Category surrender

Five Keys to Victory in Any Battle – #2 – Greatness of God

If God is both good and great, we’re in good hands! Last time we wrote about enjoying the Goodness of God. This time in our five part series on victory, we focus on embracing His incredible greatness to us. And…

battling cancer, cancer support, handling trials, miracles, surrender

Joe Fornear
April 8, 2020
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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,…

cancer support, emotions, God's love, goodness of God, peace, rest, surrender

Joe Fornear
January 28, 2016

The Green Grass Is Under You

While the enemy is voicing what you lack, God is voicing what you have! And right now you have green grass UNDER YOU. The finished work of Jesus Christ is literally UNDER YOU and IN YOU. Sit in it.

Amy Fornear, caretakers, comfort, goodness of God, handling trials, rest, suffering, surrender

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April 9, 2015

When God Is Silent… He’s Up to Something

Periods of “silence” are common in the history of God’s relations with man. Yet we always find out later that God was up to something better all along.

battling cancer, goodness of God, handling trials, surrender, surviving melanoma

Joe Fornear
December 23, 2014

Is It True – No Pain-No Gain?

As a Stage IV melanoma survivor, the purifying fires of pain have swept through my own heart. Struggles have the potential to revise values and refocus priorities, setting us free from the empty desires and tyrannous demands of life.

battling cancer, cancer support, melanoma survivors, suffering, surrender, surviving melanoma, survivors

Joe Fornear
August 28, 2014

Props to Coping with Crisis

Paul was no stranger to hardship. He mastered some miserable circumstances – jailings, whippings, beating and stonings. He knew what it took to not just survive, but to thrive. So like Paul, let’s allow dependence on God’s power to propel us forward into great endurance and patience, even joy.

battling cancer, caretakers, dependence, handling trials, power of God, surrender

Joe Fornear
July 11, 2014

Ready Or Not?

It is tempting to think we must change on our own so that God will be pleased with us. It is also tempting to think that we can change on our own. Yet we know Paul had become so frustrated that he gave up trying to change. Can you relate to Paul?

12 Steps, caretakers, dependence, power of God, surrender, Terri Fornear

Five Life-changing Outcomes of Suffering

Fortunately for us, the Lord never meant suffering to be just a cruel and bitter pill to be dutifully swallowed. Suffering is a path, never a destination.

battling cancer, cancer support, comfort, dependence, goodness of God, handling trials, melanoma survivors, power of God, rest, surrender, surviving melanoma, weakness & strength

Joe Fornear
May 2, 2014

3 Keys to Winning Wheel of Fortune

So to merge the symbolism of the three names (Euodia, Syntyche and Clement), serenity brings harmony between the good times and bad.

battling cancer, cancer support, comfort, goodness of God, handling trials, living for eternity, power of God, surrender, surviving melanoma

Joe Fornear
April 11, 2014

Into the Light

Opening up to another human being is tricky. Humans are not God, not perfect, and not the answer, but the right person can be the very vehicle to deliver God’s grace and gift of righteousness.

12 Steps, battling cancer, cancer support, facing death, fear, power of God, surrender, Terri Fornear

Terri Fornear
March 28, 2014