Category cancer support

Face Time – Living in the Presence

– By Joe Fornear Our struggles can appear so high, wide, and long – sometimes insurmountable to us. Yet appearances are a poor monitor of the multidimensional realities of God. When the Lord set up the temple worship system in…

battling cancer, cancer support, comfort, emotions, handling trials, suffering, surrender, surviving melanoma

Joe Fornear
October 23, 2013

Beyond The Noise Inside My Head

Yet there was one voice that changed everything. One word from the Lord was worth days of spinning and casting about for emotional, physical or spiritual breakthrough. His “still small voice” (1 Kings 19:12) brought a peace and freedom like no other.

battling cancer, cancer support, comfort, melanoma survivors, peace, surviving melanoma, The Word

Joe Fornear
October 11, 2013

Casting Out Fear… with His Love

The lie that keeps knocking at my door is that His work on the Cross is not enough.

cancer support, caretakers, emotions, fear, God's love, grace, Terri Fornear, weakness & strength

Terri Fornear
September 6, 2013

Breaking Well

– By Joe Fornear The storyline of one TV show is not so different from that of hundreds of people who are diagnosed daily. A 50-year-old father and husband is informed his cancer is inoperable, so he launches a plan…

battling cancer, cancer support, dependence, suffering, surrender

Joe Fornear
August 2, 2013

Hug a Caretaker Today

So how does a caretaker handle an impossible load? The answer must be to tap into the supernatural. Human love has its limits. Divine love does not. He wants to give us His love to flow through us to others. Just ask and keep asking -- moment by moment.

battling cancer, cancer support, caretakers, emotions, power of God, resentment, suffering, surviving melanoma

Joe Fornear
June 7, 2013
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The Single Most Destructive Attitude You Can Have

– By Joe Fornear While fighting cancer, caretaking, or just navigating everyday hurts, one attitude will bring more pain and sadness into our lives than any other – resentment. I know this from years of pastoring; counseling patients, caretakers and…

cancer support, caretakers, depression and cancer, emotions, forgiveness, resentment, suffering, surviving melanoma

Joe Fornear
April 29, 2013
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Guess Who Else Rose on Easter? (No Kidding)

So what does this mean for us? The significance of Jesus’ seating at the right hand of the Father was about His authority over enemies. The same is true for us, if indeed we’re seated with Him and we are! We have been given the authority and the ability to say no to fear and worry, temptation and sin! We have access to the exact same resurrection power so that we can have the strength to rise above our circumstances! Perhaps we should reserve Easter Monday to celebrate our seating with Him in the heavenly places! Will you join me?

cancer support, depression and cancer, facing death, handling trials, power of God, surviving melanoma

Joe Fornear
April 1, 2013

Give Your Burdens the Axe

If the axe is dull and he does not sharpen its edge, then he must exert more strength. Wisdom has the advantage of giving success. - Ecclesiastes 10:10

battling cancer, cancer support, dependence, emotions, In His Grip book, melanoma survivors, Stronghold Ministry, surviving melanoma

Joe Fornear
February 20, 2013

Live Weak?

It’s hard for me to judge Lance. Had I been in his shoes, I may have followed the same mountaintop path to vain glory that he chose. As I watched him confess before the world, the takeaway for me was the theme of our books and our ministry: It’s okay to be weak. Admitting weakness will make us strong as we lean on the Lord.

"beating" cancer, cancer support, dependence, emotions, handling trials, melanoma survivors, Stronghold Ministry, surrender, surviving melanoma, weakness & strength

Joe Fornear
February 8, 2013
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Lighten Your Load in 2013

What is true for physical limits “carries” over to spiritual and emotional limits. We can only haul so many burdens before control squirts out of our hands. Nerves shatter. Tempers are lost. We stumble under the weight.

battling cancer, cancer support, depression and cancer, goodness of God, handling trials, melanoma survivors, rest, surrender, surviving melanoma

Joe Fornear
January 10, 2013