Inspiration Report

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Former NFL running back Peyton Hillis is reported to be in critical condition in the ICU after saving his kids from drowning in the ocean. The incident happened in Pensacola, FL where Hillis had to be airlifted to a nearby hospital after a “swimming accident” when trying to save his children from downing. His children…

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Some positive developments are happening as prayers continue to pour in for Damar Hamlin, the 24-year-old Buffalo Bills player who collapsed and went into cardiac arrest on Monday night during a game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Bills. According to Hamlin’s agent, Hamlin opened his eyes and has been holding his family member’s hands…

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“Wonder Years” star Danica McKellar recently discussed her faith and how her life was changed forever this year after receiving Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior. The 47-year-old joined Great American Family actress Candace Cameron Bure on Bure’s podcast to discuss faith and how they celebrate Christmas. They didn’t get far into the conversation…

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Jeremy Renner took to Instagram thanking supporters for sharing their thoughts and prayers after he was involved in a snowplow accident. “Thank you all for your kind words,” he wrote. “Im too messed up now to type. But I send love to you all.” The accident happened on New Year’s Day after a family member’s…

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Patricia Heaton, the star of “Everybody Loves Raymond” took to Twitter to share that she had finally completed reading her whole Bible for the first time. “A year in the making. I finally did it!” she wrote. Her post included a video where she shared her experience. “Sunday, December 18, a year ago today, I decided…

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Former Nickelodeon star Jamie Lynn Spears — the younger sister of singer Britney Spears — said it’s “a miracle” her daughter Maddie survived a nearly fatal accident five years ago. When she was eight years old, Maddie crashed the all-terrain vehicle she was driving, hurling her into a pond, where she remained submerged under water for…

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One high school senior received a truly life-changing gift. Ian Vinziant has been walking two miles to his job at Buffalo Wild Wings and one-and-a-half miles to Gardendale High School in Alabama every day, according to WBRC-TV. That’s why his coworkers decided to work together to get the teenager a car. “I really didn’t know…

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Everyone has had moments where they wanted to disappear for a while. Life’s problems are too much to bear, so we think disappearing will improve everything. Those were Johnny Cash’s thoughts when he walked into Nickajack Cave in 1967. In “Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon,” a documentary detailing Cash’s inspirational story based…

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An “amateur phone collective” in Philadelphia is working to bring back pay phones to the city without the actual payment. PhilTel, a volunteer organization that launched in June, opened its first free-to-use payphone on December 17 at Iffy Books, a hacker-focused bookshop and workshop in the Center City district. Mike Dank, one of the organization’s founders,…

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Award-winning Christian filmmaker Alex Kendrick shares lessons he learned during two medical battles this year, including a mild stroke that placed him in the hospital. “God is good,” he told Christian Headlines. Kendrick, the director of such faith-based hits as War Room and Overcomer, had a mild stroke in March and recently had surgery to remove melanoma skin…

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