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The Daily Memo | April 26, 2021 | Serving the Least
His name is Spencer. But everybody calls him “Spence.” He was a state track champion in high school; then he went on to attend a prestigious university on a full academic scholarship. He lives now in one of America’s largest cities and is highly respected in the field of chemical engineering. But if you were to ask Spence his greatest achievements to date, he wouldn’t mention any of those things. He would excitedly tell you about the trips he makes…
Categories: What We Were Created For, The Daily Memo, The Hope of Healing, Safe People & Safe Community | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 04/26/2021
The Daily Memo | April 23, 2021 | The Wisdom of God
Your heavenly Father is perfectly wise. Everything he does is perfect. Every thought and idea he has is filled with complete wisdom. What's more, through the Holy Spirit you have access to that wisdom. James 1:5 says, "If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him." Your God loves you so much that he's just waiting to bestow on you his vast wisdom. He never wants you to suffer from a…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, Understanding Love, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 04/23/2021
What is Progressive Christianity?
I was recently introduced to a term I wasn’t quite familiar with. Progressive Christianity. Encouraged to listen to Alisa Childers (a former CCM recording artist) on a Podcast hosted by Impact 360, I was able to draw a quick conclusion and decided to share my findings with you. Impact 360 is an organization that equips high school graduates and teens, of this current generation (Gen Z), to be change agents in the world for Jesus. This podcast focused on the current…
Categories: Walking With God, Identity Security, The Reality of Our Present World, Spiritual Warfare | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 04/22/2021
The Daily Memo | April 22, 2021 | Wholehearted Devotion
King Hezekiah of Judah faithfully served the Lord with his whole heart (2 Chronicles 29:2). After the nation had fallen into idolatry, he reestablished proper worship of God. But his devotion to the Lord also extended into his personal life, and that’s exactly how we should live as well. Our seeking after God should be characterized by: Wholeheartedness. A united heart has one preeminent desire—to please the Lord. But a divided heart tries to live both for…
Categories: What We Were Created For, The Daily Memo, Identity Security, The Hope of Healing | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 04/22/2021
The Daily Memo | April 21, 2021 | Walking With God
Walking with someone when you cannot agree on the direction or goal is frustrating, yet that’s exactly what we sometimes try to do with God. In the Scriptures, He gives us guidance for life. But then, when we don’t follow it, we’re surprised to see that He’s walking in a different direction than we are. Scripture uses the term “walk” to describe the course of a person’s life. For instance, Noah walked with God by having a…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, Practicing His Presence | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 04/21/2021
The Daily Memo | April 20, 2021 | Through Thick or Thin
On January 28, 1986, the US Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart seventy-three seconds after takeoff. In a speech of comfort to the nation, President Reagan quoted from the poem “High Flight” in which John Gillespie Magee, a World War II pilot, had written of “the high untrespassed sanctity of space” and the sense of putting out his hand to touch “the face of God.” Although we can’t literally touch God’s face, we sometimes…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, Practicing His Presence | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 04/20/2021
37. Another Gospel? What is Progressive Christianity? Podcast
So what is progressive Christianity? It sounds like it could be a good thing. Making progress in our relationship with God perhaps. But progress is a neutral word. You can progress toward falling off a cliff or toward life, health, and healing. How we do that as believers is a critical decision. Many have strayed from the foundations of the faith. In today's Podcast Steve examines the truth of scripture and the danger in any other teaching that would deviate from that.…
Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 04/19/2021
The Daily Memo | April 19, 2021 | Wisdom From Above
Who is the wisest person you know or have known? Why do you say that? How did they show their wisdom? Wisdom is about action. It’s about character. James says if you have wisdom from above . . . then you’re going to be pure. There’s going to be a holiness about your life. The Bible has a great amount of teaching about wisdom. One regular theme is that true wisdom doesn’t talk about itself. The wise person recognizes his or her own limitations and…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 04/19/2021
The Daily Memo | April 16, 2021 | Our Empty Spaces
We may not relate to the idols people worshipped long ago. But in modern life, potential idols are everywhere—and on the surface, they sometimes appear good and praiseworthy. Take health, for example. Is regular exercise an effort to be a good steward of the body God has provided, or do we turn to it for a sense of identity or worth? And what about finances—do we save money to wisely prepare for the future and fund kingdom work, or do we cling to financial…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Identity Security, The Hope of Healing, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 04/16/2021
The Daily Memo | April 15, 2021 | Do We Show Favoritism?
Think about the most famous person you’ve ever met. How did this happen? How did you react to this person? Now reflect on the scene described in verses 2–3 of James 2. If this were to happen in your church, what do you think would happen? How would you treat the two people differently? We can figure out from this letter what the problems were with the people James wrote to. Those people gossiped sometimes. They got angry with one another. And when a rich person…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Understanding Love, The Reality of Our Present World, Safe People & Safe Community, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 04/15/2021