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 Rubel Shelly · Proverbs 18:24 · Friendship
While some people need therapy, most folks need a good friend most of all and a good friend can do a whole lot of good at healing their hearts.
by Tom Norvell · Matthew 22:34
Tom compares the Masters, a golf tournament that is a tradition like no other and suggests that we can follow Jesus as our Master, and use the love commands to be our tradition like no other and this will revolutionize our lives.
by Rubel Shelly · 2 Peter 1:3 · Perseverance
So often we look for short cuts or ways to cut corners to get to a goal that can only be reached by hard work, perserverance, and a willingness to keep on working over time.
by Tim Archer · Hebrews 10:14 · Grace · Achievement
None of us can be perfect on our own. Only Jesus and His power can make us perfect.
by Courtney Loy · Psalm 118:24
Consider the power of attitude, the idea that how we choose to view life impacts the quality of it.
by Skye Noe · Luke 9:23
Whatever commitments you made for the new year I hope you're keeping them, but more importantly my hope and prayer is that you are holding on to the commitment to love Christ. are holding on to the commitment to love Christ.
by Rubel Shelly · Psalm 86:4 · Joy
We are killing ourselves trying to find happiness in things and miss it because it is not found there.
by Rubel Shelly · Matthew 6:33 · Fatherhood
Tony Dungy reminded us that character wins and that character involves more than just sports.
by Byron Ware · 1 Corinthians 12:12 · Difference
Byron talks about the differences between men and women in marriage and compares them with bananas and avocados.
by Scott Owings · 2 Peter 1:4 · Spiritual Focus
The Rule of Life is our own commitment to live out the spiritual disciplines, exercising the Spirit and doing what God longs to see us doing.
by Phil Ware · 1 Samuel 16:23 · Singing
Phil likes to sing, but sometimes he just needs to listen and be blessed and pumped up.
by Paul Faulkner · Matthew 12:43 · Affirm
We've got to fill our kids with good things and not just tell them what not to do, because if we don't fill them with God's stuff, someone is going to fill them with satan's stuff.
by Tom Norvell · Colossians 4:2 · Opportunity
The national cheerleading championship reminds Tom about how so much of life comes down to that one crucial moment and how we perform it and he asks us if we are ready for our moment.
by Kimberli J. Brackett · 1 Corinthians 6:9 · Holiness
Righteousness is not a choice but it is defined by God and his will, not by popular culture, media, and we cannot compromise and or flirt with evil.
by Larry Davies · Luke 17:1 · Forgiveness
Resentment kills us, but forgiveness allows us to exercise a growing faith like a mustard tree and let God do the impossible within us.
by Phil Ware · 1 Peter 1:11 · Angels
Whether Christmas comes on December 25 or not doesn't really matter, what does matter is that Jesus came and the angels declared it and that we celebrate it with great joy.
by Russ Lawson · 2 Corinthians 5:16
Christmas has unfortunately gotten so caught up in conflict that we lose sight of loving folks the way Jesus came to do.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 2:16 · Church
Family fights, shopping mall stampedes, world unrest and wars all will continue through the Christmas season, but we should not be surprised: Jesus came to save our fractured world.
by Tom Norvell · John 16:33 · War
A trip around the Mall in Washington, D.C., leads Tom to reflect on how much he hates war and how he longs for the peace of Christ.
by Teresa Bell Kindred · 1 Timothy 6:8 · Christmas
Priceless memories that you make with those you love are far more valuable and enduring gifts than anything you can purchase with money.
by John Cragg · James 1:27 · Orphans
Mentoring kids offers a great chance for Christians to honor the call of Jesus to care for orphans.
by Mike Barres · Matthew 25:37 · Help
Mike talks about a time when someone helped him on a hike and it reminded him of how we have to help those who come behind us.
by Jeanene Reese · Ephesians 1:1 · Praise
A Christmas present of a ruby and diamond ring that is adjustable is a present that evokes praise just like the way God has blessed us should pour forth our praise!
by Phil Ware · Romans 8:28 · Thanksgiving
How God turned a couple of horrible, traumatic experiences in the Ware family into something really good!
by Tom Norvell · Psalm 30:1 · Health · Hardship
In the times of hardship and trial, it is hard to wait on the Lord because it seems so long before his deliverance, promised and sure as it is, comes to free us from our pain and suffering.
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