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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.

Joni Eareckson Tada

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Joni Eareckson Tada
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: October 15
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A broken life in the hands of God is ripe for blessing.
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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 Him and resting in Him as the Sovereign who knows what He is doing and does all things well.
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Well, painting is the one thing I do, that is just me. It's me and easels, and the pencils. And as long as I don't drool too much over the canvas, the colors come out pretty good. And it's a chance to express all that I've got inside, that I sometimes keep hidden. And I think that's why I paint big broad, wide open landscapes.
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God's purpose in increasing our trials is to sensitize us to people we never would have been able to relate to otherwise.
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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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If churches around the world would grasp the revolutionary truth that Christ's transforming power always comes through sacrifice and weakness, it would dramatically alter the landscape of the global church.
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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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He has chosen not to heal me, but to hold me. The more intense the pain, the closer His embrace.
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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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I have an interesting perspective on depending on others. I think it gives people a chance to serve. And I'm not so much big on independence, as I am on interdependence. I'm not talking about co-dependency, I'm talking about giving people the opportunity to practicing love with its sleeves rolled up.
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Christianity isn't all that complicated ... it's Jesus.
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The best we can hope for in this life is a knothole peek at the shining realities ahead. Yet a glimpse is enough. It's enough to convince our hearts that whatever sufferings and sorrow currently assail us aren't worthy of comparison to that which waits over the horizon.
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Americans are nervous Americans are restless and what troubles me the most is that Americans are uncharacteristically pessimistic.
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God wrote a book on suffering, and its name is Jesus.
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What an encouragement to realize that God has reserved you and me for a special task in His great work. In His hands we're not only useful, but priceless.
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Faith means being sure of what we hope for now. It means knowing something is real, this moment, all around you, even when you don't see it.
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Maybe the truly handicapped people are the ones that don't need God as much.
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