by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 25, 2022 | love, Perfection in love, scripture
In an online devotional today the theme is trust…. “In God We Trust?” Seedbed.com/dailytext , August 25, 2002. For me, God has come to be the only person and force in which I fully can put my trust. For a number of years I have taught that...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 18, 2022 | sanctification, scripture
Joni Eareckson Tada writes in her online devotional from 8/18/2014: Experiencing Christ “I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 24, 2022 | action, scripture, sermons
June 24, 2018 Sermon: “Formidable Enemies” Responsive reading: Psalm 9 Leader: The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. People: Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you....
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jul 24, 2022 | scripture
Written 7/2/2015: My understanding of Rev. 13:1-14:20: First beast (from the “sea)- represents moral depravity, evil, systems or philosophies of thought -The “sea” is the place of Leviathan- which is fearsome and evil -This beast is fearsome...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 30, 2022 | scripture, Wisdom
The meme above is from a beautiful second cousin of mine in Oklahoma… Robyn Baldwin Langston From thoughts in my own journal 12/13/03: …..I was in prayer for a weekend retreat and as a part of my prayer time, I re-read the story of the walk to Emmaus. When...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 17, 2022 | mind, miracles, scripture
Reflection on the view from beneath a cross versus Jesus’ view from atop it……(published 6/17/2022 CBB) Christian writer and spiritual director Charlotte Donlon, put out a challenging post today as her Psalm of the morning …. Psalm 88. She...