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 Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Psalm 5:1-12 · Prayer · Presence · Quiet Time
Phil Ware and Demetrius Collins invite us to worship God and celebrate the work of the Holy Spirit as we are transformed to be more like our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
by Phil Ware · Psalm 71:17-18 · Future
Phil Ware writes to encourage and challenge our older generations to live with passion and faith so the younger generations can experience the presence of God.
by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Ephesians 4:25 · Anger
Phil Ware and Demetrius Collins invite us to worship God and celebrate the work of the Holy Spirit as we are transformed to be more like our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
by Max Lucado · 1 John 4:18 · Fear · Loneliness
Max Lucado reminds us that discovering God's love for us in Jesus, his perfect love, helps us overcome our feelings of loneliness, impatience, and fear.
by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Galatians 4:19 · Transformation
Phil Ware and Demetrius Collins invite us to worship God and celebrate the work of the Holy Spirit as we are transformed to be more like our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 15:1-7 · Resurrection
Phil Ware and James Nored remind us that the center of our faith is Jesus' resurrection and that the Lord's resurrection from the grave has changed everything.
by Phil Ware · Luke 24 · Lord's Supper
Phil Ware begins the new section with a reflection on the Lord's Supper and what it can mean for us.
by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · Luke 24 · Easter
Phil Ware and Demetrius Collins have put together a worship experience for folks who cannot make it to a church assembly or whom are uncomfortable with church worship in a building.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · John 21
A Bible description of Jesus' resurrection taken from a harmony of the Gospels.
by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · John 3:28-29 · Servant
ToGather.church worship segment for March 29, 2020, focused on John the Baptizer finding his purpose in preparing other people's hearts for Jesus.
by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · John 20:19-29
ToGather worship segment 001, March 15, 2020 -- focusing on the presence of Jesus using VerseoftheDay.com, a communion devotional, and appropriately themed songs.
by Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 · Lord's Supper
Phil Ware continues his reflections on Holy Communion by reminding us of coming reunion that The Supper ensures will happen!
by Phil Ware · Psalm 23 · Death
Phil Ware reminds us that in our darkest times the Lord, our good Shepherd, wants to be near us and make his presence known to us.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 3:17 · Affirm
Phil Ware reminds us that God said almost exactly the same words to his Son twice, yet he spoke the first time to affirm his Son and the second time to let us know we must listen to the Son.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · Genesis 3
James Nored and Phil Ware remind us that sin, both rebellion and missing God's goal of goodness for us, has reaped destruction on all we touch, but that this is not what God intended for us, there is redemption coming!
by Patrick D. Odum · Romans 8:18-39 · Hope
Patrick Odum picks up a line from a Bruce Springsteen interview and helps us understand the need for being real about our struggles but also celebrating our hope in the gospel.
by Phil Ware · Luke 1:36 · Silence · Significance
Phil Ware reminds us not to put away Jesus with the Christmas lights and blow up snowman, but to remember that Christ is alive in us!
by James Nored & Phil Ware · Genesis 1 · Creation
James Nored and Phil Ware combine their friendship, skills, and networks (Story of Redemption Films and Heartlight.org and VerseoftheDay.com) and bring us a weekly video and some interesting things to think about as we journey through life with Jesus!
by James Nored & Phil Ware · Luke 1 · Christmas · Birth · Incarnation
James Nored on video and Phil Ware with words remind us that the circumstances of the moment can be swallowed up in the greater joy of God's long story of grace that came to us in Jesus of Nazareth.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · Luke 2
James Nored and Phil Ware share in video and words the wonder of Jesus’ birth and how it changed the world with the Sound of Music.
by Phil Ware · Hebrews 4:16 · Thanksgiving
Phil Ware reminds us that no matter how difficult our circumstances, because of Jesus we have reason to give thanks!
by Phil Ware · Matthew 6:9-14
Phil Ware and Andy Johnson help us look at our prayer for deliverance from temptation and the evil one.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · Isaiah 53:1-12 · Mission
James Nored and Phil Ware share Jesus' plan to reach all peoples, like the Ethiopian Nobleman and the people in the farthest reaches of the earth, with the goodness of grace.
by James Nored & Phil Ware · John 19:38-42 · Build · Buried
James Nored and Phil Ware remind us that Jesus died and was buried and that his burial has special significance for us.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 6:9-13 · Kingdom
Phil Ware with Chad Higgins help us understand and commit to praying for God's Kingdom to come.
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