Inspirational Stories Archives

5 Ways Volunteering Can Help You Find Your Next Job

By Lisa Swan3 min read

You can find a new career while helping others

On her birthday, Michelle Adams rekindles the dreams God has for her.

Who’s Too Old?

By Michelle Medlock Adams3 min read

No matter your age, you can still fulfill the plans that God has for your life.

Like this puppy peeking out, even when you're hiding, God sees you.

Hide and Seek with God

By Peggy Frezon3 min read

The Lord always sees us with grace-filled love, even if we're hiding in the hostas…

Max Lucado author of the new book Before Amen

‘Before Amen: The Power of a Simple Prayer’

By Rick Hamlin3 min read

Max Lucado’s new book offers simple, heart-felt advice on how to stengthen your own prayer life and grow closer to God.

Editors at the Guideposts Writers Workshop.

Message from a Stranger

By Diana Aydin2 min read

Has God ever sent someone to speak straight to your soul?

Bill Courtney sits in the empty stands at his football team's practice field.

The Healing That Forgiveness Brings

By Bill Courtney8 min read

This football coach turned a team of disadvantaged teens into winners. But inside he was still the boy who yearned to see his father cheering in the stands.

Are you voting this Election Day? Photo by Koksharov Dmitry, Thinkstock.

Election Day: Are You Voting?

By Edward Grinnan2 min read

Honor our Founding Fathers by showing up at the voting booth.

Divine Intervention on a Grand Scale

By Carolyn Choate-Turnbull6 min read

It was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime. Only now, with advanced breast cancer, she wasn’t sure how long that lifetime would be.

Peggy Frezon's pups pose with 'Dogs to the Rescue' Book by M.R. Wells

‘Dogs to the Rescue’: A Devotional for Dog Lovers

By Peggy Frezon3 min read

This devotional from M.R. Wells connects Bible lessons with our pets' unconditional love.

A gift of detergent returned in equal measure. Photo by Neil Kendall, Thinkstock

A Good Measure

By julia-attaway2 min read

A kindness in the laundry room brings scripture to life.

Menachem Rosensaft learns how his father survived the Holocaust.

The Miracle of Block 11

By Daniel Kessel7 min read

Josef knew that the punishment for plotting to escape was death, but he continued to plan.

Travis Ishikawa hits home run for San Francisco Giants

A Giants Fan’s Generous Act

By Lisa Swan3 min read

Frank Burke gave back the home-run ball that put the San Francisco Giants in the World Series but he got something even more special in return.