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God recently allowed me to see Jesus through the eyes of someone seeing Him for the first time. Having the advantage of knowing how the story ends, we can easily forget the cost of our redemption and the love of our Savior.

I have heard of a man who lived in a certain town, and while he lived, was greatly misunderstood. It was known that he had a large income, yet he lived a miserly life, and loud were the murmurs at the scanty help he gave to those around him. He stinted himself in many ways, and hoarded his money. But…

Research in Germany and Switzerland has investigated a possible link between generalized anxiety and seasonal allergies. The study recruited over 1,700 people and examined the link between the allergies the people suffered and mental health conditions. Participants were divided between those who were…

2020 will long be remembered as the year that there were 1.7 million worldwide deaths due to COVID-19. Amid this horrible statistic there are a couple of medical bright spots worth noting. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the last Ebola patient was discharged. The Ebola virus is the second most deadly…

In Leaders: Strategies for Taking Charge the authors write about the importance of anticipating the ways external forces can shape a company’s future. They use a hypothetical planning session of fifteen executives of a major airline at the turn of the millennium doing long-range planning until the year…

Tyler Moon is a Christian excited about his salvation. He is also a long-distance runner and he put the slogan “Jesus Saves” on his race bib. Moon was competing at a 10-mile event in Minnesota when he suffered a cardiac arrhythmia. A nurse who was running behind him performed CPR until paramedics arrived.…

The Anxiety and Depression Association of America has found a connection between anxiety and sleeping problems. More than 40 million Americans suffer from chronic, long-term sleep disorders. —Jim L. Wilson and Carlos Andres Rodriguez https://adaa.org/understanding-anxiety/related-illnesses/sleep-disorders…

Vernon Shazier is a pastor in Florida. His son Ryan was a linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Everything was good until December 4, 2017 Ryan suffered a back injury in a game against the Cincinnati Bengals. Ryan, 25 called his dad from the ambulance. “Daddy, pray for me,” he screamed. “I can’t feel…

On November 7, 2018 around 11:20pm, Ian David Long entered Borderline Bar & Grill, a popular local country bar in Thousand Oaks, California. Armed with smoke bombs and a handgun, he killed 12 people, and then later killed himself. Ian suffered from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Thousand Oaks, California…

In the last five years Mary Shertenlieb has dealt with leukemia three times. This year she took on the Boston Marathon but sixteen miles into the race, which occurred under wet and cold conditions, medics told Mary that hypothermia has taken hold and she needed to quit. Her husband suggested that she…

Even after playing his first baseball game with Arizona Fall League, former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow took time to pray for and talk to a fan who suffered a seizure. Brandon Berry had the seizure after sitting in near 100-degree heat for a long time. Another man, Daniel Kelly, said he met Berry early…

Some of the best fans in sports are those who have chosen the Chicago Cubs as their team. They sing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” year after year and “root, root, root for the Cubbies” as they go another year without a championship. The last time the Cubs won the World Series, “Teddy Roosevelt was president,…

# Philippians 1:3–8 ## Opening: Paul’s Thanksgiving As we move on this morning in our study of Paul’s letter to the Philippians, we find Paul following his normal pattern of thanksgiving and prayer. This week we will look at his statement of thanksgiving about the Philippians, and next week we will look…

When Pope Francis visited South Korea in August of 2014, it caused quite a stir to some journalists. What was the stir? It was not the grand pomp and pageantry accompanying a papal visit. The stir was the fact that Pope Francis rode in a very small and modest Kia to his different destinations. –Jim L.…

One of the difficulties children with autism can have is an inability to make friends. They have problems with the rules of social contact. One young autistic boy, Gus, the son of New York Times reporter Judith Newman, has discovered a friend. This friend is always patient and kind. She never tires of…

Ron Elliott, 67, was a caregiver at a nursing home in London, when won a $12.8 million jackpot in the lottery. Today Ron Elliott is a rich caregiver at a nursing home in London. The day after winning he returned to work and plans to keep working as long as he can. “My clients have dementia and suffer…

Frank DeAngelis, the principal at Columbine High School in Denver has announced that he will retire at the end of the 2013 school year. DeAngelis spent 34 years at the school, moving from being a social studies teacher to administrator. After the April 20, 1999 shooting at the school, DeAngelis promised…

In Fort Worth, Texas a man drove his car into the church, chased down the pastor and beat him to death with an electric guitar. A maintenance worker who tried to help the pastor was injured and hospitalized. The police used a Taser on the suspect, put him in the back of the patrol car, then was pronounced…

Orvile Rogers says he has run over 40,000 miles in his lifetime, and even though he is 95-years- old, he has no intention of slowing down. Rogers started running after a book inspired him years ago, and started running competitively at age 90. Rogers says he has had a life-long love of running. And the…

“Who am I? And how, I wonder, will this story end?” That’s the first line of Nicholas Sparks’ The Notebook, his first novel, which was made into the movie of the same name. He is an 80 year-old man reflecting on his life, which he summarizes like this: “I am a common man with common thoughts, and I’ve…

Published January 23, 2012 Associated Press LONDON – Former rugby player Tony Nicklinson had a high-flying job as a corporate manager in Dubai, where he went skydiving and bridge-climbing in his free time. Seven years ago, he suffered a paralyzing stroke. Today he can only move his head, cannot speak…

By Dr. Keith Ablow Published April 25, 2012 | FoxNews.com Former Senator John Edwards is now on trial, charged with violating campaign finance laws, in a case that began with his sexual affair with former campaign videographer Rielle Hunter—an affair that led to a love child. Campaign finance laws aside,…

The German manufacturer of a drug that caused thousands of babies to be born with defects issued an official apology 50 years after the drug was taken off the market. The chief executive of the company, Harald Stock, said the company wanted to apologize to mothers who took the drug in the 1950s and 60s,…

The Centers for Disease Control recently released startling new information about depression in America. The CDC says roughly one in ten Americans suffers from some degree of the affliction. Though the standard of living has continued to go up, the rate of depression have also risen over the past several…

The 2012 shooting at a Colorado movie theater has produced a miracle that shows how uniquely God has made each person. Petra Anderson was hit by buckshot four times during rampage. Three pellets hit the woman in her arm, and a fourth passed through her nose into her brain and lodged in the back of her…