Jul 10, 2026 · 39 min · 14 segments
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…
Joni Eareckson TadaGuestJosh SummersHostThat is Johnny Erickson Tana describing a night when she was in severe pain, unable to get her caregiver's attention.
what you may not know is how much her daily life still depends on constant care and how often that dependence brings her face to face with her need for Jesus and having his promises committed to memory.

a lot of questions and I wasn't sure how I was going to go from day to day.

If I was going to understand God's goodness, then I needed to understand his promises.
And today, Johnny shares how memorizing God's Word has helped her trust God in her pain and how her testimony and ministry has touched my life and millions more.
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