by Kathy Collard Miller | Jan 24, 2016 | anger, compliments, contentment, heart change, humility, love, sanctification, stress
Ye old “one-upmanship” can hit at any moment. Have you noticed that? Competitiveness can tempt us into pride and envy at any moment and I can succumb quickly. Any of us can brag about how much more our children accomplish than others. When we hear someone...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jan 1, 2016 | anger, anxiety, attitudes, belief, Bible reading, God's heart, God's love, heart change, knowing and understanding God, mercy, perfection, resolutions, stress
Don’t make resolutions! I can’t believe I actually said that. Don’t make resolutions? Isn’t that the American way? Isn’t that the way to change? Don’t make resolutions! I can’t believe I actually said that. (Tweet that!) I may...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Dec 10, 2015 | armor of God, beliefs, faith, first love, freedom, health, heart change, heaven, longing for God, love, position in Christ, purposes
Once upon a time in an unusual kingdom, lived a king who couldn’t have children of his own. So, he invited his citizens to become his children. Girls and women could become princesses. Boys and men could become princes. Surprisingly, not everyone wanted to...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jun 19, 2015 | armor of God, courage, heart change, holiness, hope, sin, temptation
I’d like to spend several posts talking about how to resist temptation. Here’s the first one. Did you know temptation questions God’s command? My husband, Larry, looked through his binoculars and spoke into his police radio, “Rick, see the man with...
by Kathy Collard Miller | May 14, 2015 | faith, God's heart, guilt, heart change, motives, sanctification, Trust
You have an iceberg in your heart! Did you know that? This photo represents one of the primary foundational premises of our book, Never Ever Be The Same: A New You Starts Today. What is above the waterline, what you see in a real iceberg, represents how we...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Apr 11, 2015 | faith, heart change, holiness, self talk, self-protective sinful strategies, Trust
As each of us travel a new road of greater commitment to the Lord, we became aware of reactions in our lives that Larry and I began to call the “Railroad Tracks Syndrome.” This is when we say we believe one thing (usually the biblical, godly way) but our behavior...