by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 23, 2025 | redemption, sanctification, scripture, self-awareness, spiritual formation, spiritual growth, Uncategorized
“God will allow the layers you depended on to fall away, so that all that is left is pure trust; no props, no pretense. Whatever is a distraction He will remove. Connections that jeopardize your integrity, He will remove. He will cause a “divine stripping” to clear...
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 | Feb 12, 2023 | spiritual discipline, spiritual growth
What can be discovered in small accountable, confessional “banding” together (in the Wesleyan sense) for Christian spiritual growth: Romans 15:14 14 Personally I am convinced about you, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness,...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Mar 30, 2022 | Faith, spiritual growth, theology
Some have mocked the distress and angst supposedly expressed by evangelicals over so many young people’s “deconstruction” of their faith and why it is essentially not a rejection of Jesus, but is rejection of institutionalism and politicalization of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Feb 2, 2022 | spiritual growth
In our ministry we relate the spiritual growth of a person to that of a butterfly’s life cycle: first is the initial stage-the egg. It contains all the potential that will be needed to become what God intended. As it becomes an immature caterpillar it eats, grows and...
