by Kathy Collard Miller | Nov 23, 2019 | abiding, Bible study, fear of man, glory to God, Martha and Mary, people pleasing, Pure-Hearted
I wonder if Martha, the sister of Mary, was the dependability queen in her town, Bethany. I can just imagine at the Women of the Temple Committee meeting for the upcoming women’s luncheon event, the chairperson asking, “Now who can we get to cater the lunch?” ...
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 | Aug 9, 2019 | anxiety, book drawing, book review, freedom, overwhelmed, overwhelmed feelings, people pleasing, perfectionism
I’m so excited to feature SuperGal vs. God by Lori Hynson as this month’s book giveaway. Read below how you can enter the drawing to win a copy! Here’s what SuperGal vs. God is about: SuperGal could handle anything life threw her way. Until she...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Dec 23, 2018 | Christmas, heart change, people pleasing, perfectionism, Pure-Hearted
Do you struggle with People Pleasing like I do? Here are some signals we have this sinful strategy: If someone doesn’t like me, I wonder why and think a lot about how to correct their perception of me. I say, “I don’t care what others think”...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Nov 29, 2018 | Bible reading, communication, family, Larry, marriage, people pleasing, sexiness, unconditional love
We are continuing seeing how Jesus wants to strengthen our marriages through the wisdom of the Parable of the Soils. This time we learn we need to learn to say no to others and yes to our husband for a beautiful bloom in our marriage. Jesus said, “Other seed...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Aug 16, 2018 | atheists, evangelism, justice, knowing and understanding God, lies, overwhelmed, overwhelmed feelings, people pleasing, perfection, perfectionism, position in Christ, Pure-Hearted
Just like Adam and Eve, we try to dress ourselves with the spiritual fig leaves of performance. But hear them ripping? I tried to prevent my fig leaves from ripping by keeping track of my good deeds and bad deeds on an imaginary scale of justice. After all, I...
