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 · Luke 12:27 · Love
Melissa Troyer reminds us that things are just things, but if we have people we love then we have what matters most!
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 · Matthew 5:3-16 · Kingdom
Phil Ware shares Jesus' teaching that is upside-down to the world around us in terms of status, wealth, power, position, achievement, and importance.
by Tim Archer · Matthew 6:19-21 · Treasure
Treasure in this world can be stolen or lost. Treasure with God is safe forever.
by Tim Archer · James 2:5 · Wealth
Jesus told his followers that it was hard for the rich to become a part of his kingdom (Matthew 19:24). The apostle Paul said that those who want to have wealth fall into a trap, and some have ruined their faith because of it. (1 Timothy 6:9-10) And James
by Tim Archer · 1 Timothy 6:6-8 · Contentment
It's easy to want what everyone else is getting. But it's also very, very dangerous. God can help you learn to be happy with what you have.
by Tim Archer · 1 Timothy 6:18-19 · Treasure
Wealth isn't measured by dollars or gold. The only treasure that matters is that which is stored in heaven.
by Tom Norvell · Proverbs 30:7-9 · Rich
Tom Norvell makes a wide open confession, he likes shoes and they help him realize that he is rich!
by Tim Archer · 2 Corinthians 8:9 · Salvation
People can live for years needing the very thing that God has to offer, yet they overlook the treasure that He offers.
by Rubel Shelly · 1 Timothy 6:18-19
Rubel Shelly helps us see how money buys happiness, by using it to help others who are in need!
by Patrick D. Odum · Matthew 16:24-27 · Rich
Patrick Odum reflects on several folks who have auctioned off huge portions of their lives and property on eBay and challenges us to ask if we have done the same thing with our stuff.
by Russ Lawson · Philippians 4:12-13 · Satisfaction
Russ Lawson talks about the Sword of Damocles, Mr. Spock, the apostle Paul and about being satisfied with life.
by Russ Lawson · Luke 12:14-23 · Aging
Russ Lawson reminds us that what we pursue for security and to help us live longer really determines the quality of our lives in our older years, and God must be the center of all of that.
by Rubel Shelly · Proverbs 22:7
We have got to address our addiction to things, money, greed, debt, wealth, and materialism.
by Alan Smith · 1 Timothy 6:9
Money and our desire for it can get us in trouble; we must learn to be happy with little or much.
by Rubel Shelly · 1 Timothy 6:10-19 · Money
Wealth, money, can help with some things, but not everything!
by Patrick D. Odum · Luke 12:18-19 · Money · Treasure · Greed
We know who won't get our stuff when we die, and storing it in bigger or more tepees won't help!
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