Everyday Strength by Randy Becton, Christian Cancer Devotional
Description
A Christian devotional written for people facing cancer, built around thirty three short meditations drawing on Scripture and prayer.
Randy Becton is a minister at large with Herald of Truth Television and the founder and executive director of Caring Cancer Ministry in Abilene, Texas, which he started after both he and his mother had cancer. Dave Dravecky wrote the foreword.
The readings are short by design, intended to be taken one at a time rather than read straight through.
Paperback, 160 pages, 6.74 by 7.84 inches. Published July 2006.
Why It Matters
Short daily readings suit this stretch especially well, when concentration is unreliable and a full chapter is more than most days allow. A few paragraphs is achievable on almost any day.
A Christian devotional written for people facing cancer, built around thirty three short meditations drawing on Scripture and prayer.
Randy Becton is a minister at large with Herald of Truth Television and the founder and executive director of Caring Cancer Ministry in Abilene, Texas, which he started after both he and his mother had cancer. Dave Dravecky wrote the foreword.
The readings are short by design, intended to be taken one at a time rather than read straight through.
Paperback, 160 pages, 6.74 by 7.84 inches. Published July 2006.
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