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The Daily Memo | January 21, 2022 | The Landmine of Fear
Since our world has many dangers, we have legitimate reasons to be afraid. But Christians shouldn’t live in trepidation as a way of life, because God’s awesome promises allow us to be at peace in every circumstance. For our protection, God has instilled some natural apprehensions in us, like a fear of snakes or deep water. He also gave us a warning system so that we could react quickly to danger. For instance, if a car speeds toward us, an instantaneous reaction…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Identity Security, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 01/21/2022
The Daily Memo | January 20, 2022 | Let Us Keep to the Point
We will all feel very much ashamed if we do not yield to Jesus the areas of our lives He has asked us to yield to Him. It’s as if Paul were saying, “My determined purpose is to be my utmost for His highest— my best for His glory.” To reach that level of determination is a matter of the will, not of debate or of reasoning. It is absolute and irrevocable surrender of the will at that point. An undue amount of thought and consideration for ourselves is…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 01/20/2022
The Daily Memo | January 19, 2022 | The Stories Central Character
Does God have a good heart? When we think of God as Author, the Grand Chess Player, the Mind Behind It All, we doubt his heart. As Melville said, "The reason the mass of men fear God and at bottom dislike him is because they rather distrust his heart, and fancy him all brain, like a watch." Do you relate to the author when reading a novel or watching a film? Caught up in the action, do you even think about the author? We identify with the characters in the story…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Knowing & Being Known, Our Purpose | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 01/19/2022
The Daily Memo | January 18, 2022 | When God is Silent
In times of urgent need, our prayers become fervent and our desire for a quick answer intensifies. It seems that if the Lord doesn’t intervene soon, the very thing we dread could happen. And without a detectable response from God, we may feel as if He doesn’t care—even though Scripture assures us He does (1 Pet. 5:7). This may have been the way Mary and Martha felt after asking Jesus to come and heal Lazarus. They knew that the Lord loved them, but when He didn&rsquo…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, Understanding Love | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 01/18/2022
53. When Setbacks Happen Podcast
Have you experienced a setback lately? Setbacks may be defined in various ways but the word itself conjures up negative thoughts. There's not a human being walking the planet that hasn't experienced some sort of setback. How should we respond? Can we grow through them and come out the other side a better person for it? We'll answer this and other questions in this podcast with a real-life example and a few from God's Word. Follow this link to Anchor…
Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 01/17/2022
The Daily Memo | January 17, 2022 | What's Ahead for You?
Imagine for a moment a doorway or entrance to a cozy luxury waterfront hut in the Caribbean. Or a mountainside retreat with and grand staircase inside the entrance to a wide-open floorplan and two fireplaces flanking the sides. Wow. Regardless of the image, it symbolizes opportunity. God offers us a life full of opportunity and one well worth living. Sometimes though, it means trusting Him and venturing into the unknown. When we encounter such a door we need not be afraid…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, Our Purpose | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 01/17/2022
The Daily Memo | January 14, 2022 | He Longs for You
What is it that God wants from you? He wants the same thing that you want. He wants to be loved. He wants to be known as only lovers can know each other. He wants intimacy with you. Yes, yes, he wants your obedience, but only when it flows out of a heart filled with love for him. “Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me” (John 14:21). Following hard after Jesus is the heart’s natural response when it has been captured and has…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Understanding Love, Restored in Him, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 01/14/2022
The Daily Memo | January 13, 2022 | Ending Well
Have you ever thought about what God will say to you after you’ve finished the course of your earthly life? The apostle Paul was imprisoned when he wrote the epistle known as Second Timothy, and he knew his life would soon be over. Since this letter contains his last words to the young man he mentored, we can assume that Paul was writing about matters he considered of highest priority. What a blessing, not just for Timothy but for also for us, that Paul took the…
Categories: What We Were Created For, The Daily Memo, Our Purpose | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 01/13/2022
The Daily Memo | January 12, 2022 | A Realistic View of Life
Our culture desperately tries to postpone death. Yet vitamins, exercise, and healthy diets will eventually prove futile because, as James 4:14 says, our life is “a vapor that appears for a little while, and then vanishes away.” We’ll all die, but believers have no reason to fear. In fact, the apostle Paul assures us that, far from being a dreadful change, physical death actually leads believers home to be with the Lord forever (2 Cor. 5:8). Ultimately,…
Categories: What We Were Created For, The Daily Memo, The Reality of Our Present World | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 01/12/2022
The Daily Memo | January 11, 2022 | A Prayer for Calling
God, You know my heart better than anyone. You know the dreams I have for the future, and the silent prayers I’ve prayed for years. You know what I am longing for, searching for, and waiting for. You know my dreams, but You have a plan. You make all things beautiful in their proper timing. You are faithful to keep Your promises. But so often, I forget this and grow discouraged when my situations don’t seem to change. In those moments, it’s easy to forget…
Categories: What We Were Created For, The Daily Memo, Our Purpose | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 01/11/2022