by Kathy Collard Miller | Aug 30, 2013 | anxiety, contempt, people pleasing, risk, temptation
It’s always about the heart—the motives. Over and over again, I find examples in the Bible—that without an emphasis on the condition of the heart and the desires of the motives—would seem contradictory. Here’s one example. Paul writes, “For...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Aug 19, 2013 | courage, faith, people pleasing, risk, Trust
Periodically, I’ll be sharing a “Letter from God” that was included in my “Daughters of the King Bible Study” series. The letter for today is from Shadows of Sovereignty where the story of Esther was examined. I hope it speaks to you. My...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jul 22, 2013 | anxiety, courage, demands, humility, people pleasing, worry
I don’t often pass along other people’s material but this is from Jan Johnson, author of many books, including Abundant Simplicity: Discovering the Unhurried Rhythms of Grace. (www.JanJohnson.org) For a class I teach, my students get to read Jeremy...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Mar 15, 2013 | anxiety, blame, contempt, God's heart, God's questions, knowing and understanding God, people pleasing
And the winner of the copy of Engaging Today’s Prodigal: Clear Thinking, New Approaches, and Reasons for Hope by Carol Barnier is: DRUM ROLL: Barbara! Congratulations, Barbara. I know you’ll appreciate this book as much as I did. (See my review of it in my...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Feb 8, 2013 | freedom, people pleasing, repentance, surrender
We’re so glad that Joseph’s brothers came to the point of repentance and surrender. Being in prison had quite an impact on them.What we may not realize is that God puts each of us in a kind of “prison” so that we also can come to the point of...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Oct 18, 2012 | fear, fear of man, people pleasing, relationships, self talk, self-protective sinful strategies, SPSS, Trust, worry
In my post last week about plans becoming formulas and possibly idols, I so appreciated the comments that were made which ask for your input to this “formula:” Because living moment by moment is scary. Formulas are safe.Living moment by moment is...
