Episode 206 - The Greatest Invitation of All with Joni Eareckson Tada

“Let’s pray for our children; let’s go into overdrive in asking God to rescue our children and to fix their eyes on the heavenly glories above.”  We can do this! Today Stacy welcomes the one and only Joni Eareckson Tada to the podcast.  Joni is a beloved international speaker, best-selling author, artist and Founder and CEO of Joni and Friends Ministry.  Joni and Friends is committed to bringing the Gospel and practical resources to people impacted by disability around the globe. Listen in a Joni points us to the truth about heaven and shows us how we can share this glorious truth with our children.  Don’t miss how the beautiful realities of heaven should impact every single day of our lives here on earth. ABOUT OUR GUEST: Joni Eareckson Tada is CEO of Joni and Friends, an organization that accelerates Christian outreach in the disability community. Joni and Friends provides practical support and spiritual help to special-needs families worldwide, and equips thousands of churches in developing disability ministry. Joni is the author of numerous bestselling books, including When God Weeps, Diamonds in the Dust, A Step Further, winner of the Gold Medallion Award, and her latest A Spectacle of Glory. Joni and her husband, Ken, have been married since 1982. SCRIPTURES: (NIV unless noted) Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6 (KJV) But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. Matthew 6:20  I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. Romans 8:18 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way. Ephesians 1:22-23 For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives.Colossians 1:9 In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.1 Thessalonians 5:18 If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. 16 Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them. Hebrews 11:15-16 For it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.” 1 Peter 1:16   BOOKS BY JONI EARECKSON TADA: The Awesome Super Fantastic Forever Party Joni A Spectacle of Glory Beside Bethesda   LINKS: Joni and Friends How to Host a Forever Party   MOMS IN PRAYER New to Moms in Prayer? Find Out More!  PRAY with Moms in Your Community for Your Children Support Our Mission Moms in Prayer Shop