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Soldier Experiences Protective Hand of GodPrinter view
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Topics: Adversity, Circumstances and faith, Danger, Experiencing God, Faith, God, God, compassion of, God, faithfulness of, God, goodness of, God, grace of, God, greatness of, God, love of, God, mercy of, God, omnipotence of, God, omnipresence of, God, power of, God, presence of, God, protection of, God, providence of, God, provision of, God, sovereignty of, God, trustworthiness of, God, works of, Heroes, Memorial Day, Prayer, Prayer to God, Prayer, answered, Prayer, answers to, Prayer, believing, Prayer, believing in, Prayer, earnestness in, Prayer, importance of, Prayer, need for, Prayer, persistence in, Prayer, power of, Prayers, Prayers, answered, Prayers, answers to, Protection, Providence, Provision, Remembrance, Spiritual growth, Spiritual Transformation, War
Filters: Everyday Disciples, International, Stories
References: Psalm 23, Psalm 32:7, Psalm 40:11, Psalm 69:29, Psalm 91, Psalm 94:19, Psalm 121, Psalm 140:4, Matthew 7:7-8, Luke 18:1-8, Ephesians 6:18, Philippians 4:6-7, Colossians 4:2, 1 Thessalonians 5:17, James 5:13-16, 1 Peter 5:7, 1 John 5:14-15
Tone: Commend

While serving in Iraq, Courtney Birdsey experienced the protective hand of God, forever changing her. She says:

On one of [our] missions, my unit made a return trip to Samarra, north of Baghdad, to gather data. As we were leaving the town, the Humvee I was riding in approached a tank from behind. A soldier riding on the tank gave us an urgent "turn around" signal. We didn't hesitate to follow orders. ...


Woman Flees Pagan Lifestyle, Hearing Is RestoredPrinter view
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Topics: Accepting Christ, Agnosticism, Atheism, Awakenings, Belief, Born again, Conversion, Conviction, Experiencing God, Faith, False Teaching, God, greatness of, God, power of, Healing, Help from God, Lostness, Miracles, New life, New man, Old man, Power, divine, Rebirth, Receiving Christ, Redemption, Salvation, Signs and Wonders, Skepticism, Sorcery, Stumbling blocks, Supernatural Occurrences, Surrender, Unbelief, Witchcraft, World, Worldliness, Worldview
Filters: Everyday Disciples, Stories
References: Exodus 15:26, Psalm 103:3, Proverbs 3:5, Ecclesiastes 1:12-18, Matthew 8:17, Matthew 11:28, John 3:3, John 11:38-44, Acts 3:19, 1 Corinthians 1:17-31, 2 Corinthians 5:17, James 5:13-16, 1 Peter 2:24, 1 John 4:19, Revelation 22:17
Tone: Commend

In his book The Unexpected Journey, Thom Rainer shares the story of Kathi, a woman who left behind a life of witchcraft and Wiccan paganism to become a follower of Jesus Christ. Immediately after her decision to become a Christian, she describes to Thom how God delivered her from the powers of evil in her life, as well as her physical deafness (Kathi had been suffering progressive hearing loss for ...


Finding God in IraqPrinter view
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Topics: Adversity, Circumstances and faith, Comfort, Contentment, Danger, Experiencing God, Faith, God, God, compassion of, God, evidence for, God, evidence of, God, faithfulness of, God, glory of, God, goodness of, God, grace of, God, greatness of, God, invisible, God, love of, God, mercy of, God, omnipotence of, God, omnipresence of, God, power of, God, presence of, God, protection of, God, providence of, God, provision of, God, sovereignty of, God, trustworthiness of, God, works of, Heroes, Memorial Day, Music, Peace, Prayer, Prayer, intercessory, Prayers, Protection, Providence, Provision, Spiritual perception, War, Worship
Filters: Editor's Choice, Everyday Disciples, International, Stories
References: Psalm 19:1-4, Psalm 23, Psalm 139:7-10, Matthew 28:20, Ephesians 5:19, Philippians 4:7, Colossians 3:16
Tone: Commend

In 1993, Lt. Col. Gary Morsch joined the Army Reserves as a doctor to care not only for U.S. soldiers, but also for wounded civilians and prisoners of war. In 2005, as a part of the war in Iraq, he was called up to serve as the field doctor for a battalion near the Iranian border. He would take care of soldiers in the medical tent, provide supervision and training to eight combat medics, and visit ...


Telltale Signs of Picasso's ArtPrinter view
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Topics: Arts, Beauty, Creation, Creativity, Creator, Evolution, God, greatness of, God, omnipotence of, God, works of, Nature, Philosophy, Science, Theology, World, Worldview
Filters: Famous People, Free, Stories
References: Genesis 1, Genesis 2, Psalm 19:1-4, Romans 1:20, Romans 8:18-23, Colossians 1:15-20
Tone: Commend

In his book The Cell's Design: How Chemistry Reveals the Creator's Artistry, Fanzale Rana gives the following account of the approach used to authenticate a piece of artwork by Picasso, often referred to as The Unknown Masterpiece:

In the early 1970s, a junk dealer came across five ink drawings while clearing out a deceased woman's apartment in London. He hung onto them for several years, [and then] ...


A Lesson About Spiritual Warfare from Alexander the GreatPrinter view
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Topics: Boldness, Bondage, spiritual, Christian life, Courage, Demons, Devil, Evil, Fear, God, God, attributes of, God, creator, God, eternal, God, glory of, God, greatness of, God, immutability of, God, infinite, God, majesty of, God, omnipotence of, God, omnipresence of, God, omniscience of, God, power of, God, protection of, God, sovereignty of, Hindrances, Obstacles, Oppression, Satan, Seen and unseen, Sovereignty of God, Spiritual warfare, Supernatural Occurrences, Temptation
Filters: Famous People, History, Stories
References: Deuteronomy 3:24, Job 38:4-7, Psalm 8:3-4, Psalm 19:1-6, Psalm 145:3, Matthew 4:9, Matthew 8:28-34, Mark 5:1-20, Luke 8:26-39, Acts 2:42-47, 1 Corinthians 12:14-27, 2 Corinthians 10:3-5, 2 Corinthians 11:14, Ephesians 6:10-18, Hebrews 3:6, Hebrews 10:25, James 4:7, 1 Peter 2:17, 1 Peter 5:8-9
Tone: Neutral/Mixed

We can actually learn a lot about some of Satan's strategies in spiritual warfare by studying the military strategies of some of the warriors of old. In his book Head Game, author Tim Downs writes:

Psy-ops stands for Psychological Operations, a form of warfare as old as the art of war itself. An early example of this can be found in the battle strategies of Alexander the Great. On one occasion when ...


Dutch Artist Creates Cell Phone Number for GodPrinter view
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Topics: Experiencing God, God, God, faithfulness of, God, greatness of, God, holiness of, God, infinite, God, invisible, God, love of, God, omnipresence of, God, omniscience of, God, presence of, God, providence of, God, provision of, God, silence of, God, trustworthiness of, God's love, God's Presence, Prayer, Prayer to God, Prayer, answered, Prayer, answers to, Prayer, believing, Prayer, believing in, Prayer, importance of, Prayer, need for, Prayer, persistence in, Prayer, power of, Prayer, unanswered, Prayerlessness, Prayers, Prayers, answered, Prayers, answers to
Filters: International, Stories
References: Psalm 23:4, Psalm 55:1-2, Psalm 77:1, Psalm 139:7-10, Matthew 6:9-15, Matthew 8:18-22, Luke 11:1-13, Luke 14:25-35, Romans 8:26-27, 1 Thessalonians 5:17, 2 Timothy 4:9-11
Tone: Neutral/Mixed

In March of 2009, Dutch artist Johan van der Dong decided God needed a telephone number. So, he got him one. A cell phone number to be exact—to show that God was "available anywhere and anytime." "In earlier times you would go to a church to say a prayer," Dong said in an interview, "and now [this is an] opportunity to just make a phone call and say your prayer in a modern way."

It seems a lot ...


St. Augustine on the Vastness of the Trinity Printer view
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Topics: Awe, Doctrine, Experiencing God, God, attributes of, God, greatness of, God, majesty of, God, sovereignty of, Human limitations, Mystery, Theology, Trinity, Wonder
Filters: Church History, Stories
References: Genesis 1:26-27, Matthew 28:19, Luke 3:16, John 4:23-24, John 14:26, 2 Corinthians 13:14, 1 Peter 1:2
Tone: Neutral/Mixed

Shortly after [St. Augustine had finished his theological tome On the Trinity], he was walking along the Mediterranean shore on the coast of North Africa when he chanced upon a boy who kept filling a bucket with seawater and pouring it into a large hole in the sand.

"Why are you doing that?" Augustine asked the boy.

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"My dear boy, what an impossible thing to try to do!" chided Augustine. "The sea ...


The Beautiful Mystery of the Trinity Printer view
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Topics: Awe, Doctrine, Experiencing God, God, attributes of, God, greatness of, God, majesty of, God, sovereignty of, Human limitations, Mystery, Theology, Trinity, Wonder
Filters: Christian Culture, Free
References: Genesis 1:26-27, Matthew 28:19, Luke 3:16, John 4:23-24, John 14:26, 2 Corinthians 13:14, 1 Peter 1:2
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Here's the beautiful thing: you don't need to fully understand the Trinity to worship the Trinity, pray to the Trinity, and enter into the life of the Trinity.

They tell me that deep within the core of the sun, the temperature is 27 million degrees. The pressure is 340 billion times what it is here on Earth. And in the sun's core, that insanely hot temperature and unthinkable pressure combine to create ...


Teenager Tries to Call the PresidentPrinter view
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Topics: Christian practices, Experiencing God, God, God, glory of, God, grace of, God, greatness of, God, omnipotence of, Grace, Human limitations, Intercession, Prayer, Prayer, importance of, Prayer, persistence in, Prayer, power of, Spiritual disciplines
Filters: Free, Stories, Youth & Children
References: Matthew 7:7-12, Luke 11:1-13, Luke 18:1-8, Romans 5:2, Ephesians 2:18, Hebrews 4:14-16
Tone: Neutral/Mixed

Access to the most powerful leader in the world—the President of the United States of America—is granted only to the few who have successfully passed through a series of detailed, cautious checkpoints. A Norway teen created quite a stir in the United States when he challenged the system, boldly dialing a secret phone number for the White House. Sixteen-year-old Vifill Atlason claims he ...


Yancey on the Vast Nature of the UniversePrinter view
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Topics: Beauty, Creator, God, attributes of, God, evidence of, God, glory of, God, greatness of, God, majesty of, God, omnipotence of, God, omnipresence of, God, omniscience of, God, power of, God, sovereignty of, God, works of, Life, Nature, World
Filters: Quotes, Statistics
References: Job 36:26, Psalm 8, Psalm 19:1-6, Psalm 145:3, Isaiah 40, Isaiah 57:15, Romans 1:20
Tone: Commend

The vastness of our universe allows us a glimpse of the might and majesty of our Creator. Philip Yancey gives the following description to help us appreciate the scale of that universe:

If the Milky Way galaxy were the size of the entire continent of North America, our solar system would fit in a coffee cup. Even now, two Voyager spacecraft are hurtling toward the edge of the solar system at a rate ...

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