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...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jun 8, 2012 | holiness, humility, money, pride, self-protective sinful strategies, Trust
What do you depend upon for your feelings of security or love or peace or satisfaction? We’ve been looking at the book of Obadiah to discover the self-protective sinful strategies that we may not even be aware of in our own lives. In verses 5 and 6, we...
