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

Joni Eareckson Tada

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Joni Eareckson Tada
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: October 15
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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. One response involves emotions, the other your choices, your decisions about a situation, your intent, your 'step of faith.
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God permits what He hates in order to accomplish something that He loves.
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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 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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Contentment ... has an internal quietness of heart that gladly submits to God in all circumstances.
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Now, most people who suffer realize that the Bible contains answers for their plight they just don't know where to look.
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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 over accidents and birth anomalies, or does the devil set the world's agenda? How do I counsel people who are despairing of their condition?
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Thankfully, God brought wise Christian friends alongside to help me discover life-transforming precepts in his Word.
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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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Most of the verses written about praise in God’s Word were voiced by people who were faced with crushing heartaches, injustice, treachery, slander, and scores of other difficult situations.
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Maybe the truly handicapped people are the ones that don't need God as much.
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I'd rather be in this wheelchair knowing God than on my feet without him.
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The times we find ourselves having to wait on others may be the perfect opportunities to train ourselves to wait on the Lord.
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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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There is nothing that moves a loving father's soul quite like his child's cry.
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Suffering is arguably God's choicest tool in shaping the character of Christ in us.
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God points to the peaceful attitude of suffering people to teach others about Himself.
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I had to be healed of my desire to be healed.
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The problem of suffering is not about something but about someone.
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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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