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 Tom Norvell · Romans 5:6
Tom Norvell reminds us that God saved us through grace in Jesus at just the right time and has intervened in our lives at just the right time over and over again.
by Tim Archer · Isaiah 40:31 · Hope
Hope can give us the power to overcome illness, change our lives and face whatever this life may bring. Hope needs a foundation, and only God gives an eternal foundation.
by Phil Ware · 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 · Fear
Phil Ware continues his 7 sayings of Jesus on the Cross with the meaning of the line today of "you will be with me in paradise" and talks about the hope it brings in the face of death.
by Straight from the Bible · Hebrews 2:14-18
This is simply quoting Hebrews 2:14-18 about freedom from death's tyrranny.
by Sarah Stirman · John 14:1-3 · Heaven
Sarah Stirman talks about the funeral for her grandfather and it reminds her where her real home is.
by Lisa Mikitarian · Hebrews 13:8 · Dream
Lisa Mikitarian examines how we often get driven off course in life and how we are going to do something about it.
by Phil Ware · Mark 10:45 · Friendship
Phil Ware shares some Scriptures on sacrifice, love, remembering, and friendship.
by Ron Rose · James 5 · Prayer
Ron Rose tells us about a movement that swept the US nation many years ago and how God used it to change everyone.
by Tom Norvell · 2 Timothy 4:6-8 · Positive Attitude
Tom Norvell reflects on the words from Psalm 72 that the prayers of David are ended and he hopes his life, his prayers, end with praise like David's did.
by Bill Denton · Psalm 31:9-10 · Friendship
Bill Denton reminds us of how important quality people are to our lives as we face challenging times.
by Phil Ware · John 20:1-8 · Resurrection
Phil Ware shares insight on the resurrection of Jesus on Easter, and how Mary calls Jesus Lord when she doesn't know he is raised and how the beloved disciple saw the death clothes of Jesus and believed.
by Patrick D. Odum · 1 Corinthians 15:1-52 · Resurrection
Patrick Odum compares the lack of vacancy in a French cemetery and a law forbidding people to die to the hope we have in the resurrection of Jesus.
by Phil Ware · Colossians 1:13-14 · Cross
Phil Ware talks about the triumphal entry of Jesus and the darkness that Jesus faced for all of us to defeat the darkness and bring us to light.
by Katha Winther · Ecclesiastes 3:1-10 · Emotions
Katha Winther shares the up and downs of her emotional roller coaster in her life recently and reminds us that God is with us in the ever-changing emotions of life.
by Tom Norvell · Jeremiah 32:27 · Impossible
Tom Norvell Reminds us of the movie Amazing Grace and how William Pitt and Wilberforce did the impossible and overturned the slave trade in Great Britain and he calls on us to dream big dreams and do the impossible.
by Rubel Shelly · Psalm 19:1-4 · Music
Rubel Shelly talks about how Joshua Bell, a famous violin virtuoso played in a busy place and was ignored and uses this to remind us how much we miss in life because we are not listening.
by Rubel Shelly · John 8:12 · Light
Rubel Shelly talks about finding our way when we are trapped in darkness: look for Jesus to light the way.
by Phil Ware · Nehemiah 8:10 · Joy
Phil Ware talks about the real source of authentic joy, the Holy Spirit.
by Phil Ware · Mark 10:13-16
Phil Ware shares his experience at a lunch between sponsors and their children in Kampala, Uganda.
by Phil Ware · Revelation 7:9-12 · Heaven
Phil Ware describes a precious moment on his trip to Kampala and the work with Compassion International.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 19:14 · Poverty
Phil Ware describes meeting his Compassion little girl for the first time in a slum in Kampala, Uganda.
by Phil Ware · Luke 23 · Hope
Phil Ware shares insights he learned from a book and a group of pictures about Compassion International and the meaning of life and death.
by Phil Ware · Deuteronomy 6:5-8 · Children
Phil Ware shares the beautiful words of a Rich Mullins Song, "My Deliverer," and an insight in how we must act to help preserve the hope of our children.
by Rubel Shelly · 2 Corinthians 5:17 · New Year
Rubel Shelly shares a prayer for the New Year as we begin 2008.
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