Category melanoma survivors

Dashing Through Expectations

– By Joe Fornear There’s an old country song entitled, “I Shaved My Legs For This?” Expectations always abound – and of course they’re not always attained. During the end of her pregnancy, Mary probably imagined a glorious birth for…

cancer support, caretakers, depression and cancer, emotions, goodness of God, handling trials, living for eternity, melanoma survivors, suffering

Joe Fornear
December 20, 2013
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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

New Freedom App Available

The Single Most Destructive Attitude We Can Have – Part 4 – Resenting Yourself – By Joe Fornear If resentment is a bad idea, self-resentment is an even worse one. We get beat up enough in life without piling on…

comfort, forgiveness, grace, melanoma survivors, sickness and sin, surviving melanoma

Joe Fornear
July 3, 2013

Don’t Release the Kraken… on Yourself!

Interestingly, before God restores Job’s health, family and fortunes, He asks him to pray for the well-being of his friends, releasing them from the scars they inflicted. After all, the Lord did not want Job’s nightmare to continue. Whether real or imagined, revenge only breeds more pain. So don’t release the Kraken… on yourself!

battling cancer, forgiveness, grace, handling trials, melanoma survivors, power of God, resentment, surviving melanoma

Joe Fornear
May 20, 2013
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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.