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 Ron Rose · Ephesians 4:29-32 · Fellowship
Ron Rose is back at Black Rifle Coffee Company and visiting with friends about Pentecost Sunday and knowing each other's names.
by Ron Rose · Ephesians 4:29-32 · Fellowship
Ron Rose is back at Black Rifle Coffee Company and visiting with friends about Pentecost Sunday and knowing each other's names.
by Phil Ware · James 1:2-4 · Peer Pressure · Pentecost · People
Phil Ware talks about the harshness of a long, cold, hard winter and the trials and troubles we must endure as believers.
by Phil Ware · Romans 8
Phil Ware writes about Romans 8:22-29, the bondage to decay that our world faces, our own troubles and hardships, and slogans that we often use and abuse to try to encourage people who are grieving, wounded, or hurt.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · Matthew 4:1-11 · Temptation
James Nored and Phil Ware discuss the temptations and trials of Jesus and why they are important to us and what they have to say to us as people who are part of God's story.
by Max Lucado · Hebrews 4:14-16 · Jesus
Max Lucado reminds us that Jesus longs for us to draw near to him in our times of troubles, problems, challenges, pain, and trials.
by Tom Norvell · Philippians 4:6-7 · Anxiety
Tom Norvell reminds us to take our worries, our concerns, our troubles, and turn them into prayers and praises.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · Matthew 4
James Nored and Phil Ware discuss the temptations and trials of Jesus and why they are important to us and what they have to say to us as people who are part of God's story.
by Tom Norvell · 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 · Thankful
Tom Norvell shares an imaginary but important conversation between himself and God.
by Rubel Shelly · Ephesians 1:17-23 · Hardship
Rubel Shelly reminds us that the heroes of scripture had to endure many of the same kinds of challenges we do, that is what makes their witness so powerful.
by Rubel Shelly · Psalm 107:1-43 · Called · Calm
Rubel Shelly reminds us about God's enfolding peace in the middle of life's worse storms and that this has been true for centuries.
by Rubel Shelly · Psalm 73:1-28
Rubel Shelly reminds of where to go in our troubling times.
by Phil Ware · Romans 8:22-29 · Holy Spirit
Phil Ware writes about Romans 8:22-29, the bondage to decay that our world faces, our own troubles and hardships, and slogans that we often use and abuse to try to encourage people who are grieving, wounded, or hurt.
by Alan Garner · James 1:2-3 · Wisdom
Alan Garner describes a prayer and exhortation he gave at the Volunteers of America meeting and how wisdom and opportunity can be found in caring for the trials and troubles of those around us.
by Tammy Marcelain · Mark 9:54 · Faith
Tammy Marcelain writes about believing, trust, and God using our struggles, weaknesses, and trials to make us people of faith.
by Bill Sherrill · Ruth 3:10 · Providence
Bill Sherrill connects to an old King James phrase, the latter days, and reminds us that we often don't see things clearly until time has passed and we view things from God's perspective.
by Alan Smith · Psalm 11:1 · Adversity
Alan Smith's encounter with a hummingbird in his garage reminds him of how we often get trapped by life and won't let God help us find the way of escape.
by Kimberli J. Brackett · Romans 5:1-5 · Hardship
Kimberli Brackett reminds us that even in the worst of circumstances, God is at work trying to make something out of our situation and we can see if we will praise God and ask for his perspective.
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 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 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 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.
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