by Kathy Collard Miller | Jun 29, 2012 | forgiveness, knowing and understanding God, pruned, repentance, self-protective sinful strategies, SPSS, surrender, temptation
Image courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.netFinally! We hear Job speak! Job 40:3-5 says, Then comes Job’s reply, Then Job answered the Lord and said, “Behold, I am insignificant; what can I reply to You?I lay my hand on...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jun 27, 2012 | God's questions, heart change, humility, knowing and understanding God, motives, self-protective sinful strategies, surrender
Image courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.netAs we continue to move through the book of Job to help us resist a resistant or hardened heart, we find God’s next comments to Job centered on His formation of animals. He started with His creation of earth and the heavens....
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jun 25, 2012 | God's questions, knowing and understanding God, motives, perfectionism, pride, repentance, self-protective sinful strategies, sovereignty, SPSS, surrender
Image courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.netIn my last post, I began talking about a resistant or hardened heart which is based upon questioning God’s transcendence, power, and knowledge. And overall, is a questioning of His sovereignty as we saw in God’s...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jun 13, 2012 | deception, holiness, obedience, quiet times, self-protective sinful strategies, SPSS, temptation, way of escape
Free images from FreeDigitalPhotos.netToday, we’re coming to the final two self-protective sinful strategies of the Edomites and possibly us! They are wisdom and strength. Here’s Obadiah 8-9: “Will I not on that day,” declares the Lord,“ Destroy wise men...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jun 11, 2012 | caregiving, contempt, deception, holiness, idols, lies, people pleasing, self-protective sinful strategies
(Photo by http://www.flickr.com/photos/vanz. Located in Milan, Italy) Well, are you hanging in here with me? Facing our self-protective sinful strategies can be hard work because it seems so threatening. And maybe it even feels like I’m being picky. Or...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jun 8, 2012 | holiness, humility, money, pride, self-protective sinful strategies, Trust
What do you depend upon for your feelings of security or love or peace or satisfaction? We’ve been looking at the book of Obadiah to discover the self-protective sinful strategies that we may not even be aware of in our own lives. In verses 5 and 6, we...
