A cancer patient once said, “It’s like a terrorist attack. It can sneak up on you like a thief in the night.” So how do we come to terms with a diagnosis of cancer and where we can we find hope to face it? Click here to listen as Celia shares Karen’s story.
Pain
Hot and Thirsty
Do you have a past that you want to forget? We may try to ignore it by covering the pain with alcohol and drugs, or relationships or some other escape, but the guilt or shame sticks around. On messages of hope this week we’ll share a couple of stories that’ll give you hope, and a way to find peace.
What About The Carer
“I’ve become his carer and his protector. That role of changing from being a wife to that element of carer, that’s massive. Sometimes I’m just terrified.” On Messages Of Hope this week we’re talking with Therese about adjusting from wife to carer. What are the challenges and how did she cope?
Chronic Pain Booklet
Chronic Pain Sometimes we face unexpected challenges, we are dealt a hand we just don’t see coming. Order our booklet ‘Chronic Pain’ to read about the peace God’s love provides through these challenges. Please enter your name and email address below to download the booklet. Your details will not be sold/given/shared to a third party. […]
The Doctor
“A doctor’s job is to cure sometimes, to relieve often and to comfort always.” Do you like visiting the doctor? For some people the only way you’ll get them to go to the doctor is in the back of an ambulance! Listen to Richard as he talks about the impact doctors have on our lives and how Jesus is like the best doctor we could ever have.
Sharing Faith: Vijaya’s Story
“Widowed at 19 with a three year old child: it’s not a recipe for happiness in anyone’s book, but in a conservative farming village in south India it spells disaster.”
Where do you turn when you’re isolated, ostracised, grieving and rejected. This week Noel Due shares the story of Vijaya and the message that gave her the courage to go against all cultural beliefs and live a life of worth and love.
Empty Hands
“When you have Motor Neurone Disease there's really nowhere to go much, they don't know how to cure it. I guess in the end you have to think …well do I lay down and die or do I grasp at life and live?” Listen to the personal story of Pastor Rick Zweck, who battled Motor Neurone Disease and passed away in 2016. In spite of the disease he still found hope for life.
A Split Mind
“I try not to think of my son as schizophrenia, but by his name. And schizophrenia is part of it but he is also my son, child of God, uncle, worker, just like all of us.” Listen as Celia Fielke talks with Sue whose son has schizophrenia. Find out what’s kept Sue going as she has supported her son over the last 20 years.
God Understands Suffering
God Understands Suffering Have you ever felt like life is ripping you off? That what you’re suffering is unjust. Listen as Celia chats with Stephen and Therese about their experiences of dealing with chronic debilitating pain for which there seems to be no cure, and the changes this has made to their lives and relationships. […]
Easing the Pain
Easing The Pain “Those first two nights in hospital were the longest nights I’d ever experienced in my whole life, nothing seemed to stop the intense pain.” Have you ever experienced pain that won’t go away? Not just the temporary, belting your thumb with a hammer, as painful as that is. But pain that […]