Spread It Out Before the LORD

di Nicholas Dailey (Autore)

Nicholas Dailey, 2026

"I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears." (2 Kings 20:5) When King Hezekiah was told he would die, he turned his face to the wall, prayed, and wept. Later, when a letter full of threats arrived, he carried it up to the temple and spread it out before the LORD. Afterward he wrote one of the most honest poems in the Bible about being sick, being afraid, and learning to walk slowly all his years. Spread It Out Before the LORD is a 30-day devotional through the life of Hezekiah for people facing cancer: newly diagnosed, in treatment, finished and waiting on scans, facing a recurrence, or living with advanced cancer. It is also for the spouses, caregivers, and churches who walk beside them. Along the way you'll follow Lonzo, a 46-year-old line-crew foreman in a small West Virginia river town who starts chemotherapy for stage III colon cancer, and Ida Mae, a 78-year-old infusion-room volunteer who has lived with cancer twice. Their Tuesday conversations, in the infusion room, on her porch, and at the old pump house on the Ohio River, carry them through the port and the pump, side effects and fog, a pathology report he is afraid to read, a friend in hospice, a young man with lymphoma, a scan that comes back clean, a friend's recurrence, and a long, slow faithfulness. What you'll read: - Put Your House in Order: the diagnosis, turning your face to the wall, "I have seen your tears," and a poultice of figs (prayer and medicine together). - He Trusted in the LORD: faithfulness in a failing body, the bronze snake and the lure of miracle cures, opening the doors, and asking for help. - What Is the Basis of This Confidence?: the voices that mock, survival statistics, words that wound, and when not to answer. - Spread It Out Before the LORD: bringing the worst piece of paper to God, advance directives, second opinions, and planting for a third year. - I Will Walk Slowly All My Years: depression, sleepless nights, neuropathy and going back to work, testimony, and numbering our days. - Peace and Security in My Lifetime: pride after recovery, legacy, the tunnel, and the feast where God will swallow up death forever. Inside the book: - 30 days in six parts. Every day includes a passage from the Berean Standard Bible, a Mentor and Student conversation, a reflection, a practice, a one-line "Before the LORD," a prayer, and three journal questions with room to write - Honest: it never says cancer is a punishment or a sign of weak faith, never promises a cure, never tells anyone to stop treatment to prove they trust God, and treats palliative care and hospice with respect - Back matter: a practical guide (warning signs that mean call your team now, radiation side effects, who is on a cancer care team, questions to ask, American Cancer Society and other help lines, crisis lines, money and insurance, work and family leave, advance directives, palliative care and hospice, screening for family members), a chapter for families, friends, and churches, background on Hezekiah's world (the Siloam tunnel, Sennacherib's prism, the Lachish reliefs), a six-session group guide, and a Scripture index Who it's for: - Anyone facing cancer, at any stage - Spouses, parents, adult children, and caregivers - Pastors, chaplains, and friends who want to help - Cancer support groups and church small groups About 15-20 minutes a day. Lonzo, Ida Mae, and everyone in Lathrop Ferry are invented characters. This is a devotional, not medical advice; always follow your own care team. It includes crisis information (911 and 988 in the U.S.). Written with the assistance of AI writing tools, under the author's direction. Scripture quotations are from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Every Scripture quotation was checked word for word against its source.

• Autore: Nicholas Dailey
• Anno edizione: 2026
• Editore: Nicholas Dailey
• Formato: EPUB3 con DRMFREE
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9798235612556