struggles and cast all our anxieties on him.
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 Teresa Bell Kindred · Matthew 19:26 · Influence
While we may think we can't make a difference in the lives of troubled teens, with God's help, we can.
by Phil Ware · James 1:2-4 · Temptation · Trials
We can survive times of trouble, trials, and temptation if we prepare.
by Germana Gusmão Downing · John 11:25-26 · Jesus · Problems
You sought Christ for salvation and hoped your problems would at least get better. But, have you ever thought of him as someone who would give you even more problems to solve? After all, where do our problems come from, God or the devil? Ever since the en
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