by Kathy Collard Miller | Sep 14, 2012 | God's heart, heart change, holiness, protect, trials
Image: FreeDigitalPhotos.netHave you had your eyes examined lately? The last time my eyes were examined, I felt tense having that puff of air come toward my eye to test for glaucoma. I knew it was coming and the longer I waited for it, the more tense I became. I...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Sep 13, 2012 | pain, repentance, self-protective sinful strategies, SPSS, surrender
Image: FreeDigitalPhotos.netIn my last post, I talked about how experiences, especially traumatic or painful ones, create hyper-vigilance and self-protection. It most likely won’t surprise you to hear I had a traumatic experience in junior high....
by Kathy Collard Miller | Sep 12, 2012 | anxiety, beliefs, dependence, faith, fear, health, knowing and understanding God, overwhelmed, self-protective sinful strategies, SPSS, worry
Image: FreeDigitalPhotos.netAnd the Winner is: George! Congratulations George! I’ll be sending you your copy of When You Need A Miracle by Linda Evans Shepherd. Thank you to everyone who tossed their names into the drawing. I fell off the treadmill a...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Sep 6, 2012 | faith, God's heart, obedience, sin, Trust
Here’s a little quiz for you. Read through these three verses from Zechariah 1 and identify three ways that the Israelites sinfully reacted. Here’s a clue: each of the three ways starts with the letter “d.”4 “Do not be like your fathers,...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Sep 3, 2012 | adultery, anger, encouragement, endurance, God's heart, obedience, perseverance
What do you think of when you think of God being “jealous”? What motivates the heart of God to be jealous? When I think of God’s jealousy, I sometimes think of Him being angry, like a husband being angry about his wife’s infidelity. And I...