by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 2, 2023 | peace, self care, Spiritual abuse, spiritual battle, Spirituality, The Church
I had written on 3/21/22 in this blog about a season in the spring of 2016 when God spoke to me about deadwood and “sap fire”. specifically what happened as I sat waiting for the 2016 conference clergy conference to begin where the vote on my deacon...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 31, 2023 | giving
A church’s benevolence fund is not like a social service agency that receives grants like many non-profit community agencies. It is also not like your personal home budget and how you choose the way you dispense charitable gifts. Church members provide funds...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 29, 2023 | listening, Prayer
If we can attune our ears and hearts to listen for God’s Word continually, then that would be the essence of praying continually, right? Okay. I can listen continually…. I can’t talk continually. And I certainy can’t talk and listen at...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 27, 2023 | Teaching
From 8/27/21. CBB From Revelation: Before the Day of the Lord, during tribulation, only those who receive the mark of the beast will have the “currency” to buy and sell in the earth. One has to understand the beast of the sea and the beast of the land to grasp what is...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 26, 2023 | peace, Prayer, storms
From 8/24/2022. CBB This picture depicts Jesus on the boat with the disciples after speaking to the storm, “Peace, be still .” I’ve had this picture since 1997, the year of a fierce spiritual figurative “storm” in my life. It had hung...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 24, 2023 | boundaries
From 8/24/2014. CBB Saw this on a friend’s facebook this morning……”Just because I cut someone out of my life does not mean I hate the person….it simply means I respect myself.” In recovery ministry we often have to help our...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 24, 2023 | Wellness
8/24/2016. CBB I went for a massage today and was telling the massage therapist about my muscle aches and fever last week and that several folks had suggested fibromyalgia. One person on Facebook, however, had said, “Don’t receive that word.” Today the massage...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 24, 2023 | boundaries
Our willingness to set or embrace boundaries is a function of the values we hold. It’s important to know what they are, which are non-negotiable and which are permeable and may be superceded by higher-ranking values. Titus 2 ladies today reviewed an...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 24, 2023 | blessing
“Hungering in my spirit is a testimony to the reality of my faith, a witness to the fact that I belong to God. Spiritual hunger is the requirement for your growth It will spur you on to growth in discipleship. Jesus consciously sought to divide his crowd, to...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 24, 2023 | blessing, change
People do change! Maybe not always quickly, but eventually…I had gotten a call last week from a former student from several years ago who had completed all her work, gotten an associates degree while with us and had moved on with her life. The last time I heard from...
