by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 13, 2026 | counterfeits, culture, desires
Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. Philippians 4:7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. “Guarding” one’s heart (and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 7, 2026 | desires, emotions, heart of God, worship
JD, in our seedbed.com Wake Up Call devotional, challenged us to identify from God’s Word, the verse(s) that would guide us this year, not merely a single focus word. JD has told the story of a Ms. Betty, a senior storekeeper who would always greet him with this...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 5, 2026 | Depression, desires, discipline, Wisdom, writing
In today’s Seedbed.com Wake Up Call devotional, as we explore the book of Proverbs together, JD Walt directs us to Proverbs 5:21–23 (NIV) For your ways are in full view of the LORD, and he examines all your paths.The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 21, 2025 | affirmation, desires, Prayer
In a prayer workshop in February 2024 we were given a visioning prayer assignment in response to the way in which we felt God guiding us after the workshop. We were told to make a list of 3-4 obstacles and 3-4 opportunities arising from our sense of God’s leading. I...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 27, 2022 | delight, desires, family, spiritual life
I had written about my experience of having God direct my attention to a beautiful fresh plowed field and hearing Him say, “This is you!” Plowed Fields Many of us have been journeying in an online FB community foreign g a devotional by JD Walt of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 10, 2022 | desires, righteousness, sanctification
The old adage, “Let your conscience be your guide” is as good as worthless unless one’s spirit and soul are operating under the authority of the Holy Spirit. I think of the conscience, a part of the soul, as a neutral tool that is programmed by the...
