by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
To forgive 70×7 times means to forgive every time the remembrance of another’s offense comes to mind…. In other words, as many times as it takes until you are wholly free of it. It does not mean to keep putting yourself in front of the unrepentant and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 23, 2025 | giving, love
There are occasions when small personal sacrifices are required by God to teach us what God’s agape love truly is….. Love has been described as “Investing materially in one’s neighbor…” That may include separation from some of one’s resources, effort, treasures, and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 31, 2024 | Uncategorized
In Matthew 22:27 Jesus gives a concise summary of the Old Testament Law and Prophets in response to the cagey goading of the Pharisees: 34 Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. 35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
“The near enemy of love is attachment. Attachment masquerades as love. It says, I will love this person because I need them. Or, I’ll love you if you’ll love me back. I’ll love you, but only if you will be the way I want. This isn’t love at all...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 17, 2024 | desiring God, discipleship training
“….to know this LOVE THAT SURPASSES KNOWLEDGE —that you may be FILLED TO THE MEASURE OF ALL THE FULLNESS OF GOD ! “. Ephesians 3:19 I have observed recently a distinction between one who comes at discipleship with an inquiring mind, desiring simply...
