by Kathy Collard Miller | Apr 26, 2014 | anxiety, courage, deception, faith, fear, knowing and understanding God, worry
I recently read this story by the late J. Vernon McGee, that wonderful Bible teacher from years ago, that addresses our doubt that God desires everything for our good. This is in his introduction to his commentary on the book of Zephaniah. “It was late at night...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Mar 1, 2014 | anxiety, forgiveness, obedience, overwhelmed feelings, peace, procrastination, regrets, self talk, worry
Here’s our final perspective about dealing with regrets: “Remember But Look Forward.” God’s message is, “Do not cling to events of the past or dwell on what happened long ago. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Feb 26, 2014 | anxiety, blame, fear, forgiveness, people pleasing, perfectionism, regrets, worry
Here’s a second idea for dealing with regrets: “Remember But Forgive.” The key is to forgive. Forgive ourselves and forgive others. No, we may not be able to forget, but we can forgive. Rick Warren writes, “We are products of our past, but we...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Feb 24, 2014 | anxiety, blame, doubt, fear, knowing and understanding God, worry
Someone has said, “If you have one eye on yesterday and another eye on tomorrow, you’ll look at today cross-eyed.” That’s what regrets do to us. We are so focused on the past that we can’t focus on the present. Until recently, I never recognized having regrets as a...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Feb 17, 2014 | anxiety, deception, fear, guilt, heaven, hope, hopelessness, longing for God, overwhelmed feelings, salvation
Let’s look at Jude 1:24 one last time. Isn’t it wonderful how much we can glean from this verse?Here it is again:”Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy,”...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Feb 15, 2014 | anxiety, humor, obedience, peace, Trust, worry
God will take care of tomorrow. Yes, I should make plans for whatever I truly have control over in the future, but not for those things over which I have no control. If I seek His kingdom, if I obey what He wants me to do today and follow His promptings for any...
