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.
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.
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.
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 !
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.
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!
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
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!
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 !!
‘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...
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
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.
GOD BLESS YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On 12-20-2019 I passed out at the wheel going 70 mph and they took me to the hospital with only a chipped tooth and a stiff back. When I told the nurse my back was stiff right away she ordered a x-ray which caught third stage kidney cancer which showed no symptoms. They did the surgery and got all the cancer. Thank God for you and all your friends. It reminded me that we are all in this together!
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...
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
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.
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.
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 🧡
Thanks NICK VUJICIC JONI EARECKSON TADA, KATHERINE WOLF! I’m brain cancer 17 years survivor and counting, I’m teaching at the BID Deaf Coffee barista students, 18 years ago I met LORD Jesus Christ, I’m 62 years old. The LORD Jesus Christ loved you so much and your beloved families ☕️☕️☕️😊🤟🤟🤟☝️☝️☝️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏
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!
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....
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!
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...
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!
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.
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
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.
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.
Three years ago my left knee collapsed and I could no longer walk without assisting. Being a teacher, I continued teaching because I wanted to be there for the students. They were great- very considerate and helping me to get around with my little 'trolley'. I am so grateful that God then made a way for me to have a total knee reconstruction, and I am now able to walk unassisted! This explains gave me a new and precious understanding of what paraplegics have to go through. God bless you, precious Joni and Nick. You are absolute legends! ❤
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.
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! ❤️
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🤗
Gratefully inspired and encouraged by your beautiful testimonies Joni, Nick and Joni's friend. God bless you all. There is hope when we put our faith in God. He is the Author and Finisher of our faith in the Mighty Name of Jesus, Amen. Lots of Love and Blessings.
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
please take a moment to pray for those of us like me who work with autistic adults with severe behavioral challenges. Many days I want to quit and find an easier job. But I know GOD has called me to this service. I would certainly appreciate it. Thank you. Jesus is worth it all
I listened to you 40 yrs ago when I was desperately I'll with serious depressive disease.Your situation helped me to live through it.It has never left me. .My Christian Faith has kept me going for 45years. Susan thank you for being there all those yrs ago.
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
This is a beautiful story of love, life and purpose. Thank you for the miniseries represented here. Whether there’s a disability or ability-, your life has purpose. God loves us and we are made in His image.
In the midst of this COVID 19 pandemic, when so many are suffering, so many putting their lives on the line to work to save those infected, life is worth living. So many essential workers making sure others have what they need, life is worth living. God bless my daughter, a nurse caring for patients. My other daughter working in law enforcement and now tested COVID 19 positive. My son, working in road construction. Life is worth living. For me, a volunteer for Birth Right, no longer able to meet with clients in this pandemic, Life is worth living. And my husband suffering from many health issues, life is worth living. Thank you Joni and Nick for your timeless message of hope and trust in God.
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
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
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!!!!
I praise God for the two of you, for Kathrine Wolf, and for all those who are physically challenged who God uses in such special ways to show the love, hope, peace, joy, and strength we can all have through Jesus Christ! Thank you so much for your ministries in Jesus Name!
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.
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.
Joni & Nick ! God Bless you two bright Heralding Messengers of the Sanctity of Life. God truly has shaped you into such inspiring and deeply motivational speakers for the Bread of Life. I am so honored to hear of your stories and challenges this fai , this side of Heaven. I would love to meet you on earth, if that should not come to pass. Then I will meet you in Heaven. Deuteronomy 31:6 is what HE is speaking over you this day. Keep strong & God be All The Glory ❤️❤️
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!
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!
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.
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
Joni - thank you for your amazing ministry - Joni and Friends! I am so grateful to you! May God continually sustain you, fill you with Hope, and His overwhelming love! I love you Joni! Nick, you are incredible too! You're an inspiration! God is using you mightily!
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!
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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.
God Bless you Joni I am celebration life with my multi handicapped son today recovering from COVID I lost my younger son 3yrs ago who was also multihandicapped you are such a blessing to me
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!!!!
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
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.
I love Joni and I met Nick at Abilities Expo. I am so Blessed! Even with my constant pain and limitations GOD has given me a joy beyond understanding!🙏💝🙏
I am several years late Joni but CoNGRATULATIONS! 🎉🎉🎉Now all these years and 4 more. You have inspired me since I was a teen and I am 67. God keep you and shine His face upon u and thank God He has given u peace.❤❤❤
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
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!
Thank you for this message 💛💛💛 Im recently a single mama facing a different way of living, scared and worried from time to time. Wow you guys are jolly and grand, i just enjoyed seeing your light shine! Blessings from the Lord to you always
I was a single mom a little over 6 years, recently God brought me a loving husband who is dad to my son now. My son earnestly played for a dad since he was 3 and realized that he didn’t have one. His his prayers have now been answered. There is hope 💛
I have been in a wheelchair for six years since my husband brought me home from the hospital after suffering a stroke from a brain aneurysm. Thank you for your testimony.
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.
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.
You are such an encouragement to Me and others,nic also.Thank you for all you two do for others.God bless you both
AMEN 💖 🙏🏻
AMEN AND AMEN!
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.
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 !
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.
Dear Don, I will pray for you two.
Praying for you.God is with
You.
You are a delight .accepting what God has called you to be and do.
You are so neccesary to humanity with your love for God.
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
I'll never understand what you suffer so be blessed and hugged.
God bless you!!❤
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!
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
What a beautiful testimony of the value of your son's influence in your family. God's plans are to bless.
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!
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@ Tess Moore thank you Tess for sharing. 😢you got me tearing up. Down's syndrome are beautiful souls God uses to teach us virtues.
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 !!
Recently our ladies group encouraged us to write on a paper brick something we wanted God to take away. My brick said Pride!
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
‘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...
Thank you Nick and Joni! Congratulations on 40 years of ministry in Joni and Friends!
I don't see handicapped , I see the most Beautiful people! Praise God 🙏
What a beautiful comment!
Amen to that indeed!
😍😭🙏💕❤️🔥
I couldn't of said it better
AMEN to THAT, Sister!!!! They Both have Unique ABILITIES that I WISH I Had!!! Psalm 139, INDEED!!!
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
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.
These two together is a powerhouse. God blessings richly flow from both.
So true.
Yesssss
Love these two !!!
Amen 🙏!
GOD BLESS YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On 12-20-2019 I passed out at the wheel going 70 mph and they took me to the hospital with only a chipped tooth and a stiff back. When I told the nurse my back was stiff right away she ordered a x-ray which caught third stage kidney cancer which showed no symptoms. They did the surgery and got all the cancer. Thank God for you and all your friends. It reminded me that we are all in this together!
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...
You are NOT alone! You are amazing, loved and a beautiful woman of Christ
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
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.
Your value is simply immeasurable, dearest Kimberly. God bless you always.
Trust in the Lord our sevior Jesus Christ
Congratulations on 40 years of Joni & Friends we give all Glory to God 🎊🌹🎈
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.
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 🧡
Wow.. I have a friend in a wheelchair... She is amazingly happy, beyond other people.. loved your special on U-tube..
Thanks NICK VUJICIC JONI EARECKSON TADA, KATHERINE WOLF! I’m brain cancer 17 years survivor and counting, I’m teaching at the BID Deaf Coffee barista students, 18 years ago I met LORD Jesus Christ, I’m 62 years old. The LORD Jesus Christ loved you so much and your beloved families ☕️☕️☕️😊🤟🤟🤟☝️☝️☝️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏
Thank you Nick and Joni for your wonderful words of encouragement!
I cant wait to meet you two around His throne!!!!
Two beautiful children of Yeshua the King. They are so beautiful.
Congratulations on 40 years!!!!!!! Your life is God’s greatest creation!!!!
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!
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....
Compassionate and fun. Thanks to all
You two are awesome ambassadors for Christ! Thank you so much for sharing your testimonies and messages of hope. I love you both!
Thank you Jesus!!!❤❤❤I am so happy Nick and Joni are here!! Thank you Jesus for Life!!
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!
Amen
May Jesus continue to send you grace and peace.
God bless you always!
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...
Yes God knows what we need and when. Pray you are embraced with Gods love in every moment
You’re a decades long hero of the Faith to me, Joni, and i am so deeply grateful to have found your channel!
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.
Love you both Joni & Nick. You are such an inspiration & God is using you for HIS glory to draw the unsaved to Jesus😇
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!
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.
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
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.
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.
Three years ago my left knee collapsed and I could no longer walk without assisting. Being a teacher, I continued teaching because I wanted to be there for the students. They were great- very considerate and helping me to get around with my little 'trolley'. I am so grateful that God then made a way for me to have a total knee reconstruction, and I am now able to walk unassisted! This explains gave me a new and precious understanding of what paraplegics have to go through. God bless you, precious Joni and Nick. You are absolute legends! ❤
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.
Pure awesomeness right here!🙏💪 God’s got US! Boom! Boom! 😍
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! ❤️
ditto!!!!
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.
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🤗
Gratefully inspired and encouraged by your beautiful testimonies Joni, Nick and Joni's friend. God bless you all. There is hope when we put our faith in God. He is the Author and Finisher of our faith in the Mighty Name of Jesus, Amen. Lots of Love and Blessings.
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
So grateful for your shinning beautiful faith
His strength is made perfect in our weakness
Amen with Karen! Joni and Nick and Friends, you are such delight!
WOW you two. I stand in awe. Thank you both for your testimonies. Bless you in both in your work for the Lord.
please take a moment to pray for those of us like me who work with autistic adults with severe behavioral challenges. Many days I want to quit and find an easier job. But I know GOD has called me to this service. I would certainly appreciate it. Thank you. Jesus is worth it all
Thank you. My son is a stroke survivor. I needed to hear this as it’s so true.
I listened to you 40 yrs ago when I was desperately I'll with
serious depressive disease.Your situation helped me to live through it.It has never left me. .My Christian Faith has kept me going for 45years. Susan thank you for
being there all those yrs ago.
Unbelievable! Thank you so much for your incredible courage!
Beautiful testimony of the value of life. Being an over coming because of Christ.
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
This is a beautiful story of love, life and purpose. Thank you for the miniseries represented here. Whether there’s a disability or ability-, your life has purpose. God loves us and we are made in His image.
Two very fine people indeed, congratulations 40 years anniversary....Hooray!!!!!! God bless you both and all your loved ones always.
In the midst of this COVID 19 pandemic, when so many are suffering, so many putting their lives on the line to work to save those infected, life is worth living. So many essential workers making sure others have what they need, life is worth living. God bless my daughter, a nurse caring for patients. My other daughter working in law enforcement and now tested COVID 19 positive. My son, working in road construction. Life is worth living. For me, a volunteer for Birth Right, no longer able to meet with clients in this pandemic, Life is worth living. And my husband suffering from many health issues, life is worth living. Thank you Joni and Nick for your timeless message of hope and trust in God.
You are both an inspiration. God bless you.
I thank and praise God for the gift of Nick and you Joni and friends. May you be greatly blessed as you have blessed others.
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
Love you two and how God has used you to teach the world about our Mighty God. Bless you Sister and Brother in Jesus.
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.
Thanks Nick and Joni. You are such an encouragement through your trust in Christ!! Thankyou! Thankyou !
You both make me laugh, cry and praise God for the Miracles you are! God Bless you both and your ministries!
Thank you for your openness in sharing your life's experiences so frankly. God is praised and all glory to Him and wonderful people you are!!
Two wonderful blessings in a comfort crazy and a pleasure hungry world!!!
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
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JESUS is the REASON! HALLELUJAH! 🙏🙌
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!!!!
I praise God for the two of you, for Kathrine Wolf, and for all those who are physically challenged who God uses in such special ways to show the love, hope, peace, joy, and strength we can all have through Jesus Christ! Thank you so much for your ministries in Jesus Name!
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.
Thank God for Join and Nick for words of encouragement 💖💖💖
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.
Joni & Nick ! God Bless you two bright Heralding Messengers of the Sanctity of Life. God truly has shaped you into such inspiring and deeply motivational speakers for the Bread of Life. I am so honored to hear of your stories and challenges this fai , this side of Heaven. I would love to meet you on earth, if that should not come to pass. Then I will meet you in Heaven. Deuteronomy 31:6 is what HE is speaking over you this day. Keep strong & God be All The Glory ❤️❤️
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!
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!
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.
Thank you Johnny and Nick we love you.
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
I love that..."swinging my spiritual sword"... you go grandma♥︎
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Joni - thank you for your amazing ministry - Joni and Friends! I am so grateful to you! May God continually sustain you, fill you with Hope, and His overwhelming love! I love you Joni! Nick, you are incredible too! You're an inspiration! God is using you mightily!
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!
Amen my dearest sister in the Lord 🙏😇🛡🗡
Congratulations Joni & Friends
Thanking Christ for his servants Nick, Joni and Catherine for this beautiful testimony. God bless your ministries!
You two positively RADIATE the joy of the Lord. ✨
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
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
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
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Congratulations Joni! Happy 40th year of your journey, testimony and love for others and for God! Thank you for sharing your life with all of us!
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.
Nick is so inspiring. Authentic and heartfelt!
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.
What a beautiful and tremendous blessing to hear your testimonies. Praise God. 🥰
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
Thank you Joni and Nick! God bless you!
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.
It's so lovely how you serve people in need.
God Bless you Joni I am celebration life with my multi handicapped son today recovering from COVID I lost my younger son 3yrs ago who was also multihandicapped you are such a blessing to me
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!!!!
They are not suffering, but I am. Love this bless you both gorgeous people, and thank you. 👏❤️🙏🙏
BOTH of You are GOD'S Handiwork and Precious to HIM and the WHOLE WORLD!!! JESUS BLESS you Both and Bless your Ministries!!! xoxoo
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
Amen, I thank God for you and the way He is using you to minister to others, despite your disability. God bless you....
You're so amazing, making great contributions to others even though you have endured many hardships. God bless you!!!🙏🙏🙏
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.
Congratulations....profoundly inspired. Joni and Nick...Jesus anointing Holy Spirit is shining through you.
Gave me, for the first time, the perspective that life with a disability can be, actually, a gift!
I sure love these great Christian people who are wonderful examples to us all. Thank you both.
Your programme has been a real blessing to make us understand that we need to praise God in every situation.
Beautiful people who bring tears to my eyes....bearing the torch high for an AWESOME GOD
I love Joni and I met Nick at Abilities Expo. I am so Blessed! Even with my constant pain and limitations GOD has given me a joy beyond understanding!🙏💝🙏
I am several years late Joni but CoNGRATULATIONS! 🎉🎉🎉Now all these years and 4 more. You have inspired me since I was a teen and I am 67. God keep you and shine His face upon u and thank God He has given u peace.❤❤❤
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
Congratulations. 40 years of hope. What a great word. and I am in awe of you all in this video. what great love and devotion. 🙏❤️🙏🙌
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 !!
I am greatly blessed by both of you, Joni n Nick, vessels of honour use by our Lord Jesus for His glory. ❤
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!
Thank you for your love and shining God's light. Encouraging.
Thank you for this message
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Im recently a single mama facing a different way of living, scared and worried from time to time.
Wow you guys are jolly and grand, i just enjoyed seeing your light shine!
Blessings from the Lord to you always
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I was a single mom a little over 6 years, recently God brought me a loving husband who is dad to my son now. My son earnestly played for a dad since he was 3 and realized that he didn’t have one. His his prayers have now been answered. There is hope 💛
I have been in a wheelchair for six years since my husband brought me home from the hospital after suffering a stroke from a brain aneurysm. Thank you for your testimony.