Category depression and cancer

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

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

Did Jesus Cry on Christmas?

Jesus certainly shed real tears in His adult life, so why would crying as a baby be a problem?

battling cancer, cancer support, caretakers, comfort, depression and cancer, emotions, handling trials, melanoma survivors, surviving melanoma, weakness & strength

Joe Fornear
December 20, 2012
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The Battle for Your Mind

We can’t prevent doubts and fears from popping into our thoughts, especially when we're going through a major crisis like fighting cancer. Yet we are not victims - we do not have to give in to destructive voices.

battling cancer, cancer support, depression and cancer, handling trials, power of God, rest, sacrifice of praise, surviving melanoma, weakness & strength

Born This Way

Now we all have different tastes and callings which we were born to carry out, but there is a common inclination in every human – praise.

depression and cancer, goodness of God, handling trials, melanoma survivors, sacrifice of praise, surviving melanoma, survivors

Joe Fornear
January 9, 2012

Star Maker

Is it any wonder that in hard times, God asks us to look away from our earthly dilemmas and look up to Him and His stellar handiwork?

cancer support, depression and cancer, goodness of God, handling trials, melanoma survivors, power of God, suffering, surviving melanoma

Joe Fornear
October 6, 2011

Hope Trumps Despair

The spirit of a man can endure his sickness, but as for a broken spirit, who can bear it? – Proverbs 18:14 When you’re reeling from sickness, hope is essential. This verse states we can indeed endure sickness. A greater…

battling cancer, cancer support, depression and cancer, handling trials, melanoma survivors, power of God, Stronghold Ministry, surviving melanoma, weakness & strength

Joe Fornear
September 23, 2011
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Panic Is a Choice

Practical and spiritual advice on surviving melanoma and cancer by Joe Fornear.

cancer support, comfort, dependence, depression and cancer, handling trials, suffering, surviving melanoma, weakness & strength

Joe Fornear
August 23, 2011

How to Handle “One of Those Days”

The LORD is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble, And He knows those who take refuge in Him. – Nahum 1:7 At some point in our lives, we’ll endure a “day of trouble.” Wouldn’t it be nice if…

battling cancer, depression and cancer, goodness of God, handling trials, Stronghold Ministry, weakness & strength

Joe Fornear
July 6, 2011

Love Breaks Through

Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Just as it is written, “For your sake we are being put to death all day long;…

comfort, depression and cancer, God's love, handling trials

Joe Fornear
December 16, 2010