by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 13, 2022 | Lifestyle Choices, love
5/13/2018…… “For the good that I would, I do not; but the evil that I would not, that I do.” ….The Apostle Paul hit it on the nail. The Human Condition. Our double mindedness. The paradox of our carnal nature. That which bedevils our...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 23, 2022 | 1 Corinthians 15:9, love
Luke 2:52 b observes that among other things, like wisdom (intellectual and emotional growth) and stature (physical and moral growth), Jesus also grew……” in favor with God and in favor with man,” ( that is, spiritually and THEN, lastly,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 13, 2022 | love
There’s a devotional group I’m in that’s been contemplating the topic of love. I’ve shared before that I think we have the wrong concept not only of love, but also of hate. Hate in biblical terms means to separate ourselves from the acts or...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 4, 2022 | heart, love, theology
In a recent devotional from seedbed.com JD Walt asked had we considered that the church has no “doctrine of love” and wouldn’t it be a good thing to have? I contemplated his question for several days before he got back to it today in a devotional in which he shared a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 20, 2022 | love, service
“When you’re willing to wade into someone else’s troubles to help that person hold up under the weight, two things happen. First, he or she receives desperately needed blessings in the form of aid, support, and love. And second, you fulfill God’s command to love...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 19, 2022 | love
Freedom in Christ…..Not freedom FROM, but freedom TO exercise wisdom and godly choices. The higher responsibility to which grace calls the faithful is the Spirit of the Law, which is much higher than the Letter of the Law. This is what Christ means by saying He...
