by Kathy Collard Miller | Jun 21, 2012 | dependence, God's questions, guidance, humility, knowing and understanding God, lies, obedience, pruned, repentance, sovereignty, SPSS, surrender, truth
Do you sometimes recognize in yourself a resistant heart to the Lord? Or maybe it’s even as strong as a hard heart? I know that I’ve been convicted of that and I’m grieved by it. At the time, it’s seems impossible to change my heart. At times,...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jun 19, 2012 | book review, studying Bible
(Find out at the end of this post how you can put your name in to possibly win a basket full of products.) I’m so pleased to recommend to you Cheri Cowell’s new Bible study book, Parables and Word Pictures from the New Testament. It is a 13-week...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jun 18, 2012 | Bible reading, dependence, fellowship, idols, people pleasing, quiet times, SPSS
Can something so good like your Quiet Time with the Lord become an idol? I was wondering that myself the other day and began to imagine a conversation like this.I’m talking to a friend and I say, “Golly, I’m feeling disgruntled today. I didn’t...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jun 13, 2012 | deception, holiness, obedience, quiet times, self-protective sinful strategies, SPSS, temptation, way of escape
Free images from FreeDigitalPhotos.netToday, we’re coming to the final two self-protective sinful strategies of the Edomites and possibly us! They are wisdom and strength. Here’s Obadiah 8-9: “Will I not on that day,” declares the Lord,“ Destroy wise men...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jun 11, 2012 | caregiving, contempt, deception, holiness, idols, lies, people pleasing, self-protective sinful strategies
(Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/vanz. Located in Milan, Italy) Well, are you hanging in here with me? Facing our self-protective sinful strategies can be hard work because it seems so threatening. And maybe it even feels like I’m being picky. Or...
