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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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Joni Eareckson Tada
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: October 15
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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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Anyone who takes the Bible seriously agrees that God hates suffering. Jesus spent most of his time relieving it. But when being healed becomes the only goal - 'I'm not letting go until I get what I want' - it's a problem.
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Deny your weakness, and you will never realize God's strength in you.
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I wished God were like He used to be, a few notches lower. I wanted Him to be lofty enough to help me but not so uncontrollable. I longed for His warm presence, times when He seemed more… safe.
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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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He has chosen not to heal me, but to hold me. The more intense the pain, the closer His embrace.
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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 wants us to be a good example to others who are observing us.
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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 is arguably God's choicest tool in shaping the character of Christ in us.
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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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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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Americans are nervous Americans are restless and what troubles me the most is that Americans are uncharacteristically pessimistic.
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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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God permits what He hates in order to accomplish something that He loves.
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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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Like all good citizens, the elderly and people with disabilities want to eradicate waste and fraud from government, but helping people with special needs meet their basic needs doesn’t fit this description.
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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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Like art, like music, like so many other disciplines, prayer can only be appreciated when you actually spend time in it. Spending time with the Master will elevate your thinking. The more you pray, the more will be revealed. You will appreciate not only the greatness of prayer, but the greatness of God.
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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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