by Kathy Collard Miller | Oct 7, 2019 | assumptions, Bible reading, Bible study, first love, knowing and understanding God, salvation, sanctification
Knowing Christ for 52 Years This past October 1st, I celebrated my 52nd anniversary of becoming a Christian. On the morning of October 1st, 1967, at the age of 18 (you can do the math), I heard the good news, the Gospel, that I didn’t need to earn God’s...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Sep 27, 2019 | Bible reading, Bible study, contentment, hope, hopelessness, perfectionism, worry
The “what ifs” controlled me, but then I learned contentment. “If only I didn’t have these problems, I could be the peaceful person God wants me to be.” I really did think that the only way I could be content with life, people, even myself, was to be...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Sep 10, 2019 | anxiety, Bible reading, Bible study, children, glory to God, heart change, parenting, people pleasing
What Can We Learn From Salome? One of the challenges for all of us is thinking we know best for someone else. There’s a woman in the Bible named Salome who thought she knew best for her sons. Let’s read her story in Matthew 20:20-24: Then the mother of the sons of...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Sep 2, 2019 | anger management, Bible reading, Bible study, book drawing, book review, fear of man, God's heart, relationships, sanctification
I love making book giveaways available and this time, it’s a book that we all relate to at one time or another: “I Love the World–It’s the People I Can’t Stand” by Dave Beckwith. The subtitle is “Jonah’s Journey of...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Aug 1, 2019 | abuse, anger, anger management, Bible reading, Bible study, contentment, How can I cover up anger?, marriage, overwhelmed feelings, Proverbs
Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.–Proverbs 10:12 (ESV) What an important and powerful word picture Proverbs 10:12 gives about anger toward others. We can “stir up” wounds or “cover” them with love and understanding, thus no longer being held...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jul 18, 2019 | Bible reading, Bible study, child abuse, child abuse prevention, children, communication, parenting
The biblical book of Proverbs offers wisdom for parenting. God cares about the challenges we face as parents. He knows the pain and confusion. He knows we will be imperfect in our responses and is working more in our children’s lives than we realize. Only Jesus...
