Category cancer support

Five Signs Your Cancer Struggles Are Normal

My response to Pauline F.’s question was a no-brainer. During the 12 years since my cancer battle, and seven years with Stronghold Ministry helping people fight cancer, it’s the question I’m asked most frequently. I too had the question during my…

"beating" cancer, battling cancer, cancer support, depression and cancer, emotions, facing death, handling trials, helping cancer patients, melanoma survivors, weakness & strength

Joe Fornear
July 17, 2015
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Do You Have an Ideality Gap?

So I questioned, and still question today, my inner slave driver. “Do you seriously believe you can out-think, out-plan and out-produce the God of the Universe?" After all is said and done and re-done and re-said, He gives to us even in our sleep!

battling cancer, cancer support, caretakers, handling trials, rest, weakness & strength

Joe Fornear
June 11, 2015

Listen to the Mockingbird!

Storms can leave a muddy mess, but we can rise - even glide above it all. The poet Carl Sandburg once said, “There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud.” In the fiercest storm of my life, my Stage IV cancer battle, wallowing in the mud was easy, yet wallowing made everything harder. On the other hand, praising God was hard at first, but made coping much easier.

battling cancer, cancer support, dependence, depression and cancer, surviving melanoma

Joe Fornear
May 22, 2015

Keep Calm and Cry Out to Jesus

Sometimes life's pain can be so physically and/or emotionally draining that something needs to give... quickly. When even the best of human efforts makes little difference, there is always something we can do - "cry out" to the Lord.

battling cancer, cancer support, comfort, depression and cancer, emotions, handling trials, helping cancer patients, power of God, Stronghold Ministry, surviving melanoma, weakness & strength

Joe Fornear
May 14, 2015
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Power to Spare AND Share

And the beauty of Christ’s resurrection power is that He showed it in order to share it!

battling cancer, cancer support, caretakers, facing death, faith and unbelief, fear, handling trials, power of God, surviving melanoma, weakness & strength

Joe Fornear
April 4, 2015

Just. Be. Held.

If your eyes are on the storm You'll wonder if I love you still, But if your eyes are on the cross You'll know I always have and I always will.

battling cancer, cancer support, emotions, faith and unbelief, goodness of God, handling trials, In His Grip, Stronghold Ministry, weakness & strength

Joe Fornear
March 20, 2015
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How to Question God

Jesus Himself set a surprising precedent for questioning God. So I don’t think it’s a holy thing to never question Him.

battling cancer, cancer support, comfort, emotions, faith and unbelief, goodness of God, handling trials, suffering, surviving melanoma

Joe Fornear
February 27, 2015

Overcoming Being Overwhelmed

I found that fighting cancer is a supernatural endeavor - not a do-it-yourself project. Lean on Him and ask Him to teach you how to fight with His supernatural resources.

battling cancer, cancer support, caretakers, faith and unbelief, goodness of God, helping cancer patients, peace, power of God, rest

Joe Fornear
February 6, 2015

Are We There Yet?

– Joe Fornear Exhaustion… terrible inconvenience… unsanitary conditions… a nightmare scenario. Maybe God is trying to tell us something about life by the circumstances in which our King Jesus entered into our world. Our journeys can be difficult and…

battling cancer, cancer support, comfort, faith and unbelief, handling trials, surviving melanoma

Joe Fornear
December 12, 2014

Three Keys to Thankfulness (Part 2)

But a huge stumbling block to this determination (to be thankful) is the stubborn belief that thankfulness is a result of trouble-free existence. "I'd like to be thankful, but everything keeps breaking down around this house." "I'd like to be thankful, but God hasn't fulfilled my greatest need yet."

battling cancer, cancer support, comfort, dependence, emotions, handling trials, power of God, sacrifice of praise

Joe Fornear
November 26, 2014
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