Tag: Stage 4 Colon Cancer

• We Want A King. We Want It Now. *devotional*

  

  “But the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. We want a king over us. Then we will be like all the other nations, (emphasis added) with a king to lead us and go out before us and fight our battles.” 1 Samuel 8:19-20 Devotion The elders of Israel had asked Samuel for…

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  December 31, 2022

  2022, December 2022, Faith

  1 Samuel 8:19-20, Blonde hair smarter popular better at sports, Cancer Patients Springfield Missouri, Carrot top hair, Comparison Kills, God has a dream for each of us, How to pray, Jesus, Prayer, Reading the Bible for beginners, Reading the Bible where to start, Stage 4 Colon Cancer, Tim Prater, Traci Prater, Zane Prater

• Frog Hat *devotional*

  

  Devotion How do you like my frog hat? I am at the treatment center waiting for my chemotherapy. Today I am handing out bookmarks to the other cancer patients. I made them. I know. I’m a 52-year-old dork, but at least I’m a dork for Jesus! One side has a Bible verse, and the other…

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  December 20, 2022

  2022, December 2022, Faith

  Abilities and talents, Cancer Patients Springfield Missouri, Chemotherapy, Devil is a liar, Dork for Jesus, Frog Hat, How do I do good?, How do I help others?, I was in a pit, Isaiah 55:10-11, John 6, Prompted by the Holy Spirit, Reading the Bible for beginners, Reading the Bible where to start, Stage 4 Colon Cancer, Tim Prater, Traci Prater, Zane Prater

• God Told Traci Prater, “No.”

  

  “But each day the Lord pours His unfailing love upon me, and through each night I sing His songs, praying to God who gives me life,” (Psalm 42:8). Stage IV colon and liver cancers were never in my playbook. Yet neither was a surprise to God. While a Stage IV diagnosis can mean death, God…

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  October 9, 2022

  2022, Neighbors, October 2022

  Ablation of tumor cells, Chemotherapy treatments Springfield Missouri, Crisis of faith, David Crowder No Rival, Does God love me, Emotions during chemotherapy, God keeps His promises, God sees you, God's promises, How to live with colon cancer, Liver Cancer, Marching band at football games Missouri, My cancer came back, No surprise to God, Psalm 42:8, Psalm 91:4, Removal of colon, Removal of gallbladder, Removal of liver, Removal of Ovaries, Serving God, Sinner who wants to be obedient, Stage 4 Colon Cancer, Stage IV diagnosis, Tim Prater, What do caregivers do, What husbands do, What makes a good husband, What to do when cancer returns, What to do when diagnosed with cancer

• Sidelined, but Fighting

  

  Traci Prater has cancer. Cancer does not have Traci Prater. Friday night, March 12, I’m leaving work, and I put my trench coat on. It feels heavy, and I feel a slight pain in the center of my torso, just below my sternum. I think to myself, “Well, that has never happened before.” But the…

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  July 5, 2021

  2021, July 2021, Neighbors

  2 Corinthians 12:9, Bethel Baptist Church, Big Cedar Lodge, Brain Cancer, Branson, Breast Cancer, Colon Cancer, Colonoscopy, God, Indicators, KY3, Liver, Murney Associates, Psalm 103:8, Real Estate, Sharp Pain, Stage 4 Colon Cancer, Stage IV, Traci Prater, Urgent Care, West Plains, Zane