by Kathy Collard Miller | Jul 17, 2015 | faith, fear, God's love, love, Trust, worry
We’re looking at Matthew 6 in dealing with worry, and it’ll give you confidence to know that even though God wants life to be about Him, Jesus goes on to stress how important each of us is to Him. He says, “Look at the birds of the air, that they do not...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jul 8, 2015 | children, love, quotes
Disciplining Children”All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.” –Hebrews 12:11 (NASB) Photo by Mark...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Apr 8, 2015 | grace, helping, hope, love, mercy, perfection, sin
I was reminded of Hebrews 5:8-9 the other day when we studied it in church. It’s a verse that can be confusing:Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered, and having been made perfect, He became to all those who obey Him...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Apr 1, 2015 | God's heart, God's love, heart change, holiness, love
Do you want to see Jesus’ compassion and patience in action? It’s in Jesus’ encounter with the rich young ruler.In one way or another, we’re all like the rich young ruler of Matthew 19:16-22. We just each have a different sinful strategy to cope with life. The young...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Mar 28, 2015 | Easter, God's love, heaven, love, unconditional love
Because of the Lenten Season anticipating the Passion and then resurrection of Jesus, I was mediating on what Jesus said “no” to because of being here on earth. He said “no” to the delights of his home, heaven. Those thoughts seem very...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Mar 21, 2015 | God's love, godly sorrow, heart change, holiness, love
Several years ago, a friend passed along confidential information about us and we were hurt. It initially felt “right” to wallow in our pain and we wanted to strike out in anger. But then we rehearsed how we could choose to have godly sorrow instead.When someone sins...
