Panic Is a Choice
Practical and spiritual advice on surviving melanoma and cancer by Joe Fornear.
Category handling trials
God’s Love When You’re Sick – Identity Protection
In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials, so that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by…
How to Handle “One of Those Days”
The LORD is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble, And He knows those who take refuge in Him. – Nahum 1:7 At some point in our lives, we’ll endure a “day of trouble.” Wouldn’t it be nice if…
Resolving the Past
Let’s be real, we all accumulate baggage on our journeys. We load up with shortcomings, regrets, and sins. So how do we resolve these issues so that we can live free in the here and now? Sins. Who hasn’t mistreated,…
Time Out
Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add…
Help
Hebrews 4:15 – For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. Hebrews 4:16 – Therefore let us draw near…
Advice from a Weak One Made Strong
This week I am posting parts of an interview with Kalisha Frazier of UV Skinz about my book and battle with cancer. UV Skinz makes clothing and other products that protect the skin from ultraviolet rays. The interview was…
The Great Consolation
That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings. –Philippians 3:10 We seek to encourage people who are experiencing considerable pain. When pain wracks the body, it seizes the attention of our…
Thankful in Everything?
In everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. – 1 Thessalonians 5:18 Sometimes God’s requests seem illogical, sometimes impossible, and sometimes both. How can we give thanks in the midst of excruciating pain, or…
Difficulty Factors
In Olympic diving competition, dives are rated according to “difficulty factor.” There is a built-in acknowledgment that some dives are more complicated than others. In so many cancer battles I’ve observed, with the many physical, emotional, and financial complications, the…