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    Everyday Strength: A Cancer Patient's Guide to Spiritual Survival
    Everyday Strength: A Cancer Patient's Guide to Spiritual Survival
    Everyday Strength: A Cancer Patient's Guide to Spiritual Survival
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    Everyday Strength: A Cancer Patient's Guide to Spiritual Survival

    By Randy Becton and Dave Dravecky

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    As a cancer survivor, Randy Becton knows firsthand the onslaught this disease brings on the human spirit. His experience creates a special bond with fellow cancer patients, making his encouragement even more powerful. In Everyday Strength he offers hope and comfort through poetic prayers, Scripture, brief reflections, and uplifting thoughts for each day.

    Everyday Strength deals honestly with topics such as depression, anger, fear, and loneliness. It guides those who are fighting cancer toward spiritual and mental wellness in the face of physical illness. First published in 1989, these thirty-three meditations are now repackaged with a fresh look for today.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBaker Publishing Group
    Release dateJul 1, 2006
    ISBN9781585580774
    Everyday Strength: A Cancer Patient's Guide to Spiritual Survival
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    Randy Becton

    Randy Becton is minister at large with Herald of Truth Television. He is the executive director of Caring Cancer Ministry in Abilene, Texas, which he founded after both he and his mother battled cancer.

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      Everyday Strength - Randy Becton

      EVERYDAY

      STRENGTH

      EVERYDAY

      STRENGTH

      A CANCER PATIENT’S GUIDE TO

      SPIRITUAL SURVIVAL

      RANDY BECTON

      © 1989 by Baker Book House

      Published by Baker Books

      a division of Baker Publishing Group

      P.O. Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287

      New paperback edition published 2006

      Printed in the United States of America

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—for example, electronic, photocopy, recording—without the prior written permission of the publisher.

                                Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Becton, Randy.

                  Everyday strength : a cancer patient’s guide to spiritual survival /

           Randy Becton.—2nd ed.

                      p. cm.

                  ISBN 10: 0-8010-6629-8 (pbk.)

                  ISBN 978-0-8010-6629-0 (pbk.)

                  1. Cancer—Patients—Prayer-books and devotions—English.

           2. Devotional calendars. I. Title.

           BV4910.33.B44 2006

           242'.4—dc22                                                                                      2005029877

      Unless otherwise identified, Scripture references in this volume are from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1983, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.

      Scripture marked KJV is taken from the King James Version of the Bible.

      Scripture marked NCV is taken from the New Century Version®. Copyright © 1987, 1988, 1991 by Word Publishing, a division of Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved

      Scripture marked Phillips is taken from The New Testament in Modern English, revised edition—J. B. Phillips, translator. © J. B. Phillips 1958, 1960, 1972. Used by permission of Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc.

      Scripture marked RSV is taken from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      Foreword

      Preface

      Acknowledgments

      Introduction: A Word as You Begin

      Day 1 Cancer: A Formidable Enemy

      2 Body and Mind

      3 Get a Good Health Team

      4 Fight Enemies of the Spirit

      5 Learn What Survivors Believe

      6 Yes, God Cares

      7 Stay Spiritually Strong

      8 Support Your Immune System—Lower Stress

      9 You Are a Valuable Human Being

      10 Time and You

      11 Rest Is Your Friend

      12 Make Good Decisions

      13 Take Time to Feel Sorry

      14 Ask for Help

      15 Time Is on Your Side

      16 Sort Out Your Best Beliefs

      17 Understand Depression

      18 Nutrition and Getting Well

      19 Sensible Suggestions from Preventive Medicine

      20 Make Your Nerves Behave

      21 Keep a Diary for Yourself

      22 Where Is God When You Hurt?

      23 Killing Fear with Faith (1)

      24 Killing Fear with Faith (2)

      25 Fight with All Your Mind

      26 Being in Control

      27 Take One Day at a Time

      28 Stretch Your Heart toward Others

      29 Look Up to God: A Meditative Exercise in Praise

      30 Keep Your Soul Well: A Meditative Exercise in Peace

      31 Talk to Your Loved Ones

      32 Your Minister’s Role

      33 Fighting Mental Fatigue

      Dealing with Depression in Illness

      Conclusion: You Can Be Well . . . Even While You’re Ill

      Cancer turns your world upside down. Once a doctor uses the c word and your name in the same sentence, you are suddenly and unexpectedly transported into a world that is unfamiliar and overwhelming. Unless you’re a medical professional, you have to quickly learn a whole new language. You have to figure out how to navigate the maze of medical appointments and tests you can’t pronounce. You have to watch your family and friends react to the news with sadness and concern that you are powerless to prevent or minimize. You have to face your mortality and deepest fears. You come to the painful realization that you’re not as in control of your life as you once thought. You feel vulnerable, weak, and frightened.

      Next to my faith in God, what I needed most in those first unsettling weeks and months was a guide, someone who had already walked the unfamiliar and overwhelming cancer journey. I needed to know that some of the obstacles I would encounter on the path were normal, that it was okay to stop, rest, and take care of myself along the way. I needed to know that there would be times when the path would disappear altogether and my faith would be challenged, and that others had survived the journey and emerged on the other side intact. I needed the wisdom and hope that another cancer survivor can uniquely provide. While many people came alongside me and provided comfort and encouragement, the people who helped me most were those who had been there, who had walked the same path I was now on. Next to God himself, they gave me the most hope.

      Cancer survivor and patient advocate, Randy Becton is just the kind of qualified guide that I needed. He has both walked the path and now helps others navigate it. In Everyday Strength, Randy provides weary travelers with a daily meditation that deals with one aspect of the cancer journey. He covers all the bases, from sharing practical advice for

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