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57. Special Edition | Pray for Ukraine
World events and the Russian invasion of Ukraine are cause for all Christ-followers to pause and pray for those impacted by this crisis. From the people of Ukraine and Russia to the world leaders engaged in a resolution toward peace. Steve introduces us to a guided prayer from John Eldredge, as we together ask God to intervene in this horrific situation. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST
Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 03/05/2022
The Daily Memo | March 4, 2022 | Joy
Why don’t I wake with a joyful heart? Joy was just here. Where did it go? I began to realize that what I’ve done for most of my life is resign myself to this idea: I’m really not going to have any lasting joy. And from that resignation, I’ve gone on to try and find what I could have. Women do this in marriage. They see that they are not going to have any real intimacy with their husbands, so they lose themselves in soaps or tabloids or romance.…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, The Hope of Healing | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 03/04/2022
The Daily Memo | March 3, 2022 | Beauty is Transcendent
Beauty is transcendent. It is our most immediate experience of the eternal. Think of what it's like to behold a gorgeous sunset or the ocean at dawn. Remember the ending of a great story. We yearn to linger, to experience it all our days. Sometimes the beauty is so deep it pierces us with longing. For what? For life as it was meant to be. Beauty reminds us of an Eden we have never known, but somehow know our hearts were created for. Beauty speaks of heaven to come,…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Identity Security, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 03/03/2022
The Daily Memo | March 2, 2022 | A Lasting Impact
Did you know God “wants all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth” (1 Tim. 2:4)? He wants each of us to live in such a way that we influence others for their spiritual good. Jesus used two words—salt and light—to illustrate our mission. Salt, which flavors and preserves, permeates the food on which it is sprinkled, causing a significant difference in flavor. Christians are to function the same way, by spreading the appeal of…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Identity Security, Knowing & Being Known, Our Purpose | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 03/02/2022
The Daily Memo | March 1, 2022 | Paradise Lost
Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, 'You must not eat from any tree in the garden'?" The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say, 'You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.'" "You will not surely die," the…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Identity Security, Spiritual Warfare | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 03/01/2022
56. Ball of Confusion | Part 2
Chaos and a spirit of confusion reign among us all like we haven't seen for quite some time. Look at COVID. Look at Ukraine and the aggression being shown by Russia. How do we interpret what's happening around us in a productive and meaningful way? As Believers in Jesus Christ, there is only one way to do so even though the enemy of God's people has other plans. In Part 2 of this 2 Part series, Steve and Colleen further their conversation about the importance…
Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 02/28/2022
The Daily Memo | February 28, 2022 | Leaning Into God
Harriet Tubman couldn’t read or write. As an adolescent, she suffered a head injury at the hands of a cruel slave master. That injury caused her to have seizures and lapses of consciousness for the rest of her life. But once she escaped slavery, God used her to rescue as many as three hundred others. Nicknamed “Moses” by those she freed, Harriet bravely made nineteen trips back to the pre-Civil War South to rescue others. She continued even when there was…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, Our Purpose | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 02/28/2022
The Daily Memo | February 25, 2022 | Escape or Peace
“ESCAPE.” The billboard shouts the benefits of having a hot tub installed. It gets my attention—and gets me thinking. My wife and I have talked about getting a hot tub . . . someday. It’d be like a vacation in our backyard! Except for the cleaning. And the electric bill. And . . . suddenly, the hoped-for escape starts to sound like something I might need escape from. Still, that word entices so effectively because it promises something we want:.…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Restored in Him | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 02/25/2022
The Daily Memo | February 24, 2022 | The Power of Love
Two octogenarians, one from Germany and the other from Denmark, were an unlikely couple. They had each enjoyed sixty years of marriage before being widowed. Though living only fifteen minutes apart, their homes were in separate countries. Still, they fell in love, regularly cooking meals and spending time together. Sadly, in 2020, due to the coronavirus, the Danish government closed the border crossing. Undeterred, every day at 3:00 p.m., the two met at the border on a…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Understanding Love, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 02/24/2022
Picture of God's Love and Our Golden Retriever
If you struggle to accept God's love or want to go deeper in understanding how He values you, Colleen gives an example of a moment God expressed that love through our 4-legged friend, Tucker. https://youtu.be/gwCrTg3x1og
Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 02/23/2022