I am having a problem with a program that involves simple spheres on the screen. when i move in on them the light moves with me. How can i correct this?

First draw your light and then do any matrix tranformation (or fiddle around with pushing or popping the matrix).

so it would be:

make a light
move stuff (with a matrix transform)
draw stuff

or:
move stuff (with a matrix transform)
pushmatrix
load identity
make a light
popmatrix
draw stuff

Second one being more complex, but might be nesecesary because of your program structure.

never mind. I had depth testing off. lol.