by Kathy Collard Miller | Oct 1, 2012 | assumptions, contempt, forgiveness, grace, lies, people pleasing, sin, SPSS
Let’s look at a third way that Satan accuses us. We’ve mentioned this verse before, but let’s look at it more closely. “Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, ‘Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God and the...
by Kathy Collard Miller | Sep 13, 2012 | pain, repentance, self-protective sinful strategies, SPSS, surrender
Image: FreeDigitalPhotos.netIn my last post, I talked about how experiences, especially traumatic or painful ones, create hyper-vigilance and self-protection. It most likely won’t surprise you to hear I had a traumatic experience in junior high....
by Kathy Collard Miller | Sep 12, 2012 | anxiety, beliefs, dependence, faith, fear, health, knowing and understanding God, overwhelmed, self-protective sinful strategies, SPSS, worry
Image: FreeDigitalPhotos.netAnd the Winner is: George! Congratulations George! I’ll be sending you your copy of When You Need A Miracle by Linda Evans Shepherd. Thank you to everyone who tossed their names into the drawing. I fell off the treadmill a...
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 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 21, 2012 | dependence, God's questions, guidance, humility, knowing and understanding God, lies, obedience, pruned, repentance, sovereignty, SPSS, surrender, truth
Do you sometimes recognize in yourself a resistant heart to the Lord? Or maybe it’s even as strong as a hard heart? I know that I’ve been convicted of that and I’m grieved by it. At the time, it’s seems impossible to change my heart. At times,...