Joni Eareckson Tada: Sharing Hope

Every step you take is going home. It may be knee-deep in trouble, but it is all on the road home. You may be ankle-deep in fear, but it is going home. You may stumble, but you always stumble toward home. -------- Thank you for listening! Your support of Joni and Friends helps make this show possible. Joni and Friends envisions a world where every person with a disability finds hope, dignity, and...

If you have a friend who is disabled, invest in that relationship. As a follower of Christ, you have the message of hope and change. Even you can reach deep into a hurting heart through Christ. -------- Thank you for listening! Your support of Joni and Friends helps make this show possible. Joni and Friends envisions a world where every person with a disability finds hope, dignity, and their place...

It is only through affliction and hardship that you begin to understand your suffering Savior. When he gives you power to overcome and power to rise above your painful circumstances – then you truly experience God’s grace. -------- Thank you for listening! Your support of Joni and Friends helps make this show possible. Joni and Friends envisions a world where every person with a disability finds h...

God's care for you goes deeper than your comfort zones. Ask God to remind you of his care for you. Put all your concerns onto the shoulders of the one who gave his life for you. -------- Thank you for listening! Your support of Joni and Friends helps make this show possible. Joni and Friends envisions a world where every person with a disability finds hope, dignity, and their place in the body of...

If you want to truly reflect the love of God, then it means going on a search-and-destroy mission to uproot sin in your heart – small and great sins. -------- Thank you for listening! Your support of Joni and Friends helps make this show possible. Joni and Friends envisions a world where every person with a disability finds hope, dignity, and their place in the body of Christ. Become part of the g...

Hear Joni tell a touching story of someone who is now a part of the Joni and Friends family. With God, anything that happens in your life is never wasted. -------- Thank you for listening! Your support of Joni and Friends helps make this show possible. Joni and Friends envisions a world where every person with a disability finds hope, dignity, and their place in the body of Christ. Become part of...

The next time you feel like grumbling, borrow Christ’s smile when you don’t have one to give. Complaining only shrinks your soul and impacts others negatively. Instead, pray a blessing over the people in your life and you will feel blessed too. -------- Thank you for listening! Your support of Joni and Friends helps make this show possible. Joni and Friends envisions a world where every person wit...

Look at the detours of your life as a main highway. Yes, those highways are hard, but they are God’s pathways to know Jesus much, much better. -------- Thank you for listening! Your support of Joni and Friends helps make this show possible. Joni and Friends envisions a world where every person with a disability finds hope, dignity, and their place in the body of Christ. Become part of the global m...

Relinquish your right to complain so that you’ll glorify the Almighty God through your hardships. Anything less shrinks your soul. After all, this life isn’t yours – it was purchased by the blood of Christ. -------- Thank you for listening! Your support of Joni and Friends helps make this show possible. Joni and Friends envisions a world where every person with a disability finds hope, dignity, an...

Philippians 2:14 says simply, “Do everything without complaining.” Is that possible? Well, the Bible thinks it’s possible, so put the muttering and grumbling behind you. When you do that, you’re not abandoning God’s ways. -------- Thank you for listening! Your support of Joni and Friends helps make this show possible. Joni and Friends envisions a world where every person with a disability finds ho...

When you complain, you’re saying you don’t like God’s timing, his plan, or the way he does things. So, if you think complaining is not that big of a deal? The Bible says otherwise. -------- Thank you for listening! Your support of Joni and Friends helps make this show possible. Joni and Friends envisions a world where every person with a disability finds hope, dignity, and their place in the body...

Can you imagine lying flat on your back for 22 whole years? Hear Joni tell a story about the Wheels for the World team giving a young man Otoniel in Guatemala a wheelchair and more importantly, the Gospel. -------- Thank you for listening! Your support of Joni and Friends helps make this show possible. Joni and Friends envisions a world where every person with a disability finds hope, dignity, and...

Confess, embrace, and behold Jesus. And you will be transformed into a different, stronger-in-the-faith you tomorrow morning. -------- Thank you for listening! Your support of Joni and Friends helps make this show possible. Joni and Friends envisions a world where every person with a disability finds hope, dignity, and their place in the body of Christ. Become part of the global movement today at...

How can you rise above the mediocre? Ask the Holy Spirit to give you a fresh vision of your salvation; and to search your heart and expose familiar sins. Then, read the gospels where you see Jesus loving, serving, giving, sacrificing, praying and dying for you. -------- Thank you for listening! Your support of Joni and Friends helps make this show possible. Joni and Friends envisions a world where...

Happy World Radio Day! Tune in to hear Joni talk about how good God has been in spreading her radio messages everywhere around the world – even to Africa. -------- Thank you for listening! Your support of Joni and Friends helps make this show possible. Joni and Friends envisions a world where every person with a disability finds hope, dignity, and their place in the body of Christ. Become part of...

Do not be bitter and retaliate. Return good for evil and bless rather than curse. Leave it to God to repay. God has called you to endure unjust suffering without revenge or the desire to hurt back. God is sovereign; he is in control, and yes, even wicked people cannot thwart his purpose. -------- Thank you for listening! Your support of Joni and Friends helps make this show possible. Joni and Frie...

Take Joni’s advice, and God’s charge, and give your loved ones some body-building encouragement in Jesus Christ today! -------- Thank you for listening! Your support of Joni and Friends helps make this show possible. Joni and Friends envisions a world where every person with a disability finds hope, dignity, and their place in the body of Christ. Become part of the global movement today at www.jon...

Though hardships are bad in themselves, they set the stage on which good qualities can perform. If you never had to face fear, you would know nothing of courage. If you never had to weep, you would never feel the tenderness of a friend wiping tears from your eyes. All of these wonderful attributes ultimately all come from God. -------- Thank you for listening! Your support of Joni and Friends help...

Your spiritual life must not hinge on your commitment to Jesus; rather, glory in his commitment to you. -------- Thank you for listening! Your support of Joni and Friends helps make this show possible. Joni and Friends envisions a world where every person with a disability finds hope, dignity, and their place in the body of Christ. Become part of the global movement today at www.joniandfriends.org...

There was nothing neat or tidy about the day that Jesus spilled his blood on the cross for your sins. It was a messy and shocking scene. But it was necessary that the Son of God's blood be spilled out on your behalf. Remember that if you ever have a mishap happen during Communion! -------- Thank you for listening! Your support of Joni and Friends helps make this show possible. Joni and Friends env...

Suffering provides one of the best stadiums for God to show up and astound others with his greatness and mercy. When you face your trials with a godly response, the scoffing world cannot ignore the power of Jesus Christ at work in your life. -------- Thank you for listening! Your support of Joni and Friends helps make this show possible. Joni and Friends envisions a world where every person with a...

In honor of World Cancer Day, Joni shares some insights about the time she had cancer. Hear Joni talk about how God helps her in times of suffering. In your trials, he will give you power, peace, and change your outlook to endure. -------- Thank you for listening! Your support of Joni and Friends helps make this show possible. Joni and Friends envisions a world where every person with a disability...

Today, let God help you remember the countless ways Jesus has tenderly guided, lifted, sustained, and cared for you throughout the years. Ask him to open the eyes of your heart, refresh your vision, and awaken your spirit to the many ways he ministers to you every day. -------- Thank you for listening! Your support of Joni and Friends helps make this show possible. Joni and Friends envisions a wor...

Stop comparing your wings and feathers to those of others and get into the ostrich race! Spread whatever feathers the Lord has given you and run with laughter and joy. Thank him for blessing you with gifts perfectly matched just for you. -------- Thank you for listening! Your support of Joni and Friends helps make this show possible. Joni and Friends envisions a world where every person with a dis...

When you choose to sing praises to God in times of darkness, powerful things happen. It’s those times that make God the sole comforter of his own people in their seasons of affliction. -------- Thank you for listening! Your support of Joni and Friends helps make this show possible. Joni and Friends envisions a world where every person with a disability finds hope, dignity, and their place in the b...