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11 Aug

Eat His Words

By Joni and Friends|2024-02-19T10:19:36-08:00August 11, 2019|1-Minute Radio Program|

Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada and you can sure read strange but wonderful things in the Old Testament. Like in the book of Ezekiel. God says in Ezekiel chapter 3, He says to the prophet, "'…eat this scroll'… so ...

10 Aug

Imparting Hope Not Harm

By Joni Eareckson Tada|2026-01-06T10:45:14-08:00August 10, 2019|Advocacy, Joni's Posts|

Suicide appears to be running rampant these days, and so does doctor-assisted suicide… at least in Belgium. Earlier this year, doctors in Belgium drafted...

10 Aug

Die To Self

By Joni and Friends|2024-02-19T10:24:09-08:00August 10, 2019|1-Minute Radio Program|

Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada. We all know Psalm 23, where it says, “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.” You often hear ...

9 Aug

How Has God Used My Story?

By Joni Eareckson Tada|2026-01-06T10:45:13-08:00August 9, 2019|Joni's Posts|

I've told you before, that I wake up in the morning even now, and I think to myself, "God, I'm so tired of this quadriplegia. Lord Jesus, I have no strength...

9 Aug

The Better Question

By Joni and Friends|2023-07-27T09:18:24-07:00August 9, 2019|1-Minute Radio Program|

Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada. And remember the story of the good Samaritan in Luke chapter 10? A Levite and a priest passed by a wounded man lying beside the road. Rather than offer ...

8 Aug

Chris and Emily Norton’s Seven Longest Yards

By Joni and Friends|2023-08-08T13:00:03-07:00August 8, 2019|Podcast|

For Chris and Emily Norton, walking across the stage at his college graduation seemed like an impossible goal. Paralyzed in a football game his freshman year, Chris was given a ...

8 Aug

Just Visiting

By Joni and Friends|2023-07-27T09:17:57-07:00August 8, 2019|1-Minute Radio Program|

Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada. And while studying music at Belmont University, my friend Gracie suffered a terrible accident that put her in a wheelchair. So, the University made a handicap parking sign ...

7 Aug

Shoes Of Iron

By Joni and Friends|2023-07-27T09:16:59-07:00August 7, 2019|1-Minute Radio Program|

Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada. And recently I read a fascinating blessing in Deuteronomy chapter 33. As God’s people, who are about to enter the Promised Land, the Lord tells them that: “Your shoes shall be of iron and brass.” It seems God ...

6 Aug

Lessons From Orchids

By Joni and Friends|2024-02-19T10:19:36-08:00August 6, 2019|1-Minute Radio Program|

Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada, and I love flowers. The other day when my co-worker Evalerie was admiring my pot of orchids, she mentioned that hers weren’t looking as great. Well, it’s because Evalerie forgot to “stake” her orchids. You see, orchids do not naturally grow upwards. In the wild, orchids often root themselves on trees and then they grow sideways; they grow downward — that’s their natural ...

5 Aug

Jesus Loves Children

By Joni and Friends|2023-07-27T09:16:12-07:00August 5, 2019|1-Minute Radio Program|

Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada, and Jesus sure loves children. We see it throughout the Gospels. In Mark chapter 10, Jesus says that we cannot even enter God’s Kingdom unless we do it as a little child. And Jesus not only expressed His love ...