by Kathy Collard Miller | Oct 15, 2021 | abiding, God's heart, God's love, knowing and understanding God, position in Christ
What defines You? Is it your inheritance in Christ? Part 2 of 4 posts Part 1 Click here for the introduction of how mononucleosis began in me a new journey of greater awareness of my identity in Christ. Part 3: this post helps us see how Lydia in the book of Acts...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Aug 16, 2018 | atheists, evangelism, justice, knowing and understanding God, lies, overwhelmed, overwhelmed feelings, people pleasing, perfection, perfectionism, position in Christ, Pure-Hearted
Just like Adam and Eve, we try to dress ourselves with the spiritual fig leaves of performance. But hear them ripping? I tried to prevent my fig leaves from ripping by keeping track of my good deeds and bad deeds on an imaginary scale of justice. After all, I...
by Kathy Collard Miller | May 25, 2018 | faith, God's heart, God's love, holiness, knowing and understanding God, love, position in Christ, Trust
Are you offended I called you a 1,000 cow woman? Or maybe you’re wondering if you’re a Jersey or a Hereford cow? Actually, calling you a 1,000 cow woman is a wonderful idea. You’ll know why after you read this story from A Marriage Made in Heaven by...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Apr 6, 2018 | anxiety, Bible reading, encouragement, endurance, faithfulness, family, knowing and understanding God, position in Christ, repentance, salvation, sanctification, studying Bible
In the Roman culture when Paul wrote his Epistle to the Ephesians, a Roman father could disinherit a son born into the family, but not an adopted child. That fact has everything to do with Paul assuring his readers they were secure in their salvation. Here’s...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Mar 27, 2018 | Easter, position in Christ, regrets, rejection, repentance, salvation, Uncategorized
We often focus on the beautiful gift of salvation through Christ’s death and forget the importance of his resurrection. Without the resurrection, Jesus death as evidence of his Messiahship is suspect. But the resurrection confirmed Jesus’ words: “It is finished.”...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Dec 20, 2016 | Christmas, contentment, Never Ever Be the Same, people pleasing, perfect, perfectionism, position in Christ, stress
I mentioned in my last post that I’d continue the discussion of perfectionism. So now let’s look at one of the results of perfectionism which is People Pleasing. I confess! I’m a People Pleaser! I’m motivated to please others for a variety of reasons and...
