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 Ron Rose · Job 38:1-7 · Questions
Ron Rose wants us all to ask ourselves some important questions at this stage in our lives to be ready to instruct those who are younger and also ourselves.
by Paul Faulkner · Galatians 6:2 · Transparency
Paul Faulkner reminds us how desperately we need to be in a loving relationship with someone with whom we can be fully transparent.
by Demetrius Collins & Phil Ware · James 1:1-4,1:5-8
Demetrius Collins and Phil Ware lead us in virtual worship through words and music using YouTube videos encouraging us to recognize that God is our Father who longs to share His heavenly wisdom with His people.
by The Holy Spirit · Matthew 1:18-25
This is the Biblical account of Jesus' birth from Matthew 1 and Luke 2 from the NIV 11 version of the Holy Scriptures.
by Phillip Morrison · Matthew 2:1-23
Phillip Morrison reminds us that the Magi, the Wise Men, came later on after Jesus was older; but rather than this putting a damper on our Christmas, we need to use this truth to extend our Christmas past the first of the year.
by Phil Ware · Philippians 2:5-11
Phil Ware asks us to remember all the people who joined Jesus at his birth and challenges us to believe that these are exactly the kind of people Jesus came to redeem -- people just like us!
by Scripture · Matthew 1
Jesus' birth stories from Matthew and Luke are shared in straight Scripture from The Voice Bible.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 2:1-23 · Jesus · Christmas
Phil Ware reminds us that in the familiar story of the wise men is a challenging and life-changing question we must all answer with our choices and with our lives.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 2 · Christmas
This is part of a 4 part series on Jesus' birth called, "Give Me Jesus," and this one focuses on finding him now.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 7:24-27
Phil Ware reminds us of the harsh truth about knowing more than we put into practice, we are certainly called to be much more than a biblical thumb drive.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 2:1-12
Phil Ware shares his series for December 2015 on welcoming Jesus and focuses on the Magi from the gospel of Matthew and lets that story remind us our need to reach out to the lost and foreigner and alien and refugee among us.
by Tim Archer · Matthew 2:9-11 · Seek
The wise men came seeking Jesus, to worship him and bring him gifts. Modern society has turned this event. Instead of giving gifts to Jesus, we give them to one another. Instead of looking for a king to worship, we focus our attention on one another.
by Phil Ware · Luke 2 · Christmas
Phil Ware wishes everyone Merry Christmas for the Heartlight team and shares 3 different ways to share the story of Jesus at Christmas: a short form, the Bible text from "The Voice" Compass Bible and from a Worship House Media video about a child coming.
by Patrick D. Odum · Matthew 2:1-11 · Christmas
Patrick Odum talks about the Christmas star and how it may have been identified, but how that doesn't nearly as much as the One who was born being the One who made the stars.
by Rubel Shelly · Ephesians 5:15-17 · Time
Rubel Shelly reminds us of the value of small increments of time used wisely to make an eternal difference by doing the small things in the lives of others that bless, encourage, and support them.
by Phil Ware · 2 Kings 11:1-3 · Christmas
Phil Ware writes about the Christmas star that actually began to shine many years before the Magi found it!
by Rubel Shelly · Matthew 1:22-23 · Christmas
Rubel Shelly reminds us of what is most important and truthful and what is legend about the Christmas story.
by Phil Ware · John 1:14-18 · Christmas
Phil Ware goes over a number of inaccuracies that have crept in to our telling of the story of Jesus at Christmas, but reminds us that the main thing is that Jesus came for everyone and the more we know the story, the more we know it is true.
by Rubel Shelly · 1 John 3:16 · Service
Rubel Shelly reminds us to invest each day in simple acts of service to others.
by Patrick D. Odum · Matthew 2:1-11 · Christmas
Patrick Odum reflects on a Matthews who is a scientist who determined the star when Jesus was born and reminds us that it is not the star, but the one to whom it pointed, that is important.
by Russ Lawson · Romans 7:21-25 · Flesh
Russ Lawson reminds us that our human nature was created by God and that we can use it to choose wisely, to choose God.
by Patrick D. Odum · Colossians 1:10-12 · Worthily
It's not how many days we have, but how we use those days for God that matter -- or to say it differently, it is not how far we walk, but how we walk in the miles we cover that matter most.
by Paul Faulkner · Proverbs 3:5-7 · Consequences
Our descisions have consequences and these choices are not inconsequential to our children and grandchildren.
by Phil Ware · Matthew 7:24-27 · Obedience
The world is looking for Christians who are really willng to be obedient, real, authentic, and genuine in their walk with the Lord and do what he says.
by Rubel Shelly · Proverbs 15:1 · Forgiveness
A mom reminds us how to use a gentle answer to deal with a difficult problem.
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