God's purpose in increasing our trials is to sensitize us to people we never would have been able to relate to otherwise. — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
God points to the peaceful attitude of suffering people to teach others about Himself. — Joni Eareckson Tada Attitude Copy Share Image
Life becomes inspiring, not in spite of the problems and the hard hits, but because of them. — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
Heartache forces us to embrace God out of desparate, urgent need. God is never closer than when your heart is aching. — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
Faith isn't the ability to believe long and far into the misty future. It's simply taking God at His Word and taking… — Joni Eareckson Tada Ability Copy Share Image
There is this fine line between presenting to You all of my weakness and thinking that it can't be done. In Your… — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
What an encouragement to realize that God has reserved you and me for a special task in His great work. In His… — Joni Eareckson Tada Encouragement Copy Share Image
God is truly on the side of those who work for social justice, especially when we accompany that work with the giving… — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
Even at the cross, God permitted what he hated - the unjust and agonizing death of his own precious Son - in… — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
We've got to remember that the core of Christ's plan is to rescue us from sin. Our pain, poverty, and broken hearts… — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
We're not the paragons of virtue that we'd all like to think we are. And so, to shatter that myth, God will… — Joni Eareckson Tada Gods will Copy Share Image
My wheelchair was the key to seeing all this happen—especially since God’s power always shows up best in weakness. So here I… — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
Whether you send an e-mail, tell your spouse in person, write a letter, talk over the phone, or write a quick note,… — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
God is more concerned with conforming me to the likeness of His Son than leaving me in my comfort zones. God is… — Joni Eareckson Tada Character Copy Share Image
Like art, like music, like so many other disciplines, prayer can only be appreciated when you actually spend time in it. Spending… — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
AS a matter of fact, God isn't asking you to be thankful. He's asking you to give thanks. There's a big difference.… — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
Many people in the throes of suffering, disappointment, and despair, feel utterly stuck in their circumstances. They see no hope beyond their… — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
Every Christian who keeps looking up stretches his heart's capacity for Heaven. — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
Some people tend to believe that I'm a strong believer, a strong Christian, but that's not true. I'm not a strong believer.… — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
When we honestly ask God the 'why' question, He doesn't give us answers as much as He gives us Himself. — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
I want to stay in the habit of 'glancing' at my problems and 'gazing' at my Lord. — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
If you truly believe in the value of life, you care about all of the weakest and most vulnerable members of society. — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
Every time we go to sleep, it's a rehearsal of the day when our eyes will ultimately close and we wake up… — Joni Eareckson Tada Day Copy Share Image
The success of God's Word in our lives is linked intrinsically to our application of its truth. — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
You better be very convinced, very sure, before you pull your plug or someone else's plug, that you know what's on the… — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
The weaker we feel, the harder we lean on God. And the harder we lean the stronger we grow. — Joni Eareckson Tada Chronic pain Copy Share Image
Suffering is arguably God's choicest tool in shaping the character of Christ in us. — Joni Eareckson Tada Character Copy Share Image
Only God is capable of telling us what our rights and needs are. You have to surrender that right to Him. — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
Contentment ... has an internal quietness of heart that gladly submits to God in all circumstances. — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
It always helps to know that other parents with special-needs children are surviving, and surviving well. — Joni Eareckson Tada Children Copy Share Image
God deliberately chooses weak, suffering and unlikely candidates to get His work done, so that in the end, the glory goes to… — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
He has chosen not to heal me, but to hold me. The more intense the pain, the closer His embrace. — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
Thats what I love about serving God. In His eyes, there are no little people...because there are no big people. We are… — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
The Bible is replete with commands to persevere, especially in the face of injustice. — Joni Eareckson Tada Bible Copy Share Image
Cancer is such a wake-up call to remind us how high the cosmic stakes really are and how short and brief and… — Joni Eareckson Tada Cancer Copy Share Image
My longings are best met when, in prayer, I simply let my heart beat in time with the Lord's. — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
Once the reader firmly grasps the truth of human exceptionalism under our Creator God, then the answers to confusing cultural issues begin… — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
Nothing is a surprise to God; nothing is a setback to His plans; nothing can thwart His purposes; and nothing is beyond… — Joni Eareckson Tada Christian Copy Share Image
God always seems bigger to those who need him most. And suffering is the tool he uses to help us need him… — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
Thankfully, God brought wise Christian friends alongside to help me discover life-transforming precepts in his Word. — Joni Eareckson Tada Christian Copy Share Image
