by Kathy Collard Miller | Sep 26, 2012 | anger, beliefs, contempt, forgiveness, grace, lies, listening, message, repentance, sin, truth, way of escape
Image from http://justbereal77.blogspot.com/2012/09/rescue.html We’re continuing a series about how Satan accuses us. It’s a heavy subject but one we need to be aware of and actively bring under God’s covering. Many times we aren’t aware Satan...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Sep 6, 2012 | faith, God's heart, obedience, sin, Trust
Here’s a little quiz for you. Read through these three verses from Zechariah 1 and identify three ways that the Israelites sinfully reacted. Here’s a clue: each of the three ways starts with the letter “d.”4 “Do not be like your fathers,...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Aug 15, 2012 | self talk, self-protective sinful strategies, sin, temptation
Image: FreeDigitalPhotos.net”It’s actually easier to resist adultery than eating too much pie.”That’s what I wrote in a past post. The thought sprang into my mind and it seemed contrary to what I was writing at the time. But it seemed true...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Aug 13, 2012 | demands, God's heart, sin, temptation, Trust
In my last post, I talked about how succumbing to my addiction of sugar is not a “small” sin, yet I overlook it because it doesn’t seem like there will be “big” consequences. But we talked about how there aren’t “big”...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Aug 11, 2012 | God's heart, heart change, sin, temptation, trials, Trust
When I visit our daughter who lives near Seattle, Washington, I love walking in the mornings in nearby neighborhoods. During one walk, I noticed a street drain that had a little sign measuring about 3X5 inches near it that said, “The Puget Sound Starts...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Jan 24, 2012 | holiness, hope, hopelessness, lies, sin, temptation
As the Lord recently made me aware of a needed correction in my life, I was caught up short by realizing the change in my reaction from years ago. I didn’t feel condemned. I didn’t feel any contempt from God. There wasn’t any hopelessness. In the...