Healing | Joni Eareckson Tada Shares Her Thoughts About Healing
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
- "No good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless." Psalm 84:11
After Joni became paralyzed from her diving accident, she was counting on the hope that she would one day walk again. When natural means didn't seem to work such as physical therapy and medical treatment, she began to ask God for miraculous healing.
Years went by, and Joni remained paralyzed, no matter how many healing services she attended, how much she read the Bible, or how faithful in prayer she was. And she began to question God asking: "Why would you withhold this good thing from me? Having my legs back?"
Joni began to realize that the perseverance and joy she exuded in her wheelchair was allowing her to be a beacon of hope for others. Despite the lack of physical healing, God was accomplishing a deeper spiritual healing.
Now Joni runs an international non-profit for people with disabilities called Joni and Friends, and her life in a wheelchair continues to bring hope to the many around the world. Joni's vision for Joni and Friends is to create a world where every person with a disability finds hope, dignity, and their place in the body of Christ.
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Looking forward to meeting you in heaven and leap and dance with you as we praise our Jesus!
I'm looking forward to meeting both of you sisters in heaven ❤❤
Amen 🙏🏼 💜
Love, love, love you, Joni ❤🫂💖🥰💞❤️🩹‼️You have guided me to Jesus' encouragement, truth and comfort many, many times. I soooo love you. I too look forward to joining up with you if not here on earth, most definitely in heaven, leaping for joy.
Yes! The dance circle is getting bigger. Count me in 💞
Me too❤
I’ve not walked since Polio 1952, age 4. Can’t wait to run with you in heaven. Endurance is not the ability to bear a hardship but to turn into glory.
Hallelujah
That is really profound
God can heal you physically. He still can.
How sweet to heat this from you, since you suffered a lot! ❤
I agree with you! I wouldn't trade my life caring for my autistic son for anything, God has taught me so much and blessed me with this amazing son now 30 years old.
Praise God!
Oh Wow!! How beautiful for U to share. And Ty, Gods work thru U. I also hv autistic child/adult/ daughter. Shes now 32 and Her needs are much more than Autism. She has so many other health issues. But Gods taught Me Sooo much of how to help heal Her through the school of life. Not many Dr.s hv helped. And Shes an inspiration to Me like Joni 😊, if they can smile, laugh daily so can I.
@@JoniandFriendsVideowould God give you a desire to be married if he wanted you to be single?
Wow ! That was powerful !!! Thank you !
How wonderful! That's truly divine !
When my brother passed away from bile duct cancer, I had so many so called Christians tell me 'oh, he never had enough faith' and 'he must've had some sin hd never confessed'
That hurt so deeply.
What a load of rubbish and condemnation!
We have got to stop this because it's straight from the pit of hell. Therefore there is NO condemnation to those in Christ Jesus. Anything else is putting him in the cross again. His sacrifice is enough.
My brother lived Jesus and his life was surrendered to the Lord. And now he is with his saviour, he is wearing his promised crown and guess what? He is walking around with a cancer free body!
Thank you Joni.
You're a beautiful person.
I needed to hear this.
Thank you Joni,for bringing me hope inspiration and encouragement through your messages. I know you are a shining ambassador for Christ.
In my younger years, i have a picture of how my marriage will be like the books and novels i read. But, i got a dyslexic husband, dirty house, and a life of suffering. My husband has cancer and is in remission. i do not have any children.
But like Joni, i will never trade for my all idealism. i learned to love Jesus in a deeper way, got lots of trials but my faith is stronger than before. i learned the secret of being in presence of God with unexplainable joy and peace.
i did not get what i desire but God has given the best that will last for eternity. I love Him more throught the years of trials and pain. Praise the Lord.
“In Your presence is fullness of joy” Psalm 16:11 ❤
Wowsa...❤ your honesty...helped make my day. Jesus IS coming sooner than later 🌅🌹
I"m so grateful for you, Joni. God blesses you and you bless us with what he teaches you. Praise God.
Thank you, Joni. Your words resonate with me in trying for years the reasons for my sons seizures. We may never know here on this earth, but his newly acquired seizure med is stopping them & I'm looking forward to him being seizure free in Heaven!
Thank you Joni so much for your Godly advice! When I'm having a very painful day I listen to you and know it's true that our Spiritual gifts will last all eternity!
Joni, YOUR Walk with JESUS is SUCH an INSPIRATION to Me!!! Your Reward will be SOO GREAT in Heaven!!! Thank You for all of your Books and Videos, that have BLESSED me SOO MUCH!!
Thank you so much for sharing that Joni is an inspiration to you! We are blessed to hear that and blessed to know that you've read her books and watched some of her videos. We pray that the Lord would continue to bless and inspire you through what she shares!
I am in hospital, cant breathe, so cant walk, chronic bronchiectasis with no known cause.
Ive been annointed with oil, prayed for by elders and i am getting worse.
Last night i askrd God to help me to be content in any and every situation.
Today - this comes up on my youtube list.
Ive got a lot to thi k about.
MARANATHA LORD, COME SOON ❤
How encouraging to know that the Lord sees you and hears your! God bless you, friend! Our prayers are with you as you face this trial! May you be comforted and reassured in the truth of Psalm 145:18, "The Lord is near to all who call on Him, to all who call on Him in truth." If we can encourage you at all, please reach out to our Response team at response@joniandfriends.org.
I keep calling out to the Lord but I don't sense his presence, peace or calm. Full body constant burning fire pain and neurological disregulation. Bed ridden isolation. @@JoniandFriendsVideo
God Bless you Joni. What you have brought to us from your chair is an amazing gift from Jesus to many. Keep keeping on :)
Thank you Joni,
because of your testimony, I want to know more Jesus.
Thank you so much 🎉❤
Praise the Lord! We're so thankful that Joni's testimony as increased your hunger to know more of Jesus! Please let us know if we can answer any questions by emailing our Response team at response@joniandfriends.org. They would be happy to answer any questions or point you in the direction of resources or study materials. God bless you in your quest to "know more Jesus"!
You are such an inspiration, Joni! Looking forward to seeing you in heaven!
Thank you for sharing that Joni is an inspiration for you! God bless you!
This is such a rich teaching! Thank you, Joni. Praising God with you for his amazing grace.
We're glad it was helpful! Thank you for sharing!
WOW JONI THAT WAS SO POWERFUL!!🙌🙏 THANK U FOR THAT!❤❤❤
For 45 years, I have just longed with all my heart to be well. I live with one of the most painful conditions in the world - pain that often makes me want to just die. Every day. For decades. It gets unbearable at times, as my whole body struggles to function. This is a painful, painful truth to embrace when you just want to be well... but it is so true indeed. God is always more interested in the spirit than the body. The body is super important, but the spirit is far more important. We always get that backwards. I know I do. Thank you for this powerful reminder. Love you Joni.
What a beautiful message! Thank you! 🙏🏾✝️
To face the unknown - yes. You're such a blessing Joni. Thank you for sharing these beautiful truths with us, through your own suffering. Thank you!
Thank you for sharing you with us sister Joni 👍❤️
Thank you my sister in Christ you are so inspirational you are beautiful from the inside out. You're a gift from God to many❤😊
God uses the usable. Thank You for being usable. You will meet in Heaven all the people you helped on earth. Hallelujah
I felt the same way when my strong Christian good husband and father developed ALS. Everyone who knew him knew what a wonderful person he was. He was the real deal. We needed him here with us for sometime yet. We prayed sooo hard for God to heal him. But two years later he was gone. He wasn’t here for my son’s important events in his life, graduation from high school, college, his wedding and his daughter being born. He would have been the BEST Grandpa ever. But it wasn’t to be. He was healed as he entered to heaven but I have never been healed from my grief. I have tried, I’ve moved on and even received a calling into the Ministry and answered that call but yet I can still cry daily even 22 YEARS LATER! It makes me feel weak. I am going to study your words in this video to help me also. Yes, God is using your situation to help other Christians who are suffering in different ways, may God bless YOU AND KEN in many ways, blessings, Christine.
I first saw your movie back in 2001 while I was in a faith based dorm program at Tomoka Correctional Institution here in Florida. Recently I was paroled after 34 years of incarceration. I just watched your movie again. And I wanted to let you know how thankful I am to have you as my sister in Christ. Jim
God bless you James!
Joni, when I read your book titled "Joni" I woke up and realized having epilepsy wasn't that bad. Thanks to your story and my Grandmother I started reading
the Bible every day for over 20 yrs. and I can see how having epilepsy has made me stronger spiritually. Thank you and God Bless You!
What godly wisdom you impart, a true inspiration, a source of encouragement, a beautiful woman. Thank you Joni.
Joni, thank you for encouraging me to keep going in Jesus name. Blessings to you beloved sister and Ken. You continue to inspire me. I love you.
Joni, what a testimony you always have! Listening to this message today; God spoke directly to me from your mouth! 🙌
Joni, the Lord is using you in wonderful ways! God bless you!
❤ You’re One Amazing Lady if you want to ask me ❤
So powerful!! I just received the 2025 calendar planner with Joni's art and it is wonderful and beautiful!! Highly recommend it!!
What a precious gift you are to me Joni, thank you for your exquisite faithfulness.
I just want to thank you for your ministry in the Name of Jesus. I have been progressively more disabled for the last 40 years. At the beginning I prayed for healing, but I did not receive that. God then gifted me with some of your books and devotionals. God has shown me that His good gifts are better by far than anything I can ask for or dream of. I have been growing in acceptance and even appreciation for His GOOD gifts. Now He is taking me down another road where I am being challenged to hang on to that faith that He has cultivated into my life and heart. You HAVE BEEN A BLESSING! ❤️😍
You are so DEEP! I love so much Joni! Thank you for persevering.
Thank you Joni for insight and I Thank God for You!!
As someone with a disability, listening to what you said, was like listening to my own words. I would love nothing more than a miracle, and to be healthy again accepting where I am at, and it may not be God‘s plan for me here on this earth, was one of the most freeing things. God has used what I have gone through to not only draw me closer to him, but also draw others to him.
Joni , we love you!! Thank you Jesus! We love you Jesus!!
I am very grateful for Joni and her ministry because it gives so much hope. Healing is a difficult topic and so many of us have grappled with this truth. There are other ministries that will spread false doctrine that God wants everyone healed and if you’re not well you just don’t have enough faith….
Truth is no everyone does not get healed and we just don’t always know why. I have prayed for healing myself as I suffer with disease but I’m still not healed. God can of course heal me or anyone as He sees fit. No matter what I love Jesus and will never let go. Lord help me to see the purpose you have for me and others here that are suffering. I submit to Your authority and will! Amen..
Always inspiring.
Joni, I just love you so much!! I met Jesus at the lowest point in my life. I was unmedicated in severe chronic pain and the devil had his claws in me so deep that all I could do was not stop thinking about what combination of pills I did have to take and check myself out for good. But God spoke to me! Not in my heart, but loud and clear in my head. I heard His voice tell me to stop thinking what I was thinking because I didn’t have the right (to kill myself) God told me that I was important and that I was in this body for a reason and I didn’t have to know that reason. Soon after that day, I gave my life to Jesus. But I was still lost because I didn’t know any Christians with serious medical problems and I some “Christian” voices were telling me that I shouldn’t have them if I had enough faith. Smh…some Christians are unfortunately terrible hypotheses. But then I read the story “Joni.” And I wasn’t lost anymore. Since then Jesus has healed my heart, my spirit and saved my soul! Praise God! And every time I feel some kind of way about my physical body, the Holy Spirit guides me to one of your videos or your daily devotions or something that Joni & Friends is doing for people around the world for people in worse shape than me. I thank God for you and your Faith Ms. Joni. And I’m grateful that you are in the earthly body you are in for a reason. I know that at least part of that reason is me😊❤️
Thank you Joni for being His light. And SUCH an encouragement. God has used you to soften my heart in such a beautiful way
Thank you Joni for being an anchor to all of us who look up to you. I read your book about hymns to my late husband as he was fighting Glioblastoma. Kevin loved every word and we were both blessed by your words of encouragement.
I've been watching out and hearing from her ministry over the years, what a beautiful ministry, and to think all the people she has reached through her testimony, God bless her.
A LIONESS OF THE FAITH💪🏼👊🏼❤ One of my generation’s & All generations’ unparalleled Heroines!! BRAVA!!👏👏👏👏👏✝️💜
Thank you so much for your thoughts on healing. Your words were such an inspiration to me. I try to always look for the blessings in my life. Today I will thank God for the walking I can do. I have used a power wheelchair for 25+ years and I haven’t wore shoes for over 23 years. The doctors have no idea where the pain is coming from but I’m so thankful that I can still walk without shoes within my home. I’m so thankful for what I can do. Joni you are such a blessing to me. When I’m tempted to feel bad about my situation, I will think of you and your encouraging words. Thank you for this video. ❤
Thank you!!
I am 74 and my children have grown up with you! You are such a blessing Joni and an encouragement for many! It is Jesus and I thank Him for you!
Thank you. Beautiful
Sterke getuigenis lieve zus Joni! Je bent een groot voorbeeld voor me!
Powerful word. God has a better plan if we are w willing to trust Him wholeheartly
Thank you for your beautiful thoughts. May the One who LOVES beyound our human understanding continue to Bless you and your Ministry overflow with HIS HOLY SPIRIT….Vivat JESU🫶✝️🙏✝️🫶
Thank you!
Thank you, Joni. I am always praying for you and I am so grateful for you.
Thank you, Joni. We Christians can sometimes make an idol of physical healing. We can refuse to accept suffering. Perhaps the miracle we need is surrendering to God’s will, whatever that is? Paul had to accept his thorn, and the miracle of God’s grace to live with it. In many churches I attended, physical healing was always the goal, and ignoring my suffering the result.I was looked upon as having no faith because I didn’t get healed. Perhaps THEY were the ones being tested? In Matt 25 it says to visit the sick. My affliction was an opportunity for them to obey the scriptures! Those who are well are instructed to minister to those who are being tried. Thank you to those who ministered to me, and in so doing, ministered to one of the least of His disciples!❤ Love to you all!
I struggle with what to say. Thank you for who you are. You minister to so many of us.
Amen! You are my go-to example when someone insists that there's something wrong because God hasn't healed the chronic illness I've struggled with. I proclaim healing each day by his stripes, but I also believe that what he does is so we all will know he is God. That might come from healing or how we handle not being healed. He is always good and shows his glory in the best ways and times. Thank you for being willing to let him use you in a wheelchair to encourage and lead others to him for his glory! Someday we'll dance in heaven, run, kneel at his feet...what glory we wait for with great expectation and joy! 🙏🙌
A strong message. I am going through a difficult time in both physical health and mentally...this message helped me shift my perspective.
Joni, this video is so rich, so deep, I needed to watch it several times so I didn’t miss any of the great treasures you shared. The Lord continues to work through you to teach and encourage me. From your first book and movie about your life until this very teaching, thank you for sharing what the Lord teaches you, how He strengthens you and how He works all things, including almost lifelong paralysis for good. Because, as you beautifully explained, God has greater good, eternal good in mind. Thank you for being real and sharing how you wanted to be healed physically. Thank you for sharing the faith journey you are on in which God has given you good gifts, perseverance, courageous faith, unshakable joy, peace and contentment in Jesus and helped you to understand that these are eternal, lasting gifts.
How you handle your suffering by clinging to and persevering with Jesus is such an example to me and to others! Thank you for reframing “good gifts” : contentment,courage, our spiritual wellbeing, patience, deep reliance on Jesus, settled, unshakeable joy, a Christlike character, perseverance. I needed to listen to and watch this video multiple times because it is so deep, so rich. Thank you for allowing your life to be a living sacrifice and for saying “yes, Lord!” when He guided you to paint, write several books, to speak, to for Joni and Friends and Wheels for the World ministries, for the UA-cam and radio ministries. It sounds overwhelming for someone who is completely healthy and able bodied. Yet, because of your ongoing surrender and “yes”, God is able to work in and through you, in your suffering, in paralysis, chronic pain, bouts of cancer, and many other health challenges. You remind me of Isaiah 26:8 Yes, LORD, walking in the way of Your laws, we wait for You, Your name and fame are the desire of our hearts. Joni, I may never get to thank you on this side of heaven. I don’t know if you or your team will even see this. But if you do, please know that my life has been forever changed and strengthened because of your example and your words. Through your books, radio and UA-cam ministries I’ve been reminded that Jesus is all I need, to cry out to Him in the deepest, most painful moments and He will answer. And He has answered every single time. Thank you for today’s teaching about looking at what is “good”. I’ve always longed to be a mom, but have never been able to. I really thought that was my purpose, and that I screwed it up because of some sinful choices I made in my twenties. I’m going to pray through some of the things, as you prayed and ask God for a more eternal perspective. Thank you once again.
Thank you Joni, I’ll be leaping with you when we meet our Lord and saviour. I’m also disabled and have fond contentment in my situation, it is a hard walk, but so worth it, knowing Jesus, having his strength and love is so much more than ‘just’ being healed in this world. God is very good !
You have always been an inspiration to so many of us. God uses you in a mighty way.❤❤
Joni,
You always help my soul feel better
SIS you're walking with YESHUA the Christ is still maturing. You're journey is priceless,and there's still yet more to come.
Who knows what's in you're future Walk yet?😗
Thank you for showing us how to have courage 🤗
It ain't over till it's over.
Love you and Ken
Blessings to you.
GOD is still in control. What a day that will be when we look upon his face.❤❤❤❤
Thank you Joni. Great words of wisdom. Can’t wait to meet you in Heaven with our Heavenly bodies, meeting our Savior!
Jonny I've listened to this message on healing at least a dozen times today and you've changed my focus I really don't know how I'm going to deal with this situation but I do know that I can with Jesus thank you I love you joni
Joni, You are precious. Your testimony speaks volumes to my heart. Thank you!
HIS thoughts are different from ours, oh yeah.... Looking forward to WALK again ( I am sitting in a wheelchair, too) with Him in heaven... what a wonderful time it will be! Be blessed, Joni, you are a sunshine to us/me. Shalom from Norway 🇸🇯 🙏♥️
thank you for such a beautiful message, Joni. this is personally very timely for me right now as i am sick with covid but i know that the Lord will use this to minister to me and bring Him glory! everything He allows to happen is to uplift Him and for our and His good!
Joni, your words of wisdom and courage helped me through the darkest time of my life that I recently walked through. God is so good. I see the Holy Spirit working through you in such a powerful way and I’m in awe of him. Thank you Joni for being faithful and in doing so glorifying our father and helping millions with your story.
I needed to hear this today! In North America we try to do physical and spiritual gymnastics to eradicate our suffering. I've done it my whole life. Now I'm fighting for joy amidst my suffering, which means I'm continually looking for the Father's hand. Abba, help me. And He does. Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus.
Joni, what wonderful thoughts and perspective! Thank you. What a treasure you are !
You said it best and perfectly Joni!!! What an encouragement you are to ALL people!!! Love you my sister in Christ!!! I look forward to meeting you one day ❤
So encouraging to me, as I’ve also suffered for years and disabled, but far more important is our love and trust in God. I’ve learned to trust him despite everything that has happened to me. Now I’ve even had to endure the grief of my dear husband/carer dying 8 months ago, This is the hardest. But I know that Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints,
GOD BLESS YOU Joni! You are such an inspiration to all of us!
Amen Joni. Great message. For a year I was looking for a place to live, but nothing came. Yet through this experience God was teaching me patience through faith. Out of the blue I got a room, settled in these 2 weeks, and know now that God is in control. He knows why He allows certain situations to happen to us, but He gets the glory in us, through us, as we trust Him fully. God bless!
Oh Joni, how I love you! I’m always so greatly encouraged. I thank God for you ❤
Thank you Joni. I needed to hear this message.
My hubbie and I both have cancer. We have to persevere.
God bless you.💟💟💟
Thank you Joni.
What you say resonate in me, and in my pain.
Thank you for blessing others through your own pain.
Love you Sister.
I thanked our Father for you. Thank you Joni for I so needed to hear this. God bless you always.🙏❤
Love you Joni my sister ❤️❤️❤️
I got to this message by accident and am so glad I did. I lost my husband 6 weeks ago and I'm having a really hard time .I just want to be where he is.He suffered so with many illnesses , and I do believe he is at peace, but I am not. I do have a strong relationship with God, but this is so hard. I'm mad.I want a contented heart , and settled thoughts ...like you.Thanks for sharing.
Joni, thanks for your words of divine wisdom. I've learned from my own sufferings that God is much more interested in my character than my comfort.
Praise the Lord my sister in Christ. May the Lord continue to guide you through spreading His true love to this dying world. ❤
So honest and encouraging. I have had Rheumatoid arthritis 50 years. Thank you so much.
I dont have words to thank you enough ❤
Thank you, Joni. The Lord gives and takes away, blessed be His name.
Yes! You hit the nail on the head! I have a lot of things 'wrong'with me. And in 2020 I got visually impaired in both eyes in a very short time as well. And along the way I learned not to seek just physical healing. That in itself is not a goal. So I decided serving my Jesus in whatever capacity was my goal. And in doing so I became an example for people around me. They tell me they look at me for inspiration, staying courageous and faithful through all circumstances. Roman 8:28 is my favorite first. He makes. ALL things together work for good!
Thank you Joni, for such a wonderful message. I deal with chronic pain daily and need the encouragement to know God will help me through it.
I believe in divine healing. I claim it and I speak life to my body continuously. That doesn't mean I'm with no pain or suffering. I believe God can use our weaknesses. For some, His grace is sufficient, for His power is made perfect in weakness .(2 Corinthians 12:9)
I'm experiencing what Joni is talking about and it's beautiful. To God be the glory
God's light just shines out of you ... blessing all of us.
Joni what a beautiful blessing you are. The Lord has truly used you all over the world. God bless you.❤️
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Amen!! ❤
Thank you, dear Joni for being a testimony of the love of our Lord Jesus!!
God has used you to bless and help so many people.And be a witness not just to people but all principalities and powers in a way we cannot understand right now!
You are such a trooper forJesus. I love your strength and courage to persevere! God is so good all the time.
Joni - you are a blessing - Thank you for your ministry
Oh Joni... you're the voice of experience when it comes to having joy in your afflictions. This summer, I had surgery for a very painful attack of kidney stones. The surgeon wanted me to follow up with my GP, who ordered a mammogram, which caught early stage breast cancer. While waiting for my biopsy results, I prayed fervently for a benign result, but it was cancer. The fear of the unknown knocked me sideways, right into the waiting arms of my loving Savior. The treatments will be brutal, but I know I can bear it. You've had breast cancer twice so I know you know what I mean. Thank you for your faith being an exxmple to me. I know that God permitted what he hates in order to accomplish what he loves. God bless you! 🩷🩷🩷
Thankyou Joni for your wonderful testimony. I was nauseous every minute for 2yrs. Doctors could find no medical reason for this -many tests proved this. I was given a book"Healing the sick " by TL. Osborne which l read daily and late at night.Lots and lots of Bible references - it must be read with the Bible. After about a month l was woken at night by a man's voice saying " Do you trust Me?" .Then softer at the door " Go and finish reading that book". I did , and was healed completely of 2years of continual nausea .PTL. That was nearly 60 yrs ago and I still praise Him for the "abundant life" He is giving me.
Thanks for encouraging and inspiring me.
Amen❤ You help everyone that listens to you❤
God met my need through your message and through your suffering and through your faith in Christ. Thank you for sharing this message, which encouraged me to keep going and pursuing to be like Jesus, rather than being discouraged by my loss. You're my dear friend of faith, though we've never seen each other.
Dear Joni, I was just thinking about you and I hadn’t seen a video from you in a while and here you are!! Praise the Lord!! I really needed to hear this message. I was in a car wreck back in 1990 and I have injuries from it that I’ve carried since and I’ve prayed for healing over and over again. Been prayed for. But thanks you God and you I now understand. So I take courage knowing I along with you and all who are lame as you said will be healed one day. We will be jumping for joy together. God bless you and thank you again for your daily support.
Thank you so much! What a blessing this was to me. God know where I am & my needs. Today was the very day I needed a change & he brought me so much uplifting & joy tonight after a very hard day. ❤🙏🏻