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After a scary hospital stay while her daughter was ill, Hoda Kotb opens up about gratitude and how ‘God’s got this.’

Many parents have been there. Terrified to find themselves in the hospital with their sick little one. That was Hoda’s recent reality, but now that her daughter is safe back at home, she opened up about her experience on the Today Show.

“I’m so happy to be back,” she said to Jenna Bush Hager. “I feel like life is one way on a Monday, and we all have our Mondays, and we complain about them…and then Tuesday rolls around, and something really hits hard. And you realize that Monday was actually pretty awesome.”

Hoda continued, “So for us, it was little Hope who had to go to the hospital, and she was in the ICU for a few days and then in the hospital for another week. And it was really scary. And she’s vibrant and brilliant, and she’s home. She’s home! I’m over the moon that she’s home. And I can’t believe how amazing people are. That’s the thing I learned through all this, you know, like the nurses who stood by her all the way. The nurses who checked on her constantly, the doctors who came in, the people who took care of us. And I felt like we were held.”

Thank goodness for such a caring and attentive hospital staff. Hoda then goes on to talk about gratitude and how it is sometimes hard to choose it, but it is so important.

“I always talk about gratitude,” she shared. “But I found myself not living in that lane because I was scared. And then I decided, ‘You know what, let me think about this for a minute.’ I have a family who loves me. I have a little girl who’s home. I have a wonderful support system. I have doctors who would have done anything to make everything better, and they did. So, sometimes you talk about gratitude, and then when you’re pushed to the limit, you’re like, ‘Do I feel it?’”

Hoda then shares about the important reminder that she wears around her neck: “I’m wearing this little thing that a friend sent to me…it says ‘God’s got this.’”

What an incredible reminder for us all! Even in the hard times of life, God’s got us. We are held in the palm of His hand. Amen!

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Honesty is an essential moral value that involves being truthful and sincere in one's words and actions. Students should avoid lying, cheating, or plagiarizing in their academic work or personal interactions.

Reporters and anchors are supposed to relay the news, but one media member, unfortunately, found herself as part of the story.

In a video posted on YouTube, Fox 11 Los Angeles anchor Marla Tellez talks about a scary situation she experienced while running on Santa Monica Boulevard. 

Marla, an avid runner, says that while jogging one Saturday morning in January, an unknown man lunged at her. The man then began chasing her down the street…in broad daylight.

“I turn around and he is coming at me full-bore,” she said. “I’ve never felt so much fright.”

While under extreme duress, Marla said she noticed a total and complete stranger, a Good Samaritan, who waved her down. The vehicle then pulled over, opened the door to their car and Marla hopped in. The car, with Marla inside, left the area.

That Good Samaritan, Natalie, met with Marla following the scary incident. She was in the passenger seat, while her husband was driving. 

“I saw him turn around and then, like, run after you,” Natalie said. “Cause I was, like, trying to scream at you, wave my hand down so I could get you to see me.”

Natalie, who was still upset by what she witnessed, added that she felt Marla needed help. 

The clip ends with Marla expressing her gratitude to Natalie for her and her husband’s heroic act, saving her from her would-be attacker. 

Natalie and her husband showed concern for someone they did not know, acted and stepped in to help a stranger in obvious need. Thanks to the heroic and loving efforts of Natalie and her husband, Marla avoided being kidnapped, injured or worse.

Deuteronomy 31:6 “Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord your God, he it is that does go with you; he will not fail you, nor forsake you.”

Beth Moore, a prominent Christian leader, tells of deep hurt and heartache in her new book, but in one interview, she states how she hopes to use the grace God has shown her.

Beth recently sat down with Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) to discuss her latest book, “All My Knotted-Up Life,” a memoir. She has faced several trying and horrific circumstances in life. But through it all, Beth states that the Lord has shed His abundant grace upon her throughout her life. Her desire is to show Him that His grace has not gone to waste. 

“I can’t go back and relive my life,” she said. I can’t go back and make a thousand decisions differently, which I wish I could do. I can’t rewrite it. It is, it’s just, it’s just what it is. But I can see to it that the grace that the Lord has poured on me is not in vain.”

In the book and the interview, Beth mentions difficult and horrific situations in her life, including being sexually abused by her father as a child.

“I’m not sure anything impacts the life more than your protector being your perpetrator,” Beth said. “In other words, my father was the person on earth that I could trust the least.”

Beth adds that her father, in order to ensure that she didn’t let anyone know about the ongoing abuse, mentioned she had to keep quiet for the safety of the family, including her mother.

“What he did say over and over, was that we had to protect my mom because she was not stable,” she said. “So, he used that. So, there was like, ‘I’m not only going to split up my entire family, but I’m gonna cause my mother to kill herself.”

She also mentioned hardships she has faced in her 45-year marriage in relation to her husband’s battle with mental illness. 

“The thing about what Keith had dealt with, with very severe PTSD and then bipolar, you never knew when there was going to be a sudden episode,” she said. 

Beth says that through all the unexpected trials and the difficult days in her marriage, the prominent Christian leader says it caused her to rely even further upon the Lord.

“I guess the best thing that has come out of it for me and for us is you talk about a woman casting herself on Jesus,” she said. 

In the book, Moore also mentioned being shunned and turned away by churches after she spoke out about former President Donald Trump during his run for the White House. She writes that churches sent back her Bible studies and others even burned them in response. 

Beth’s story is one of love, forgiveness and perseverance through some really devastating situations. Through it all, all the heartache, hurt and betrayal, Beth remains fully committed to the Lord Jesus Christ!

1 Peter 5:10 “But the God of all grace, who has called us to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that you have suffered a while, make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle you.”

A little love and kindness can make a world of difference, even for animals. That’s exactly what happened to one sweet, lovable pup!

One video posted on YouTube shows the amazing transformation a couple and their dog helped to bring about in a scared and malnourished canine. Glitchy weighed only 14 pounds when he was adopted. Due to his weakened state, Glitchy could barely even walk.

The woman who adopted Glitchy said it was love at first sight. 

“I instantly fell in love with him, and I wanted to just take care of him,” she said.

She added that the day she and her husband brought Glitchy home was their ninth wedding anniversary. But after the couple arrived home, it was another member of their family who made the biggest impact on Glitchy. The couple already had a dog, Petey. 

“Once I brought Petey out to meet him, he was like a brand-new dog,” she said. “He was just so curious. He wanted to follow Pete everywhere.”

The video shows the two dogs playing and running around the yard together. They were quickly bonding and becoming best friends! 

Glitchy continued to improve dramatically, taking some big steps in life, literally and figuratively.

“All of a sudden, he got the stairs,” she said. “All of a sudden, he was getting up on our couch. It was just crazy.”

Glitchy’s progression did not stop there. The once sad and scared animal, who could barely walk, started to find his voice, or at least his bark!

“The first time we heard him bark was an amazing feeling,” the woman said. “Three weeks, he didn’t make a peep.”

The video concludes with images of Glitchy being a happy, healthy dog. He plays with a toy, barks and nips at his best friend Petey and enjoys a bone while sitting by his big brother.

“Dogs are literally the most resilient creatures ever,” the woman said. “We don’t deserve them.”

Proverbs 12:10 “A righteous man respects the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.”

The world is often a violent and dangerous place. Stories about horrendous and devastating acts of violence litter websites and television screens. But one quick-thinking pastor used the power of prayer and God to keep a tense situation from turning into something much worse.

Four men wearing masks and carrying guns entered a church in Ferguson, Missouri during Sunday morning service, according to a clip posted on YouTube.

The pastor of the church, Marquaello Futrell, also a former member of law enforcement, noticed something was off about the four men immediately. He quickly spotted their weapons, remained calm but still took decisive action.

Pastor Futrell, not wanting to cause alarm, told his staff to lock the church’s doors and call officers. Then the pastor approached the four men during the service, asking them why they attended that morning’s service.  

Next, the pastor asked all four of the men if it was OK to pray for them. All four of them agreed and then members of the congregation can be seen gathered around them, praying for the four young men. 

The pastor, with his instincts, prayer and God, stopped the four men from inflicting violence upon those in the church. In an interview on Fox News, Pastor Futrell said the four men were wanted for two convenience store robberies that took place just hours before the church service.

Despite his efforts, the pastor gave God the glory for keeping him and the members of his congregation safe.

“We believe God is the greatest power,” he said. “And we cannot be defeated.”

What a powerful clip that shows the power of prayer, God and a pastor who was quick on his feet! God has his hand of protection over the people in that church. 

1 John 5:14 “And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.”

Dancing, much like painting or filmmaking, is an art form that requires discipline, creativity and a fair amount of talent. One couple has shown that they have plenty of all three!

In the video posted on YouTube, the popular hit from the 1960s “Do You Love Me begins playing. As the music starts playing, at least for the first few seconds, all viewers see is a sparsely decorated room. 

At approximately the 10-second mark in the clip, a man and a woman enter the frame. To anyone watching, it’s clear from the very beginning that they have a choreographed dance number ready to go.

The man and the woman take their positions, essentially dead center in frame with about a foot space between them. The chorus begins and the two people start strutting their stuff!

They move flawlessly, backward, forward and side-to-side in sync. Just for a change of pace, they even throw in a few snaps along with the beat of the classic song.

Both even mouth the song's lyrics, while they dance around together in the room. It is evident from the gigantic smiles on their faces that they are thoroughly enjoying themselves!

The nearly three-minute clip is a ton of fun. The couple’s dance routine is one that would have likely taken hours to come up with and then execute to perfection as they do.

Others who commented on the video, mentioned how much they enjoyed the couple’s little dance number.

“Just found this today and boy oh boy, you have made my day much better. I smiled all the way through. Thank you!!” one person wrote.

“The 70 year old lady woke up during the middle of the night with a headache and unable to sleep and now I find I am smiling ear to ear. You both have great moves- I love this. Thank you!” a second person added.

Psalm 30:11 “You have turned for me my mourning into dancing: you have put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness.”

Check out this swoon-worthy figure skating couple as they perform a Riverdance routine. While every step didn’t go as planned, those commenting on social media were beyond impressed by the two beautiful skaters!

Eva Pate (22) and Logan Bye (25) skate their free dance in the 2023 U.S. Figure Skating National Championships. A vision in sapphire and emerald water-color, the pair deliver an extremely technical performance, supplying a dose of Irish art and culture on ice that makes us all wish we had a little green running through our veins!

The song is “Reel Around the Sun” by Bill Whelan—from Scene 1 of Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show. The dance begins slowly, but there is nothing reserved about Eva and Logan’s choreography. Their perfect v-shaped starting stance and their spin at 1:10 captive! At 1:35, Logan lifts Eva, and she turns upside down to place her hands and her weight on his thighs while her feet point upward. When noticing Logan’s slight wobble, one announcer comments that he’s got a “human on a tightrope.” 

At 2:30, the “fun starts,” according to one of the commentators. The tempo picks up, the clapping begins, and their steps remind us of Michael Flatley, the man most often associated with Irish dance. Eva takes a point-costing tumble at 3:00, but it is astonishing how quickly the two recover and continue on! 

By 4:00, the energy has accelerated. Logan holds Eva for a high-speed spin, and they finish the dance with lofty steps, cartwheels, and bows! Eva and Logan smile, but we see their disappointment as they embrace. The fall has impacted their routine, and they know it.

The video shows the replay of their mishap and the rendering of their scores, but don’t stop watching yet. In the final second, Logan says something to Eva, and there is a wonderfully sweet moment between the two. Just an instant. But it’s one that makes everything okay!

Logan and Eva have been skating together since 2019. She’s from Ohio, and he’s from Colorado, but they train in Michigan. And, wherever they are together is home. The two were engaged in 2022! This may not have been their favorite performance, but it was splendid all the same. And, they’ve got lots of days, months, and years to work together on the ice and in life!          

“A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.” Proverbs 17:22

Officers in Michigan recently went above and beyond the call of duty. They provided a special service as they helped a woman who was in a tough spot.

Life is often unpredictable, putting us in unexpected situations and circumstances that can make for an unpleasant experience. One woman, doing her job, delivering DoorDash orders, was involved in a car crash.

The 23-year-old woman, who was 6 months pregnant, and her 2-year-old daughter, who was in the backseat, did not suffer any injuries as a result of the crash, according to the clip posted on YouTube. However, the woman now did not have a way to get the DoorDash orders to her customers.

The young lady, wanting to keep the customers happy, made a special request. She asked the officers at the crash scene if they would deliver the DoorDash orders. 

“I have DoorDash stuff in my, in the car,” she said. “Is there any way you guys can deliver that for me?”

The officer, who answered, sounded surprised by the woman’s request but agreed to help her out of the jam.

“Yeah, sure, I'll take it for you,” he said. “What’s the address?”

In the video, the officer asks how much is in the car as the woman hands him the food items, transferring them from her vehicle. 

The officer at the crash site even informs dispatch of their special assignment.

“They’ve got a DoorDash that’s gotta go, so we’re gonna take it for her,” he said.

The clip ends with the officer delivering the groceries and explaining the situation, which resulted in law enforcement acting as DoorDash drivers. 

What a beautiful video of someone having kindness, compassion and mercy on another. The officers could have very easily denied the young woman’s request. Instead, they provided a helping hand to someone in need.

Ephesians 4:32 “And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.”

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Life can throw some dark and horrible situations our way, but one puppy, given slim chances of survival, beat the odds and is now thriving!

Animals, especially dogs, seem to have the uncanny ability to come back in a big way when things appear bleak. One video posted on YouTube shows the stunning transformation of a dog who was likely to die. 

The video begins by showing Penny in rough shape. The text in the video reads that doctors stated, “there was no way to save her life.” However, those doctors were proven wrong!

But in the following clip, the animal’s inspiring journey back to health is apparent. The text reads, “after a blood transfusion, Penny started to come back.” The animal, held in and wrapped in a blue towel, is fed. 

In the next scene, the animal continues to rebound as it lays on its back while someone plays with the cute puppy. It almost even appears to be smiling! 

Then Penny is reunited with her mother. The video shows Penny struggling to reach her mother as it attempts to nurse. The following few quick clips perfectly capture the progress of the animal. Penny is spotted playing and curiously roaming down the halls. 

However, the clip does not end until showing Penny as a full-grown dog, who has recently graduated from obedience training. Penny is now looking for a forever home, the clip informs viewers.

The clip almost has to be two different dogs. From the sickly-looking puppy at the beginning to the happy, fun-loving dog at the end, Penny’s transformation is amazing!

Life can be cruel, putting us in awful positions where winning does not seem at all possible. However, just as Penny shows us, we cannot give up because you never ever know what God has planned!

James 1:12 “There is a blessing on the man who undergoes testing; because, if he has God’s approval, he will be given the crown of life, which the Lord has said he will give to those who have love for him.”

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Worship is the art of warfare where battle are won. It's the art of inspiration, imagination and intercession. It's where believe thrive and live daily.

Jesus was concerned about fake religion, so He instructed His disciples not to use religious activities to look good in public. He also taught them how to pray and gave them this simple model of prayer.

Effective prayer is not magic; it’s not about speaking the right string of words or using the correct formula.

Instead, it’s about communicating on a heart-to-heart level with the God of the universe.

He gave them a simple model of prayer that includes honoring God as our Father and praying for His coming kingdom. The prayer closes with acknowledgment of God as King of all.

Jesus stressed in the words that immediately follow the prayer

Tiktok may seem like a social media pit for kids, but in God’s hands, it becomes a powerful tool. A daughter’s TikTok videos help save her parents dying restaurant. 

Jennifer Le watched as her parents waited day in and day out for a single customer at their family-owned Lee’s Noodle House restaurant. They had been hard-pressed between the California wildfires and the pandemic. Jennifer watched as they cleaned vacant tables and watched the door. 

The family visited their grandparents' graves and then prayed, asking God for some kind of intervention. But they never expected it to come from Jennifer’s seven-second TikTok post. She posted she felt sad watching her parents waiting for customers to come into the restaurant. 

Second seconds on TikTok was all it took to reach more than a million people online. Customers began to trickle in. When Jennifer told her parents about her post, they were surprised. Then they became grateful. Soon the restaurant was flooded with customers.

It was hard to even get a table, much less find standing room to wait for a take-out order. God is so good. Just when we are at the end of our rope, he intervenes and surprises us in ways we never imagined. May God continue to bless this family, and may they continue to thrive! 

“And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work,” 2 Corinthians 9:8.

Thanks to a good samaritan, this dog finally has something to smile about. A severely matted dog undergoes an incredible transformation after being rescued from the streets. 

Damjan of Serbia noticed this poor pup wandering the streets. Damjan took one look at him and knew he needed to get help for the dog right away. But the dog wasn’t so keen on getting help even though he had to have been in pain. It took over two hours of gentle coaxing and a few treats before Damjan got the dog into a kennel. 

That’s when the transformation happens. The dog realizes he’s in good hands, and a glimmer of hope shines through his eyes. The dog was taken to a vet and put under sedation to remove the matting. It was so severe his entire body was shaved. It took several hours to remove all the matted fur. Damjan explained, “His fur was so heavy and so hard. It was like a piece of wood.”

Typically when dogs are groomed, sedation isn’t needed, but the Vet wanted to spare the dog the pain of removing so much fur. Several hours later, the weight had been lifted. Underneath the matting was a gorgeous black dog who was ready for belly scratches. 

The dog came out of the grooming session looking like a new dog. Later, the video reveals a happy dog enjoying a walk with Damjan. He was surprised at how well-trained the dog seemed to be. 

“He’s walking near my leg. The leash is not tight. He’s not pulling. I don’t have to pull him,” Damjan said as he took the dog for a walk to stretch his legs. It seems the dog was incredibly grateful for the help he received from Damjan. This sweet dog not only got a second chance, but he also became a traveler too. He was adopted by a family in England, and now he’s living the life he deserves.

Life is not always a fun and enjoyable time. In fact, there are often many instances when circumstances and situations are rather challenging, demanding and unpleasant. 

Unfortunately, everyone will encounter these unpleasant and troubling times, at one time or another. In fact, God’s Word tells us that we will all experience such trials and tribulations on this earth.

In a video posted on YouTube, Grammy-nominated Christian music artist Anne Wilson read off one of her favorite pieces of Scripture, which comes from 1 Peter.

“In this, you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be you have been grieved by various trials,” she reads. “That the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire may be found to praise, honor and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ.”

What a wonderful promise from God that, even during troubles, He is still working and is in control!

Anne also states that those verses come from 1 Peter 6-7. The musician also explains why those words from the New Testament book mean so much to her.

“I love that Scripture and the reminder that we’re going to go through hard times on this earth,” she said. “We’re going to suffer through things. But there’s a promise that it’s going to be OK in the end, that God has a plan and it’s all for his glory and honor.”

Yes, it is true that all of us will endure these awful, even painful periods of time. However, God’s Word also mentions, throughout the Bible, that He will never leave us or forsake us during our time of need. 

Hebrews 13:5 “Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, ‘I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.’”