Inspirational Videos

Check out this wonderful blind audition on The Voice Australia where a performance of ‘Scarborough Fair’ earns a 4-chair turn from the judges!

“Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
Remember me to one who lives there, he once was a true love of mine
Tell him to make me a cambric shirt. Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
Without no seams nor needle work, then he'll be a true love of mine”

The song ‘Scarborough Fair’ is originally by Simon & Garfunkel, and it was released in 1966 on their Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme album. In this audition, music student Celia Pavey performs a breathtaking rendition of the lovely song.

At the start of the performance, one of the judges turns her chair around immediately. It only took a few notes of Celia’s hauntingly beautiful voice to make her want to push her button!

Then the other judges follow her lead and also turn their chairs around shortly after. Celia is overwhelmed by the response from the judges on the show that she forgets the words to the song for just a moment.

“This gave me the chills,” one person writes on YouTube after watching the video. “This song is gorgeous and she delivered it beautifully.”

“This is the best cover of Scarborough Fair I've ever heard,” another person online comments. “It's like her voice was just made for that song. Absolutely gorgeous!”

We hope that you enjoyed listening to Celia Pavey’s version of ‘Scarborough Fair’ during her audition and the video was able to bring a smile to your face today!

Colossians 3:16
Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.

Be encouraged by the spirit of community as a packed gym goes silent to allow a blind player to hear the hoop and make her shot! 

In this viral video, we get to see what approximately 2,500 people enjoyed live at the March showdown between the Zeeland West Dux and the Zeeland East Chix. 17-year-old Jules Hoogland is totally blind, and she plays on Zeeland East High School’s basketball team. 

Zeeland Public School District serves a 94-square-mile area, which includes Zeeland, Michigan, and several surrounding townships. Introduced a few years ago, the school district’s unified sports program has been a great asset.

Watch as Jules prepares for her shot. Senior Ally Guffey, who regularly assists Jules on the court, helps guide Jules into position about halfway between the line and the basket. Aide Cheryl Beute taps the backboard with a pole so that Jules can locate the hoop. And, the audience, clearly rooting for Jules, does its part and gives her complete, quiet attention.

Jules, after 14 taps, makes her shot. She scores! The ball is in play, and the game continues. Just fourteen taps, and this accomplished young lady, using her sense of hearing, has done what many fully-sighted individuals never master! Way to go, Jules!

Way to go Zeeland, too! Not only did the fans come out in full force, filling the bleachers for the game, but they also demonstrated major love for one of their own with their rousing cheers, applause, fist pumps, and joy jumps! 

Unified coach Jessie Steel has observed the culture shift in their school community. “And just to be able to watch how that’s continued to grow. Students be accepted, students be shown that they matter and given a chance to really to prove that to the school body,” said Coach Steel. 

Whether the win that night went to the Dux or the Chix, we can be sure there was no “foul” play!     

“Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing.” 
1 Thessalonians 5:11

21-year-old singer and American Idol contestant, Abigail Brooks, is thrilled when judges sent her on to Hollywood and compared her to her idol, Barbara Streisand!  

That’s the very condensed version of this 6-minute video, but take a closer look. There’s a lot of fun in this mini flick. From the teasing among the judges and the laid-back presence of a talented young woman to the unusual choice of songs and the use of unusual “instruments” during her performance! Check it out for a little dose of whimsy!

Abigail, in denim overalls and a white fishing hat, strides past the piano to her assigned spot with a hearty “hi” for the judges. Katy is momentarily distracted by a photo of her fiance, Orlando Bloom, who she’s learned has been included in “People’s Sexiest Man Alive 2021” issue. Katy’s not sure if Luke is being honest that he, too, is in the issue, but he assures her that he is. However, he “will not proclaim to be sexier than Orlando.” Though some might think he is!

Back on track, Abigail introduces herself. She hails from Castlewood, Colorado, but is currently a barista all the way across the country in the Tribeca neighborhood in New York City. The video shifts to an interview at Abigail’s coffee shop, presumably before auditions. Abigail shares that she loves to sing, using a broom as a substitute for a microphone after the customers have cleared out of the coffee shop.

Abigail describes herself as an “old soul” who, having heard old-school music as a child,  developed an interest in music from earlier generations. She recalls first hearing and falling in love with Barbara Streisand. Abigail’s mother played a recording of “Jingle Bells” sung by Ms. Streisand, and young Abigail was “hooked.”

Back at the audition, Abigail has prepared to sing without her broom-microphone, but Katy calls out to see if there is a “broom in the room.” Like magic, one appears just in time for Luke to ask Katy if that is what she rode in there on! Lionel Richie brings the two jokers back to task!

Abigail has elected to sing “Vincent” by Don McLean. The song is a tribute to the brilliant and troubled artist Vincent Van Gogh, who is currently the subject of an immersive artistic exhibition that is touring the U.S. currently. The first few lines go as follows:

Starry, starry night
Paint your palette blue and gray
Look out on a summer's day
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul

This little crooner is down-to-earth and natural, but she totally channels Babs! The judges have a lot of praise to throw Abigail’s way. Luke says she is a great singer of her chosen style, and a likely candidate to win Disney Night. Katy declares that she got chills during parts of the performance. And, Babs’s buddy Lionel says he can’t wait to tell his playful and phenomenal friend about Abigail! Can you imagine how that feels!

There’s a bit of punny chit-chat, but the judges give playful, and perhaps phenomenal, Abigail the news she’s hoping for. And, we’ll just have to watch and see how Abigail does with a microphone-microphone!  

“Sing a new song to the Lord! Let the whole earth sing to the Lord! Psalms 96:1

The Eagle in flight being pulled higher by the Dove

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Simple Christian Thoughts
by Abe Kosh

In this incredible clip we see a beautiful renewal. A pony kept indoors for 10 years receives an incredible transformation.

It is so sad when an animal is neglected. However, when someone comes and nourishes and helps that animal back to health, it becomes incredible. 

At first, you see these crazy curly things and then you realize that they are the pony’s hooves from being ignored. The poor horse can barely even walk. A man takes a saw and cuts the hooves to help this pony get back to proper health. 

Then, they completely shave the horse so that they can thoroughly clean the animal from any infections or illnesses. The after shot of the pony is a healthy, happy, and beautiful creation. It is the most adorable horse that is walking in the arena and eating grass in the sunshine. 

When we think about the state that we were in before Christ came into our hearts and lives, we were just like this horse. We were immobile in our sin and trapped in darkness. However, Jesus came to rescue us, purify us, and redeem the brokenness. 

Just as this horse we cleaned up, Christ sanctifies and cleanses us of all of our sins. He forgives us and washes us whiter than snow. We undergo a spiritual transformation, and the old is gone and the new has come. 

He brings us from death to life and we are never the same. We go from being dead in our trespasses, to being sons and daughters of the Most-High God, adopted into His family forever. Jesus gives us eternal hope like this man gives this pony a second chance.

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come." 2 Corinthians 5:17

This is an inspiring video clip. The Skit Guys share a thought-provoking message about God with a deck of cards

The Skit Guy begins by asking, “Have you ever thought about the hand you have been dealt? Have you ever thought of your life as if it were a deck of cards?” 

He shares that some people would be happy with their decks. However, others would wish that they would be able to trade in for other cards. He shares that we can easily base our identity on the cards that we like, but try to hide the ones we don’t like.

He poses the question, “Why would God give me these cards?” He begins to show some hard cards with labels like addiction, depression, abuse, and death. He states, “but then there are cards of good moments.” He says, “It is a sad truth, but we really care what other people really think of us.”

He shares that we want to show just our good cards, but God wants to use the hard cards as well as the good cards. He challenges the viewer to not hide their cards, but to be all in. 

As he begins to vulnerably share some hard cards: “Bald at 21,” “Dad dies of AIDS,” “Wife had a miscarriage,” then some happy cards: “Today has two beautiful daughters,” and “Uses gifts and talents to honor God.” 

This Skit Gguy’s vulnerability and authenticity go a long way. It reminds us of the hard truth that we are all broken and far from perfect, however, Christ died for us and we can have freedom in Him. He can even use our stories to share the gospel to others, the beautiful and the difficult.

“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." Romans 8:28

Are you in need of some encouragement or maybe you need to be reminded why we need to continue to put prayer and faith first in our lives? You don’t want to miss this video as Tyler Perry and Steve Harvey share the importance of faith. 

While we need nutrients to nourish our bodies, we need faith to nourish our hearts and soul. And sometimes we need to ensure we are surrounding ourselves with people who are deeply rooted in Christ. 

Tyler shares some special advice about the people in your faith life with an analogy to trees. He says some people are like leaves, they’re only in your life for a season. Others are like branches, they’re in your life but they can’t handle too much pressure because they will bend from the weight of heavy burdens. Others are like roots, they’re good foundational people. 

I think we can all agree we need more people that are rooted in the Lord in our lives. 

He also shared how he came to believe God will always answer his prayers. He heard his uncle teach a sermon about asking God for a blessing. As a little boy, he knew the people on TV were real people so he asked God to have the people come out of the TV so he could take care of them. 

As a little boy, Tyler thought this was an impossible prayer. A few days later, he came home to a pair of parakeet birds that talked. The owner of the birds had to move and brought the birds over for Tyler to take care of. 

But from his perspective, God had answered his prayer, he was given a pair of talking birds that he could care for, and Tyler believed God would answer any prayer from that moment on. 

We all come to know God and trust God differently and Tyler’s faith journey is definitely unique. We are blessed to hear his message of faith and how our mighty God uses common things around us like birds and trees to entrench our lives in trust, hope, and love. 

When spiritual doubt creeps in, we can turn to God for comfort and reassurance. We hope this video lifted your heart and brightened your day. 

"Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen,” Hebrews 11:1

There’s just something special about great grandparents and babies don’t you think? You don’t want to miss this incredibly precious moment as a great, great, grandfather meets a baby girl days before he passes away. 

In this video, the family who was recently blessed with the birth of a baby girl they named Cadance gets to meet and be held by her great, great, grandfather. In a matter of seconds, this video sums up our life journey–as one person is on the threshold of leaving this world, while another has her whole life before her. 

Cadance’s parents really wanted her to get to know her precious great, great grandfather because they knew his time on this earth was short and they wanted to record a video so she could have it in the years to come. Under the video, her parents wrote that he had finally awakened after being asleep for quite some time. They added, “First time she has met him. He woke up and wanted her to sit with him. It was so precious. We may not have him much longer and I want her to have something to remember him by.” 

And this video is absolutely precious as she rests in his arms and looks up in admiration at her great, great grandad. In fact, it is so sweet, the video went viral with over 8,116,972 views! Hearts melted and viewers gushed online, one viewer commented, “Heart melting moment. I could feel tears in my eyes.” Another viewer added, “That is so awesome, two angels meeting on earth before one goes back to GOD.” While another posted, “What a blessing..so beautiful. “Ending with a new beginning.” 

Shortly after this was posted, this precious great granddad stepped over the threshold and into Jesus’ arms. We are so thankful for the time he had with Cadance and we hope she will appreciate this video as much as we did. 

“Children’s children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children,” Proverbs 17:6

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This is a shocking clip of a heroic moment in an everyday driveway. A big dog rescues a puppy seconds before a car nearly hits it.

As a man plays fetch with multiple dogs in his driveway, everything appears alright. The man and his pooches are playful and happy. Then, suddenly, a few moments later, there is a clip of the smallest puppy walking by himself on the snow. 

A blue car quickly pulls backward out of the garage and almost hits the puppy. Out of nowhere a heroic move appears, a bigger dog runs and picks up the puppy in his mouth. The big dog saves the puppy’s life. He gets the pup out of the way just in time.

In the video clip, the owner says that she thought she hit her puppy and came back to return and check on her pet. The big dog and the puppy run to the woman and she holds the puppy in her arms with great relief. 

Watching this moment of the older dog risking his life for the puppy reminds us of the great lengths that Jesus went to save us from our sins. We were helpless and eternal death was upon us, however, Christ came and took our place and died for our sins so that we might have eternal life. 

While you view this moment of rescue from one dog to another, may it remind you of your helpless state and how Jesus has rescued you from the dominion of darkness. 

“For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.” Colossians 1:13-14

This life-saving moment was unbelievably caught on video! A substitute teacher saves a student choking on a corndog in the middle of lunch hour in a busy lunchroom. 

For those of us who know and love God, we know he orchestrates every one of our days of life before one of them ever comes to be. He is the author and perfecter of our lives and he works all things together for our good. 

And this was certainly the case for Sadie Carwyle, a substitute teacher who happened to be in the right moment and at the right time to save the life of student Ryan Buckner. He was busy eating a classic school lunch favorite–a corn dog as he was busy chatting with his friends when a chunk became lodged in his throat. 

Unable to breathe or dislodge it himself, Sadie noticed right away his face was discolored from the lack of oxygen. She also saw the panic written all over Ryan’s face. Sadie said she knew instantly what was happening and jumped into action. She quickly walked over to Ryan and turned him around in order to properly position him for the Heimlich maneuver. 

It took eight attempts before the corndog was finally dislodged from his throat. Sadie says she saw the color come back to his face and that’s when she knew everything was going to be okay. And perhaps, this detail isn’t critical but can we all just be impressed for a moment because Sadie not only saved this teen’s life but she did it in heels. 

Sadie can be seen wearing stylish booties and perhaps the extra height from the shoes helped give her a slight edge when performing the life-saving Heimlich maneuver. 

We can thank God for Sadie’s life-saving and stylish skill set and for placing her to work at the school on that very critical day. 

“And in Your book all the days [of my life] were written before ever they took shape, when as yet there was none of them,” Psalm 139:16

Check out this incredibly resilient musician. This cellist plays a haunting tune on the damaged streets in Ukraine. 

He sits in a chair in the middle of empty streets that tell the horrors of war. The once vibrant city that was full of life is now a shell of what it once was.  As he plays the tune created by Bach via the Cello in C five minor, the classic world-renowned piece fills the warzone. The only other sound to be heard is the wind with the expectation of a passing car. 

Underneath the video, the cellist by the name of Akustikos Art Group writes, “We've all been at war for a month now. War is terrible, but we must not be afraid because the truth is on our side, and each of us can help in this struggle, in his own place. And it is especially important who is next to you.” He adds his gratitude and wrote,  “I hug and thank those close people who made our project possible, Anna Kolomiytseva, Oleksandr Osipov Photography, God bless you!” 

We pray that those who have been affected by this war are blessed in immeasurable and in innumerable ways by our mighty God who has the power to protect, comfort, and keep the Ukrainians still living in the war zone safe. The video that was recently posted has already garnered over 4,000 views with many viewers leaving comments for God to continue to bless the Ukrainians. 

One viewer wrote, “Music is the refuge of the soul, both can’t be destroyed, a cello is more powerful than a machine gun … keep playing my brave friend … you inspire and Bach redeems…” Another wrote, “Stay strong and thank you for sharing your courage. I can't imagine what you all are going through.” However, most of the comments asked for God to bless them and keep them safe. 

Their plight reminds us that no matter what tragedy or dark valley we walk through, the Lord is our mighty helper. And because he is on our side, we are reminded we are mere mortals and God is on our side. 

Let us pray for the Ukrainians and let us pray for God to end the war. We hope you enjoyed this hauntingly beautiful and class piece. 

“So we can confidently say, “‘The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?’” Hebrews 13:6

One angel nurse adopts a cancer patient’s son after she passes away. This is one story that will bring tears to your eyes!

Tricia Somers knew something was special about her nurse Tricia Seaman as soon as she met her. She even swore that she had met an angel.

"Before she even said anything, I just felt comfort. It was almost like somebody just put a warm blanket on me," shared Tricia Somers eight years ago during an interview. "I've never felt anything like that before or any other connection with anybody else."

Tricia Somers was a single mom to her 8-year-old boy, Wesley, when she found out her cancer was terminal.

"What do you say to somebody?" said Tricia Seaman about Tricia Somers’s diagnosis. "She's 45 years old. So, I just gave her a hug and she said, 'I have something that I need to ask you.'"

That’s when Tricia Somers asked her nurse, "Can you take my son? Will you raise him if I die?"

And even though these two women were basically strangers, Tricia Seaman and her husband agreed that they would take care of Wesley after his mother passed.

That was eight years ago. Now, Wesley is a 16-year-old with his learner’s permit. And he is so grateful for the decision that his mom made before she died and to the Seamans for taking him in.

"I think it was the only thing she could think to do, really. And I'm thankful everyday that she made that decision," Wesley said.

Wesley still gets little gifts from his mother that she bought for him before she passed in order for him to open them as he grew up. His most recent gift from her was a key chain, for him to use when he started driving.

And as much as Wesley is thankful to have Tricia Seaman as his guardian, she is just as honored to be the one helping to raise him now.

"He's exceptional. But the most important thing is he just has such a kind and loving heart," Tricia Seaman said.

What an incredible story! May God continue to bless Wesley and Tricia and the sweet relationship that they have!

Would you risk dropping out of school for a once-in-a-lifetime audition that may or may not pay off? 

One thing is for sure, this young man put his faith and trust in believing God has a bigger purpose for him. Jay Copeland left Grad school for American Idol, and the risk paid off big time! 

Jay was told he couldn’t have his cake and eat it too. He had entered a graduate program for the arts but he was told he would have to choose between acting and music. 

He told Katy Perry, “I don't know if I made the right decision or the wrong decision, but I do know that I made the best decision for myself.”

Jay had a hard decision to make. Instead of putting his faith in his education, he let his faith rest in knowing God had a bigger purpose. He then dropped out of the program for a chance to audition on the 20th season of American Idol. And his well-trained, harmonious voice delivered a pitch-perfect performance of the song, “Sign, Sealed, Delivered,” by Stevie Wonder. 

Jay’s stunning performance was given a standing ovation by all three judges. Katy then stated, “You don’t need them, we need you.” Judge Lionel Richie added, “Let me tell you, I have been alive a very long time and you just don't jump on a Stevie Wonder song. You owned it and on top of that you were having so much fun.”

Katy then reveals that because it is the 20th year of American Idol, it’s the show’s “Platinum Year.” In celebration of its platinum year, one special performer from each city will be chosen to receive a platinum ticket which means the performer will get to skip one round of competing. The best part was when Katy awarded Jay with this special honor! 

We absolutely will be sitting on the edge of our seats as we watch Jay compete and perform. We have faith and absolutely trust that God is Authoring every part of Jay’s journey and we can’t wait to watch it all unfold! 

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.” Proverbs 3:5