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...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 26, 2023 | sanctification, theology
I have listened again and again to several writers’ reiterate multiple repetitions of the concept of the church only being or becoming the church (again) to the extent it is a house of prayer (again.) I had taken a day off to be at home to read, pray, and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 5, 2023 | Cultural Issues, folk religion, self-awareness
I had previously explored the cultural deception revealed through common use of language that would have one think of herself as primarily identifying with the physical self in the physical realm Not So Little Things…. and the need to think biblically instead of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 2, 2023 | time, worship
40 Days: From Poverty To Purpose When confronted with desperate poverty of spirit one comes face to face with the brokenness of her life, and mourns the death of illusion and facade that hid the truth, where she is comforted and invited into a healing and...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Nov 21, 2022 | holiness, sanctification
In a recent gathering in which a group of women considered a Scripture reading, we were asked to listen for the Lord bringing a particular word to our attention. For me, in the passage from Ephesians 3, what struck me was knowing “Christ is in...
