Memorize What Matters

Joni Eareckson Tada on Suffering, Singing and Memorizing the Bible

Memorize What Matters

Show Notes

What do you hold on to when you’re in pain, afraid, or completely dependent on others for your most basic needs? In this episode, Josh sits down with Joni Eareckson Tada (author, speaker, and founder of Joni and Friends) to explore how Scripture memory has sustained her through decades of quadriplegia and chronic suffering.

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