Joni Eareckson Tada Shares Her Story
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- Опубліковано 27 січ 2014
- Joni Eareckson Tada is a mouth-painter, singer, writer, disability activist, and a quadriplegic. But how did she get here? What left her paralyzed? And how did she develop a faith in Christ and a passion to serve those in need? In this video, Joni opens up to share with you her life testimony-from her childhood, to her diving accident, to her faith in Jesus and His plans.
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This is my testimony for the glory of God. At 19 years I was involved in a car accident and few months later I was paralysed waist dow from disc degenerated and cutting through my nerves in my spine. 8 months bedridden with no hopes even if I had a surgery. I somehow came across Joni ereckson's book lying back on my bed. I dont know where that book came from. (Iam from India). I found hope in her book and accepted my condition. But one night as I was crying out in pain and helplessness Jesus came and sat next to me on my bed and said " Behold to bless Israel is God's desire" and I said Im not Israel but Indian and Jesus touched me and said " By faith you are Abraham's daughter". From then I healed completely in a month walking and sitting. Now 19 years later, mum to a kid and I can do everything with no evidence of my spinal injury. Praise be to Jesus.
That is amazing! May you continue to live and share your story for the glory of God! Rejoicing with you!🙌🏼✨💯
It’s unbelievable but wow 😯 i can’t believe it , maybe because I lack faith as in God choose to heal you and not her Joni
@@Blackopme Jesus chooses who and what he does. it is his prerogative for he is god- he holds our lot, every one of our days. his purposes are greater than what we can ever see. for each is given a life to live for him, no matter what it looks like. we all suffer. we will all suffer. and to suffer is to be counted worthy. Place your faith always in the lord jesus, he will never wrong us. for there is no wrong in him. Joni brings healing through her words and her comfort. her soul is beautiful and the inner man is what matters. I often get down because i hate the death and decay that encircles us....its endless here on this earth. but his grace is sufficient for me, and for you. He has suffered for us, he feels everything we will ever know....and he loves us. Remember jon, that faith comes by hearing, and hearing the word of christ. Listen to his word, abide in him and he in you- and you will bear much fruit, for apart from him we can do absolutely nothing. treasure his word in you heart and mind. meditate on his character, his words, his promises and take his commands seriously as the path to life. he loves you. :)
You need to talk about this more in many places, glory to god
Praise Lord Jesus!!
I have great respect for you. I broke my back 24 years ago. I became a paraplegic due to this accident! My oldest sister put your book in my hands. I read it and it gave me hope. I cried while reading it in a hospital bed. I knew if you could make it then I could also. It humbled me! Now I can say, I am a child of God and Jesus is my Lord and Saviour!!! I too had breast cancer 15 years after my accident and had a mastectomy. I will meet you one day in Heaven and we will praise Jesus and walk and talk together!🙂 I thank God for you and I love and appreciate you Joni!!!!! God bless you continually!!!!🙌🙏♥️🤗🌹
Amen .. my problems are so small.. Thanks 🙏🏼 for inspiring me and made me cry
God bless you
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AMEN AND AMEN 🫂💞
We'll meet in heaven one day soon. Courage ✊🏽
The Lord bless and keep us all till then.
I read your story when I was a little girl, in a children's book. I never thought I would actually get to listen to your voice and hear your testimony with my ears. What a blessing you are to me just by hearing your testimony!
She made a movie of her life and she plays herself, it's called "Joni." I think it was put out in the 70s. My youth group watched it in the early 90's!
I just said the same thing. I was always moved by her story. But I was so young. Now almost 50 never forgetting a day in my life of joni. I always wondered how she faired. Though this was 8 years ago. I'd like to see if now I can find more on her. I know she wrote books. But I didn't know that till tonight. God bless you. Thanks for sharing your story in the comments. #bingejesus #getusedtodifferent #chosen
What a powerful and awe inspiring testimony. Such an encouragement and a blessing to me.
Thank you 🙏🙏💖
Finding Jesus Christ in the middle of your splashes of hell....here on earth....are truly a blessing beyond anything this world has to offer..
She is so beautiful.
How encouraging. "Splash of heaven is finding Jesus in your splash over of hell"
What an extremely brave woman. Joni is literally carrying her cross everyday and following Christ. There's not a human being alive that couldn't take something away from this message.Thank you Joni for making this video.
This was shared from my bible study group. Last week my uncle fell down the stairs and broke his neck. He's paralyzed from the shoulders all the way down. My family is really going through it now, especially my Dad. We are all anxious about my uncle's quality of life, and that he will need 24 hour care for the rest of his life. This testimony brought me to tears. Thank you Joni.
Oh, Lena... Our hearts break for this family and the challenges that await in the coming days, weeks, months and years. We pray that the Lord would allow the smoke to clear so that they can see him clearly and know him in a greater way. May God's comfort be ever present in the midst of their pain. Please share with them that we are here to pray, encourage and support them in any way that we can. They may reach out to our Response team at response@joniandfriends.org. Thank you for sharing with us!
@@JoniandFriendsVideo Thank you so much. I shared the videos with my parents.
Your testimony helped me from depression, I also broke my neck and had to resign my job that broke me, but thank you for your encouraging words,
I was born in the late 1940s with a disabling heart defect, but my disability is nowhere as severe as Joni's! I simply love her because she dearly loves my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and her testimonies gives me hope and encouragement! She is a sweet, Godly woman, and I am inspired by her! The older I have gotten, the worse has my ageing heart become, causing me to be unable to do simple things, but Jesus Christ is my HELPER, and I've grown closer to Him! I'm an elderly widow now, looking forward to departing this body and become present with my Redeemer! Until then, I have work to do for Him!❤
God do something in my life right because I've been living my new christian life wrong. help me from being so self-centered. in Jesus Name I pray amen.
Please don't be so hard on yourself. Just pray, read your bible, go to your loving church and be with your friends and family in Christ. Bless you!
Try to pray in the name of God, the God of Jesus, Moses Abraham and Muhammad (pbuh)
That’s the very prayer Joni prayed , as you hear here, and took the dive that paralyzed her. Be very careful what up pray because God WILL use any means necessary to answer your prayer and give you what you asked for and it might not be fun.
My ideology changed 180 degrees after listening to you. Thank you
greetings in Jesus name. . . this is priyanka from India. . I had met with an major accident n had broke both my knees n ankles. .. now only by the grace of God I am able to walk again. . wen I was in hospital I had heard about your life testimony. . I really praise God tat through u He has inspired me to boost up my faith. . . . wen ever I hear your name I feel to say that u r an amazing vessel of god. . .
Priyanka Samuel Gouder Bless you,Thank God once again from Mizoram,India
Thank you Joni for allowing the glory and grace of God to shine through your life.
What a blessing. I have a spinal cord injury, and my condition continues to degenerate, but I have the gift of trusting in Jesus.
Joni has encouraged me and others, who have gone through, that's right, through difficult circumstances. Without Christ there is little hope, that we can go through such adversity, but we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us. You go girl.
God bless you. I feel like I could never endure what you guys do. I'm going through some chronic pain now and I feel so depressed. But God is good.
Daniel Kim
We seldom seek God during times of plenty. During desperate times, and especially during extreme pain we seek the Lord. Suffering becomes a form of prayer, because Jesus suffered too. As we draw closer to Him and He draws closer to us.
God bless her and give her strength and comfort
amazing inspiration and encouragement to millions of people if I seen her I would like to give her 3 huge heartfelt hugs and her husven also, she feels blessed despite her difficulties if ya cant see the light in that god help ya and he will if ya ask him
SuperCal you speak Spanish?
I feel so convicted. I have a tumor but who are we to question. I feel so humble, in health or illness bossed be thy name🙏🏼
You truely carry your Cross in a wonderful way by God's grace.
Blessing to you Sister Joni, thank you for sharing your testimony.
Joni you are amazing 💖 💖 💖
When I died, Jesus took me home to God. We were all perfect there, all like children. My grandchildren were there, and they still with Jesus. But I had to go back.
Joni is so refreshingly honest. What an inspiration your faith is.
Often as Christians we believe that are lives are blessed (especially by God) when we receive wealth, success, and material luxurious. Often we receive these from our own efforts and they are a distraction from faith when our focus is on what we have rather than upon WHO we depend (i.e. our loving creator who sent Jesus, His Son, to die on the cross). Joni's story shows us that it is often and typically through genuine suffering and painful struggles that God uses to draw us close to Him, to experience our need of Him on a daily basis, and to open our hearts to him in trust and faith. My mother's suffering on a ventilator (life support) for three months in the I.C.U. (and being at her bedside day and night for those 90 days) had done the same for me and I thank God for using that suffering and loss to make Him a priority in my life and a daily source of my strength. Thank you Joni for being a reminder to us daily that God's love and sacrifice on the cross allows us to endure suffering with His strength so that we may glorify His name.
WOW!! This reached down so deep inside my heart and soul. I have such a desire for my husband and I to meet Joni but my husband is a homebound our car is too small for him now he has a manual wheelchair but my husband is too heavy for me to push. Trying to get him an electric wheelchair has been such a struggle. Maybe one day things will change for my husband and the struggles he has everyday.
Please consider contacting Joni and friends. Perhaps they can help. Praying for you and your husband. May GOD guide you
I have followed Joni E. for more than 30 years... never thought she was going to be able to make it all the way just as she has. Her testimony..how the life of God has been expressed in her, is for me, one of the very few authentic christian lifes that I know that have been really open to the Lord to make everything His way and live His life in her without obstacles... What a marvelous thing the Lorrd can do when we are really open to Him. Thank you Lord for Joni, who has been a strong testimony and inspiration for thousands... cannot imagine how hard has been all this years for you!! But what is imposible for us, Is possible for Him, Would love to meet you one day in this age. :)
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When God causes us to suddenly become disabled, he gives us an amazing talent only gifted by him. I’ve known several who have had to bear this journey. God has used the in a miraculous way to his glory. Joni has been a witness to millions and may God continue to bless her in every way. In this day and time the media has caused us to be afraid to speak and give our opinions. As a long time Christian believer, I’m not ashamed to say God bless them. I am Ron Corbin from SC. 🙌🙌🙌
When I was a kid I listened to you on a cassette tape.
God Bless you Joni
God bless you, Joni! You are such an encouragement!
Been a fan for decades. Prayed for you during covid. Joni, hearing you were on mend made my day.
a beautiful story and reflection of the Love of Christ. thank you.
Will's wife. Prayed for you. Can't wait to meet you for all time. We are the special age, but you have been there for a long time. Love you love Jon til then .... Jo
I just had an accident
A stage door weighing 1000lb came crashing down and cracked my lower vertebrae and pelvis.
I have been inspired and encouraged by you for many years. But what a blessing to rewatch your story and feel the blessings from that during such a huge crisis in my life right now. Ironically we have been in forida helping the people from the hurricane, and then disaster struck me. I had to be airlifted out of the island.
Thank you for your courage!! Thank you letting God use you!
I will also let the Lord use me in any way He wants to bring Him all glory!!
The world would be a better place if everyone watched this video!! Thankyou sooo much Joni and thankyou for your wonderful Devotional book :) highly recommend to anyone:)
Thank you Joni Eareckson Tada. Thank you for sharing this to me. I too suffer chronically. And your video really hit me inside. I pray right now, that the grace of god be upon you, so that he may comfort you along this path to his eternal kingdom. God Bless you.
So uplifting: and such a shining light for all of us.
I’m sorry what happened to you, Joni. It was an accident. You have blessed so many.
God is still Healing Now
My God continue to Bless You. You are amazing. So very amazing.
These are the precious lives God have in this world to remind us how proud we truly are. May God teach us the way of the cross. Jesus said learn from me, I am humble and meek.
a great inspiration to millions ,,, has heart and soul beyond measure
I am a trying to be the best person I can be in Jesus Christ, but I can tell you this today I came across your story, and it made me grow in the HOLY SPRIT, thank God for you Mam, God have a something good for you (GOD, I beg you father my commander and chief never leave her side)
I was only two years old when you had your diving accident, Joni. And then, I had never heard of you until 1980, the year I had surrendered my life to Yeshuah as my personal savior and the greatest love of my life. 😊 I love hearing your testimonies of the way our Ababa is using you for His purpose. Thank you Joni, for sharing yourself and for sharing the way Yeshuah is using you to show us How He loves us all so much. Love you Joni! And happy new Year!
What a gracious and soul moving testimony! Glory be to the Lord!
Can't wait for the day that Lord will make us all leap like deer in His Kingdom! Just a matter of time! Thanks sister Joni for making Jesus more famous to the hopeless! Indeed you have encouraged my soul today. 🙏❤️🥰✝️
God bless you, Suzette!
Thank you joni for sharing your testimony the Lord continually bless you 🙏😇
Joni.....after JESUS.......you're my inspiration.
My c2 broke, 3 was ok, ,4-7 crunched together, but all I did was pray, not s surgery at all I think God did this for me so I can hold my new grandbabies bc I wasn't able to have more. I still feel like you have done greater than me with less mobility and I thank our Lord for you encouragement
I fell off a tree 🌲 in Jamaica and doctors state I would not live or if I live I would not walk again. It’s was the grace of God did this miracle as a teenager.
Joni's so awesome. I love listening to her on the radio. Christ, through her, makes the day so so so much better.
My dear Joni, I will never be able to understand your struggles but you have incredibly shared with me and many others the depth of your union with Jesus. I will meet you in heaven one day and that's for eternity
Joni I can't say how much I needed this message this morning! You are an inspiration of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and I need your example! Thank you for carrying your crosses with such dignity and faith! It is the help I need!
This help me on TODAY with my faith.God won't hurt my soul
Thank you for your testimony.
hold on to your faith sister one day we all will walk on the street of gold i will see you in heaven God bless
What a blessing you have been in my life!! The example you set of leaning and depending upon Jesus pulled me through the dark time after an accident that almost killed me and left my life utterly changed. That was more than 30 years ago. I'm so glad to have found this video blog (?) that drops these wonderful little messages into my life almost every day! Someday I hope to give you a big hug -- "just inside the Eastern Gate" of Heaven. I think the line will be long -- you have helped SO many of us!! 😍
Oh dear! Joni is indeed the inspiration for young teenagers battling between evil and righteous..God has indeed given a great plan for this aspiring speaker...
All Praise Be to the Lord Almighty!
Wow...it’s the middle of the night and I can’t sleep...I needed to hear this Joni, Jesus is always with us, thank you!
Read both books and I enjoyed reading them God bless you and Ken I got saved in 1971 at age 14 I’m almost 67 yrs of age I play piano and organ since the age of 3 I enjoy you on You Tube Thanks for your sharing
Thank you so much for sharing your testimony. You are the god's chosen woman.
Amazing story! God Bless you m'am.
You are amazing!!! I am so thankful I came across this video.God bless you!!
God bless you, Joni. Thank you for sharing your life--your life in Christ--with us all. ❤
So thankful that I found your channel! God put you on my heart today! 💕
Joni YOU are the reason I never accept bitternessin my life although I struggled with fatigue and depressions almost all my life.Thank you from the bottom of my hart for your honesty. That has been such a tremendous help..Not only the good days but the bad as well.And He is wonderful and FAITHFUL.And He does not lie!
I read your wonderful book when i was younger, and you inspired me as well as others wow little did I know 3/25/20 I would see this and you again, God Bless You Always!!!!
Thank you, Joni, for your inspiring testimony. I watched the movie as a teenager, that's why your testimony caught my eye now.
What s powerful snd strong testimony. God bless you
God bless you
Powerful!!! I love how God speaks through you!
How I love Joni's testimony - very uplifting!
❤ Meeting you over 25 years, I would love to be as strong in my spirit as you have always been!
Aww Joni,you are an inspiration,your beautiful and I love your teachings they are strong and powerful ❤
Joni I just love you your testimomy is just wonderful. I am in contant pain with my back also, I was an x-ray tech for over 44 yrs abd with akk the lifting and such I can't stand on my feet any longer than 10 mins. I just wanted to tell you that I admire you so much. I also wanted to tell that in my pain I have grown so close to MY LORD that U wiould not trade all the pain days for pain freedays to have to give up what I have With God.
Hi Jony
I see you sitting all your life on the throne with Jesus here on earth ❤
Is an honor
Thank you 😊. You are such an encouragement, I feel peace of God while listening to you. One day we will be in His embrace
Thank you ,such an encouragement . I realized how you became so much blessing for others,like me also that have diseases.
Thank you Lord for Joni and how she has ministered to me over the years but especially right now. What a beautiful servant of Jesus .
This is so amazing! I have met her before and she is so inspiring!
Thank you Joni. God Bless you always xx
I remember this Joni I saw your testimony God Bless You Joni
I thank god for you elizabeth and all Christian's in that whole group of gods warriors that you are apart of. I really needed some of gods modern day heroes to help me. The most greyshus beautiful group of Christians I have had the pleasure of listening too.im 63 and hope and prey that I can get on the narrow path that leads to gods glory not my selfish trash that I have dwelt in most of my life. I want to completely surrender myself god bless you. If I can just get a mustard seed in myself of what you all have done with your faith it really will be ok. Thank you all so. So so much my soul thanks you
Power of jesus. With a thousand smiles to you joni
Thank you for this message. I have been so selfish. I am understanding.
What a brave woman, and I understand the context better now in Jeremiah. God is just a miraculous healer. The ending is just…wow.
A person can be bound in a chair physically 😢but spiritually free to serve Christ as much as they wish.
Joni, this gives me such hope and encouragement. I wish I could visit with you. Thank you for your testimony. June Frasure
Awesome God!!. Joni teaches us how to be a great instrument in HisHands. Total surrender of a life. A life that has an impact on our lives. Grace of the Lord !!
What a terrible experience . You will only get through this together with God. God bless you.
I got tinnitus 4 years ago and I am also terribly gone not good in my live, but it make me a believer in Jesus. but what I have is not compare to Joni what a powerful woman.
Dear Joni, our Lord may bless you in infinite ways, your testimony and your beautiful heart are just beyond words ❣️🙏🏼 The Lord has blessed you spirituality in an immense way, you are an admirable example of a transformed heart, obedient to the Word of God, humbleness, patience, gentleness, love, peace and all the precious fruits of the spirit which is the heart of God.
Thank you a million times for all the lives that you have impacted and will continue to do so for the glory of our God, I think and feel that we all that watch your video already love you with the love of God ❤ Thank you and receive a big hug 🙂🙏🏼
Thank you ❤
Sister Joni, Your testimony has encouraged me to go to Jesus every day in help-lessness for His grace. Praise the Lord.
Yes! When our Christian college group went to Urbana '93, she spoke at a breakout and of course I went. I even got to meet her afterwards. I think she's amazing. Harriet Tubman and Temple Grandin are also my heroes. Praise God for Joni and Ken!
Amazing
Im in hospital having been admitted with a chest infection and the scans showed I had a fractured T12 in my spine. That was not the problem but my breathing and I could not walk 3 yards without having to stop. Long story short - my time in hospital 20 days was so incredible that I realised I had a purpose. I had come through alcoholism, sexual abuse, physical abuse and lots lots more. God had brought me THROUGH all these things. The fact that I was no longer the mobile person was not relevant. After all this heartache after Covid, lots of people are hurting and I have told the Lord - use me - in any way you like to further your kingdom. He is all that matters. This life is so short and transient, the next life is the one we need to focus on and try and help others who will certainly be going to hell if we don't tell them.
thank you😭
I can get full marks on my test , thanks for the answers!
Dear Joni,
I have experienced the same thing and I know what you mean by: "The splash-overs of heaven is finding Jesus in your splash-overs of hell." Those moments were the moments Jesus was closest to me!
Often the fears could last for more than three hours but the presence of Jesus was like heaven coming down.
Brother San ( from the Netherlands )
You are so full of Jesus that you radiate His joy! Thank you!
Listening to your story made me cry
Joni you are a very special person. I read some books of yours and your beautiful mouth art. You inspired me to draw and I want to thank you! You are so beautiful inside and out!💖💜
Joni I remember watching your movie as a young girl and remember thinking how utterly sad that that happened to you. I am 56 years old and have had MS for twenty years. I can walk. I thank God every day for everything He provides. I thank Him for the ability to do all my chores . Everything is His . He is my husband. He provided me with You Joni as a sister in Christ. We have been chosen to testify of Jesus with our lives. We can only do it through Him. Thank you Joni and Ken! WHAT A TESTIMONY of Christ by your lives. Happy 71 years Joni. The LORD bless you and keep you, the LORD make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you. The LORD lift up His countenance upon you and give you Peace 🕊
There's a lot of stuff in the media about walking instead of taking a car, or taking the stairs instead of the elevator, but these tend to relate to health, in particular: cardiovacular health. But when stories such as this come to my attention, and the notion "you don't know what you had until you lose it." I would encourage those who are able bodied to walk, simply because they can.
Thankyou for sharing your testimonial and your faith walk with Jesus Thankyou
Thanks for listening!
thank you dear sister
That’s Right Joni true testamony