by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 13, 2024 | sanctification
Francis de Sales”Purging the soul is a lifetime effort. There is no reason to be upset by our imperfections, for perfection is nothing more than fighting against them. How can we resist them unless we see them? How can we overcome them unless we face...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 26, 2023 | Grace, Holy Spirit, sanctification
Have you observed situations in which “grace upon grace” preached and given led to indulgence and unrepentant excuse-making …..? Worth thinking about. “Grace doesn’t free us to sin. Grace makes us despise our sin. Grace frees us to obey, and, when we...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 26, 2023 | sanctification, theology
I have listened again and again to several writers’ reiterate multiple repetitions of the concept of the church only being or becoming the church (again) to the extent it is a house of prayer (again.) I had taken a day off to be at home to read, pray, and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 16, 2022 | sanctification
I have neither the sovereignty nor the goodness of God. I am not Jesus. I do not always respond like Jesus. When I don’t act in ways that please God I seek God’s forgiveness. I am simply me. And, believe it or not, God loves and accepts and even delights...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 21, 2022 | holiness, sanctification
In a recent gathering in which a group of women considered a Scripture reading, we were asked to listen for the Lord bringing a particular word to our attention. For me, in the passage from Ephesians 3, what struck me was knowing “Christ is in...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 28, 2022 | Bible Study, correction, emotions, sanctification
Two Sisters’ Responses and Transformations (Luke 10:32-48, John 12:2-3) Watching Mary: When awareness gives rise to attentiveness, it fosters attunement, rooting a deep attachment, yielding flowering affection breeding mutual abiding amid Holy Spirit aroma and...
