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Joni Eareckson Tada
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Joni Eareckson Tada
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: October 15
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Suffering provides the gym equipment on which my faith can be exercised.
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Subdue your heart to match your circumstances.
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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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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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Only God is capable of telling us what our rights and needs are. You have to surrender that right to Him.
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When we say yes to the grace of God, we are learning how to die.
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I was in every club and extra-curricular activity at high school, and I was in the National Honor Society.
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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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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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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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I had to be healed of my desire to be healed.
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A broken life in the hands of God is ripe for blessing.
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Perspective is everything when you are experiencing the challenges of life.
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Maybe the truly handicapped people are the ones that don't need God as much.
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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, peevish spirit, and tendency to complain or grumble. Did not God use my pain to expose my sin, I might - like many of us - not be aware of the sin of which I'm capable.
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Christianity isn't all that complicated ... it's Jesus.
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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.
Joni Eareckson Tada
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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The Bible isn't quick to give answers it mainly gives the Answer.
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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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