No Arms
January 22, 2009
Nick Vujicic is a young evangelist with no arms and no legs. On a recent trip to Liberia, Nick was speaking to a crowd and was shown an armless baby. By praying over the baby, the crowd realized that the baby, just like Nick, had value just as she was.
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Evangelism can be done in a number of ways, but Joni challenges listeners to simply take advantage of any situation to say something that can point people to Jesus.
January 21, 2009
Joni shares a great medical advancement with induced pluripotent stem cells. Rather than killing life to harvest embryonic cells, adult stems cell can be engineered to act as embryonic stem cells.
January 20, 2009
Sometimes we overlook people in our own backyard. Joni shares a story of her local outreach using her Spanish tract.
January 19, 2009
Diane is the mother of Skyler, who is profoundly disabled with CP and is deaf and blind. Skyler requires around--the--clock intensive care, so Diane was and Diane has learned that carrying such a load can only be done in the strength of Jesus. Because of Diane's own served as the leader of Joni and Friends' Woman--to--Woman group at the west coast Family Retreat.
January 16, 2009
The Alvarez Family has the challenge of two family members with disabilities, both father and daughter; Ruben has cerebral palsy and Emily has spina bifida. Being in a wheelchair himself, Ruben has served as Director of Young Life's Capernaum Ministry in San Francisco for twenty years and is always on the giving end, helping other people. He's a support to his ministry as well as his wife, Renee, and other daughters, Rachel and Sarah.
January 15, 2009
Rebekah and Dennis Crawford decided to adopt special needs children after their daughter, Jaime, was born with spina bifida and they saw so many disabled children in the hospital without parents. Now the Crawford family now consists of ten kids -- six of those with disabilities! This year, the family had a great loss: a short time after the last family retreat, 13--year--old Joey passed away leaving them now with nine children
January 14, 2009
Joni introduces Sherri, grandmother and primary care-taker to three severely mentally and physically disabled little boys. She knows they are God's special creation, and asks the Lord for his strength in her day to day efforts with her grandsons.
January 13, 2009
This program focuses on Alicia, 21, who was injured in car accident that left her quadriplegic. She's working at starting over now, but struggles without many Christians or families like hers near her home.
January 12, 2009
Joni uses the story of a very pregnant Mary's trip to Bethlehem and Psalm 23 to remind listeners that the True Shepherd is watching over us, just as He was Mary and Joseph.
December 19, 2008
Joni describes the way of life for a Christian with eyes toward heaven-- saying no to impulsive pleasures of now in anticipation of something greater to come.
December 18, 2008
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