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Remember that pretty parable, given by one of our ministers, of the boy’s kite. He made it fly aloft; it rose up so high that he could no longer see it. Still he said he had a kite, and he held fast by it. “Boy, how do you know you have a kite?” “I can feel it pull,” said he. Today we feel our Jesus…

In The Pilgrim’s Progress, as Christian was going along the exceedingly narrow pathway with a deep ditch on one side and a dangerous quagmire upon the other, he came to a stand. He had half a thought to go back, and then again he thought he might be halfway through the valley, so he resolved to go on.…

Perhaps there is a wife whose husband has accepted an appointment in India. He has been long away, and the years of his forced absence have been weary to her. She has had loving messages from him and kind letters, but often has she sighed, and her heart has looked out of the windows toward the east,…

The service of God is the element in which alone we can fully live. If you had a fish here upon dry land, supposing it possible that it could exist, yet it would lead a very unhappy life. It would scarcely be a fish at all! You could not tell of what it was capable; it would be deprived of the opportunity…

I remember a minister calling upon a poor old saint, and before coming away he said he hoped that the Divine Father would constantly visit the sick man. He replied, “I do not want you to ask that the Father should merely visit me, for these many months He has been abiding with me, and I have been abiding…

If a mistress has a large number of maids, somebody might ask them, “What kind of mistress do you have?” They might all say, “Oh, she is a most delightful person,” and so on, because they were afraid to speak the truth. But if there should be a dozen of them, eventually one would be found in the street…

If children have learned a thing by heart, rather than merely by rote, they have made it their own, and it remains with them. A man with whom God the Holy Spirit deals is one who does not have to go to Exodus 20 to know what the law is. He does not need to stop and ask concerning most things, “Is this…

I remember reading, in Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, the story of a man of God who was bound to a stake to die for Christ. There he was, calm and quiet, till his legs had been burned away, and the bystanders looked to see his helpless body drop from the chains. He was black as coal, and not a feature could…

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Shoshan, an Israeli man, has requested a restraining order against God. He says that he is fed up with the Almighty interfering in his life. He told the court that God, “started to treat me harshly and not nicely” three years ago. Even though God did not appear in His defense, the judge denied the request.…

Pilot Ken McKenzie credits his faith and his military experience for getting himself and his wife out of a plane after it crash landed in the Everglades. McKenzie is an experienced pilot, who served in the Canadian Air Force. He says his training took over, but both he and his wife credit their faith…

When Clay Lein began studying electrical engineering in college, he decided that he didn’t need his faith in God anymore. He believed his training told him to be skeptical and to demand evidence. Without evidence, Clay knew could find no reason to include God in his busy life. He would go to church to…

It is refreshing to have a place of solitude, a place to relax and experience the presence of God in His creation. Honeysuckles, climbing vines, lilies, violets, and roses covered Helen Keller’s family home. She found joy as she wandered, burying her face in the cool petals of the flowers and smelling…

For believers there has never been any doubt that prayer can heal the sick. Now, medical research from hospitals and universities has also shown that belief in God is good for people, and that helps people live longer, healthier, and happier lives. Dr. Harold Koenig from Duke University says an analysis…

Two Canadian researchers are sending a robot hitchhiking across Canada in order to gauge people’s feeling about them. Dr. David Harris Smith and Dr. Faulke Zeller built a device they call the HitchBOT and are hoping drivers will help it travel the 4,000 miles across Canada. The robot is a collection…

A routine audit of police cold cases led to the discovery of a Canadian man who had been missing for nearly 4 decades and had started a new life in Oklahoma. Police in Ontario, Canada said that 32-year-old Ronald Stan was reported missing after a barn fire in 1977. Canadian courts declared Stan dead…

Astronomers using a powerful telescope have discovered “ripples” in the cosmos they believe began following the so-called “Big Bang.” Some scientists think that the universe exploded from a tiny speck and hurled itself out in all directions in the fraction of a second that followed the universe's birth.…

A voice-over actor sang "Let it Go,” a popular song from the Disney animated movie Frozen, using various Disney characters. The video reached over 2.5 million views and generated many positive feedbacks. Many of the viewers guessed which of their favorite Disney characters sang parts of the song, from…

Social media site, Facebook has announced that they have removed the final portion of an old privacy feature that allowed users to be hidden from the site’s search feature. The feature, when enabled, allowed users to prevent their page from being located even if someone entered their name directly into…

A special letter written by an Oklahoma police officer helped to calm the fears of two sisters. The girls, aged 11 and 9 were so afraid of what might happen that they slept with a golf club and baseball bat nearby. Their mother believed that her daughters’ fears stemmed from the violence they saw on…

Yusuf Alchagirov is an 80-year-old Russia shepherd. While picking raspberries in a field near the Russian border with Georgia he was confronted by a large bear. Yusuf and the bear had a tussle with the shepherd continually head butting the bear. Finally the bear tossed Alchagirov off a cliff. The shepherd…

When Gilles Cyr, a Canadian man walking through the woods, was attacked by a black bear it was a frightening experience. “When I opened my eyes it was on top of me—. . . . it’s crazy the way it growls. I thought I was dead.” When the bear opened its mouth to bite him, Cyr grabbed its tongue and held…

The number of athletes expressing their faith in God before and after games has researchers wondering what impact that is having on the public’s perception of sports and religion. More than half of Americans surveyed said they believed that God rewards athletes who have faith in Him. Even more amazing,…

The Japanese earthquake that took place in March 2011 was so big that it was “heard” by a research satellite. Scientists thought major quakes generated very low frequency acoustic waves, but had no proof because the sound would be too low for human ears to detect and no spacecraft in orbit had the capacity…

Gus Hertz of Roanoke, Virginia was right on hand for saving folks in trouble during his vacation in St. Petersburg, Fl. First he saw a car go over a seawall and he pulled the driver of the submerged car to safety. That is a great once in a lifetime opportunity to save another life. Gus’s once in a lifetime…