What Determines a Person's Value?

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  • Опубліковано 24 лип 2024
  • How do you respond to those who believe that some lives are just not worth living?
    Watch this powerful conversation between Joni and Friends Founder, Joni Eareckson Tada, and friends of the ministry, Nick Vujicic and Katherine Wolf.
    Regardless of ability, all life is valuable. Whether found in a womb or in a wheelchair, every life has value because we are all made in the image of God!
    Read more from Joni Eareckson Tada: www.joniandfriends.org/true-q...

    Sanctity of Life Sunday was established in 1984 to recognize the human dignity of unborn children. All these years later, it’s no longer only the unborn whose sanctity of life is questioned… it’s the elderly, those with catastrophic disabilities, people with psychiatric disorders, and more. There are even Christians who are questioning how and to what extent life is sacred.
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    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 this global movement at www.joniandfriends.org
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    #SanctityOfLife #JoniEarecksonTada #NickVujicic #KatherineWolf #ImageOfGod

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  • @aaronmckane9436
    @aaronmckane9436 4 роки тому +170

    I have been in a wheelchair since birth and I am letting God use me with the gifts he has given. These two together are amazing

  • @savannahtucci3704
    @savannahtucci3704 4 роки тому +231

    I don't see handicapped , I see the most Beautiful people! Praise God 🙏

    • @ObeyJesusOurLord
      @ObeyJesusOurLord Рік тому +2

      What a beautiful comment!

    • @Dezertroze43
      @Dezertroze43 Рік тому +2

      Amen to that indeed!

    • @abba0301
      @abba0301 Рік тому +2

      😍😭🙏💕❤️‍🔥

    • @doubletakejake2664
      @doubletakejake2664 Рік тому

      I couldn't of said it better

    • @PeaceFan1
      @PeaceFan1 3 місяці тому +1

      AMEN to THAT, Sister!!!! They Both have Unique ABILITIES that I WISH I Had!!! Psalm 139, INDEED!!!

  • @raccoondon488
    @raccoondon488 2 роки тому +16

    My wife is bedridden , so that makes me a care giver. She is also bipolar. Needless to say , that makes life extremely hard for the both of us. I needed to see this video. I and my wife need prayer. God blessed me by showing me this video. Joni is my hero !

    • @susanawright7757
      @susanawright7757 Рік тому

      Get her off of all sugar, corn syrup, dextrose etc and she will not be bi polar. It is a drug. It changes your brain chemistry which is the definition of a drug. It takes 27 feet of sugar cane to make a 1/4 cup of sugar. There is 1/8th of a cup of sugar in sodas and juices! It is so concentrated and causes bi polar, diabetes, and many other diseases.

    • @rhonamocke6527
      @rhonamocke6527 9 місяців тому +1

      Dear Don, I will pray for you two.

  • @amyatkinson7277
    @amyatkinson7277 3 роки тому +193

    I am the mother of a down Syndrome boy, now 37 years old, I thank God who gave me the courage to have another 3 children after him without testing to see if they had disabilities.. because I trusted Him and I would have never aborted! And my children are different to other young people because they have lived with their brother and supported him and realize the value of life! Praise goes to my Heavenly Father!

    • @maryshaw2004
      @maryshaw2004 2 роки тому +9

      I am so amazed and honored to have known your testimony Joni, since high school.!!! I love you as much now as I did then! I am so amazed you are still alive and well and I am amazed I am still alive! I have always loved you so much because I have emotional and social issues, which is the opposite of you.My disabilities are more invisible, . But God sends me streams of wisdom, and hope in the deserts. Love Mary

    • @laurenshannon2703
      @laurenshannon2703 2 роки тому +7

      What a beautiful testimony of the value of your son's influence in your family. God's plans are to bless.

    • @tessmoore3762
      @tessmoore3762 Рік тому +4

      My little sister was born with down Syndrome. She was a huge blessing in my life. She helped me to grow up with understanding and compassion that I wouldn't have had otherwise. She loved The Lord and always loved The Bible, even when my parents weren't in church and she couldn't read. She knew there was something about that book. She trusted The Lord as her Saviour before she went home to be with Him. I miss her, but I'm so happy she is in Heaven and I will get to see her again!

    • @catherinegebert5175
      @catherinegebert5175 Рік тому

      ​@@maryshaw2004 😊😊😊😊😊

    • @jesusstudentbrett
      @jesusstudentbrett Рік тому +2

      ​@ Tess Moore thank you Tess for sharing. 😢you got me tearing up. Down's syndrome are beautiful souls God uses to teach us virtues.

  • @kna4evr1
    @kna4evr1 5 років тому +409

    I just want to say I am a 72 year old Christian lady who thought her life was over as I keep seeing changes in my body. I am ashamed after listening to you both and apologize to you and to God for thinking these thoughts of late about my life...shame on me. I think God wanted me to hear what you both are sharing and know that there is still more for me to do. I just wanted you to know that. Thank you for letting me get that out and I will be praying for you and for this country to back to God and the sanctity of life.

    • @lanellsoto1732
      @lanellsoto1732 3 роки тому +28

      It's satan and his infiltration into the society (and many cultures) that has people believing that those with special needs, the elderly, and such that has many people acting as though they do not matter. NOT TRUE.
      Having worked with special needs children, i KNOW that the LORD does not feel that way.

    • @matildalempiainen6078
      @matildalempiainen6078 2 роки тому +10

      You are such an encouragement to Me and others,nic also.Thank you for all you two do for others.God bless you both

    • @cannellcooper5510
      @cannellcooper5510 2 роки тому +4

      AMEN 💖 🙏🏻

    • @delfinaguzmanpedroza4872
      @delfinaguzmanpedroza4872 2 роки тому +5

      AMEN AND AMEN!

    • @gracietilert8952
      @gracietilert8952 2 роки тому +7

      Dear Karen, that was so lovely and honest and I thank you for sharing. I too indeed really was led to this profound and beautiful message that Nick and Jono shared with all of us. Do not feel alone, we all need to hear these wonderful beautiful messages.

  • @spiromlb
    @spiromlb 4 роки тому +140

    ‘Let the week say, “I am strong.”
    Let the poor say, “I am rich.”
    Let the blind say, “I can see”
    “Tis what the Lord has done in me”
    Hosanna...to the Lamb who was slain...

  • @barbarasunday3514
    @barbarasunday3514 3 роки тому +83

    I have a growth abnormally called ",Sotos Syndrome", which gives me unusual height, disproportionate head and hand size, and coordination issues. My kid sister is developmentally challenged after strike at age 12. Joni has been such an encouragement to my family.

    • @joycallas3389
      @joycallas3389 2 роки тому +14

      Thank you! You are beautiful and perfect in Christ...which is all that matters. May God give the world eyes to see you as He does and hear His message of love through human weakness. I am grateful for the reminder 🧡

    • @helentruocchio1034
      @helentruocchio1034 Рік тому +2

      Wow.. I have a friend in a wheelchair... She is amazingly happy, beyond other people.. loved your special on U-tube..

  • @cathycarder464
    @cathycarder464 Рік тому +36

    Joni, you have been my hero since I was a preteen and my Mom heard you speak with Corrie Ten Boom at Women's Alive in Ontario, Canada. Nick, I show some of your videos to my Grade One class every year and together you guys brought my husband and I such incredible joy when we hear you proclaim the beauty and sanctity of all life!! Thank you for standing strong and declaring the holiness of life. My nation is become the top Euthanasian provider in the world and I am heartbroken. I will be reposting this video everywhere I can. So much love and prayers to you both and your beautiful families!! Thank you for being faith full and fabulous!! I know Abba beams over you with delight and pride everyday! Love, Cathy in Canada

    • @saintejeannedarc9460
      @saintejeannedarc9460 7 місяців тому +3

      I used to be so proud to be Canadian. I really fought it hard when people would say they were ashamed now, but i think I'm pretty much at that point. It's a beautiful, but fallen country. Our values are dirt, while our leaders brag in their sanctimonious and Godless way.

  • @conniegomez1321
    @conniegomez1321 4 роки тому +143

    Father,please help me to remember these two when I question my worth to God, when I pity myself . May I toss my PRIDE aside and accept my worth in allowing my Father to use me !!

    • @yvonnegill1382
      @yvonnegill1382 2 роки тому +3

      Recently our ladies group encouraged us to write on a paper brick something we wanted God to take away. My brick said Pride!

  • @laurahunter1690
    @laurahunter1690 5 років тому +228

    These two together is a powerhouse. God blessings richly flow from both.

  • @dianakennedyestrada4014
    @dianakennedyestrada4014 Рік тому +20

    Thank you NIck and Joni for sharing today; I'm a grandmother of my 14 yr old boy Nino. he has a disfigured face due to a vascular tumor. He gets stared at and bullied- but i am constantly swinging my spiritual sword reminding him he is chosen by God to stand up for kids who are bullied. Be a voice for them, I know God will use him for his will! Amen

    • @Standing.W.Israel
      @Standing.W.Israel 10 місяців тому +2

      I love that..."swinging my spiritual sword"... you go grandma♥︎

    • @lisapatrino7405
      @lisapatrino7405 6 місяців тому

      🗡🛡✝️🪖🥾🔥🙏😇👑🗡

  • @gbcchico7006
    @gbcchico7006 Рік тому +26

    You two are awesome ambassadors for Christ! Thank you so much for sharing your testimonies and messages of hope. I love you both!

  • @kimberlysamuel474
    @kimberlysamuel474 4 роки тому +202

    I was strong, now disabled and empty nest, alone, questioning my value. As long as I can be a blessing, redirecting traffic as Nick said, is wonderful...

    • @chelseagirl278
      @chelseagirl278 4 роки тому +31

      You are NOT alone! You are amazing, loved and a beautiful woman of Christ

    • @margaretwhittaker2291
      @margaretwhittaker2291 4 роки тому +11

      Yes, God has a plan and a purpose for each one of us. He looks at the heart and our availablility. We are so precious to Him, that he sings over us. As Joni said, we have been bought with the precious blood of Jesus Christ, our Saviour and Kinsman redeemer. God bless

    • @ederdstark1128
      @ederdstark1128 4 роки тому +10

      God bless you sister! Seek first the Kingdom and HIS righteousness and everything else will be added to you! If your needing of encouragement, help, or a friend, brother or sister, God has given you a family that is called to love Him and His people DEEPLY. For love covers over a multitude of sins.

    • @luzclara3855
      @luzclara3855 4 роки тому +9

      Your value is simply immeasurable, dearest Kimberly. God bless you always.

    • @celin26able
      @celin26able 4 роки тому +8

      Trust in the Lord our sevior Jesus Christ

  • @deeshafer7465
    @deeshafer7465 Рік тому +10

    Hi Joni
    1977 I read your 1st book about your accident at 17. I stayed up all night and the next day God called me to be his child. Have walked with my God and Savior as the Lord of my life ever since. Also my beloved husband Dave who last month was called home by our God. 45 years of unconditional love for each other. Miss Dave's presence so much. Listening to you Nick tonight has so encouraged me to begin moving forward to be available for whatever God's will is for me now at 85 years. Love U Joni you were certainly the instrument our God used to bring me out of darkness and into His marvelous kingdom of light. God be all the glory!

    • @lisapatrino7405
      @lisapatrino7405 6 місяців тому +1

      Amen my dearest sister in the Lord 🙏😇🛡🗡

  • @kimlanoue2033
    @kimlanoue2033 3 роки тому +10

    Joni! I’m so excited to see you. I was a very young lady when I was going to church and someone gave me your book to read. I believe I read it twice. This was in the 1970’s. You shaped my teenage years. I remember so much how you painted using your teeth because you became paralyzed from your diving accident in the Chesapeake Bay! Now I’m seeing you move those arms. God love you. I have become an artist! Are you still painting, drawing? So happy to see you and your beautiful smile. God Bless you. Kim

  • @judithpepelnar4429
    @judithpepelnar4429 Рік тому +18

    I just heard your message 3 yrs later. I'm not disabled and yet I am. Just in another way. And so are so many coming to counseling because of their disability and life- discouragements through trauma, insecure, godless, loveless upbringing, not knowing that there's a God who has created them in his image. Your message has inspired me. It's just hope-giving and encouraging. Thank God for your lives!

    • @Standing.W.Israel
      @Standing.W.Israel 10 місяців тому

      I'm right there with you.... and this backwards day we live in where you can't get medical care based on "first do no harm" makes it so much harder....

  • @kathymartin9693
    @kathymartin9693 4 роки тому +102

    Thank you Nick and Joni for your wonderful words of encouragement!

  • @organicgardenmamavictoriab2768
    @organicgardenmamavictoriab2768 5 років тому +169

    Two beautiful children of Yeshua the King. They are so beautiful.

  • @Benaiah14
    @Benaiah14 3 роки тому +45

    Thank you. My son is a stroke survivor. I needed to hear this as it’s so true.

  • @Born77730
    @Born77730 3 роки тому +12

    I can’t get over Joni’s beautiful and infectious smile. The beauty of God’s creation.

  • @1961poe
    @1961poe 5 років тому +129

    I've been living with multiple sclerosis (MS) for 15 years. I've been in a wheelchair for 10. My passion is spreading multiple sclerosis awareness and for living life as positively as possible even in my growing weakness. Needed a fresh shot in the arm to keep living for Jesus even as my strength fades from day to day. This video was just what I needed to see and hear. Thank you for sharing hope and life through your testimonies. I will try to do the same!

    • @ritashaw9660
      @ritashaw9660 4 роки тому +3

      Amen

    • @Bjustis2222
      @Bjustis2222 4 роки тому +7

      May Jesus continue to send you grace and peace.

    • @luzclara3855
      @luzclara3855 4 роки тому +3

      God bless you always!

    • @brendaann727
      @brendaann727 4 роки тому +10

      Praying for you to keep being strong with his help! I have come through many dark times with my health for many years & almost left a few times but totally depending on the Lord & staying close to Him in prayer, reading his book, & being obedient has kept me going. He gave me a special task too, to help others, that works within my limitations & it keeps me going. The Lord bless you & help you keep helping others...

    • @sharynnelouise3695
      @sharynnelouise3695 3 роки тому +2

      Yes God knows what we need and when. Pray you are embraced with Gods love in every moment

  • @johnalanlee3527
    @johnalanlee3527 5 років тому +164

    I feel ashamed of myself. I did not make the most of my talent for His glory. You taught me how and wake me up. Thank you.

    • @carolyncoy2765
      @carolyncoy2765 4 роки тому +4

      Love you both Joni & Nick. You are such an inspiration & God is using you for HIS glory to draw the unsaved to Jesus😇

    • @carladean2339
      @carladean2339 4 роки тому +5

      I know God is not disappointed in any of His children. We have a new day everyday to live in the love of Jesus towards all people. This is truly inspiring at this time during the world crisis of covid-19. Peace unto you child of God!

    • @forreal245
      @forreal245 4 роки тому +7

      John Alan Lee...Well, many, many of us NEVER make the "most" of our talents because we are influenced by our environments such as abusive &/or nonbelieving parents. So, be easy on yourself. God sees all. No need for shame in His eyes.

    • @brendaann727
      @brendaann727 4 роки тому +6

      A sister gave this verse earlier today. God uses all things, even our shortcomings. I have many times when I fail Him & tears shed because of it, but he shows me that I can learn & even my failings have a purpose. ...."And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purposes." Romans 8:28

  • @Felipe00162
    @Felipe00162 3 роки тому +18

    Gave me, for the first time, the perspective that life with a disability can be, actually, a gift!

  • @barbarabennett5385
    @barbarabennett5385 Рік тому +14

    Thank you for this presentation regarding people with disabilities. Both of my parents were deaf. My dad from Spinal Meningitis and my mother with various illness and polio. I was the eldest daughter of 5 children. I saw miracles throughout my life. My experience with my parents who were deaf and have passed, has strengthened me to be the woman, wife, mother I am. I have worked with many people with various disabilities. Each one was a miracle to me. I saw them having unique gifts to us to help us understand how much Heavenly Father loves each one of us. I look back and am grateful for my parents, and their gift to me and my family.

  • @soleilmariewajsen2584
    @soleilmariewajsen2584 5 років тому +320

    Joni and Nick, you're such a blessing to humanity! I don't see your handicap in any way, you're the most able people I know by the grace of God. Love you! ❤️

    • @conniegomez1321
      @conniegomez1321 5 років тому +9

      ditto!!!!

    • @carolburd3165
      @carolburd3165 4 роки тому +9

      I am so glad I saw this. This is one other thing to thank God for. I am have what these two do not have. I praise you God.

    • @christinakellner806
      @christinakellner806 4 роки тому +11

      The love and hope of Jesus Christ shines through you both! The way you live your lives shows us how to live life to the fullest ( abundantly!) in Christ.
      Thank you for sharing your hope, joy and love with us! God bless and I love you both💞 Can’t wait to meet you in heaven someday🤗

  • @robinstemple8368
    @robinstemple8368 5 років тому +18

    I’m a blind 61-year-old who is also dealing with muscular dystrophy. I started an organization to provide services for the blind in 1995 and had to retire in 2015 when the muscular dystrophy really got bad. Since then I’ve expanded a music ministry, playing and singing at 15 area nursing homes, personal care homes and facilities for individuals who are disabled. I think it’s so important to find a way to get involved and help other people. That’s the means that God has provided to help me maintain my feelings of hope. I also play quite a bit at my church. My church family provides most of my volunteer drivers to get me to the nursing homes, since the Roth area I live in does not have much in the way of public transportation. I am so blessed, despite the disabilities.-Rob Stemple

    • @ritashaw9660
      @ritashaw9660 4 роки тому +1

      Amen, I thank God for you and the way He is using you to minister to others, despite your disability. God bless you....

    • @shirleyman7612
      @shirleyman7612 4 роки тому +2

      You're so amazing, making great contributions to others even though you have endured many hardships. God bless you!!!🙏🙏🙏

    • @brendaann727
      @brendaann727 4 роки тому +1

      That's awesome Rob. You are bringing so much happiness to others by sharing your music. I have health challenges too, but God showed me who needed my help; & I can do it as I'm able & within my restrictions. Through this, I receive love & hope from others that keeps me going! You are right, it is important to find the place that God has for us to be useful & help others. There is something for all of us to do! God bless you & keep you.

  • @helenfaulds6351
    @helenfaulds6351 3 роки тому +29

    Thank you so much. As a new Christian in 1984 I first discovered your ministry. It has been a joy to live life for Jesus. I have worked with many with disability and am always blessed how close they are to God’s heart.

  • @tjk787
    @tjk787 Рік тому +3

    Joni, it's not a wheelchair, it's a LAMPSTAND!!! I've been on wheels for 22 years since a brain injury when I was 19. I'm blessed with an amazing wife and 2 sons. Yah is good! Thank you for shining light and being an encouragement.
    Tim K.

  • @thecrew777
    @thecrew777 5 років тому +19

    Just saw this today. I need emojis. Um ... stunned ... cried ... mouth agape ... I'll definitely be back. Disabled and housebound in 2009, saved by God's Mercy and Grace in 2015.

  • @karenbors9932
    @karenbors9932 4 роки тому +11

    His strength is made perfect in our weakness

  • @emilyjohns7377
    @emilyjohns7377 3 роки тому +2

    Joni and Nick are chosen vessels of GOD. They are so beautiful.

  • @michaelnebehay
    @michaelnebehay 3 роки тому +31

    Unbelievable! Thank you so much for your incredible courage!

  • @TheMichelebode
    @TheMichelebode 5 років тому +92

    You are both an inspiration. God bless you.

  • @tomjoe9339
    @tomjoe9339 4 роки тому +20

    Thanking Christ for his servants Nick, Joni and Catherine for this beautiful testimony. God bless your ministries!

  • @mamaburr2963
    @mamaburr2963 Рік тому +22

    Hi Joni & NICK..I really needed to hear your message on different disabilities...I can see the joy on both of your faces..See the light of Jesus on you..Thank you for the hope...I am elderly dealing with a new disability in my legs..When I first used my walker or wheelchair. I Felt useless..Now it slowed me down, and I see the beauty in flowers, people, children. .I can hear God's voigives the strenthce louder.When I am in pain..I say I can do all thing through Christ who

    • @mamaburr2963
      @mamaburr2963 Рік тому +4

      I can do all things through Christ who gives the strenth..God has not given me the spirit of fear, but power love and a sound mind..Jesus gives me his strength..Thank you

    • @JoniandFriendsVideo
      @JoniandFriendsVideo  Рік тому +4

      Mama Burr, thank you so much for sharing. We are thankful for the shift in your perspective and that you can hear God more clearly. We pray that your hope and strength continues to grow so much more. Blessings, Stephanie

    • @davidsingh2334
      @davidsingh2334 Рік тому

      ​@@mamaburr2963 ❤

  • @maurgrace9525
    @maurgrace9525 3 роки тому +22

    Joni, your books helped me more than any others when I went through losing my husband during my pregnancy many years ago. Your outlook on suffering is so encouraging. God gave me this thought: God turned a beautiful mess into a beautiful message. He did that for me too.

  • @PastorJimVail
    @PastorJimVail 5 років тому +86

    Two wonderful blessings in a comfort crazy and a pleasure hungry world!!!

    • @StarAnnasDream
      @StarAnnasDream 4 роки тому +5

      This was this year..2019!
      She was born in 1949
      Joni is 70! how does she do it!? Amazing that work all her disabilities she had aged so well
      I think her Parents and sisters were her contributing positive factor. Without their positive influence she wouldn't be where she is today

    • @SOULRELIEF22
      @SOULRELIEF22 4 роки тому +2

      @@StarAnnasDream
      JESUS is the REASON! HALLELUJAH! 🙏🙌

    • @RosaLopez-xx4ip
      @RosaLopez-xx4ip 4 роки тому

      You two have inspired my life and I use your stories in my English clases in Uruguay, South America. I entitled them encouraging stories. Teen agers are very impressed and moved by your victory over terrible hardships. By the value of life that many times they don't find in themselves. You really are a MIRACLE!!!!! of God's sustaining grace.The Lord may keep you both shinning!!!!

  • @AnnetteMurphyger
    @AnnetteMurphyger 4 роки тому +22

    Congrats on 40 years of Joni and Friends

  • @nancylotton7526
    @nancylotton7526 3 роки тому +21

    Our limitations exist so that the glory of God should be revealed in us

  • @sheilahattle1429
    @sheilahattle1429 Рік тому +5

    You're such a darling Joni. I love listening to you always. Thanks for being such a wonderful blessing to so many.
    We pray for the suffering you experience and ask God to comfort and bless you and your dear husband.
    Sheila

  • @patriciacrowther3771
    @patriciacrowther3771 4 роки тому +36

    WOW you two. I stand in awe. Thank you both for your testimonies. Bless you in both in your work for the Lord.

  • @MaureenTomaino
    @MaureenTomaino 4 роки тому +35

    I have followed you promoted your life and testimony as I managed various bookshops in South Africa. I love you Joni and thank God for your example of abundant life that God alone can give no matter what

  • @lauriewillis279
    @lauriewillis279 3 роки тому +7

    Thank you Lord that you brought this video to my attention! How they glorify you, Jesus and so encourage all to live life! PTL!

  • @stephenpogson9749
    @stephenpogson9749 3 роки тому +15

    This message is spiritual health being demonstrated in God’s inspiring love glowing out in these pair.

  • @gls5769
    @gls5769 4 роки тому +8

    Joni's, is an inspiration to me..My dad broke his neck in 1987 we cared for him at home for 8 years he was a Quadriplegic I had heard Joni's testimony so , I bought her books it helped me to understand alittle of what my dad was going through...I never regretted caring for my dad...but I know he is in a better place ..God bless you Joni.

  • @suziestar7778
    @suziestar7778 5 років тому +64

    Two very fine people indeed, congratulations 40 years anniversary....Hooray!!!!!! God bless you both and all your loved ones always.

  • @appledoreman
    @appledoreman 4 роки тому +10

    'Beautiful things can come from broken pieces.' Amen, and you two, blessed people are living proof of that. Thank you for sharing your faith and joy in Christ with us.

  • @debtaylor3121
    @debtaylor3121 4 роки тому +2

    Thank you Joni, Nick, & Katherine for allowing God to shine through you and being such an AWESOME encourager!! You all have so graciously opened up and poured your hearts out to make a difference for others while bringing honor and glory to our God. I know you have touched my heart and I'm sure many many others. Congratulations on 40 years!! I know God is smiling upon you all and the lives you live. Keep running that race as you continue to shine. Thanks again. Proverbs 3:5-6

  • @catherinejacobs1518
    @catherinejacobs1518 4 роки тому +31

    You both make me laugh, cry and praise God for the Miracles you are! God Bless you both and your ministries!

  • @victoriataylor5457
    @victoriataylor5457 5 років тому +84

    God bless you both, Gods plan, how perfect it is , for each and every person. God values all life , we all are fearfully & wonderfully made, in His image !! Your both are so beautiful, inside & out ! I love Psalms 139

  • @laurelsternberg5861
    @laurelsternberg5861 3 роки тому +11

    Hallelujah. You're both such an encouragement. I'm a counselor to women with unplanned pregnancies, and am aware that pro-life is not only about babies but, as you said, the value of life at all ages and all abilities.

  • @user-zt6lq8wp5s
    @user-zt6lq8wp5s 3 місяці тому +1

    I get encouraged every time I hear you talk. Some times when I have pain, I think of you. My pain is nothing compared to you. Please continue to encourage people. May God bless you and Ken.

  • @Mrnathanmiller22
    @Mrnathanmiller22 5 років тому +48

    Congrats on 40 years!!! Joni and Nick, you are both an inspiration and a true example of what GOD calls us to be. Thank you for all you do.

  • @elenachiu8525
    @elenachiu8525 3 роки тому +7

    You guys are so much inspiration for the people that may need encouragement in their situations! For the one that aren’t happy with their life, even they have whole body, let’s learn something from these happy and Godly ones! Blessings you all! God doesn’t make mistakes!

  • @mjeaston675
    @mjeaston675 3 роки тому +9

    Joni and Nick, thank you for being such amazing Ambassadors of Christ. Your life is such a powerful testimony of the goodness of God. You're awesome. Blessings.🙏🕊️🤗

  • @matthewmaycock9723
    @matthewmaycock9723 Рік тому +1

    Congratulations for your 40 yrs in this ministry.May God richly bless you and give you and may all our needs be met in Jesus name.Amen

  • @servantofmessiah1071
    @servantofmessiah1071 4 роки тому +13

    You are precious, Joni and Nick! God bless you!

  • @alicemartinez4889
    @alicemartinez4889 4 роки тому +3

    Hi Joni, it doesnt seem fair than anyone should be so beautiful. you shine so brightly...your skin, your hair, your smile and best of all your personality... I know it IS the light of Jesus through you. Nick too is a bright light in this dark world. I read your book JONI so many many years ago...as a young girl, it help me get through some rough times.
    Thank you for being you.

  • @TheAvenstar
    @TheAvenstar 3 роки тому +5

    Whenever I think I have problems, if I am wise enough to recall Joni and her plight (which is her strength through Jesus Christ), I am instantly silenced in the midst of my self-pity routine! I think no one has done more to be an encouragement to millions of others with "problems." If Joni can handle it, I can handle it -- not in my own strength, which is pitiful, but in the strength of almighty God as He both wills and works in my life to perform all His good pleasure. May God continue to bless this remarkable woman!

  • @carolinewaite4576
    @carolinewaite4576 3 роки тому +1

    May your Gracious Heavenly Father continues to bless, and give you his peace always.

  • @chelseagirl278
    @chelseagirl278 4 роки тому +13

    Both of you are so incredible and so amazing in Christ! Thank you

  • @simplyblessed7036
    @simplyblessed7036 3 роки тому +12

    I needed this message today. I have kidney disease, three special needs children and a spouse on disability

    • @MsMel-ic5eg
      @MsMel-ic5eg 2 роки тому +2

      Praying for you and your family. I understand some of your situation as some mirrors my own life, but God will see you through!
      Keep firm in your faith and trust in HIM! 🙏🏻🌷

    • @JoniandFriendsVideo
      @JoniandFriendsVideo  2 роки тому +3

      Dear friend, thank you for sharing your heartfelt story with us. If you would like to connect with a member of our Response team for spiritual encouragement and prayer, please feel free to email response@joniandfriends.org.
      “The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.” Psalm 34:18

  • @joycecozby5004
    @joycecozby5004 Рік тому

    Congratulations Joni on 40 years of “Joni & Friends”. 🙏💕🔥💕🙏

  • @kenpoulson
    @kenpoulson 3 роки тому +22

    My wife and I just watched this. Thank you! We saw Joni about 40 years ago when we first got married in Phoenix when she told her Story. It inspired us to become Christians. We have been married for 42 years now. God has brought us through so many hard things. That's what He does. Congrats to you both on your AMAZING ministry's. We personal thank you as God is the glue that has kept us together and flourishing. Amen Amen

  • @kathyeareckson1025
    @kathyeareckson1025 4 роки тому +5

    Thank You Dear Lord and Savior for Your Love, Forgiveness, and Salvation.

  • @markwinsor8617
    @markwinsor8617 3 роки тому +25

    I have always valued and promoted the sanctity of life. I am pro life for the unborn and have worked with those who struggle with addictions to value their lives. Even so, this short message brought new understanding to me and a greater determination to bless those with handicaps ro understand their true value. God bless you both.

  • @carolejackson8357
    @carolejackson8357 3 роки тому +1

    Johnnie and Friends is now in year 42. More people than you know have a better quality of life because of your ministry of encouragement. Not all disabilities are obvious at first sight. I'm one of those people who has overcome to achieve more than reasonably expected. ADD has been my challenge yet I've earned a Master degree. That without medication!
    I thank God for ADD as it has required me to lean heavy on Him!💐

  • @1Michaeldog
    @1Michaeldog 3 роки тому +6

    Thank you for your precious hearts!!! Glory to God. So sorry for your suffering-but grateful for your reflection of JESUS. Much love sister and brother!!!!

    • @mariehaverty8209
      @mariehaverty8209 Рік тому

      They are not suffering, but I am. Love this bless you both gorgeous people, and thank you. 👏❤️🙏🙏

  • @sunflwr1000
    @sunflwr1000 4 роки тому +10

    God bless the both of you

  • @okanval7166
    @okanval7166 3 роки тому +5

    Just to add to that testimony...
    Now 14 years later and our son Moses serves the Lord, praising Him on many musical instruments and bringing others to Christ.
    God is faithful

  • @JoeNithin
    @JoeNithin Рік тому +4

    Whenever listening to them, I remember how much love God has imparted in people who minister to them to make them realise God's love.

  • @jerurenteria325
    @jerurenteria325 3 роки тому +12

    Wow, you three made me cry.... the good kind of crying! There was so much of what you said that has been a blessing, each one of you speaking with a heart that glorifies God, not inspire but because of your suffering. I thank my grandma for introducing me to Joni’s book when I was 10 years old (I’m 36 now!) and living in a small town in Paraguay (South America). The testimony of you three is incredible!

  • @nancyferguson2750
    @nancyferguson2750 4 роки тому +5

    You are both such a blessing! I complain that I have to stay home during this virus but I am able to go outside and go for a walk! I realize I am so blessed! After multiple back surgeries, I am still able to walk! May God forgive my complaints!

  • @ruthkoster4140
    @ruthkoster4140 3 роки тому +7

    I had Covid and then a few weeks ladder I had the shot so I wouldn’t have it again and became quite sick. Last night I couldn’t sleep and prayed to the Lord Jesus Christ for a long time. I am getting much better

  • @breathofhome6315
    @breathofhome6315 3 роки тому +4

    Congrats on 41st(2021) year at Joni and Friends!!
    The army of Gideon broke their vessels to show the light.

  • @SufficientDailyGrace
    @SufficientDailyGrace 3 роки тому +15

    What great bearers of hope you both are. Your smiles, words and the whole message of hope in your lives are so precious. God bless you.

  • @DempseydeLange
    @DempseydeLange 4 роки тому +5

    What a privilege to meet you both..... what an inspiration....... my little problems just fade into nothing as I listen to you both. Thank you Lord.

  • @myrtleesther8855
    @myrtleesther8855 4 роки тому +8

    Thank you Lord God for your servants Joni and Nick, and the messages we receive through them for your glory, may they be richly rewarded at the Bema seat even though I think they will be casting their crowns at your feet! Hallelujah!

  • @agnesmcevoy5326
    @agnesmcevoy5326 3 роки тому +2

    A Big Thank you Joni, My Daughter and I met you in Liverpool, at The Empire Theartre many years ago I think 1975 . At seventeen she was struck down with Paralysis, she served The Lord in So many ways after meeting you . She went Home to The Lord Four and a half years ago. I remember you saying " you must have been my backing Prayers , when I learned I was coming here". May God continue to Guide and Bless You.

  • @RosyLife79
    @RosyLife79 3 роки тому +10

    🌅You two are beautiful. Your faces shine with God’s love. It’s stands out. Glory be! Joni has always been a hopeful inspiration for me as a woman writer and person.

    • @jeffreymclean9958
      @jeffreymclean9958 Рік тому

      Thank you, Joni and Nick. You both are living BEAUTIFUL witnesses to God and what HE does through open vessels. Life is difficult for all of us and you both are so inspiring! Thank you, Joni and Nick for loving JESUS! ❤️ May God continue to bless your ministries. With love, Jeff 😊

  • @karenstidham557
    @karenstidham557 4 роки тому +31

    I am a year plus late in seeing this, but it is so precious to me today. Our God is a God of hope and of life!

  • @anamariacarignani351
    @anamariacarignani351 Рік тому +5

    Thanks friends for your prayer.❤

  • @redeemed5554
    @redeemed5554 3 роки тому +1

    Loving this conversation! 😄 Our God is alive and well! We have everything to gain and nothing to lose by trusting and abiding in the arms of our LORD! Thank you ladies for sharing your lives with us! Our crazy messed up world needs your encouragement. We're almost Home! Maranatha! 🤗

  • @sheilabandstra4762
    @sheilabandstra4762 3 роки тому +2

    You asked what we see. Well I certainly see no disabilities but your spirits alive and thriving in so much joy and faith. I am beyond touched. Being disabled means to me being negative about life and living without God at the center of our lives. I am elderly but live gratefully irregardless my circumstances. You two lifted me up and I am certain many many others. I see two very whole human beings more alive in spirit than any non disabled person I know. God bless you. I celebrate life by just being filled with gratitude.

  • @sue311956
    @sue311956 5 років тому +40

    I can't put into words just how much you both bless me. The ministry that God has given each of you is so needed. I love you both !!

  • @emilyeby5227
    @emilyeby5227 5 років тому +15

    What the enemy meant for bad, God turns it and uses it for good! Thank you for letting God use your gift of quick thinking, and memorizing powerful Scriptures to share appropriately in discussing this hardest topic of all humankind - why God allows suffering.

  • @marthahostetler946
    @marthahostetler946 Місяць тому

    I am a stroke victim. Both of you are miracles and God knew you could inspire many invalids. Thank you and God bless.

  • @Liflecken
    @Liflecken Рік тому +2

    I love you both and thank God for your lives and for the blessing that you are in this world. 💖💖💖

  • @BR2UCoachingServices
    @BR2UCoachingServices 3 роки тому +8

    Two of my favorite witnesses, and a new “Friend” to enjoy, too...Congratulations, Joni and Friends...Wow, 40 years! God is good, all the time! 🙏

  • @amyb33755
    @amyb33755 Рік тому +4

    Thank you so much. I work in a nursing home and I am so encouraged by what God can do even in our weakness. I also have a child with a disability. While I pray for healing I will embrace the opportunity for God’s grace and power to work in our spirits and mind. We are more than our bodies. This is one thing I have been reminded of. Thanks again my hope or expectation has increased.

  • @emaildinah
    @emaildinah 4 роки тому +1

    Love, love, love this! I've been a fan of Joni for over 30 years! I read her 1st and 3rd books as a teenager/college student. I celebrate the life that God has given me! This fallen world we live in just spews lies about everything. But God gives us LIFE. and Jesus came that we may have LIFE and have it ABUNDANTLY! Keep up the wonderful, anointed work that are your ministries.

  • @janice7378
    @janice7378 2 роки тому +12

    Truly you guys made my day today, Thank you so much for sharing us wisdom filled words. You truly reflect God's heart. Many rewards await for you in Heaven

  • @robinluich5576
    @robinluich5576 4 роки тому +2

    I'm overwhelmed by the power of Christ that you both light up the world with.
    Katherine is sooo beautifully joyful.

  • @xaviermercado2079
    @xaviermercado2079 3 роки тому +9

    Both of you have helped me so much to keep going forward with my walk in Jesus. I have a grandson with down syndrome
    he is eight years old he is a lot of fun!

  • @Standing.W.Israel
    @Standing.W.Israel 10 місяців тому +1

    Lord, renew my mind so I can shine for You in the midst of my struggles.

  • @katielight3345
    @katielight3345 3 місяці тому +1

    I cannot tell you how badly I needed this and how desperately the world needs this. I am going to be an Art Therapist and I have Bipolar and terrible raging OCD. It is debilitating but I have nothing to complain about compared to others. I am so grateful to have found these videos. I will cherish them forever. Thank you and CONGRATULATIONS!

  • @tiffytoo
    @tiffytoo 5 років тому +9

    A friend of mine shared your names with me. My name is Tiffany and I was just diagnosed with cancer. Thank you so much for this video. I'm not leaving the same way I came in for sure. Thank you & to God be the glory 😍💜

    • @Cesar-pq2ck
      @Cesar-pq2ck 4 роки тому +1

      Tiffany Elliott God is with you!

  • @Julieoolums
    @Julieoolums 3 роки тому +7

    Thank you precious Joni and Nick....God bless you for radiating His love and light. May Jesus continue to bless and strengthen you and your families as you share His love and hope with the world. This was very touching and inspirational. I have alot to be thankful for. XX

  • @deewitt3746
    @deewitt3746 3 роки тому +1

    A lifetime of childlessness, now 77, God allowed my broken heart to be filled with other people's children. His timing is perfect. Thank you for displaying your suffering with courage, with joy, with hope to reach many---those broken inside too..

  • @joyoconnor1401
    @joyoconnor1401 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you for the encouraging words you have for all of us. I am 96 years young and I share your optimism about life and what makes it worth living. I pray that God will continue to bless both of you for the all the good you are doing.