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Two people, given their identical appearance, were able to pull off quite a hilarious hospital prank on an unsuspecting nurse. 

Hospitals or emergency rooms are not places anyone wants to visit. Trips to the hospital do not often result in fun, laughter or joy. Instead, it’s usually to correct a situation causing discomfort or pain – which is rarely, if ever, a laughing matter. But two men, who happen to be twins, used their similar appearances to pull a fun, light-hearted prank on a hospital employee, according to Sunny Skyz.

The short clip, posted on Instagram, begins with a balding, middle-aged man in a hospital gown limping out into a hospital hallway. The nurse, after spotting the man struggling to walk, races over to him and informs him of the potential danger of his actions.

“Where are you going?” the nurse asks. “This is very dangerous. You have to stop!”

Despite the nurse’s stern warning and admonishment, the “hospital patient” continues to move. At one point, he begins moving his leg up and throws in a few hops. The man even fakes a fall as the nurse holds onto his left arm. 

“I’m not kidding,” she said. “Joking? Stop! Look at me! Look at me! I’m not joking!”

By this point, as the nurse begs and pleads for the patient to stop moving about, there is a chorus of laughter. No one can contain themselves as they watch the nurse react with anger and horror. 

Eventually, the man behind the camera taps the nurse on the shoulder and points her toward the man’s hospital room. Much to the nurse’s surprise, the hospital bed is occupied. The man who has just undergone hip surgery remains in the bed. 

The nurse, after she realizes that she has been pranked, can do nothing else but bury her face in her hands. Her eyes say it all. She is both surprised and relieved.

Proverbs 17:22 “A glad heart makes a healthy body, but a crushed spirit makes the bones dry.”

Legendary entertainer, Dick Van Dyke, is not slowing down despite having recently turned 98 years old.

Aging, unfortunately, is something that happens to every single person. Time makes no exceptions, stopping for no one. While aging and getting older will impact everyone, how one looks at and approaches the aging process can have a big impact on life. 

Despite being in his late 90s, the incomparable Dick Van Dyke still has a terrific outlook on aging and getting older. In a clip posted on YouTube, the “Marry Poppins” star mentioned that he still enjoys a full life and even enjoys going to work every day.

“It’s such a blessing to find a way of making a living that you love, that you’d do for nothing,” Dick said. “I feel so sorry for people who hate their jobs. I look forward to going to work every morning.”

Dick states that he tries to avoid thinking about aging by continually making friends and staying active. He added that he still goes to the gym three days a week and sings with his group, The Vantastix.

“Getting your living done first,” Dick said. “And have the nerve to try something. Failure’s OK.”

In the interview, Dick also looked back upon his storied career. The video mentions that early on, Dick stated that he only wanted to be in family-friendly films that his children could watch. That led to him being cast in such films as “Mary Poppins” and “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.”

Decades after those films were released, Dick says that he still gets fan mail, most of which is from children who are experiencing those films for the first time. He says that he gets more letters from fans now than he did when those movies first came out. 

Dick also revealed that he nearly played a legendary spy who is licensed to kill.

“I could have been James Bond,” Dick said. 

He states that he was considered for the role after Sean Connery stepped away from those films and that role.

“When Sean Connery left, the producers said, ‘Would you like to be the next Bond?’ I said, ‘Have you heard my British accent?’” Dick said.

What a legendary and inspirational figure who has experienced a storied career and life. 

Proverbs 20:29 “The glory of young men is their strength; and the beauty of old men is the grey head.”

A young woman’s simple act of kindness and love toward a little boy in a wheelchair resulted in a friendship and changed that child’s life and outlook.

Life can deal some crushing blows and devastating circumstances. It’s not always a fair experience. In fact, life seemingly gives some people more than their fair share of hardships and trials. But our attitude during and following those trying situations can have a massive impact on others.

In a clip posted on YouTube, a woman, Hannah Hutzley, who suffered a catastrophic injury that landed her in a wheelchair, forged a relationship with a child also in a wheelchair. They were able to bond and connect over wheelies in a hardware store.

“Just this little faint whisper of a ‘Hi,’” Hannah said. “So, I look over, and there’s just this sweet little kid, with these little curious eyes, and I was, like, ‘Oh, hi.’ And this is the first time I’ve ever seen a kid in a wheelchair in person. He, like, whispers again to me, ‘Do you know how to do wheelies?’”

Hannah answered the young man, mentioning she knew how to do them. She then began popping wheelies in the middle of the hardware store, much to the sweet young man’s delight.

After the wheelies in the hardware store, Hannah and the young man have gotten ice cream several times. They even have wheelchair races and play “choo-choo train.”

The young man’s dad mentioned that Hannah and her kindness have had a massive impact on the young man. He wants to help around the house and wants to go out and experience life, refusing to let his wheelchair stop him. His father said that his son wants to be just like Hannah.

Later in the interview, Hannah mentioned how the young man has impacted her and changed her perspective on life. 

“It’s, like, you have this really awful terrible thing happen to you, but then you see it in the eyes of a kid. And they just, they don’t see it that way. They just see it as, ‘Oh, cool. You have a wheelchair, you know, you’re like a car. You’re like this toy.’”

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 father had a sweet and moving reaction after hearing that his son had been offered a college scholarship.

Parents want nothing more than for their children to be happy and healthy and to succeed in life. That’s why nothing causes a mother or a father more pain than to see their child going through hardships and trials. Moms and dads would do anything and everything in their power to alleviate their child’s pain. 

Similarly, nothing brings a parent greater joy than when their child succeeds. Parents want to see their children experience joy and happiness, no matter the occasion or situation. A clip posted on YouTube shows how much one father was overwhelmed, breaking down in tears after being informed that his son had been offered a scholarship to college.

The short but moving clip begins with a young man, wearing football gear, informing his dad, who leans against a chain-link fence, about the good news. He starts by telling his father he’s going to update his wardrobe.

“You might as well buy some TSU shirts to rep at the games,” the young man says.

However, his father does not immediately understand what his son is trying to tell him. The dad responds that he will continue wearing what he has because it has his son’s nickname.

The young man comes clean with his good news, telling his dad what he was trying to get at with his t-shirt suggestion.

“I know, but now you got a reason to rep TSU,” the son tells his father. “Because I’m on scholarship.”

Immediately after those words exit the young man’s mouth, the father reacts emotionally. He reaches over the fence and gives the young man a massive hug, picking him off the ground.

During the loving embrace, the father breaks down in tears, crying on the young man’s shoulder. 

It’s a sweet and tender moment that both will likely remember for the rest of their lives.

Psalm 103:13 “As a father has pity on his children, so the Lord has pity on his worshippers.”

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One family went to extraordinary lengths to help care for and nurse a struggling barnyard animal back to health by letting it live in their house.

Animals are cute, cuddly and precious beings placed on Earth by the good Lord above. Some creatures – dogs, cats and even rabbits – are commonly kept indoors and allowed to move about the house as they please. However, others, given their size and need for space, are usually best left outdoors.

However, one family was so concerned about the health and progress of a baby horse that they let the animal take up residence in their home, according to a video posted on YouTube.

As the clip points out, the animal was born a month early. The baby horse had not eaten following its birth, and anytime the baby horse approached its mother, the animal would kick its feet at the small animal. The situation was dire.

“And within a few hours, we knew that she had to eat or she wasn’t going to make it,” the woman narrating the clip said.

So, the family started giving the animal bottles every 30 minutes, hoping to build up its strength. 

Days later, the family saw a big change in the animal’s behavior. It started getting to its feet all on its own. The horse even started sprinting across their yard. 

The animal also started to leave its mark on the family’s kitchen, where it was placed in the house. There was essentially nothing in the kitchen that did not pique the horse’s attention. The horse would chew and bite on everything. 

“Every noise I hear, I jump up to see what she’s destroying,” the woman said. 

The sweet baby horse connected with canines, becoming fast friends with two of the family’s adopted dogs. The baby horse and one dog, Marlin, became extremely close, almost inseparable. 

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

We all have questions about how to be intentional. This is an incredible interview on how to be an intentional grandparent to a teenager. 

In this interview, Focus on the Family has Mark Gregston as a special guest to talk about grandparenting. Mark has written a book called “Grandparenting Teens: Leaving a Legacy of Hope.” 

Mark shares that he was scared to become a grandparent. He says that grandparenting is kind of a “do-over.” This can be a positive or a negative based on someone’s viewpoint. Mark says that you learn what matters and what doesn’t matter. He shares that this is a completely different role.

Mark explains that he did not enjoy his own grandparents. He did not want to be cranky and uninvolved like his own. He chose to be involved with his kids and grandkids. Mark says that our grandkids have to grow up in this culture, and we have a responsibility to influence them. They need wisdom, “A little bit of gray hair.” They need someone outside of a parent to hear from. 

They talk about how to honor the parents (adult children) and their decisions. He also supports his kids in everything and backs them (unless, of course, there is something dangerous going on). Mark says that he invites his grandchildren to everything and tries to love them well. Mark emphasizes the value of relational investment.

Mark empowers grandparents to know that they have wisdom and something to offer this next generation. They discuss things that are hard to learn. There is a large encouragement to care for the child’s heart, not behavior. 

Mark shares that they have a residential counseling center. He is grandparenting even children who are not his biological grandkids. Mark teaches that demanding perfection, overwhelming authority, and being judgmental is damaging to a child. They discuss how Jesus is the perfect model for caring for others. He did not focus on the behavior but on the heart that leads to life change.

The men share the challenge of how we desire to project perfection. However, the vulnerability helps others draw closer. This interview is refreshing to parents and grandparents. 

Honestly, it motivates anyone to invest in a young person today. Give it a listen. You will not regret taking the time to learn.

One woman was determined to help a poor canine that had gotten into quite a predicament.

Animals, especially dogs, are loving, caring and loyal beings. Show an animal a little bit of kindness and love and you’ve likely made a friend for life. Those lovable, furry and cuddly creatures add so much joy and happiness, making for a fuller and richer life.

But as it turns out, animals, much like humans, require a little bit of help and grace now and then. People aren’t supposed to shoulder all the burdens and problems that life can throw our way. This also appears true for animals, as one clip posted on YouTube shows.

A stray dog, as he was attempting to eat, got its head stuck in a plastic jug. The clip shows the animal grabbing food from a cat feeder when the plastic container becomes lodged around its noggin. 

Sadly, being a stray dog, the animal was forced to fend for itself, unable to remove its head from the plastic container. The abandoned animal seemed destined to wander the streets with a plastic jug around its head. 

But one woman, Teri Goodnight, learned about the poor pooch and was determined to do everything possible to help the stray dog.

“Once I commit to helping a dog, I’m fully committed,” she said. “I don’t care how long it takes, what it costs me.”

Teri launched a plan to help the stray dog, which involved placing food in a cage that could be controlled remotely. She explains the lengths she went to and the massive amount of time she invested to help the struggling animal.

“I made 25 trips there, and three of those times, I was there for 24 hours straight,” Teri said. 

One night, as Teri stood nearby, the stray dog and his canine buddy walked into the cage as she closed the gate. After locking the frightened pooch in, Teri freed the animal’s head from the container. 

“I had to take some wire cutters and cut slits all the way around the part that was around his neck,” she said.

The animal’s head was finally free after more than a month. The plastic container had been around the poor dog’s head from Oct. 21 to Nov. 24.

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

Joyce Meyer shares the one response we should use when the enemy attacks. 

Joyce, a long-time Bible study teacher and author, knows how to bring the Bible to life and apply it in everyday situations. Have you ever had one of those days where nothing seems to go right, and you feel as though everyone is out to get you? 

Or maybe you have one person in your life who seems to upset you on purpose? We grumble, we get angry, and sulk. We run to our best friends and lament about the situation. Then we grumble about it to our spouse and say, “I don’t know what else to do. I guess I’ll just pray.” 

If that sounds like you, then this message is timely, and the Lord has a word for you! Do the exact opposite of what you’ve been doing and go directly to your Heavenly Father in prayer first. We are reminded in Ephesians 6:12 that we do not battle against mere human beings. 

We are battling against the enemy. He will use anything and anyone to bring you down. Can you imagine how our circumstances would change if we prayed first? It would save us from so much heartache. God would open our eyes to the situation and give us the words or actions needed to turn the situation around and glorify Him!

“Your circumstance is not your problem. The people that irritate you are not your problem. There’s something behind that, that is the problem. And when Satan Works through a person, let's just say maybe he works through a person to try to keep you upset all the time; the way to win your battles is to realize have your eyes wide open and realize what the enemy's trying to do and respond the exact from the way he wants you to respond,” she said. 

Wow! What a powerful yet simple statement! Let’s take Joyce’s advice and take a moment to pray.

Father, I need You in every area of my life! Help me to remember to come to You before I do anything else. Help me to talk to You about everything and make prayer a natural part of my life. In every situation, let prayer become my first response. Open my eyes to the real battle and help me respond in a way that gives You glory. In Jesus’ name, amen.

Ephesians 6:18 “And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.”

A kind and caring firefighter went above and beyond the call of duty and went out of his way to return a woman’s lost purse to her.

The world is a sad, lonely and broken place. Sin has done nothing but cause damage and destruction. People who are hurting and struggling are all around us, looking and searching for any reason to be hopeful about the future. That’s why a small, simple act of kindness can change someone’s outlook and perspective. 

A clip posted to TikTok shows a small but extraordinary act of kindness where an off-duty firefighter drove over an hour to reunite a woman with her purse, according to Sunny Skyz.

In the black and white Ring video, the man approaches the door and asks if the woman can hear him. She responds, disregarding his question and asks if he has her bag.

The man does have her bag and asks if she is Georgia. 

She is overjoyed at the welcomed and unexpected news.

“I could cry my eyes out. How have you got my bag?” she says.

He then responds that he found it at a gas station. 

The two then go back and forth about where she wants him to place the purse outside her house. 

About halfway through the clip, the firefighter explains what caused him to drive over that night to return the lost item.

“Do you know what? I was going to leave it till tomorrow morning,” he says. “But I remember me ex lost her bag on a night out, and she was under stress. And I just thought, ‘You know what, I’ll just go and drop it off now.’”

The woman is moved by the man’s kindness, honesty and empathy. She is heard either crying or trying to fight back tears. 

But before the clip ends, the woman wants to find somewhere to repay the man for his kind act. She offers to give him some money, asking for his banking information. 

Instead, the man has another idea.

“No, just pay it forward,” he says. “Just do something nice for the next person.”

What a tremendous and heartwarming display of the kindness and honesty that still exists in the world.

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.”

This is an incredibly powerful story when Marine Chad Robichaux shares his  I Am Second Testimony.

He begins by describing his experience in the Afghanistan takeover in 2021. He shares that a new mother tried to get her infant to be passed over the gate. “That is the level of desperation,” Chad says. 

There is a flashback to an older I Am Second video with Chad. He tells about the restoration of His faith after PTSD. Chad created The Mighty Oaks Foundation with his wife to minister to military couples. 

Chad shares about the heroes of the faith being unqualified. They were not perfectly put together, but they were willing to be obedient. Now, Chad is sharing an incredible story about a friend named Aziz who worked with him to take on the evil leaders in Afghanistan. 

Chad shares that Aziz saved his life 3 times in particular, but that he also protected him every day. Chad ended up safely back in America with his family, and Aziz was still in his home country, being threatened. When America decided to pull out of Afghanistan, Chad decided that he was going to get his friend out of there.

Chad called some friends and had twelve people ready to go get Aziz, interpreters, and Christians out of harm's way. He shares the miraculous ways that God provided for them. The UAE gave them an aircraft, the pilots, and the airfield. They received 25,000 requests for help within one week. 

On the first day, they got 160 people into the airport. Chad shares about the high level of desperation during the takeover and how a suicide bomber went into the crowd. He says, holding back tears how awful it was to witness the death and injuries from this attack. 

He shares that they were able to get Aziz, his wife, and their 6 children out, but 17,000 were left behind. Chad reveals that they could not leave after what they saw. They stayed and flew 5,000 people out.

Chad shares about the fear that came in as he and a guy named Dennis were going to create pathways in Tajikistan to get the innocent out. God gave him peace. He says that he never felt fear or tired because of the Spirit’s strength. 

Lastly, Chad got a call about Ukraine. He showed up. They helped to get out various individuals and saved their lives. Chad was used in a mighty way by the Lord to bring hope in a hopeless situation. With Christ, all things are possible. 

“Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Matthew 19:26

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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is one of the biggest movie stars on the planet, and he spent some time with nearly two dozen children, helping to make their wish and dream a reality.

Sadly, life is not a fair experience. Some people are given more than their fair share of obstacles and hurdles. Not even the youngest and most vulnerable members of society – children – are safe from the sometimes horrifying realities of life. 

Children suffering unimaginable situations and dealing with life-threatening illnesses are near and dear to Dwayne’s heart. That’s why, in a video posted on YouTube, The Rock spent time meeting with and putting smiles on the faces of some youngsters.

For more than 20 children who visited the Universal Studios theme park in Los Angeles, California, their wish was to meet The Rock. One child called herself “his biggest fan.” 

While the children were on tour of the theme park, Dwayne surprised them, joining them on the tour. He interacted with the children, telling jokes, giving them hugs and just putting smiles on their faces.

As the video points out, Dwayne was only expected to spend an hour with the children but ended up doing much more than 60 minutes. He hung out with them for five hours that day. 

But this is far from the first time that The Rock has teamed up with Make-A-Wish to do some good for a group of deserving kids. As the video mentions, Dwayne has worked with them for more than two decades.

“These are kids and the cards that they are dealt. They didn’t ask for it, but they’re playing these hands as best they can,” he said. “You know, I’m getting emotional. These kids are so strong.”

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is a big man who has starred in some of the biggest blockbusters of recent memory. It’s clear from his touching displays of love and kindness that this big man has a big heart. 

Philippians 2:4 “Not looking everyone to his private good, but keeping in mind the things of others.”