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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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My life goal is to see the world's one billion people with disabilities embraced and encouraged by the church.
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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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Suffering provides the gym equipment on which my faith can be exercised.
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Perspective is everything when you are experiencing the challenges of life.
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Contentment ... has an internal quietness of heart that gladly submits to God in all circumstances.
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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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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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God's purpose in increasing our trials is to sensitize us to people we never would have been able to relate to otherwise.
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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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We dare not think that God is absent or daydreaming. The do nothing God...He's not tucked away in some far corner of the universe, uncaring, unfeeling, unthinking, uninvolved. Count on it, God intrudes in glorious and myriad ways.
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You better be very convinced, very sure, before you pull your plug or someone else's plug, that you know what's on the other side of the gravestone.
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The Bible is replete with commands to persevere, especially in the face of injustice.
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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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My longings are best met when, in prayer, I simply let my heart beat in time with the Lord's.
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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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Thankfully, God brought wise Christian friends alongside to help me discover life-transforming precepts in his Word.
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A broken life in the hands of God is ripe for blessing.
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