Grab On!
-Joe Fornear Last weekend I was giving out Stronghold Ministry gift baskets at a Relay for Life in my hometown of Pittsburgh. My three sisters were with me at the Stronghold Ministry tent and my brother’s band was playing. They…
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Finding and Being an Oasis
-Joe Fornear Why is this happening to me? A common human response to difficult times. It’s evidently not a problem to ask this question of God – even Jesus asked on the cross, “My God, My God, why have you…
About Those Clouds Following You
-Joe Fornear A freeing thought today for my friends and their caretakers who are fighting cancer: Go easy on yourself! The beatdown of treatments and cancer not only weakens the body, but also the spirit and soul. During an incredibly intense battle, our physical…
Keep Calm and Cry Out to Jesus
Sometimes life's pain can be so physically and/or emotionally draining that something needs to give... quickly. When even the best of human efforts makes little difference, there is always something we can do - "cry out" to the Lord.
Just. Be. Held.
If your eyes are on the storm
You'll wonder if I love you still,
But if your eyes are on the cross
You'll know I always have and I always will.
Are We There Yet?
Like little children in the back seat of our Heavenly Father’s car, we call out, “Are we there yet?” Sometimes endurance is our only choice.
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
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.
Pathway to Glory – Suffering?
Maybe when God wants to accomplish something, He marks it with struggle so humans know their limits and give all glory to Him.
Through a Glass Dimly
There is a strange sense of rest in trusting Him with our unanswered questions. And that’s an answer in itself – He will tell us everything soon enough.