by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 19, 2025 | discipleship training, love
Jesus ministered to all – sinner and saved alike- everywhere he went. He fellowshipped with the disciples who were with him most of the time for 3 years. But he enjoyed close community with Peter, James and John They went places others didn’t and he showed...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 15, 2025 | forgiveness, love
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 | Dec 5, 2024 | community, love
Worth discussing…. “By Trey Ferguson @PastorTrey05 on X I have become FASCINATED by the biblical story of Isaac. I had a shower thought that turned into a bit of a whale hunt for me. But here it is: if you read Isaac as intellectually disabled, nothing about him makes...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 1, 2023 | forgiveness, heart, justice, love, mercy
“Treat yourself like someone you are responsible for helping. (Rule 2) There are a trillion things to pay attention to. Almost all of them are irrelevant. I would argue there’s no better use of time than understanding your own personality and the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 1, 2023 | love, mercy, miracles
My pastor preached Sunday on Christ’s direction to his followers to care in fuller, more compassionate ways than the culture. The text was on the Good Samaritan. A key word in the text was the way the Samaritan had compassion for the Jewish man, attacked and...
