by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 12, 2025 | spiritual battle, Teaching, writing
“Armageddon is only found one time, in the entirety, of the Bible. Yet it is one, of the most recognizable end time events known around the world. Today, the Valley of Armageddon looks nothing like it’s violent past or its future. Today, it is a fertile...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 11, 2025 | Comfort, Prayer, Teaching
In a daily devotional online recently we covered a passage from Luke 22 regarding Christ’s prayer in the Mount of Olives before His arrest. Days later I’m still gleaning in the Luke 22 account of Jesus praying in agony with the knowledge of God’s will yet struggling...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 27, 2025 | Faith, Teaching, Truth
“If you are in a “full of sorrow, kind of moment right now,”know that sorrow is not the end of your story. John 16:20 is a reminder to stay faithful. God will turn your tears of sadness into tears of joy. A lasting and permanent kind of joy, a joy that the world...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 20, 2025 | Assurance of faith, Assurance of salvation, Teaching, witness
Assurance…. A hallmark doctrine of Methodism….. yet do we really “get it?” Assurance is not “all about the heart”….. it’s only about the heart after one’s heart has been circumcised and healed by the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit operating by invitation to Jesus...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 14, 2025 | spiritual growth, Teaching, Truth, work
I’ve been pondering “goodness” recently as part of exploring the topic in the Fruit of the Spirit. This article from October 14,2023, discusses hedonism vs. eudaemonism. Excerpted from an article by Matthew Little, “Hedonism Vs. True Happiness” in Epoch...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 13, 2025 | attributes of Christ, Comfort, Teaching
“God is speaking to the prophet Jeremiah and through him, to all people when He says, “Call to Me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know,” Jeremiah 33:3. The struggles that lead you closer to God are worth more than any...