Category weakness & strength

Those Annoying Bible Verses on Suffering with Joy

To me, joy and suffering seem mutually exclusive - I have one or the other - never both at once. Yet, joy is the response to suffering which God consistently encourages in His Word.

emotions, goodness of God, handling trials, melanoma survivors, power of God, rest, surviving melanoma, weakness & strength

Joe Fornear
September 24, 2014

Three Responses to Adversity

Enlisting trials won’t make them easy, but it will cut them down to manageable size.

battling cancer, cancer support, caretakers, goodness of God, handling trials, melanoma survivors, power of God, surviving melanoma, weakness & strength

Joe Fornear
September 11, 2014

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

-Joe Fornear During a high stakes health crisis, the last thing we need is to carry around a bunch of guilt. Yet during my own cancer battle, I never felt as guilty in my entire life. I had a nagging…

battling cancer, cancer support, guilt, handling trials, sickness and sin, surviving melanoma, weakness & strength

Joe Fornear
April 25, 2014

Mountain Moving – a Shovel at a Time

If He says there are no worries – then there must not be any worries!

caretakers, dependence, emotions, fear, grace, handling trials, power of God, rest, surviving melanoma, weakness & strength

Joe Fornear
February 7, 2014

If I’m an Emotional and Spiritual Mess, Will God Answer My Prayers?

Burst out of those hiding places, put on the forgiveness of Jesus Christ, and get back into the fight with passion and perseverance in His power.

battling cancer, caretakers, Divine Healing, emotions, faith and unbelief, fear, forgiveness, melanoma survivors, power of God, prayer, sickness and sin, surviving melanoma, weakness & strength

Joe Fornear
January 17, 2014

Letting GO… of Being God

Step 2 takes me out of “thinking” about Him and into His Power.

12 Steps, battling cancer, cancer support, caretakers, dependence, God's love, handling trials, power of God, surviving melanoma, Terri Fornear, weakness & strength

Terri Fornear
December 6, 2013

Supernatural Provision

– By Joe Fornear Not many people realize the financial challenges which cancer or severe sickness can bring. But patients and their caretakers know them all too well. During my battle with Stage IV metastatic melanoma, finances were a constant…

cancer support, depression and cancer, goodness of God, power of God, surviving melanoma, weakness & strength

Joe Fornear
November 22, 2013

Casting Out Fear… with His Love

The lie that keeps knocking at my door is that His work on the Cross is not enough.

cancer support, caretakers, emotions, fear, God's love, grace, Terri Fornear, weakness & strength

Terri Fornear
September 6, 2013

Does God Ever Give Us More Than We Can Handle?

So yes, God does give us more than we can handle, but only so we can handle much more eternally significant matters - through Him!

battling cancer, dependence, emotions, grace, handling trials, power of God, suffering, surviving melanoma, weakness & strength

Joe Fornear
August 23, 2013