by Kathy Collard Miller | Jun 27, 2016 | overwhelmed feelings, perseverance, relationships, temptation, temptations, trials
It’s no fun to be tempted. It’s stressful and the potential for destruction in any number of ways haunts us. Relationships can be destroyed. Businesses can be lost. Addictions can ruin families. There are innumerable ways to be tempted. Succumbing to any temptation is...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jan 9, 2016 | encouragement, perseverance, quotes, temptations
Keep At ItSo my dear brothers and sisters, stand strong. Do not let anything change you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your work in the Lord is never wasted.– 1 Corinthians 15:58 (NCV)Although serving God gets...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jul 1, 2015 | beliefs, blame, fear, freedom, God's heart, guidance, guilt, knowing and understanding God, opened eyes, perseverance, temptation
For several posts, we’ve been looking at temptation. Here’s our next topic: sin is conceived by agreeing to deceptive “advantages.” And we’re looking at how Satan tempted Eve, because he continues to do the very kind of things to us. ...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jan 13, 2014 | perfectionism, perseverance
Here’s a final post about dealing with a New Year’s desire for perfection.Remember the definition of a perfectionist? A person who takes great pains…and passes them along to others. Well, I’m good at that. But I’m growing out of it. I...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jan 10, 2014 | perfectionism, perseverance
Here’s a fifth way to deal with a New Year’s desire for perfection:Along with the “1{f65765d44da0bdf0a41fa9961eb42045133d946bf3cc534fe1ab1c919c81bf77} Principle,” I learned the difference between perfection and excellence. This helped me to fight the...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jan 6, 2014 | perfectionism, perseverance
Here’s a fourth way to deal with a New Year’s desire for perfection:But God wasn’t finished. He continued to show me other characteristics of my perfectionism—like my “all or nothing attitude.” I tended to discount any progress I made if it wasn’t...
