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 | Jun 4, 2018 | dependence, depression, encouragement, faithfulness, God's love, knowing and understanding God, love, obedience, people pleasing, relationships, self-protective sinful strategies, unconditional love
When I was in third grade, I was Mrs. Leighton’s “teacher’s pet.” Everyone knew, especially my fellow students, that Mrs. Leighton favored me. The feeling of her favor was like drinking living water for my child’s thirsty soul. Mrs. Leighton, for...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Mar 6, 2018 | abuse, adultery, anger, anger management, Bible reading, deception, fear of man, god, God's heart, God's love, intimacy, marriage, Never Ever Be the Same, people pleasing, Pure-Hearted, women of the Bible
I’m just like the Samaritan Woman with honed defensive strategies. My primary defensive emotional and verbal response is anger and blaming another. Or pointing out that person’s inadequacies. In all the times I’d studied the Samaritan Woman,...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Nov 13, 2017 | anger, peace, people pleasing, perfectionism, perseverance, procrastination, quiet times, resolutions
The winner of the drawing for Erica Wiggenhorn’s new book The Unexplainable Church: Reigniting the Mission of the Early Believers (a study of Acts 13-28) is…drum roll….Nicci Rameriz. Congratulations, Nicci! I know you’ll love Erica’s...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jul 22, 2017 | fear, fear of man, God's heart, God's love, people pleasing, prayer, prayer for others, studying Bible, surrender, thirst for God
Fear can block us from praying out loud in a group. We fear being judged because we said something with the wrong words, or in the wrong way, or with too many words. These fears are usually because we don’t want others to think poorly of us. Fear takes the focus off...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jun 18, 2017 | anger, anxiety, assumptions, belief, beliefs, blame, compliments, contempt, contentment, fear of man, motives, people pleasing, perfect, perfection, perfectionism
Have you noticed how often we can say something like, “I don’t want to make her feel … sad…angry…left out…upset…” The possibilities are endless. As a result, we become very careful and try to figure out how to avoid...
