by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 8, 2022 | Temptation, Truth
As I listened to a discussion about the difference between predictive and prescriptive foreknowledge I began to see why-and how- Satan had the audacity to challenge God, thinking he could assume and wrest authority over creation from God. Satan is a keen-observing...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 1, 2021 | God's will, sanctification
If satan had to ask to sift Peter, then he would have also had to ask permission of the sovereign God to sift Judas, as well, it seems. Peter endured the pain of his shame and lived to see himself restored when he encountered the Risen Christ. Judas, expecting a...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
Text message from a young lady in recovery: “Why does satan continue to fight a war with God he has already lost?” Me: “Because he is stubborn and willful……just like us.” God is sovereign. His will is ultimately going to be done....
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 9, 2016 | discipline, Spiritual Warfare, Suffering, Teaching, Truth
I am part of a 365 Bible Challenge study group. We were finishing up the Job section recently. Among the group’s members there was a conversation by one who had felt persecuted by some individuals in her workplace. She was asked in the group why she felt that...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jun 17, 2015 | spiritual battle, spiritual life, Spiritual Warfare
Pogo was right. “We have met the enemy and he is us.” Matthew 16:13-28 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do men say that the Son of man is?” 14 And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and...
