by Kathy Collard Miller | Jul 28, 2016 | assumptions, compassion, demands, love, loving, marriage, perseverance, prayer for others, pride, unconditional love
We are examining the theme of “When I get him to the altar, I’ll alter him.” Here’s manipulative myth #2:If you change, I can be assured you’ll never go back to your old habits. Tweet that!In all these myths, the motive is...
by Kathy Collard Miller | May 11, 2016 | anger, contempt, marriage, prayer for others, truth, unconditional love
When Larry and I had been married for seven years, we were completely disillusioned with each other. I couldn’t understand why Larry didn’t love me anymore. He certainly was far from being the Prince Charming I’d married. Oh Lord, what’s wrong with him? I moaned. I...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Apr 16, 2016 | God's love, love, prayer, prayer for others
When I walked into the church nursery on Sunday morning, Janet immediately said, “Kathy, I had a dream about you Friday night. In it I was praying for you. I woke up and felt a tremendous burden to pray for you, so I did all yesterday. Is something going on in...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jun 6, 2015 | belief, caring, compassion, courage, demands, God's love, mercy, pain, prayer, prayer for others
You most likely have never done this. You receive a prayer request as an email about a friend’s very difficult situation. She is asking for prayer for deliverance from pain or the solution of a problem or restoration of a troubled relationship. And this is...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Oct 14, 2013 | faith, faithfulness, prayer, prayer for others
For some reason I paid attention to my list of topics for my blog and noticed the topic: “Captain Phillips.” Did I write about Captain Phillips? You mean—the Captain Phillips in the new movie, “Captain Phillips” with Tom Hanks starring in the...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Dec 28, 2012 | book review, prayer, prayer for others
(Win a copy of this book! See below!) There are times when our own words in prayer seem shallow. Other times, we just can’t focus enough to bring our concerns before the Lord. And sometimes, we just would enjoy using someone else’s prayers to bolster our...