Once during a flight to Kansas City, a woman from an adoption agency sat behind me on the plane. In her arms she held two beautiful Korean babies. My heart...

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22.11.2024

The Hunt | Joni and Friends

I will never forget Thanksgiving Day 1963. I was fourteen years old, living on a farm in Maryland, and Mr. Cauthorne, the owner of the big estate across the..

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21.11.2024

Ruthless Perfection | Joni and Friends

God bends us but never breaks us. This means that if I love God, suffering does not ultimately matter. Christ in me is what matters. Pain does not cease...

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20.11.2024

Look to the Heavens | Joni and Friends

When New Testament Christians read this verse on an Old Testament parchment, or when the early church fathers, such as Wycliffe, read it from the newly...

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20.11.2024

It’s All in the Family | Joni and Friends

Not long ago I was back in Baltimore and spent time with Connie, a high school girlfriend. She is one of millions of American women who are in the...

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19.11.2024

Support Teams are the Hammer and Nails Behind Ministry | Joni and Friends

Writing has always been one thing I loved. Creativity always flowed wildly in my mind, like a river in the fiercest storm. However, as someone with very...

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19.11.2024

A Worthy Name | Joni and Friends

I bet you know the Lord’s prayer. “Our Father who art in heaven, ‘hallowed’ be thy name.” In other words, “I revere and adore your holy name.” But sometimes...

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18.11.2024

Being Alone | Joni and Friends

There are days when I’d like to rewrite the words of the old hymn “I Need Thee Every Hour” to something like…Oh, the comfort of feeling desperate for Jesus...

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16.11.2024

Excuses, Excuses | Joni and Friends

It’s human nature to make excuses. Placed under the scrutiny of an examiner, a teacher, or a boss, we squirm in our seat and then rattle off a well...

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15.11.2024

Real Rest | Joni and Friends

When I think of rest, I think of having the freedom to sleep in on a Saturday morning until 8:30 A.M., with no ringing telephone. Many of us picture...

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14.11.2024

On His Terms | Joni and Friends

Rather complicated! In other Scriptures, when God describes how to present offerings to him, it’s more convoluted. Divide up the meat just so...

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13.11.2024

Humility and Confidence | Joni and Friends

Major Ian Thomas of The Torchbearers is a powerful preacher but a very humble man. A friend of mine once approached him after he preached...

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12.11.2024

Christ Jesus Came into the World to Save Sinners | Joni and Friends

I was completely at a loss when, in 1980, I was asked to create a completely unique and original work of art for a Billy Graham...

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12.11.2024

A Far Better Thing | Joni and Friends

What could be better or make you more grateful than… to have great health? Resistance to viruses, a strong immune system, no pain, cancer, no heart issues...

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12.11.2024

Opening Eyes | Joni and Friends

Dale stepped up to the pulpit and heaved onto it an incredibly large book with thick pages. As an elder lowered the microphone for him, Dale flipped to a...

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11.11.2024

God’s Fingers…God’s Arm | Joni and Friends

I heard on the news years ago that the Hubble telescope discovered a powerful megastar that is not only one hundred million times brighter than...

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10.11.2024

Give Yourself Away | Joni and Friends

I love books, including some old classics by Andrew Murray and Oswald Chambers. As with anything that’s a favorite, I find it hard to let certain...

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09.11.2024

It’s That Simple | Joni and Friends

The pastor invited Jani to the front of the auditorium. “I want to ask you some questions,” he said, holding her in his arms. “Do you love your mom and dad...

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07.11.2024

A Mouthful of Praise | Joni and Friends

It doesn’t happen all the time, but when it does, it’s ecstatic. The other night, after the lights went out, I tried to get to sleep but couldn’t. My prayer...

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07.11.2024

Left Hand of God | Joni and Friends

For years Karen and her husband, Doug, struggled to have children; then finally, after many disappointments, God blessed them with a beautiful baby girl...

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05.11.2024

The Lord Longs to Be Gracious | Joni and Friends

We know that Jesus was full of tender compassion, but what comes to mind when you think of the God of the Old Testament...

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05.11.2024

Had Enough? | Joni and Friends

Ever feel as if you have spaghetti for a backbone? When I feel like giving up, I think of good ol’ Elijah and our verse for today...

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03.11.2024

A Grumbling Mood | Joni and Friends

Lately I’ve been putting up my spiritual antennae, and I’m hearing some things that alarm me. I’m hearing grumbling, complaining, and murmuring...

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03.11.2024

Joni Eareckson Tada honored by the Museum of the Bible | Joni and Friends

Christian author, speaker, and disability advocate Joni Eareckson Tada was honored with the Pillar Award for History by the Museum of the Bible...

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02.11.2024

This Is My Father’s World | Joni and Friends

This is my Father’s world. I was thinking back to a Wednesday last year when I arrived early for our church’s weekly prayer meeting....

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01.11.2024

For All the Saints | Joni and Friends

I once visited the majestic Salisbury Cathedral. I slowly wheeled through the cloisters, feeling the history in every stone. I paused at a sepulcher upon...

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31.10.2024

Be the Change: Celebrating Down Syndrome Awareness Month | Joni and Friends

I love October. Crisp mornings and hot cider help me welcome autumn. Change is in the air—you can feel it. One of my very favorite things about October...

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31.10.2024

Lost in a Haunted Wood | Joni and Friends

No verse better describes the plight of a person without God in his or her life: bored and itching for something more. People look for happiness in marriage

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30.10.2024

Life Transformed: Joy and Hope Through Mobility. | Joni and Friends

The water is running low again. Helen sighs as ten-year-old Chisomo points to the jug—it’s how he shows he’s thirsty. The two little ones will want water...

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30.10.2024

The Love of God is Transforming Lives Across Thailand | Joni and Friends

How do you think Jesus works his saving grace into a remote community in Thailand? If you sat down with our friend Yupin over a cup of tea, the unmistakable...

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30.10.2024

Reward and Punishment | Joni and Friends

Reward and punishment may work as a training technique for animals, but it does not work when it comes to God’s dealings with us. Listen to what my friend...

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29.10.2024

Permission Slips | Joni and Friends

Satan has asked…,” observed Jesus. We can be certain that the old snake didn’t check in with God out of politeness or protocol. He had to get permission, and...

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28.10.2024

Where Did You Lose Him? | Joni and Friends

Every follower of Jesus resonates with the Song of Solomon where it describes that heartbreaking moment when you realize you’ve lost the company of Christ...

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28.10.2024

The World Has an Urgent Need for Pediatric Wheelchairs | Joni and Friends

Josleen’s mom knows better than anyone that wheelbarrows are meant to carry dirt, not people. But here she is, gripping the handles of her old wheelbarrow...

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27.10.2024

Marking Off the Miles | Joni and Friends

When I was young, every October our family piled into the old Buick and drove to the town of Hancock, Maryland, where we would pick apples at my Uncle Don’s...

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26.10.2024

Hardship That Hangs On | Joni and Friends

I can identify with this verse. In the early years of my paralysis, when I was squirming to get back on my feet, I looked at my wheelchair and “pleaded with...

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25.10.2024

A Message from Michelangelo | Joni and Friends

An artist in Florence, Italy, once asked the great Renaissance sculptor Michelangelo what he saw when he approached a huge block of marble. “I see a...

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25.10.2024

Soul Care for People with Disabilities | Joni and Friends

They’re not growing. Why aren’t more people with disabilities who live in residential care being discipled?[1] For a variety of reasons, no one nurture...

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24.10.2024

Hope and a Future | Joni and Friends

Walk into a Christian bookstore or into the homes of many believers, and you will often see today’s verse hand-embroidered and framed, hanging up for all to...

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23.10.2024

Long-suffering | Joni and Friends

The call came into the counseling department of the Dutch Christian Television Network. “I am a quadriplegic,” the caller said. “I had said I would kill...

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An Unfolding Adventure | Joni and Friends

The Hunt | Joni and Friends

Ruthless Perfection | Joni and Friends

Look to the Heavens | Joni and Friends

It’s All in the Family | Joni and Friends

Support Teams are the Hammer and Nails Behind Ministry | Joni and Friends

A Worthy Name | Joni and Friends

Being Alone | Joni and Friends

Excuses, Excuses | Joni and Friends

Real Rest | Joni and Friends

On His Terms | Joni and Friends

Humility and Confidence | Joni and Friends

Christ Jesus Came into the World to Save Sinners | Joni and Friends

A Far Better Thing | Joni and Friends

Opening Eyes | Joni and Friends

God’s Fingers…God’s Arm | Joni and Friends

Give Yourself Away | Joni and Friends

It’s That Simple | Joni and Friends

A Mouthful of Praise | Joni and Friends

Left Hand of God | Joni and Friends

The Lord Longs to Be Gracious | Joni and Friends

Had Enough? | Joni and Friends

A Grumbling Mood | Joni and Friends

Joni Eareckson Tada honored by the Museum of the Bible | Joni and Friends

This Is My Father’s World | Joni and Friends

For All the Saints | Joni and Friends

Be the Change: Celebrating Down Syndrome Awareness Month | Joni and Friends

Lost in a Haunted Wood | Joni and Friends

Life Transformed: Joy and Hope Through Mobility. | Joni and Friends

The Love of God is Transforming Lives Across Thailand | Joni and Friends

Reward and Punishment | Joni and Friends

Permission Slips | Joni and Friends

Where Did You Lose Him? | Joni and Friends

The World Has an Urgent Need for Pediatric Wheelchairs | Joni and Friends

Marking Off the Miles | Joni and Friends

Hardship That Hangs On | Joni and Friends

A Message from Michelangelo | Joni and Friends

Soul Care for People with Disabilities | Joni and Friends

Hope and a Future | Joni and Friends

Long-suffering | Joni and Friends

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