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# Joni Eareckson Tada

(1949)   Writer   United States

 **144** quotes in **837** categories

Joni Eareckson Tada describes calming a horse by turning her back until it nuzzles her. She says true understanding of Jesus comes in suffering, not just happy moments. She also believes that trusting God in darkness brings hope and that applying scripture brings real change.

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Joni Eareckson Tada is a writer from the United States, best known for *Joni: An Unforgettable Story*.

## Quick Facts About Joni Eareckson Tada

Born October 15, 1949

Nationality United States

Profession Writer

Notable works Joni: An Unforgettable Story

## About Joni Eareckson Tada

She also founded Joni PTL, an organization that works to accelerate Christian ministry within the disability community.

##  Quotes by Joni Eareckson Tada

> [I had to be healed of my desire to be healed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/i-had-to-be-healed-of-my-desire-to-be-healed/)

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[Desire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/desire/)

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> [Maybe the truly handicapped people are the ones that don't need God as much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/maybe-the-truly-handicapped-people-are-the-ones-that-don-t-need-god/)

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[Handicapped](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/handicapped/)

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> [Christianity isn't all that complicated ... it's Jesus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/christianity-isn-t-all-that-complicated-it-s-jesus/)

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[Christianity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christianity/)

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> [God wants us to be a good example to others who are observing us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/god-wants-us-to-be-a-good-example-to-others-who-are-observing-us/)

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[Example](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/example/)

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> [“The more righteous God appeared, the more resentful I became.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/the-more-righteous-god-appeared-the-more-resentful-i-became/)

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[God](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god/)

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> [I'd rather be in this wheelchair knowing God than on my feet without him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/i-d-rather-be-in-this-wheelchair-knowing-god-than-on-my-feet-without/)

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[Feet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feet/)

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> [God wrote a book on suffering, and its name is Jesus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/god-wrote-a-book-on-suffering-and-its-name-is-jesus/)

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[Book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/)

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> [Subdue your heart to match your circumstances.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/subdue-your-heart-to-match-your-circumstances/)

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[Circumstances](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/circumstances/)

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> [Suffering is arguably God's choicest tool in shaping the character of Christ in us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/suffering-is-arguably-god-s-choicest-tool-in-shaping-the-character-of/)

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[Character](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/character/)

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> [You better be very convinced, very sure, before you pull your plug or someone else's plug, that you know what's on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/you-better-be-very-convinced-very-sure-before-you-pull-your-plug-or/)

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[Better](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/better/)

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> [The weaker we feel, the harder we lean on God. And the harder we lean the stronger we grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/the-weaker-we-feel-the-harder-we-lean-on-god-and-the-harder-we-lean/)

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[Chronic pain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chronic-pain/)

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> [Once the reader firmly grasps the truth of human exceptionalism under our Creator God, then the answers to confusing cultural issues begin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/once-the-reader-firmly-grasps-the-truth-of-human-exceptionalism-under/)

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[Answers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/answers/)

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> [Thankfully, God brought wise Christian friends alongside to help me discover life-transforming precepts in his Word.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/thankfully-god-brought-wise-christian-friends-alongside-to-help-me/)

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[Christian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian/)

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> [Nothing is a surprise to God; nothing is a setback to His plans; nothing can thwart His purposes; and nothing is beyond…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/nothing-is-a-surprise-to-god-nothing-is-a-setback-to-his-plans-2/)

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[Christian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian/)

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> [God always seems bigger to those who need him most. And suffering is the tool he uses to help us need him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/god-always-seems-bigger-to-those-who-need-him-most-and-suffering-is/)

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[Bigger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bigger/)

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> [Only God is capable of telling us what our rights and needs are. You have to surrender that right to Him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/only-god-is-capable-of-telling-us-what-our-rights-and-needs-are-you/)

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[Capable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/capable/)

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> [I deal daily with chronic pain and, at times, my pain feels like a lemon that God "squeezes," revealing my sour attitude,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/i-deal-daily-with-chronic-pain-and-at-times-my-pain-feels-like-a/)

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[Attitude](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attitude/)

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> [Real satisfaction comes not in understanding God's motives, but in understanding His character, in trusting in His promises, and in leaning on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/real-satisfaction-comes-not-in-understanding-god-s-motives-but-in/)

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[All things](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/all-things/)

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> [“Tada references the accusation in Jeremiah that the people have forsaken God as Living Water by remembering a hiking trip from her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/tada-references-the-accusation-in-jeremiah-that-the-people-have/)

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[Fresh water](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fresh-water/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/suffering-always-prompts-heart-wrenching-questions-if-god-is-good-why/)

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[Accidents](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accidents/)

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> [None of us, in our culture of comfort, know how to prepare ourselves for dying, but that's what we should do every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/none-of-us-in-our-culture-of-comfort-know-how-to-prepare-ourselves/)

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[Comfort](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comfort/)

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> [“Joni discovered the best way to put the halter on her horse without being animal resisting and fleeing was to turn her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/joni-discovered-the-best-way-to-put-the-halter-on-her-horse-without/)

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[Desire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/desire/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/alzheimer-s-disease-is-never-an-accident-in-a-marriage-it-falls-under/)

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[Accidents](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accidents/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/when-we-hurt-god-doesn-t-always-give-us-lots-of-words-he-gives-us-the/)

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[Flesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flesh/)

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> [Many people in the throes of suffering, disappointment, and despair, feel utterly stuck in their circumstances. They see no hope beyond their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/many-people-in-the-throes-of-suffering-disappointment-and-despair/)

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[Circumstances](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/circumstances/)

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> [“But when God speaks, it’s silver. Psalm 12:6 says, “The words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace…purified…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/but-when-god-speaks-it-s-silver-psalm-12-6-says-the-words-of-the-lord/)

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[Precious metal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/precious-metal/)

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> [“It’s easy to forget that life is supposed to be hard. God wired the world this way. Even Jesus said in John…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/it-s-easy-to-forget-that-life-is-supposed-to-be-hard-god-wired-the/)

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[Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/)

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> [Many good Christians are confused about complex social issues of our day, such as doctor-assisted death or medical research which uses stem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/many-good-christians-are-confused-about-complex-social-issues-of-our/)

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[Addresses](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/addresses/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/nothing-will-convince-and-convict-those-around-us-like-the-peaceful/)

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[Boss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boss/)

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> [“joy. I had to smile at His answer from Matthew 19:14: “Let the little children come to me…for the kingdom of heaven…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/joy-i-had-to-smile-at-his-answer-from-matthew-19-14-let-the-little/)

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[Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/)

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> [This is the only time in history when I get to fight for God. This is the only part of my eternal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/this-is-the-only-time-in-history-when-i-get-to-fight-for-god-this-is/)

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[Battle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/battle/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/true-god-hates-alzheimer-s-spinal-cord-injury-mental-illness-autism/)

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[Accomplish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accomplish/)

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> [“into art or music, how about that exhilarating moment when, during the 1982 Winter Olympics, the U.S. hockey team pulverized the Russians?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/into-art-or-music-how-about-that-exhilarating-moment-when-during-the/)

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[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

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> [“Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/hallelujah-for-our-lord-god-almighty-reigns-let-us-rejoice-and-be/)

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[Cheap wine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cheap-wine/)

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> [“Yes, faith is vital to everything, and “without faith it is impossible to please Him.” But faith’s focus must always be Jesus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/yes-faith-is-vital-to-everything-and-without-faith-it-is-impossible/)

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[Faith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/faith/)

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> [“That truth set me free, along with other truths like leaning daily on God’s grace and realizing that God’s children are never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/that-truth-set-me-free-along-with-other-truths-like-leaning-daily-on/)

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[Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/)

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> [“When asked about her involvements, Joni most often refers to her work at JAF Ministries, including Wheels for the World—a program through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/when-asked-about-her-involvements-joni-most-often-refers-to-her-work/)

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[Disabled People](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/disabled-people/)

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> [“The face that Moses had begged to see – was forbidden to see – was slapped bloody (Exodus 33:19-20) The thorns that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/the-face-that-moses-had-begged-to-see-was-forbidden-to-see-was-2/)

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> [“Here at our ministry we refuse to present a picture of “gentle Jesus, meek and mild,” a portrait that tugs at your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/here-at-our-ministry-we-refuse-to-present-a-picture-of-gentle-jesus/)

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> [Sometimes God allows what he hates to accomplish what he loves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joni-eareckson-tada/sometimes-god-allows-what-he-hates-to-accomplish-what-he-loves/)

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[Accomplish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accomplish/)

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## Joni Eareckson Tada by topic

[Suffering (23)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/suffering/joni-eareckson-tada/) [God (22)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god/joni-eareckson-tada/) [People (18)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/joni-eareckson-tada/) [Life (17)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/joni-eareckson-tada/) [Faith (16)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/faith/joni-eareckson-tada/) [Time (14)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/joni-eareckson-tada/) [Religion (14)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/religion/joni-eareckson-tada/) [Heart (14)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/heart/joni-eareckson-tada/) [Christian (14)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian/joni-eareckson-tada/) [Jesus (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/jesus/joni-eareckson-tada/) [Giving (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/giving/joni-eareckson-tada/)

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                        "text": "Nothing will convince and convict those around us like the peaceful and positive way you and I respond to our twentieth century hurts and distress. The unbelieving world-your neighbors, the guy at the gas station, the postman, the lady at the cleaners, your boss at work-is observing the way we undergo our trials.",
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                        "text": "“joy. I had to smile at His answer from Matthew 19:14: “Let the little children come to me…for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” As I laid in bed that night, the entire experience of joyful play kept echoing. The kingdom of heaven belongs to giggling, happy, carefree children. I kept thinking and straining my ears—or was I trying to open the eyes of my heart—to hear or see more. I knew there was much more than just play in that experience. I had touched a moment of great happiness and wisdom. I didn’t realize it”",
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                        "text": "This is the only time in history when I get to fight for God. This is the only part of my eternal story when I am actually in the battle. Once I die, I’ll be in celebration mode in a glorified body in a whole different set of circumstances. But this is my limited window of opportunity, and I’m going to fight the good fight for all I’m worth.",
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                        "text": "True, God hates Alzheimer's, spinal cord injury, mental illness, autism, and the rest (these conditions are all symptoms of the Fall). Yet he permits these things to accomplish something far more precious in our lives: patience, endurance, compassion for others who hurt, and refined faith and trust in God, to name a few.",
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                        "text": "“into art or music, how about that exhilarating moment when, during the 1982 Winter Olympics, the U.S. hockey team pulverized the Russians? Whether in front of the television, in the stands, or on the ice, we all became “one” in the euphoria of victory. My strong, he-man father once told me about a time he was standing on the edge of a cliff overlooking Yellowstone Falls—with tears in his eyes, he described how he became one with the deafening roar of the water. If you have experienced any of this, it’s an inkling of the joy that will overtake us when we take just one glance at the Lord of joy. We will lose ourselves in Him. We will become one with Him. We will be “in Christ,” we will have “put on Christ” at the deepest, most profound and exhilarating level. The Lord’s wedding gift to us will be the joy of sharing totally in His nature without us losing our identity; no, we shall receive our identity. Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!”",
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                        "text": "“Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready” (Revelation 19:6–7). As you pull up a chair to the banquet table, take a look at what’s on the menu from Isaiah 25:6–8: “On this mountain the Lord Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples, a banquet of aged wine—the best of meats and the finest of wines. On this mountain he will destroy the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations; he will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove the disgrace of his people from all the earth. The Lord has spoken.” There’s no mistaking. This is a real banquet. And a specific one too. They won’t be serving bologna or Spam. It won’t be USDA-approved meat; it will be “the best of meats.” And the beverage selection will not be Kool-Aid or cheap wine, but “aged wine…the finest of wines.”",
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                        "text": "“That truth set me free, along with other truths like leaning daily on God’s grace and realizing that God’s children are never victims. Everything that touches their lives, he permits. The irony is, you can’t imagine a more victimized person than Jesus. Yet when he died, he didn’t say, “I am finished” but “It is finished.” He did not play the victim, and thus he emerged the victor. Forget the self-pity. True, your supervisor may be trying to push you out of your job. Your marriage may be a fiery trial. You might be living below the poverty level. But victory is ours in Christ. His grace is sufficient. Know this truth and it will set you free. This day, Jesus, I can feel sorry for myself or victorious in you. Show me how to choose the latter.”",
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                        "text": "“The face that Moses had begged to see – was forbidden to see – was slapped bloody (Exodus 33:19-20) The thorns that God had sent to curse the earth’s rebellion now twisted around his brow… “On your back with you!” One raises a mallet to sink the spike. But the soldier’s heart must continue pumping as he readies the prisoner’s wrist. Someone must sustain the soldier’s life minute by minute, for no man has this power on his own. Who supplies breath to his lungs? Who gives energy to his cells? Who holds his molecules together? Only by the Son do “all things hold together” (Colossians 1:17). The victim wills that the soldier live on – he grants the warrior’s continued existence. The man swings. As the man swings, the Son recalls how he and the Father first designed the medial nerve of the human forearm – the sensations it would be capable of. The design proves flawless – the nerves perform exquisitely. “Up you go!” They lift the cross. God is on display in his underwear and can scarcely breathe. But these pains are a mere warm-up to his other and growing dread. He begins to feel a foreign sensation. Somewhere during this day an unearthly foul odor began to waft, not around his nose, but his heart. He feels dirty. Human wickedness starts to crawl upon his spotless being – the living excrement from our souls. The apple of his Father’s eye turns brown with rot. His Father! He must face his Father like this! From heaven the Father now rouses himself like a lion disturbed, shakes His mane, and roars against the shriveling remnant of a man hanging on a cross.Never has the Son seen the Father look at him so, never felt even the least of his hot breath. But the roar shakes the unseen world and darkens the visible sky. The Son does not recognize these eyes. “Son of Man! Why have you behaved so? You have cheated, lusted, stolen, gossiped – murdered, envied, hated, lied. You have cursed, robbed, over-spent, overeaten – fornicated, disobeyed, embezzled, and blasphemed. Oh the duties you have shirked, the children you have abandoned! Who has ever so ignored the poor, so played the coward, so belittled my name? Have you ever held a razor tongue? What a self-righteous, pitiful drunk – you, who moles young boys, peddle killer drugs, travel in cliques, and mock your parents. Who gave you the boldness to rig elections, foment revolutions, torture animals, and worship demons? Does the list never end! Splitting families, raping virgins, acting smugly, playing the pimp – buying politicians, practicing exhortation, filming pornography, accepting bribes. You have burned down buildings, perfected terrorist tactics, founded false religions, traded in slaves – relishing each morsel and bragging about it all. I hate, loathe these things in you! Disgust for everything about you consumes me! Can you not feel my wrath? Of course the Son is innocent He is blamelessness itself. The Father knows this. But the divine pair have an agreement, and the unthinkable must now take place. Jesus will be treated as if personally responsible for every sin ever committed. The Father watches as his heart’s treasure, the mirror image of himself, sinks drowning into raw, liquid sin. Jehovah’s stored rage against humankind from every century explodes in a single direction. “Father! Father! Why have you forsaken me?!” But heaven stops its ears. The Son stares up at the One who cannot, who will not, reach down or reply. The Trinity had planned it. The Son had endured it. The Spirit enabled Him. The Father rejected the Son whom He loved. Jesus, the God-man from Nazareth, perished. The Father accepted His sacrifice for sin and was satisfied. The Rescue was accomplished.”",
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                        "text": "“Here at our ministry we refuse to present a picture of “gentle Jesus, meek and mild,” a portrait that tugs at your sentiments or pulls at your heartstrings. That’s because we deal with so many people who suffer, and when you’re hurting hard, you’re neither helped nor inspired by a syrupy picture of the Lord, like those sugary, sentimental images many of us grew up with. You know what I mean? Jesus with His hair parted down the middle, surrounded by cherubic children and bluebirds. Come on. Admit it: When your heart is being wrung out like a sponge, when you feel like Morton’s salt is being poured into your wounded soul, you don’t want a thin, pale, emotional Jesus who relates only to lambs and birds and babies. You want a warrior Jesus. You want a battlefield Jesus. You want his rigorous and robust gospel to command your sensibilities to stand at attention. To be honest, many of the sentimental hymns and gospel songs of our heritage don’t do much to hone that image. One of the favorite words of hymn writers in days gone by was sweet. It’s a term that down’t have the edge on it that it once did. When you’re in a dark place, when lions surround you, when you need strong help to rescue you from impossibility, you don’t want “sweet.” You don’t want faded pastels and honeyed softness. You want mighty. You want the strong arm an unshakable grip of God who will not let you go — no matter what.”",
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