by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 13, 2023 | repentance, righteousness
Alexander Solzhenitzen was an outspoken critic of communism and helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union with his writings, including “The Gulag Archipelago” in 1973. He was exiled from Russia in 1974 for his...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 7, 2022 | forgiveness, repentance
I had written about Judas and his descent into despair and suicide after his betrayal of Jesus and about Peter’s response to the same sense of failure and betrayal. When one rejects condemnation from the enemy, embraces the convicting work of the Holy Spirit...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 25, 2022 | repentance
There was a news story a few years ago about a father who had exercised public “shaming” of his daughter who had habitually stolen from and lied to her parents and others. The teen was forced to wear a sign in a public area. Her father videoed it and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 17, 2022 | evangelism, repentance
Jeremiah Johnson reports a prophetic dream he had while meditating on Matthew 7:22-24. It is from an article published in Charisma magazine and reported in a newsletter from Intercessors For America. His message is of a lopsided gospel that works great signs and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 9, 2017 | recovery, repentance
7-9-17 Luke 15: 11-20 The...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 28, 2016 | reconciliation, recovery, redemption, repentance, spiritual formation
Reflection on Psalm 51 and the Heart of Transformative Change Psalm 51: 7, 10 “Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow…….. Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.” This Scripture is...
