-Joe Fornear So you’ve hit up everyone you know to pray for your physical healing from cancer. Perhaps deep in the night you’ve cried out to God for a better marriage. Maybe you’ve practically begged God for a different job. And…
-Joe Fornear When Someone has a really strong grip on you, YOUR grip strength matters little! This picture and the verses below paint a powerful truth about Jesus’ and the Father’s hearts toward us. Jesus said both He and The…
-Joe Fornear When I’m anxious, it’s simple, … I’m depending too much on myself. I’ve taken on a burden I was never intended or created to bear. I’m not believing God’s promise that He already has a perfect plan and…
-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…
-Joe Fornear This devotional is an excerpt from Joe and Terri Fornear’s book, In His Grip, Meditations with The Great Physician. The book is free to cancer patients as part of our Stronghold Ministry gift basket. Request a gift basket…
-Joe Fornear Could the most difficult times also be the most beneficial? Before you tune me out, I think this is exactly what the Lord says in His love letter to us! But wait, who volunteers for a desert experience?…
-Joe Fornear Some people talk about “The Universe” orchestrating events and ordering or disordering our lives. They try to stay on the right side of “it” so that good things will happen in their lives. Others chuckle at an impersonal…
-by Terri Fornear This is the 3rd in a series of excerpts from Terri Fornear’s new book, Abiding Through the Shadows, A Caretaker’s Struggle with God’s Goodness. Joe’s diagnosis changed three times, ending with metastatic melanoma. I mention metastatic, because people would…
– Terri Fornear This is the 2nd in a series of excerpts from Terri Fornear’s new book, Abiding Through the Shadows, A Caretaker’s Struggle with God’s Goodness. On the Costa Rica trip, Joe seemed tired and did not want to go…
– Joe Fornear Physical pain is a 900-pound gorilla, dominating cancer battles, hijacking focus, and draining hope. Yet the link between physical pain and emotional misery can be broken! Surely, if the Lord allows us to go through it, He’ll certainly…