Strength for Your Journey
We marvel that Emmanuel is “with” us on our journey, but there’s more! For those who have invited Jesus Christ as Savior into their lives, He is within. Note what Jesus said to His followers in John 14:17 about the…
Joe Fornear
Welcome Him on Your Journey
No matter what journey you’re on, remember everything has changed with the Advent of our Emmanuel. His name means “God with us.” We never, ever, travel alone! If you’re fighting cancer, lost a loved one, feel isolated or abandoned, don’t…
Why Give Thanks in Every Season?
It’s been a rough season for most, and a horrible one for many. Thankfully, we have a Father Who is rich in comfort and tender in love. In addition, every time we check, He is still comfortably seated on His…
Do WE Play a Part in Mending a Broken Heart? – 3
Victor or Victim? Can grief turn toxic? Definitely. Sometimes hurt, pain and loss seem so overwhelming that we turn away from the Lord in despair and anger. This anger can take many forms, from outright rebellion, to self-pity, to passive…
Do WE Play a Part in Mending a Broken Heart? – 2
They say there’s no timetable to grief. The person who loves much grieves much, as grief is the cost of love. Understandably, to hold on to their loved one, grieving people often do not want to “get over” their sadness.…
Do WE Play a Part in Mending a Broken Heart?
They say time heals a broken heart, yet why do some people never seem to recover? Some cling to brokenness as they consciously or unconsciously believe it serves a purpose. Others doubt healing is possible, even by the Lord. Yet…
When God Allows Your Heart to Be Broken
God is still in the healing business! Today, I’m grateful to celebrate 17 years of being cancer free after my battle with Stage IV metastatic melanoma. Thank you, Lord! Yet you and I have prayed long and hard for something…
He’s NOT Hiding, Keep Seeking Him TODAY!
Jesus often talked about perseverance in seeking Him to lift our burdens and cares. He uses the analogy that we should persist in knocking on His door: “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find;…
Five Keys to Victory in Any Battle – #5 – The Name of Jesus
In 2003, I was in the hospital for high dose Interleukin-2 immunotherapy to battle Stage IV metastatic melanoma. During the first week-long treatment, the nursing care was fine, and with such a rough treatment there wasn’t much they could do…
Five Keys to Victory in Any Battle – #4 – Gift of God
Religion cannot achieve it; earthly pleasures cannot match it; psychology fails to reproduce it – let alone explain it; oppression can’t squash it, and confusion can’t overcome it. There’s no comparison to this incredible “gift of God” which Jesus offers.…