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...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 23, 2022 | love
Shard 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...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 2, 2022 | love, Teaching
Jesus also told them to “go and sin no more..” If they continued sinning he didn’t love them less, but they were not included in the fellowship of followers or given the keys to the kingdom…..There are two parts to relationship with God…....