Inspirational Videos

One young woman got the extraordinary opportunity, thanks to the Walt Disney Company and Make-A-Wish, to live out her dream as a princess and perform two of her favorite songs.

The Walt Disney Company is a place that has built its brand on nostalgia, magic and allowing people to realize their dreams. Disney is the home of Mickey Mouse, Pluto, Donald Duck and dozens of other memorable characters. It's more than just beloved characters and animated films. Disney is a place that lets kids battling life-threatening conditions be kids again and forget their harsh and unfair reality for a few hours.

In a clip posted on YouTube, Mikayla documents her dream coming true thanks to the Walt Disney Company and the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Mikayla, as she mentions at the beginning of the clip, wanted to perform at Disney – at the Once Upon a Wish Ball. She adds that her wish was the 150,000th one granted by the House of Mouse.

To get her dream underway, the young woman heads into a sound recording studio and works with a Walt Disney music producer. The woman gives Mikayla some helpful tips, hints and pointers, as the video shows. 

After her time in the studio was over, Mikayla was off to costuming to get fitted for her big performance. She spots two dazzlingly beautiful dresses but ultimately does settle on one.

Then, Mikayla was sent to rehearsal. She practiced with several professional singers before her big performance the following evening. The young woman more than holds her own with those seasoned professionals. 

When the time comes for Mikayla to take the stage for her big performance, she knocks it out of the park. She seems right at home on stage, not showing any nerves or apprehension. 

By the end of the clip, Mikayla is overwhelmed with emotion. She is in tears as she lovingly and tenderly hugs her parents. 

Galatians 6:9 “Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.”

One woman, Julie Chen Moonves, the former host of “The Talk” and “Big Brother” talked about how she came into a personal relationship with God during a difficult period in her life – personally and professionally.

Life is a series of ups and downs. It comes with unexpected twists and turns, sometimes with detours that take us to places we never expected to be. These struggles, hardships and trials will often cause people to reach out and search for answers. 

In Julie Chen Moonves’ case, trials and difficulties in her personal and professional life led her to a personal relationship with the Creator of the universe. Julie’s husband, the former head of CBS, Les Moonves, was accused of sexual misconduct by several women. In a clip posted on YouTube, Julie talks about herself before and after finding God.

“Julie Chen, before she found God, was a self-absorbed, career-minded, vain, gossipy, fun to be with,” Julie said. “But probably kind of a shallow person.”

She mentioned how much she has changed since finding faith and starting a walk with the Lord.

“Julie Chen Moonves, who now knows the Lord, is someone who wants to help others,” she said. “Who wants to look at everyone with a soft heart.”

Also, in the clip, Julie was asked about prayer and whether she believes that she is actually communicating with God. 

“Yes, but what I love is I do not need to come to a church or sit before a cross to pray,” Julie said.

During the interview, Julie even prayed. She thanked the Lord for allowing her to live another day and “come together.”

Julie also stated that even when people find Christ, as she did, that does not mean it’s going to be nothing but rainbows and roses.

“We all go through hard times in this world and our life,” Julie said. “And mine are not over just because I found Christ. I think we need to keep our focus on Him.”

1 John 1:9 “If we say openly that we have done wrong, he is upright and true to his word, giving us forgiveness of sins and making us clean from all evil.”

One of the biggest, most recognizable names in Christian music, Lauren Daigle, who has experienced loneliness and depression, shares her story and how she hopes to help others undergoing something similar. 

The world is a sad, dangerous and lonely place. Many in society are lonely, feeling as if they have no one to turn to or talk to when hardships and trying situations occur. This is a situation and a feeling that Lauren knows all too well.

In a clip posted on YouTube, the “You Say” singer opens up about her experiences with loneliness and how that impacted her mental health. Specifically, she talked about her life before the pandemic and how quickly everything in her career and life was moving. Then 2020 happened, and everything dramatically changed.

She states that in addition to loneliness, she experienced bouts of depression and anxiety. Her life was "absolutely spinning out of control." She started therapy and saw a neurologist to help her through this difficult period. However, Lauren says that she is grateful for this time in her life. 

“Through the panic and through the anxiety, I said, ‘God, you have to return to me the joy of my salvation,’” Lauren said. ‘Like, the true joy. I don’t want to be, I don’t want to sit here and go through life just maintaining. I want to go through life with exuberance, with zeal, with passion.’”

Lauren mentions that when people let the Creator of the universe come into their lives and do that, it can completely change their perspective. 

“And when you allow God to come into those broken places, and say, ‘I’ll return to you the joy of your salvation,’ it is, like, this beautiful lens gets added to your eyes,” Lauren said. “And you’re able to see through, it’s like a glory filter. Like walking through life and seeing the Kingdom versus the things in the natural. Like looking at scenarios and saying, ‘Oh, I can run into that scenario because I know who has me.’”

In the clip, Lauren mentioned how she was motivated by Paul and his words to the Romans when he wrote about rejoicing even during suffering. 

Lauren says that despite all her fame and recognition, she desires to use all that to assist her fellow man. She wants to help others feel less lonely.

“I want to be someone who is known as helping eradicate loneliness,” Lauren said. “Because I remember, before I was ever doing music, being in high school, being in junior high, l would look for the lonely person in the room. For whatever reason, God highlighted loneliness to me.”

Lauren rightly mentions that talking to others, caring about their needs and seeing and meeting others where they are is in keeping with God’s commandment to love your neighbor as yourself. 

Mark 12:31 “The second is this, ‘Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.’ There is none other commandment greater than these.”

A woman in Texas said she felt moved by the Lord to help a man she saw walking on the side of the road.

Life is a series of unexpected events and situations, many of which come with more than enough worries, stresses and anxieties. Of course, those stressful and worrisome circumstances can negatively impact an individual and an entire family. That’s why random acts of kindness can have monumental, life-changing consequences.

Heath Nelson knows how much a stranger’s act of love and kindness can mean during a difficult time. He would ride his electric bicycle to work every day, but when it broke down and stopped functioning, Heath was left without many options, according to KBTX News.

Needing to still make a living but without a mode of transportation to get him to his place of employment, Heath did the only thing he could do. He began walking two hours to and from work. 

“I try to do what I can to pay my bills,” Heath told KBTX.

However, little did he know that someone he didn’t even know, Rebecca Wendt, saw that he needed help. She saw him on the side of the road as he made his trek to work day after day. 

“It was just like God bopped me over the head and said, ‘Find out where that man lives and what his needs are,’” Rebecca said.

After getting in touch with Heath, and learning about his situation, Rebecca got to work. She posted a message on social media, hoping to raise money to purchase Heath a new bike. 

The outlet reports that only two hours later, Rebecca, thanks to the generosity of others, had raised more than $1,000 for Heath’s new electric bike. Rebecca then purchased the new bike and promptly delivered it to Heath, someone she had never even met in person before that moment.

“It’s emotional,” Heath said. “It brought tears to my eyes. You know, I mean, what she gave me was remarkable.”

But that was not all. Rebecca gave Heath the rest of the money raised, which had not been spent on the new bike. It’s money that Heath will use to buy a set of dentures.

“Oh, it’s a blessing, trust me,” said Heath. “The Lord works in mysterious ways.”

Ephesians 4:32 “And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.”

One cute, furry, four-legged creature could not contain her excitement when spotting her owners after being separated from them for several weeks.

Several animals are mentioned in Genesis, as God was creating day, night, the oceans and man. Animals are special beings who are all members of God’s creation. As such, he bestowed upon them a certain level of intelligence – much higher than most of the population would like to admit. 

A clip posted on YouTube shows how one animal, a Siberian husky named Ashley, instantly recognized her owners despite being away from them for weeks. The dog was unable to withhold her joy at seeing her owners, jumping and pawing incessantly at the glass barrier separating them.

The video mentions that Ashley became lost and separated after the animal walked out a door that had been left open by someone tasked with watching Ashley. To make matters worse, Ashley’s owners could not track her movements or locations. The Siberian husky had not been microchipped.

Understandably, after weeks apart and without a way to electronically track her, Ashley’s owners began to lose hope. They started to believe that reuniting with their beloved pooch was not in the cards. 

But then something unexpected happened. 

Ashley had been picked up and thought to be a stray, taken to an animal shelter nearly 250 miles from her home. The clip points out that “an advocate for lost and found dogs” spotted what they believed to be Ashley’s photo and contacted her owners. The next day, Ashley’s owners made the trek to the animal shelter and discovered that it was, in fact, their lost beloved four-legged friend.

The video shows the moment Ashley first spotted her owners. She is lying on the ground, but when she sees her owner, Ashley's demeanor changes. The animal runs up to the glass and desperately tries to find a way to get out from behind the piece of glass that separates her from the owners.

Proverbs 12:10 “An upright man has thought for the life of his beast, but the hearts of evildoers are cruel.”

One mother is warning other parents about the danger of magnets in refillable water balloons after her 8-year-old girl was rushed to the hospital screaming in pain.

Parents hope for and desire nothing more than for their children to enjoy a safe, happy and carefree childhood. Whenever that is not the case, whether it be due to a disease, an illness or some other reason, parents can be left feeling distraught and hopeless. Unfortunately, one mother in Ohio experienced that feeling of helplessness, and she’s now warning other parents.

In a clip posted on YouTube, Kelley Whitty recalls the traumatizing and scary situation that resulted in her 8-year-old daughter, Leah, having to be sedated at the hospital. Medical professionals then worked to remove six magnets from the child’s nose.

Kelley states that the situation began innocently enough after Leah had finished enjoying time in the pool at a friend’s house. 

“I got a call from the friend’s mom, and she was like, ‘Hey, we were all in the pool.’ Leah got out, grabbed a towel, wiped her face and just started screaming,’” Kelley said.

No one was sure what was happening with the child. Leah mentioned she was experiencing “burning and stinging in her nose.” Unsure of what was happening, Kelley took her daughter to the hospital for help.

At first, those medical professionals were baffled as well. But as they continued working, they spotted something shiny in the youngster’s nose. The child had six magnets in her nostrils – four on one side and two on the other. The magnets had “bonded in each side of her nose,” Kelley said.

“Nobody ever wants to see their children hurt or in pain,” Kelley said. “And then the fact that I kind of sit back in the corner of the room and watch these doctors and nurses lay on top of her and try to remove these. I kind of had to comfort her from a distance. That was really hard.”

A doctor in the clip stated that if someone were to swallow multiple magnets, they could potentially try and bond and may damage tissues or intestines. 

Proverbs 22:6 “If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old, he will not be turned away from it.”

Animals living in deplorable conditions were rescued, received the necessary medical treatment, rehabilitated and then released back into their natural habitat or placed in animal sanctuaries.

Animals are members of God’s creation. They were placed on Earth by the same God who created man and also hung the sun, moon and stars in place. As such, they deserve love, care, kindness and respect.

A clip posted on YouTube shows some of the best, but also some of the worst behavior of human beings. The video shows people rescuing animals that had been mistreated and endured some horrendous conditions. After rescuing the animals, different groups of people helped to nurse them back to health and later released them into the wild.

The clip begins in 2016 with the rescue of two orangutans. The video mentions the two animals were “living in deplorable conditions.” So, over the course of five years, the two orangutans were rehabilitated in what is called “forest school.” 

They were then released back into the Asian forest. 

The next story the clip mentions is that of Martha, a 17-year-old brown bear. The bear, up until it was rescued, had spent its entire 17-year existence in captivity. In addition to being kept in small, confined spaces, the bear was also not “fed well.”

Martha, after her rescue, was taken to a veterinarian, where the animal was thoroughly examined. The bear was transported to an animal sanctuary where other bears were currently residing. 

The clip ends with the story of a nearly 30-year-old chimpanzee, Vanilla. Vanilla had spent its entire life locked up in a testing lab. But in June 2023, the animal finally took its first steps outside.

The look on the animal’s face, as it gazes up into the sky and gets its first glance at the sun, is moving and priceless.

Genesis 1:21 “And God created great whales, and every living creature that moves, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.”

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