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 | Jul 23, 2025 | Assurance of salvation, Calvinism, Grace
Part of text conversations I had with a friend Me: (Sharing a reflection from another friend today.) “If your sins hang over your head, this message is for you. Micah 7:18-19, emphasizes God‘s complete and total forgiveness. It reads, “Who is a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 13, 2024 | sanctification
Francis de Sales”Purging the soul is a lifetime effort. There is no reason to be upset by our imperfections, for perfection is nothing more than fighting against them. How can we resist them unless we see them? How can we overcome them unless we face...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 17, 2023 | Beatitudes, Uncategorized
God spoke words of comfort and hope to me over 20 years ago through the Beatitudes of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. In them He revealed a rich and beautiful path for moving from my brokenness (“poverty of spirit” Matt. 5:3) and reliance on things of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 26, 2023 | Grace, Holy Spirit, sanctification
Have you observed situations in which “grace upon grace” preached and given led to indulgence and unrepentant excuse-making …..? Worth thinking about. “Grace doesn’t free us to sin. Grace makes us despise our sin. Grace frees us to obey, and, when we...
