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Subdue your heart to match your circumstances.

Joni Eareckson Tada

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Joni Eareckson Tada
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: October 15
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God turns on its head one form of evil - suffering - in order to defeat another form of evil - that is, our transgressions. It happened at the cross, and it occurs in the lives of followers of Christ every day.
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Perspective is everything when you are experiencing the challenges of life.
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God points to the peaceful attitude of suffering people to teach others about Himself.
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I'd rather be in this wheelchair knowing God than on my feet without him.
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When we say yes to the grace of God, we are learning how to die.
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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 intimately acquainted with our grief and suffering. That's what helps the most.
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God wants us to be a good example to others who are observing us.
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We dare not think that God is absent or daydreaming. The do nothing God...He's not tucked away in some far corner of the universe, uncaring, unfeeling, unthinking, uninvolved. Count on it, God intrudes in glorious and myriad ways.
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Faint hearts are encouraged when they read about others who, despite amputation, spinal cord injury, or psychiatric disorders have a vibrant trust and confidence in God.
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God is truly on the side of those who work for social justice, especially when we accompany that work with the giving of the Gospel!
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There's a big difference between feeling thankful and giving thanks. One response involves emotions, the other, your will. Trusting God has nothing to do with trustful feelings.
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My longings are best met when, in prayer, I simply let my heart beat in time with the Lord's.
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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 more.
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The Bible is replete with commands to persevere, especially in the face of injustice.
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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 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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Love is extravagant in the price it is willing to pay, the time it is willing to give, the hardships it is willing to endure, and the strength it is willing to spend. Love never thinks in terms of how little, but always in terms of how much. Love gives, love knows, and love lasts.
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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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Believers are never told to become one we already are one and are expected to act like it.
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God is more concerned with conforming me to the likeness of His Son than leaving me in my comfort zones. God is more interested in inward qualities than outward circumstances - things like refining my faith, humbling my heart, cleaning up my thought life and strengthening my character.
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Contentment ... has an internal quietness of heart that gladly submits to God in all circumstances.
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