Joni Eareckson Tada

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

If you had never known physical pain in your life, how could you appreciate the nail scarred hands with which Jesus Christ…

— Joni Eareckson Tada

“joy. I had to smile at His answer from Matthew 19:14: “Let the little children come to me…for the kingdom of heaven…

— Joni Eareckson Tada

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

There is nothing that moves a loving father's soul quite like his child's cry.

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“Remember, Christ willed to be born poor, and He chose disciples who were living, for the most part, in poverty. Christ made…

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One problem I have with faith-healing is that it tends to be focused only on the physical aspect of healing. But Jesus…

— Joni Eareckson Tada

The best we can hope for in this life is a knothole peek at the shining realities ahead. Yet a glimpse is…

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Like all good citizens, the elderly and people with disabilities want to eradicate waste and fraud from government, but helping people with…

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Suffering always prompts heart-wrenching questions: if God is good, why would He allow this pain in my life? Is God truly sovereign…

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...we will stand amazed to see the topside of the tapestry and how God beautifully embroidered each circumstance into a pattern for…

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Anyone who takes the Bible seriously agrees that God hates suffering. Jesus spent most of his time relieving it. But when being…

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Suffering provides the gym equipment on which my faith can be exercised.

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When we hurt, God doesn't always give us lots of words; he gives us the Word; the Word made flesh who is…

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True, God hates Alzheimer's, spinal cord injury, mental illness, autism, and the rest (these conditions are all symptoms of the Fall). Yet…

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God doesn't just give us grace; He gives us Jesus, the Lord of grace.

— Joni Eareckson Tada

If you truly believe in the value of life, you care about all of the weakest and most vulnerable members of society.

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Alzheimer's disease is never an 'accident' in a marriage. It falls under the purview of God's sovereignty. In the case of someone…

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I want to stay in the habit of 'glancing' at my problems and 'gazing' at my Lord.

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Heartache forces us to embrace God out of desparate, urgent need. God is never closer than when your heart is aching.

— Joni Eareckson Tada

Maybe the truly handicapped people are the ones that don't need God as much.

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The truths of the Bible are never just abstract concepts; they're always related to real people.

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God turns on its head one form of evil - suffering - in order to defeat another form of evil - that…

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God uses suffering to purge sin from our lives, strengthen our commitment to Him, force us to depend on grace, bind us…

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Nothing will convince and convict those around us like the peaceful and positive way you and I respond to our twentieth century…

— Joni Eareckson Tada