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The Daily Memo | February 23, 2022 | Accepting God's Gift of Love
Many people simply can’t believe that the Lord loves them. Others think He does, but only when they perform to some imaginary standard of excellence. Why is it so hard for some of us to accept His unconditional love? One reason is that we have a hard time loving other people without restrictions. The way we show care and acceptance can be shaded by self-interest. Or it might ebb and flow, depending upon the other person’s behavior. The fact that human love can…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Understanding Love | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 02/23/2022
The Daily Memo | February 22, 2022 | Decision Making God's Way
Have you ever chosen a certain path, only to find yourself regretting that decision later? Facing crossroads can at times seem overwhelming, but we have an all-knowing God to guide us. Therefore, we should wisely prepare beforehand for decisions we may have to make quickly. Scripture is our primary source for direction and wisdom. If we study, memorize, and meditate on God’s Word, He’ll bring truth to our mind at the appropriate time. What’s more, we have…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 02/22/2022
The Daily Memo | February 21, 2022 | God Works for Your Good
Lord Radstock was staying in a hotel in Norway in the mid-nineteenth century. He heard a little child playing the piano downstairs in the hallway. She was making a terrible noise: ‘Plink... plonk... plink...’. It was driving him mad! A man came and sat beside her and began playing alongside her, filling in the gaps. The result was the most beautiful music. He later discovered that the man playing alongside was the girl’s father, Alexander Borodin, composer…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, The Hope of Healing, Our Purpose | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 02/21/2022
The Daily Memo | February 18, 2022 | Getting What We Want
Aaron Burr anxiously awaited the result of the tie-breaking vote from the US House of Representatives. Deadlocked with Thomas Jefferson in the 1800 race for the presidency, Burr had reason to believe that the House would declare him the winner. However, he lost, and bitterness gnawed at his soul. Nurturing grievances against Alexander Hamilton for not supporting his candidacy, Burr killed Hamilton in a gun duel less than four years later. Outraged by the killing, his…
Categories: The Daily Memo, The Reality of Our Present World | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 02/18/2022
The Daily Memo | February 17, 2022 | Mortality and Humanity
Ancient scholars Jerome and Tertullian referenced stories of how in ancient Rome, after a general triumphed in an epic victory, he would be paraded atop a gleaming chariot down the capital’s central thoroughfares from dawn to sunset. The crowd would roar. The general would bask in the adoration, reveling in the greatest honor of his life. However, legend has it that a servant stood behind the general the entire day, whispering into his ear, Memento mori (&ldquo…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Identity Security, Spiritual Warfare, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 02/17/2022
The Daily Memo | February 16, 2022 | The Veil Removed
We have no idea who we really are. Whatever glory was bestowed, whatever glory is being restored, we thought this whole Christian thing was about ... something else. Trying not to sin. Going to church. Being nice. Jesus says it is about healing your heart, setting it free, restoring your glory. A religious fog has tried to veil all that, put us under some sort of spell or amnesia, to keep us from coming alive. As Blaise Pascal said, "It is a monstrous thing ... an…
Categories: What We Were Created For, Walking With God, The Daily Memo | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 02/16/2022
Who Is God?
AW Tozer once said that what comes to mind when you think about God is the most important thing about you. Why? Because the way you see and think about God shapes the way you see and think about everything else. If you answer the question “who is God?” with “the giant dictator in the sky,” your behavior, how you move through your day, will probably be marked by fear and hesitancy, hoping you don’t mess up and get smited for it. If you answer…
Categories: What We Were Created For, Identity Security, Restored in Him, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 02/15/2022
The Daily Memo | February 15, 2022 | Are Your Ready to be Poured Out as an Offering?
If I am being poured out as a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all. PHILIPPIANS 2:17 Are you willing to sacrifice yourself for the work of another believer—to pour out your life sacrificially for the ministry and faith of others? Or do you say, “I am not willing to be poured out right now, and I don’t want God to tell me how to serve Him. I want to choose the place of my own sacrifice. And I want to…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Identity Security, The Hope of Healing | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 02/15/2022
55. Ball of Confusion | Part 1 Podcast
You may recall a song The Temptations made famous years ago entitled Ball of Confusion. It's not a stretch to equate that same title to conditions on the ground on this ball of dirt we call planet earth. Chaos and a spirit of confusion reign among us all like we haven't seen for quite some time. How do we interpret what's happening here 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'…
Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 02/14/2022
The Daily Memo | February 14, 2022 | This is a Love Story
This is a love story, dear friends. God is love, the apostle John tells us, and then he says it again so that we don’t forget, “God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God” (1 John 4:16). Love is the single most defining quality of his character and his life. God is a passionate, and jealous, lover. (Is there really any other kind?) Out of his love he creates us for love. “We love, because he first loved us” (1 John 4:19). The…
Categories: What We Were Created For, The Daily Memo, Understanding Love | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 02/14/2022