by Kathy Collard Miller | Mar 1, 2013 | anxiety, freedom, God's heart, joy, obedience
What is the most surprising verse in the Bible to you? I read Deuteronomy 14:22-26 this morning and I was surprised. Of course, I’ve read the verses before but each time I do, they surprise me! God is giving the Israelites instructions on sacrifices and...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Feb 19, 2013 | anger, beliefs, holiness, obedience, self-protective sinful strategies
In our last post, we began to see the foundation for the temptations that led to Balaam’s anger. He is being offered approval, distinction, and prosperity by King Balak. Aren’t those three things that we all want? Little by little, Balaam’s...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Feb 16, 2013 | holiness, knowing and understanding God, obedience, purposes, temptation
As I continue to read through the Bible, I keep noticing things I hadn’t before. Or knowing my brain…I read them before but forgot. So when I read again about the famous Balaam, I noticed some things that motivated me to write about anger: it’s...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Oct 6, 2012 | anxiety, obedience, Trust
(I want to apologize if you’ve received a post twice. I’m switching over to a different post-sender service, and I’m still learning. So please be assured, I’m working on it and hopefully, it’ll soon be rectified.) Every once in a while,...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Sep 6, 2012 | faith, God's heart, obedience, sin, Trust
Here’s a little quiz for you. Read through these three verses from Zechariah 1 and identify three ways that the Israelites sinfully reacted. Here’s a clue: each of the three ways starts with the letter “d.”4 “Do not be like your fathers,...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Sep 3, 2012 | adultery, anger, encouragement, endurance, God's heart, obedience, perseverance
What do you think of when you think of God being “jealous”? What motivates the heart of God to be jealous? When I think of God’s jealousy, I sometimes think of Him being angry, like a husband being angry about his wife’s infidelity. And I...
