by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 4, 2022 | preparation
5/4/18 Here, Friday evening, at the end of this week, I am feeling pretty whelmed (not overwhelmed, but definitely whelmed) by all that has happened in these 5 days. God has been at work in some seriously eye-opening ways……. so much so that, like the woman...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 4, 2022 | Ministry
From 5/4/2018 One of more than a few “aha” moments that have converged this week is this: I am not a “social justice warrior”. That is the work of people with causes/issues for which to battle. I am an advocate whose task is to battle...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 4, 2022 | Ministry, Titus 2 Partnership
From 5/4/2019 Yesterday’s interruptions did not appear to be from the Lord. But then again, you never know. I left home at 7 am to drive a lady veteran to Pensacola who had to come back here to close out a bank account. We had a nice ride and a good...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 2, 2022 | culture, marriage
from 2017: Can someone explain this to me, please? I have had more than a few women tell me, when asked about their family status…..Children? “Yes” Marital status? “Single” Divorced? “No. I don’t believe in divorce.”...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 1, 2022 | Prayer
From a National Day of Prayer. Below is a prayer offered by Rev. Billy Graham’s Daughter, Anne Graham Lotz, on behalf of our nation: May 1, 2014 National Day of Prayer Prayer by Anne Graham Lotz “Lord of the Universe. Lord of this planet. Lord of the nations....
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | May 1, 2022 | spiritual life
Have you had a time when you were in a restful, pleasant and happy place in your mind, not mulling over something or ruminating or problem-solving at any kind of conscious level when suddenly, right out of the blue (or out of the grey “matter”, more...
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...