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The Daily Memo | November 24, 2021 | Being Lied To
The devil no doubt has a place in our theology, but is he a category we even think about in the daily events of our lives? Has it ever crossed your mind that not every thought that crosses your mind comes from you? We are being lied to all the time. Yet we never stop to say, "Wait a minute ... who else is speaking here? Where are those ideas coming from? Where are those feelings coming from?" If you read the saints from every age before the Modern Era—that pride…
Categories: The Daily Memo, The Reality of Our Present World, Spiritual Warfare | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 11/24/2021
The Daily Memo | November 23, 2021 | Being Your Genuine Self
After seeing the risen Jesus, everyone rejoiced—except Thomas. Recorded as the sole disciple who said, “I will not believe,” he often gets a bad rap, but can you imagine being the only one of your friends who was unsure? Thomas probably felt alone in his doubts—he may have sensed pressure to be excited and could have assumed he was disappointing his fellow disciples. He might even have felt embarrassed when Jesus singled him out to touch His wounds …
Categories: The Daily Memo, Identity Security, Safe People & Safe Community, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 11/23/2021
The Daily Memo | November 22, 2021 | Powerful and Loving
In 2020, the Ecuadorian volcano Sangay erupted. The BBC described the “dark ash plume which reached a height of more than 12,000 m.” The discharge covered four provinces (about 198,000 acres) in gray ash and grimy soot. The sky turned dingy and grim, and the air was thick—making it difficult to breathe. Farmer Feliciano Inga described the unnerving scene to El Comercio newspaper: “We didn’t know where all this dust was coming from. . . . We saw…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Understanding Love, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 11/22/2021
The Daily Memo | November 19, 2021 | The Purpose of Trials
When difficulties come into your life, do you grumble, complain, and resist? Or do you respond the way God desires—with a joyful attitude, a humble and submissive heart, and an understanding of what He wants to accomplish in your life? Sometimes people mistakenly think that after their salvation, God is going to make life comfortable and stress-free, but that’s not what Scripture promises. Jesus said we would have trouble in this world (John 16:33). Peter told…
Categories: The Daily Memo, The Hope of Healing | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 11/19/2021
The Daily Memo | November 18, 2021 | Our Holy Spirit Guide
The time has come for a generation that will walk with God to rise up. A generation of integrity that will not only speak about their faith but live it. A generation that will be known to God and will keep their eyes fixed on Christ Jesus. Then, as their feet remain placed on the earth, they will be ready and eager to serve and be the light. When Jesus ascended to heaven after His resurrection, he left us the best tour guide to guide us into God’s presence: The Holy.…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 11/18/2021
The Four Sides Of Temptation
Critical is understanding that temptation is not sin. We must lean heavily on the Holy Spirit to turn us from temptation before we act on it. Pastor Joe gives us a briefing today. Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth.…
Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 11/17/2021
The Daily Memo | November 17, 2021 | The Presence of God
Walking with God leads to receiving his intimate counsel, and counseling leads to deep restoration. As we learn to walk with God and hear his voice, he is able to bring up issues in our hearts that need speaking to. Some of those wounds were enough to break our hearts, create a rift in the soul, and so we need his healing as well. This is something Jesus walks us into—sometimes through the help of another person who can listen and pray with us, sometimes with God.…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, Practicing His Presence | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 11/17/2021
The Daily Memo | November 16, 2021 | Walking With God
Somebody can know a person by name, where they live, where they work, the name of their wife and children, what car they drive, their height, their hometown, their age, and many other things, but still cannot know the desires and intentions of that person’s heart. We live in a time where many people know who God is, who Jesus is, what the church is, or what Christianity is, but even so, they still do not know the heart of God, His desires, and the desires of His.…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 11/16/2021
49. Practicing His Presence Podcast
In today's Podcast, Steve delves deeper into the practice of being in God's presence. What does that look like for each of us? Like the mental preparedness of Navy Seals, we need the same discipline in our spiritual lives. Entering the battle for our hearts and minds we must be equipped by developing a personal intimacy with our Creator God. The one that formed us and desires to know us and be known for His love for each of us. Let's explore that together.…
Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 11/15/2021
The Daily Memo | November 15, 2021 | The Longing to Belong
Whatever else it means to be human, we know beyond doubt that it means to be relational. Aren’t the greatest joys and memories of your life associated with family, friendship, or falling in love? Aren’t your deepest wounds somehow connected to someone also, to a failure of relationship? That you were loved but are no longer, or that you never have been chosen? One of the deepest of all human longings is the longing to belong, to be a part of things, to be…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Identity Security, Safe People & Safe Community, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 11/15/2021