by Kathy Collard Miller | Jul 6, 2018 | book drawing, contentment, encouragement, faith, faithfulness, fear, God's heart, God's love, grief, guidance, hope, hopelessness
I love to host book giveaways. This month I’m featuring a wonderful book called Under a Desert Sky: Redefining Hope, Beauty, and Faith in the Hardest Places by Lynne Hartke. It is a wonderful book about faith and trust in God in the hard times. And don’t...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jun 25, 2018 | beliefs, Bible reading, fear, fear of man, glory to God, heart change, knowing and understanding God, peace, people pleasing, perfection, perfectionism, Pure-Hearted
Are you a People Pleaser? Let’s start People Pleasing Anonymous! Would you believe even Jesus’ disciples could qualify to join? Just think of Peter standing to his feet at our meeting and saying, “Hi, I’m Peter and I’m a People...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Sep 19, 2017 | anxiety, fear, fear of man, lies, motives, procrastination, trust
“Why does procrastination haunt me? I want to stop delaying but I keep putting things off.” Just the other day I figuratively shook myself by my lapels and asked, “Kathy, why do you let the dishes stack up? It looks so messy!” Why do I procrastinate? I had to be...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Aug 15, 2017 | anxiety, belief, beliefs, depression, encouragement, endurance, faithfulness, fear, freedom, glory to God, God's heart, knowing and understanding God, overwhelmed, praise, strength, stress, trials
I love featuring the writing of others when their words really speak to me. And that is certainly always true of the writings of Jean Wilund, whose blog “Join the Journey” I highly recommend. I love thinking, meditating, and talking about God’s...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jul 22, 2017 | fear, fear of man, God's heart, God's love, people pleasing, prayer, prayer for others, studying Bible, surrender, thirst for God
Fear can block us from praying out loud in a group. We fear being judged because we said something with the wrong words, or in the wrong way, or with too many words. These fears are usually because we don’t want others to think poorly of us. Fear takes the focus off...
by Kathy Collard Miller | May 7, 2016 | anger, blame, fear, grandparenting, parenting
Do you desire more godly responses toward your children? Feeling a need to control can foster ungodliness. It’s often the result of having a child who is good at arguing. When my friend Gayle was growing up, she had a strong will and gave her mother a lot of...
