by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 12, 2024 | spiritual gifts, Teaching, Temptation
A social media poster asked: “If the 10 Commandments didn’t exist before Moses then what were Adam and Eve “guilty” of? Adam and Eve were disobedient in following the one simple, seemingly small directive Adam received from the Lord God and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 23, 2024 | Temptation, Truth
Hint: When someone tells you not to “tell anyone” about something they have done to you or someone else that causes harm, unless it is accompanied by a sincere apology and assurance that it won’t happen again, tell them you will not keep their...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 7, 2023 | experiences, Teaching, Temptation
Our Seedbed.com Wake Up Call devotional this morning was on the final verse of Luke 4: “When the devil had finished every temptation, he left Him until an opportune time.” It caused me to reflect on opportunism, as I have before when thinking about the satan’s...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 18, 2023 | spiritual battle, Temptation
From Luke 4:5-7……the satan’s second temptation of Jesus: 5 The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. 6 And he said to him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 23, 2023 | Temptation
One teaching in the Word I’ve used for years is focused on rebellion and recovery and the causes and cure. We use a “15-minute Bible study” on the topic that was first published in In Touch magazine by Dr. Charles Stanley. The causes of rebellion he...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 26, 2022 | Teaching, Temptation, timing, witness
Pondering today….. Deuteronomy 8:2 “Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.” Psalm 26:2 Examine me,...