Joni Eareckson Tada: Sharing Hope

I’m Joni Eareckson Tada with a powerful lesson from Mark Chapter 6. And you know the story well, but we can never hear it enough, start with verse 45, just, just listen. “Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go ahead of Him to Bethsaida, while He dismissed the crowd. After leaving them, He went up on a mountainside to pray. Later that night, the boat was in the middle of the...

Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada here with my friend, Shauna Amick. And we are celebrating National Get Caught Reading Month. I bet you didn’t know there was such a thing, right? Because there are so many good books out there, so many good Christian books, too. Isn’t that right, Shauna? Shauna: That’s right. And I know a great one that you wrote the foreword to, Joni. Joni: Well, well you are, ok, you’...

Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada with a sweet story for Mother’s Day… And it’s a story for any mom who is going through a painful trial, or who still has a thorn in her heart from a past wound. Like my own mother, Lindy Eareckson. When I broke my neck, that tragedy became her painful trial, as much as mine. Of course, I didn’t realize what a broken neck meant. I was just a teenager. To me, paralysis wa...

Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada here with my friend and co-worker, Shauna Amick. Welcome Shauna. Shauna: Thank you, Joni. Joni: And we were just swapping mother stories. And with Mother’s Day this week, it’s the perfect time to reminisce, and honor our dear mothers. Now, Shauna, you’re the mom of three children, but today tell me your favorite story of your own mother. Shauna: Oh, I am so happy to. Jo...

There’s nothing like a bond between mother and daughter. Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada and I’ve seen that bond between Jill Miller and her daughter, Ashley. With Mother’s Day coming up, I can’t think of a more touching story than theirs. Because Ashley was the family’s Mother Theresa – I mean this young woman cared about everybody and their needs. Even when she was little, Ashley had an unusual comp...

Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada and I love caregivers! And I better had love them ‘cause I’ve got one in my husband, not to mention a few friends who help me lay down at night or get me ready to sit up in my wheelchair every morning. I love them all, and of course I especially appreciate my husband Ken Tada – that’s my term of affection for him, Ken Tada. And I make it a habit of not only affirming hi...

Hi, I’m Joni Erickson Tada today in the studio with Shauna Amick. JONI: Shauna, welcome! SHAUNA: Thank you, Joni. JONI: And given that Mother’s Day is coming up, friend listening, you’re gonna to hear a little more than usual from Shauna because this woman knows motherhood, and when she told me this great story about a special mother in the Bible and what it meant to her as a mom herself with thre...

Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada with a look at the purpose behind suffering. Because when you’re a child of God, suffering doesn’t come at you without purpose, without great cause. I love this quote by Alan Redpath, he said, “There is no circumstance, no trouble, no testing, that can ever touch me until, first, it has gone past God, gone past Christ, and then right through to me. And if it has come th...

Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada and I’m wondering; how do you sleep? Well, for me lately I have not been sleeping well. As you know I’ve battled cancer and finished radiation therapy – the treatment has caused more-than-the-usual pain and a lot of fatigue that I’m still not over yet. And that, in turn, has resulted in very little sleep. I’ve got the joint pain in my back that keeps me up. I’ve tried e...

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Although it is important to look forward to joining Christ in heaven one day, we need to use all the time we have here on earth to share the Gospel with our friends and neighbors. -------- 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 o...

Every summer many families affected by disability are blessed at a Family Retreat, and you could serve as an STM and make a difference in their lives. -------- 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...

With the help of the Holy Spirit, we can change “ought-to’s” into “want-to’s.” -------- 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.   Find more encourageme...

Sometimes it’s hard to think that awful circumstances could possibly be used of God, but He does use them to do something good in 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...

When we Christians speak the truth to one another in love, it’s a way of speaking honesty into each other’s hearts. We should look for opportunities to speak the truth of the gospel to one another. -------- 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 p...

“If Christ has not been raised… we are of all most people to be pitied…” But Jesus did burst out of the grave, imparting new life, fresh hope, joy eternal! -------- 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...

God planned the resurrection to give you hope and a happy future. No matter how hard your times are right now, how difficult, there’s always the warm hope of Easter. -------- 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. Beco...

Good Friday is a day to reminder what it cost our precious Savior to make a future, wonderful and bright day in heaven a possibility. -------- 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 t...

When someone maligns or speaks ill against you, you are identifying with Christ who turned their cursing into blessing His persecutors. -------- 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...

God has weakness in your life to remind you of your constant requirement 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, and their place in the body of Christ. Become part of the global movement today at www.joniandfriends.org.   Find more encour...

In Philippians Chapter 2 we are told to have the Easter mindset; that He died so you might live… and that you now live to die for Him every day. -------- 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...

Just as John Harper boldly shared the Gospel as the Titanic was sinking, we should also be bold in sharing 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 their place in the body of Christ. Become part of the global movement today at www.jo...

Watch and be ready to pray at every opportunely; it may be a divine appointment with God who will move powerfully through our prayers. -------- 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...

It is easy to sing praise when times are good, but in times of struggle and confusion and you cannot sing, wait on God to give your heart music in the night. -------- 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...

A diagnosis of autism does have to be scary; because children on the autism spectrum are loved and blessed by God. -------- 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.joniand...