by Kathy Collard Miller | Mar 15, 2013 | anxiety, blame, contempt, God's heart, God's questions, knowing and understanding God, people pleasing
And the winner of the copy of Engaging Today’s Prodigal: Clear Thinking, New Approaches, and Reasons for Hope by Carol Barnier is: DRUM ROLL: Barbara! Congratulations, Barbara. I know you’ll appreciate this book as much as I did. (See my review of it in my...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Mar 5, 2013 | book review, caring, parenting
(You can win a free copy of this book. Read below.) Do you have a “prodigal”? Jesus gave us the parable of The Prodigal Son so most of us know what a prodigal is: a person who has left the faith or rejected in some way the beliefs or ideas they were...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Mar 1, 2013 | anxiety, freedom, God's heart, joy, obedience
What is the most surprising verse in the Bible to you? I read Deuteronomy 14:22-26 this morning and I was surprised. Of course, I’ve read the verses before but each time I do, they surprise me! God is giving the Israelites instructions on sacrifices and...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Feb 22, 2013 | anger, attitude, beliefs, holiness, SPSS
We’re continuing the story of Balaam and God has given the donkey the ability to speak. The donkey could see the angel of the Lord with a drawn sword. To avoid Balaam, its rider, being killed, it turned aside. Balaam misinterprets the actions of the donkey as...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Feb 19, 2013 | anger, beliefs, holiness, obedience, self-protective sinful strategies
In our last post, we began to see the foundation for the temptations that led to Balaam’s anger. He is being offered approval, distinction, and prosperity by King Balak. Aren’t those three things that we all want? Little by little, Balaam’s...
