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The Daily Memo | May 25, 2022 | Not In It To Win It
I’ve been mostly silent on Facebook for some time. Originally, I thought it would be a great way to stay in touch with friends and family to see just what was happening in their collective lives. It turned into a time toilet that had to be moderated. It also had turned into a place that builds tribes and silos. The algorithms only allow me to see those feeds of the folks I interact with on most occasions. I’d have to hunt down any other interesting parties. BUT……;.…
Categories: Life, The Daily Memo, The Reality of Our Present World | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 05/25/2022
The Daily Memo | May 24, 2022 | Walking By A Blessing
In 1799, twelve-year-old Conrad Reed found a large, glittering rock in the stream that ran through his family’s small farm in North Carolina. He carried it home to show his father, a poor immigrant farmer. His father didn’t understand the rock’s potential value and used it as a doorstop. The family walked by it for years. Eventually Conrad’s rock—actually a seventeen-pound gold nugget—caught the eye of a local jeweler. Soon the Reed…
Categories: The Daily Memo, The Reality of Our Present World, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 05/24/2022
63. Identity Matters #2 | Who is God?
In our second of a multi-podcast series on Identity, we examine how critically important it is to understand who God is and why what we believe about Him really does matter. Much of our impressions of who He is and how He sees us are formed at a very young age. How that translates into our day-to-day lives forms our ability to grow in our faith and in the knowledge of what a loving relationship with God should be. Listen to the Podcast
Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 05/23/2022
The Daily Memo | May 23, 2022 | Say No to Bondage
God has given each of us an inheritance in Christ. Jesus came that we might have life and life to the full. When we get into relationships with people or institutions or into patterns of behavior or addictions that are not God’s highest for us, they get in the way of our being able to receive what God has for us. We are to deal strongly with areas of bondage in our life. We are not to make excuses for them but cast them out. Make them leave. We say no to bondage, no…
Categories: The Daily Memo, The Hope of Healing, Spiritual Warfare | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 05/23/2022
The Daily Memo | May 20, 2022 | Not What We Were Meant To Be
The Evil One lied to us about where true life was found...and we believed him. God gave us the wondrous world as our playground, and he told us to enjoy it fully and freely. Yet despite his extravagant generosity, we had to reach for the one forbidden thing. And at that moment something in our hearts shifted. We reached, and in our reaching we fell from grace. So Helen betrayed Menelaus and her native Greece, and ran off to Troy with her lover. So Edmund betrayed his…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Identity Security, The Hope of Healing, Spiritual Warfare | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 05/20/2022
The Daily Memo | May 19, 2022 | Pray God-Sized Prayers
I remember so well praying for a baby called Craig. I had been asked to visit a woman in the Brompton Hospital. Vivienne had three children and was pregnant with a fourth. Her third child, who was eighteen months old, had a hole in his heart that had been operated on. The operation had not been a success and, not unnaturally, the medical staff wanted to turn the machines off. Many times they asked Vivienne if they could turn the machines off and let the baby die. She said,…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Restored in Him, Safe People & Safe Community | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 05/19/2022
The Daily Memo | May 18, 2022 | Lacking Nothing
Many people today may appear fine on the outside, but if we could look beneath the surface, we’d see otherwise—places in their souls they’ve tried to fill with worldly success, possessions, or popularity. But the truth is, those things will never satisfy. Only God can give us genuine fulfillment and peace. (See John 6:35; Phil. 4:6-7.) Now, this doesn’t mean that life will always be perfect or ordered just to our liking. In fact, Jesus told us that…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, Understanding Love, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 05/18/2022
The Daily Memo | May 17, 2022 | Misinterpreting Life
Most of us have been misinterpreting life and what God is doing for a long time. "I think I'm just trying to get God to make my life work easier," a client of mine confessed, but he could have been speaking for most of us. We're asking the wrong questions. Most of us are asking, "God, why did you let this happen to me?" Or, "God, why won't you just ________" (fill in the blank—help me succeed, get my kids to straighten out,…
Categories: Life, The Daily Memo, The Hope of Healing, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 05/17/2022
The Daily Memo | May 16, 2022 | Willing to Wait for God’s Way
Many Christians struggle with waiting. There are a lot of things we want right now—and we usually have the ability to follow through on our desires. In fact, that’s what the entire credit card industry is all about: Have it now; pay later. But possessions aren’t the only thing we’re in a rush for. Some people are so eager to be married that they make an unwise choice regarding a mate. Others are in such a hurry to become successful and well-respected…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Practicing His Presence, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 05/16/2022
The Daily Memo | May 13, 2022 | Impossible Love Made Possible
Jesus said the two greatest commandments are these: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind” and “You shall love your neighbor as yourself” (Matt. 22:37-39). What an overwhelming assignment! In our own strength, we will find success out of reach, but the Lord has provided a way for Christians to accomplish the impossible. The indwelling Holy Spirit works to produce His fruit in us (Gal. 5:22).…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Understanding Love | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 05/13/2022