by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 4, 2022 | heart, love
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...
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...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 18, 2022 | love
In February 2018 our pastor preached a series of sermons on relationships. The final message was on relationship with ourselves. The quality of our life is dependent on relationships. We are told to love others as ourselves. We try to hide our lack of self-Love in...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 28, 2022 | love
Following is part of a sermon on Advent themes-hope, peace, joy, and love- that I wrote 12/6/19… as I have been pondering on how diversely, narrowly and even incomprehensibly some define “love.” “Consider Love. What do we know about the love of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 23, 2022 | love
Shared from my journal from 3 years ago……. Jesus’ tough love….. Jesus called Simon Peter “satan” for being used by the devil to try to dissuade Jesus from following through on his mission that included his own death. He told Simon...
