Quotes from Joni Eareckson Tada

My weakness, that is, my quadriplegia, is my greatest asset because it forces me into the arms of Christ every single morning when I get up.

If churches around the world would grasp the revolutionary truth that Christ's transforming power always comes through sacrifice and weakness, it would dramatically alter the landscape of the global church.

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.

No other religion, no other, promises new bodies, hearts, and minds. Only in the gospel of Christ do hurting people find such incredible hope.

When we say yes to the grace of God, we are learning how to die.

If you had never known physical pain in your life, how could you appreciate the nail scarred hands with which Jesus Christ will meet you?

A broken life in the hands of God is ripe for blessing.

When life is rosy, we may slide by with knowing about Jesus, with imitating him and quoting him and speaking of him. But only in suffering will we know Jesus.

Perspective is everything when you are experiencing the challenges of life.

Life becomes inspiring, not in spite of the problems and the hard hits, but because of them.

I was in every club and extra-curricular activity at high school, and I was in the National Honor Society.

If you truly believe in the value of life, you care about all of the weakest and most vulnerable members of society.

Well, painting is the one thing I do, that is just me. It's me and easels, and the pencils. And as long as I don't drool too much over the canvas, the colors come out pretty good. And it's a chance to express all that I've got inside, that I sometimes keep hidden. And I think that's why I paint big broad, wide open landscapes.

One problem I have with faith-healing is that it tends to be focused only on the physical aspect of healing. But Jesus always backed away when people came to him only to get their physical needs met. My goodness, he was ready to have you lop off your hand! His real interest was in healing the soul.

Deny your weakness, and you will never realize God's strength in you.

There is this fine line between presenting to You all of my weakness and thinking that it can't be done. In Your strength, I find my own.

Cancer is such a wake-up call to remind us how high the cosmic stakes really are and how short and brief and frail life really is.

My life goal is to see the world's one billion people with disabilities embraced and encouraged by the church.

Thankfully, God brought wise Christian friends alongside to help me discover life-transforming precepts in his Word.

None of us, in our culture of comfort, know how to prepare ourselves for dying, but that's what we should do every day. Every single day, we die a thousand deaths.

There's a big difference between feeling thankful and giving thanks. One response involves emotions, the other, your will. Trusting God has nothing to do with trustful feelings.

My longings are best met when, in prayer, I simply let my heart beat in time with the Lord's.

Every time we go to sleep, it's a rehearsal of the day when our eyes will ultimately close and we wake up on the side of eternity.

God cares most not about making us comfortable, but about teaching us to hate our transgressions and to grow up spiritually to love him.