Three Ways God Works ALL Things for the Good!
C’mon, does God really work all things to the good – even cancer battles? He says He does. In Romans 8:28: “And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to…
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The Key to Experiencing God’s Goodness – ALL the Time
There is a saying, “God is good all the time.” So why don’t we feel it more often? I remember struggling with God’s goodness during my Stage IV metastatic melanoma cancer battle, especially after being told in 2003, “You have…
Podcast – Days to Live (Give or Take 20 Years!)
The Lord may allow extremely hard times in our lives, but in Job’s case and all of our cases, He is working great things behind the scenes! Twenty years ago this month, my oncologist gave me “days to live.” Yet…
Podcast – The Path of Life
The secret to surviving wilderness experiences is to draw “life” from the most reliable source – God Himself! This is what David calls “the path of life.” See how David and Isaiah found life in the “scorched places.” I found…
What if I don’t got this?
In the beginning, I thought: It wasn’t long before I admitted, “I absolutely don’t got this.” Stage IV metastatic melanoma was bigger than me. I was overwhelmed, scared, hurting, self-pitying. More than anything – I was disappointed … with myself.…
Podcast – How to embrace God with abandon
Like many of us, Habakkuk struggled with what God allowed in his life. His name means “embrace,” or “hug,” and eventually Habakkuk embraced God’s plan and hugged it out with Him. I Joe, did as well during my Stage IV…
How to get your life back in a crisis.
Crisis had been ruling my life for month after brutal month and I was done. I told God, “I want my life back.” Like many of you now, I had been fighting cancer, Stage IV metastatic melanoma in my case.…
Every Time I Turn Around!
Look backward to move forward. “Every time I turn around … something bad happens.” Once when I said this to my dad, he jokingly said, “Stop turning around.” Wouldn’t it be nice if we could ignore troubles? Many of us…
How to Regain Your Footing When Cancer Rocks Your World
Are you overwhelmed by a cancer fight or some other trial? Consider 4 lessons to truly LIVE (acronym rhymes with give) and regain your footing when cancer rocks your world. These lessons come from my own cancer battle and years…
3 Tools to Overcome the Darkness – “Love Not Our Life to the Point of Death”
I once hesitated to discuss death with people fighting cancer, but the fear of death leaves a gaping hole in our spiritual defenses. Hebrews 2:14-15 proves the devil uses fear of death to literally enslave us: “(Jesus) partook of flesh…