Trading Mourning for Joy
-Joe Fornear It was the worst of times; it was the worst of times. Did you ever have a season of life that was so miserable that there was little good to say about it? I’ve had a few trials…
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Love Floats – You!
– Joe Fornear There is a new 1000 foot glass footbridge in China spanning 600 feet above a valley. There are videos of people frozen on the bridge or crawling across because they’re so freaked out by the height. For many,…
He Completed Me
Step 10 wakes me up each day to being aware of my source of Life, whether flesh or Spirit. The Spirit actually leads me to love myself first - by receiving Christ’s view of me. Then loving others comes easier as I’m living out of completeness and fullness, not out of need or duty. Then I can go to anyone I’ve hurt and apologize without losing the truth about myself.
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.
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.
Power Napping
– By Joe Fornear I hear it often when talking with people fighting cancer. “I don’t know how people do this without the Lord.” Indeed. In actuality, nothing in life was intended by our Maker to be “do-it-yourself.” We were…
Five Steps to Peace in Adversity
Relax your mind and heart – don’t permit them to race on over various scenarios. Focus instead on the Lord and His love and power.
Plan Be
Still, there is a difference between activity driven by fear, and the restful steps of one who knows the “Lord of Hosts” is on his or her side.
Knowing God in a Crisis
Fortunately, nothing has the potential to improve our knowledge of Him like a major crisis. A little desperation goes a long way.
Pie in the Sky Now
Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, and which have not entered the heart of man, all that God has prepared for those who love him. – 1 Corinthians 2:9 This verse deals with heaven, right?…