Kathy Howard
unshakeable faith for life

8 Tips for Moving Quiet Time from “Want To” to “Get To”
Most of us want to spend quality quiet time with God. We know that regular time with Him will foster our relationship and develop intimacy. So we plan to do it. We commit to it. But then the reality of life and its demands get in the way. We oversleep from exhaustion....
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Quick Tips for Handling 8 Different Biblical Genres
I love to read. I read fiction and non-fiction. In fiction, I particularly like legal thrillers, biblical fiction, and WW2 historical fiction. I read lots of biblical commentary and theologically heavy non-fiction like A.W. Tozer and R.C. Sproul. But I don’t handle...
5 Tips to Help You Understand the Psalms
Most of us love the book of Psalms. We connect to them in a unique way because they engage our emotions and ignite our imagination. But do we understand the psalms as well as we could? Thirty-three percent of the Old Testament is poetry and Psalms is the biggest book...
Think You Understand the Proverbs 31 Woman?
Many of us have had a love/hate relationship with the Proverbs 31 woman. Yes, we admire her energy and success. But frankly, the woman set the bar far too high for the rest of us. We read the 31st chapter of the book of Proverbs and think, “That’s just...
When You Don’t Know What to Pray
Rebecca Barlow Jordan is my guest blogger today! It's adapted from her new book "Day-votions with Your Faithful Father: 90 Days with the One Who Wants to Meet All Your Needs." Some things you never forget. The phone call in the middle of the night. The sound of heavy...
10 Observation Tips for Better Bible Study
Want to get more out of your personal time in God’s Word? You can do better Bible Study through being an active observer. Every Scripture passage in the Bible has just ONE meaning – what God meant when the Scripture was first written. Our task as students of the...
The 4 Best Gifts My Mother Gave Me
This will be the second Mother’s Day without my mom. She passed away in October 2020 after a long, brutal battle with Alzheimer’s. When I think about Mom and who she was to me, the good gifts she gave, I go back, before the disease ravaged her brain. With her quick...
The 5 Ps of the Lord’s Prayer
Do you struggle with prayer? Many of us do. Even Jesus’ disciples asked Him to teach them to pray (Luke 11:1). Jesus’ response, found in both Luke and Matthew, is commonly referred to as the Lord’s Prayer. But some biblical scholars suggest it would be more accurately...
6 Lessons to Learn from the Thieves Crucified with Jesus
On that first Good Friday, three crosses stood on Golgotha. Jesus hung on the middle cross, willing taking the punishment we deserved. On the other crosses, hung two thieves, condemned to die for their own crimes. Three crosses and three men. Two needed salvation....
4 Ways You Can Apply Scripture to Your Life
Ever wonder just how you should apply Scripture to your life? It can be overwhelming. While every passage in the Bible has just one original meaning, the specific application for an individual’s life can be virtually endless. And, the application can change depending...
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