After hearing some bad cancer news from her oncologist, Sandra Stiles felt God’s “peace which surpasses understanding” (Philippians 4:7). The tongue cancer she had been fighting for several years had spread and wrapped around her carotid artery in her neck.…
What difference does Easter and Jesus’ Resurrection make in our lives today? After He rose, Jesus promised to send the gift of Easter, His Holy Spirit, to dwell and live with and in us. He even said, “It is to…
Since “the battle is the Lord’s,” according to David (1 Samuel 17), how do we keep it in His hands? David ran TO the Lord’s battle against the 9’ 9” tall, 550 pound Goliath and his results are legendary. What…
Why does God allow such hard trials? What if trials lead to experiencing the great consolation prize of Jesus Christ in all His love and comfort? The Apostle Peter makes this precise case in 1 Peter 1:6-9. He compares the…
I used to hate feeling weak and out of control, but since my Stage IV cancer battle, I realized God shows up best when I’m weak as then He becomes strong in me. Consider four responses to being weak and…
Fighting cancer can be physically and emotionally draining. Yet God is there with outstretched hand to strengthen and hold us up. Find out how a young mother of three, Tiffany Rose of Van Buren, Arkansas, handed her battle over to…
Imagine being able to see in the dark in the hardest times of your life. That would come in handy! During Stronghold Ministry’s 15th year anniversary month, we count it an honor to help cancer patients and others in crisis…
In the midst of sickness, especially that scary word, cancer, our bodies remind us of our weaknesses, our boundaries, our need. “He makes me lie down in green pastures,” but they don’t seem so green! Walking in a season of…
I thought I’d get a jump on thanks-giving “early” this year. After all, gratefulness is not for a day or long weekend, it’s intended to be a lifestyle. And for our sakes, God loves every ounce we offer up! Now…
EMOTIONS. We judge them, we wear them, we fight them, we try to make them go away! Yet Jesus had a lot of them! Recently I listened as an adult woman and her mother shared at a cancer support group. The…