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 Steve Ridgell · James 4:7 · Life
I have the greatest remote control anywhere. It is amazing what it can do with my television. If I miss something, I can replay it until I catch it, and then jump back into real time.
by Joey Cope · Ephesians 2:4 · Grace
Joey's granddaughter Landrye has taught him a great deal about God's grace.
by Tim Archer · 1 John 1:7 · Forgiveness · Grace · Fresh Start
We’ve gotten better and better at correcting mistakes on our computer. God, through His son Jesus, let’s us correct life’s mistakes in an even more amazing way.
by Phil Ware · Ephesians 2:1 · Grace
Grace is amazing because of all the great things it does for us and changes in us.
by Alan Smith · 1 John 3:16 · Grace
God's love exhausts all analogies and can only be defined by what he did in Jesus on the cross and in the manger.
by Randy Becton · John 1:10 · Grace
Jesus is the reminder of God's unconditional love and willingness to search and sacrifice to find us and bring us home as our love-sick father.
by Alan Smith · Acts 20:35 · Christmas
An older lady's mistake with Christmas envelopes reminds us that God never forgets to pay for our gifts!
by Phil Ware · John 1:14 · Grace
A surprising winter snow gives Phil the opportunity to think about the changes of seasons and the falling of grace on us all with the birth of Jesus.
by Paul Faulkner · 1 Timothy 1:12 · Miracle
The greatest miracle of all is the one that occurs every day in the lives of people who are found by grace and changed.
by Tom Norvell · John 16:33 · Troubles
We have all sorts of trouble, heartache, grief, disappointment, discouragement in this world, but Jesus has overcome the world and given us victory.
by Phil Ware · 1 John 3:16 · Jesus
Jesus gave up his spirit, but he did not give up his mission, his mercy, his grace.
by Patrick D. Odum · Luke 19:1 · Addiction
A return of money from a thief reminds us that we must seek to right the wrongs we've committed.
by Tammy Marcelain · Ephesians 2:1 · Grace · Gracious
A dumpster with the word grace written on it reminds Tammy Marcelain of the great work that God can do in our lives to bring hope and joy and meaning when we receive His grace.
by Phil Ware · Ephesians 2:10
The beauty of things visible on earth or in us is a great reminder of God's greatness and love for us.
by David Sessions · Unity
Unity isn't easy to make happen and the example of Acts 15 really challenges us to give up some things along the way.
by Tom Norvell · Ephesians 3:20 · Power
God can do all things, even more than we imagine, so why do we live and pray like we don't believe this?
by Alan Smith · Romans 2:5 · Obedience
We often want God to be a traffic cop who only gives warning tickets.
by Jamie Shell & Brent Nidiffer · Acts 10:43 · Forgiveness
Like a mom, God forgives completely.
by Sarah Stirman · 1 John 4:12 · Grace
A mom's work at writing Scripture on her daughter's wall leads to a great opportnity to learn about God's grace.
by Ron Rose · Ephesians 2:10 · Trust
All around us are people who are grace stories -- people who have opened up to God and received his grace and had their hard lives changed for the better.
by Scott Owings · Romans 8:28 · Providence
Sometimes the dark night of the soul is exactly what we need to experience to let go of what we need to jettison and grab ahold again of God.
by Mike Barres · Ephesians 2:10 · Providence
God has a plan for each of us, a destiny, to use us for his glory.
by Rubel Shelly · Ephesians 4:31 · Forgiveness
An example of unbelievable forgiveness in the face of murder challenges our narrow notions of forgiving others.
by Alan Smith · John 13:33 · Obedience
A man sues God because he thinks he didn't get from God what he felt he deserved.
by Ron Rose · 2 Corinthians 1:19 · Family
Grace means we have a lifestyle of yes, not a lifestyle of no.
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