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God wants us to be a good example to others who are observing us.

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Joni Eareckson Tada
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: October 15
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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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I was in every club and extra-curricular activity at high school, and I was in the National Honor 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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Faith isn't the ability to believe long and far into the misty future. It's simply taking God at His Word and taking the next step.
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My weakness, that is, my quadriplegia, is my greatest asset because it forces me into the arms of Christ every single morning when I get up.
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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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Subdue your heart to match your circumstances.
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Contentment ... has an internal quietness of heart that gladly submits to God in all circumstances.
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My life goal is to see the world's one billion people with disabilities embraced and encouraged by the church.
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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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One of the most wonderful things about knowing God is that there’s always so much more to know, so much more to discover. Just when we least expect it, He intrudes into our neat and tidy notions about who He is and how He works.
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There is nothing that moves a loving father's soul quite like his child's cry.
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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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He has chosen not to heal me, but to hold me. The more intense the pain, the closer His embrace.
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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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When we honestly ask God the 'why' question, He doesn't give us answers as much as He gives us Himself.
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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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I had to be healed of my desire to be healed.
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Perspective is everything when you are experiencing the challenges of life.
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A broken life in the hands of God is ripe for blessing.
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