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The Daily Memo | February 1, 2022 | Am I Looking to God?
Do we expect God to come to us with His blessings and save us? He says, “Look to Me, and be saved….” The greatest difficulty spiritually is to concentrate on God, and His blessings are what make it so difficult. Troubles almost always make us look to God, but His blessings tend to divert our attention elsewhere. The basic lesson of the Sermon on the Mount is to narrow all your interests until your mind, heart, and body are focused on Jesus Christ. &ldquo…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, Understanding Love, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 02/01/2022
54. The Great Script Writer - The God of Love Podcast
How we view God has a tremendous impact on how we view ourselves and others. He certainly is the Great Script Writer. We see familiar scenes from our life stories in every good film. From the foundation of the world, He knew each of us. Unique in our gifting and eventual calling in this life. Our beliefs are formed at a young age. If we would recognize God as a God of love our relationship with Him and others would be transformed forever. Steve shares a recent teaching he…
Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 01/31/2022
The Daily Memo | January 31, 2022 | The Potter's Wheel
In 1952, in an effort to prevent clumsy or careless people from breaking items in a shop, a Miami Beach storeowner posted a sign that read: “You break it, you buy it.” The catchy phrase served as a warning to shoppers. This type of sign can now be seen in many boutiques. Ironically, a different sign might be placed in a real potter’s shop. It would say: “If you break it, we’ll make it into something better.” And that’s exactly what&rsquo…
Categories: The Daily Memo, The Hope of Healing, Wounded Healer | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 01/31/2022
The Daily Memo | January 28, 2022 | Discovering Life’s Purpose
What is my purpose in life? Many people today are asking that question, but only those who have trusted Christ as Savior and Lord can ever discover the true answer. Our salvation is an act of God, and now we’re His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to accomplish what He has prepared for us to do. That is our purpose in life, and it has three components. Sanctification is simply ongoing growth in holiness. As we cooperate with the Holy Spirit’s work in our,…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Identity Security, Our Purpose | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 01/28/2022
Compromising with Cash – An Excerpt from 90 Days on the Inside
It was the mid to late 1980s, and there were plenty of opportunities to make tons of money in real estate and a whole lot of other things. Real estate just happened to be my drug of choice—the thing that looked pretty, seductive and pleasurable but ended up being my ultimate demise. It was about my need for significance played out in a very public way. After all, who doesn’t admire a wealthy young man with a lot of flashy toys, including big waterfront homes and…
Categories: Identity Security, The Reality of Our Present World, 90 Days on the Inside Book Excerpt, Our Purpose | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 01/27/2022
The Daily Memo | January 27, 2022 | Change Comes from the Heart
True transformation cannot be forced from the outside. It’s an inside-out process. Who of us has not received or created a list of ways to live, eat, exercise, respond, seek God, grow, and change—and how long did it last, if it worked at all? Those lists don’t work very long for anyone, and so we fall back into self-contempt. The problem does not lie with our lack of discipline. The problem is in the approach. The problem lies with the lists… A list…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Identity Security, The Hope of Healing | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 01/27/2022
The Daily Memo | January 26, 2022 | Learning Spiritual Discernment
Spiritual discernment develops progressively over time. The Lord doesn’t simply pour knowledge into our head after we’re saved. It’s important to regularly seek His will and study the Word in order to know Him better. We should also ask the Holy Spirit to help us understand Scripture and obey what it says. The church is another avenue of instruction. As the Bible is taught and explained, we gain a foundation of truth on which to build our life. But let&rsquo…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, Identity Security, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 01/26/2022
The Daily Memo | January 25, 2022 | Let God Be God
Jesus says to you: ‘Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me – watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly’ (vv.28–29, MSG). Just relax and let God be God. And that’s the Memo
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, The Hope of Healing, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 01/25/2022
The Daily Memo | January 24, 2022 | Recognizing the Dignity and Worth of Others by Alan Weiss
A few days ago I'm driving along one of my favorite back roads, alongside a creek, on my way to work out. I notice a school bus approaching at about two miles per hour, without its warning lights on. The driver in front of me is clearly perplexed and brakes, and I see a line of six cars behind the bus. Finally, I see the cause: About 20 wild turkeys are meandering along on both sides of the road, eventually crossing from my left to my right. Turkeys cross only in…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Understanding Love, The Reality of Our Present World | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 01/24/2022
The Amazing Life of Jesus And Compound Probability - Pastor Joe Focht
The probability of so many prophecies in the Bible about Jesus coming true is a mindboggling number. It's inconceivable that once analyzed anyone would come to a negative conclusion about the existence of Jesus and His role in our lives through His birth, death, and resurrection. Watch this short video on the probability of only a portion of prophecy about Jesus happening as it did. Here's the link to YouTube. or click below to visit our site.
Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 01/21/2022