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 | Mar 18, 2019 | demands, glory to God, heart change, knowing and understanding God, Never Ever Be the Same, Pure-Hearted
Godly dependability is obeying only God’s leading–not our own needs. My cell phone rang; I greeted my neighbor and dear friend, Karen. “Kathy, can you take Stephen and I to the airport tomorrow afternoon?” “Sure. Would love to.” “Oh, and we’re arriving...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Dec 30, 2018 | Christmas, glory to God, God's heart, God's love, knowing and understanding God, studying Bible
Have you ever considered choosing a quality of God for your “Word for the Year”? I know many people like to think of a concept or idea to focus on during the year. Although I don’t usually do that, the year I believed God wanted me to...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Aug 8, 2018 | anxiety, contentment, depression, doubt, glory to God, hopelessness, patience, perseverance, procrastination, Pure-Hearted
Have you ever been frustrated when God’s plan is at a snail’s pace? I have. I’ll never forget walking up to the podium and greeting the audience as my knees whacked together in my terror. My first ever presentation and I would be telling my story of how...
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 | Dec 29, 2017 | glory to God, god, Pure-Hearted, thirst for God, Trust, truth
I was watching my nine-year-old grandson, Raf, create his own version of a computer game. Amazed at a third grader’s computer skill (which I didn’t have), I exclaimed, “Raf, you are amazing!” Raf immediately replied, “No. Only God is amazing.” I was so amazed, oops,...