by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 1, 2022 | dreams
From May 1, 2015: Some things never change. It is interesting to consider the things that are on one’s mind and heart upon arising. Bill was telling me about his dream. It was about real people Just a brief cameo moment in which he recognized them. But it is a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 1, 2022 | discipleship training, evangelism
I had heard someone say that the hardest people to evangelize and disciple are those who attend church….. they operate under an illusion of self-satisfied goodness. I did for many years, not fully surrendering all of my life, but merely pieces and parts. I did...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 29, 2022 | sanctification
Virtually all of the women who come to us profess faith in Christ. Some have been baptized multiple times. They generally hope ( and some have assurance) that their profession of faith frees them from the penalty of eternity in hell. But somehow the victorious life of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 29, 2022 | Friendship
2 Timothy 3:2-5 “For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 28, 2022 | addiction
Keep on telling yourself addiction is a medical problem, not a moral or spiritual problem. We will have a lot more casualties in the war. We are in a war that is not against flesh and blood but against the powers and principalities of this world. This is just the...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 28, 2022 | children's ministry
On babies in church…… July 5, 2014 Today I was cleaning out some old files in my garage. Several notebooks needed to be gone through before being thrown out. One was a Children’s Ministry notebook. In 2008, I was completing a series of certification...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 26, 2022 | Pain
When one can’t tolerate uncomfortable emotions, it can effectively put the person in a cage. The more she tries to avoid thoughts, people, and experiences that stir up uncomfortable emotions, the smaller and more isolated her life becomes…… even sometimes...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 26, 2022 | persecution, Trust
Tribulation brings perseverance (the ability to remain faithful under pressure). Perseverance leads to character. Character produces hope. The hope is that we will know the glory of God. ” This is child’s play down here, ” David Jeremiah once said in...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 23, 2022 | Addictions
Titus 2 students and Cathy Byrd had a lengthy discussion about depression, addiction, self care skills, and an oarticle about the “Rat Park” experiments that demonstrated that addiction recovery is more a matter of social support and attachment than...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Apr 23, 2022 | disappointment
Occasional disappointment in other people is a given. Even disappointment in oneself for having let others down is common. Then there is disappointment in oneself for expecting too much of others that one has to contend with, too. It simply sends one closer and closer...
