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I'd rather be in this wheelchair knowing God than on my feet without him.
Joni Eareckson Tada
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Joni Eareckson Tada
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: October 15
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God wrote a book on suffering, and its name is Jesus.
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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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I had to be healed of my desire to be healed.
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The Bible isn't quick to give answers it mainly gives the Answer.
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