Years ago my husband and I were going through financial problems and I was distraught with worry. Then I read Philippians 4:6-7, which told me not to be anxious about anything, but to bring everything to the Lord in prayer, with thanksgiving. After I turned everything over to the Lord and started giving thanks to Him, faith filled me and I received...

Years ago, when we were young, my brother Gene had a dance band for which I played. He asked an attractive teenage girl to sing with his band, but she never got to do so. Her mother just had a baby and was suffering from post-partum depression. Her husband often spent his evenings at a tavern. One night, after her five children were in bed, the weary...

"Ann, you have everything anyone could ever want!" a friend of hers exclaimed one day. "Oh, yes," she answered, "I have a beautiful home, all kinds of material things and a good husband. But what good are all these things if I feel like a walking zombie? I'm sick of taking tranquilizers and sleeping pills. This is no way to live!" Ann had been...

Years ago, when I was a young bride, I was fortunate enough to read a book that contained comparatively new ideas: You Are What You Eat. It set forth the importance of vitamins and minerals for our physical well-being, and I think I can give part of the credit for the energy and good health I enjoy today to that revolutionary book! Up until the...

Do you know some handicapped persons who amaze you by their positive attitudes? I do. After a 29-year record of traffic safety, a Pennsylvania man had his driver's license revoked because he had no arms.  After it was brought to the governor's attention, however, the State Motor Vehicle Department was ordered to reconsider the decision and allow...

One morning I awoke to find my eyes glued shut!  It was scary! I tried and tried to open them - and when I succeeded, the pain was excruciating! What in the world is wrong? I wondered.  After several days of this, I discovered that if I slowly pushed up the lids, it didn't hurt as much. I mentioned my problem to my neighbor, Evelyn.  "Oh, you...

Daily Devotional for Men: Overcoming Worry Can worry actually make a person sick? Yes, it really happens. "The deep-seated fear of not having enough money is responsible for nine out of ten illnesses in this country," says Dr. Irene Hickman of California State University in Sacramento. "In addition, it prolongs other illnesses by aggravating...