by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 13, 2013 | John 17:6-26, Prayer, sermons
Sermon at LHUMC- 5/12/13 May 12th Seventh Sunday of Easter (Mothers’ Day) Title: Generations to Come Gospel: John 17:6-26 (Unity) “I have manifested Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours, You gave them to Me,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 2, 2009 | Prayer
For years I have saved one year’s Christmas cards until the next year. I take them out right after Thanksgiving and review them once again. Then I make my card list for the current year and begin writing. After the holiday I take the prior year’s cards,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 21, 2007 | counseling, Isaiah 9:6, Prayer, songs
The title of this post is from an old hymn on the Christian life, Blessed Assurance, by Fanny Crosby (1820-1913).Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine! O what a foretaste of glory divine!Heir of salvation, purchase of God, Born of his spirit, washed in his blood.This is my...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 5, 2007 | books, mysticism, Prayer, transcendance
I was reading recently from How People Change by Timothy Lane and David Tripp. In it they describe some of the manifestations of “Christian externalism”, their description of the things people do to try to fill the “gospel gap” that subverts...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 29, 2006 | John 14:16-17, John 17:1-3, John 18:37, Prayer, Truth
In June of 1997 our first grandchild was due. We had waited eagerly for this big event. When our son and daughter in law had called to tell us they were expecting, I had begun praying for our first grandchild to be for pleasant and strong physical attributes, for...
