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The Daily Memo | January 5, 2021 | 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: What We Were Created For, The Daily Memo, The Reality of Our Present World | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 01/05/2021
The Daily Memo | January 4, 2021 | How To Avoid Spiritual Infections
Joseph Lister, the nineteenth-century medic, is known as ‘the father of antiseptic surgery’. Lister was disturbed by the high proportion of patients who died from post-operative infections. He became convinced that infinitesimal microbes, invisible to the naked eye, were causing the infections. He began to develop a number of antiseptic solutions with which to treat the wounds. Sure enough, the proportion of patients dying from infections decreased. In a similar,…
Categories: The Daily Memo, The Reality of Our Present World, Spiritual Warfare | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 01/04/2021
The Daily Memo | January 1, 2021 | With Open Arms
In the mythic story of The Lion King, the lion cub Simba is separated in his youth from his father through a murder engineered by his uncle, Scar, the character symbolizing the evil one in our story. Scar arranges for the cub to be caught in a stampede of wildebeests, knowing that his father, Mufasa, will risk his life to save his son. He does, and Simba is saved, but Mufasa is killed. Scar then turns on Simba and accuses him, at such a vulnerable and desperate moment, of…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Identity Security, Spiritual Warfare, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 01/01/2021
The Daily Memo | December 31, 2020 | Why We Can Trust God
What situations cause you to doubt God? Do fears come because the future seems uncertain? Are hardships a challenge since they make the Lord appear unkind? Or perhaps your expectations and dreams have come crashing down, and it seems God is nowhere to be found. Since our heavenly Father is omniscient, sovereign, and loving, we have every reason to trust Him regardless of the circumstance. God is infinitely wise. We may have all the information that is humanly possible to,…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, Understanding Love, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 12/31/2020
Vlog #13 Face the Issues - A Very COVID Christmas - Colleen's Interview on WBPH Allentown
Water Street Mission has faced terrific challenges during the COVID-19 Pandemic. But..... love wins out. This Christmas was different than most but still centered on the Guests' best interest. In this interview with WBPH Allentown, PA Colleen shares the many blessings even in this season. Click on the link below to view this video on our site or go directly to our YouTube Channel here: Face the Issues - A Very COVID Christmas - Colleen's Interview on WBPH…
Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 12/30/2020
The Daily Memo | December 30, 2020 | On The Same Team
When Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz returned to the field after healing from a severe injury, the NFL team’s backup quarterback, Nick Foles, graciously returned to the bench. Although competing for the same position, the two men chose to support each other and remained confident in their roles. One reporter observed that the two athletes have a “unique relationship rooted in their faith in Christ” shown through their ongoing prayers for each.…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Identity Security, Understanding Love, Safe People & Safe Community | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 12/30/2020
The Daily Memo | December 29, 2020 | The Warrior Heart
I have in my files a copy of a letter written by Major Sullivan Ballou, a Union officer in the 2nd Rhode Island Infantry Regiment. He writes to his wife on the eve of the Battle of Bull Run, a battle he senses will be his last. He speaks tenderly to her of his undying love, of "the memories of blissful moments I have spent with you." Ballou mourns the thought that he must give up "the hope of future years, when, God willing, we might still have lived and…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Identity Security, Wounded Healer | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 12/29/2020
29. Another Perspective on Christian Counseling - An Interview With Colleen Adams
In this episode, Colleen is interviewed by our dear friend John (YouTube Channel) who is currently enrolled in a Counseling Program at a local Christian College. The questions and answers center around a faith-based counseling model from a little different perspective. In addition to her contribution to Embracing Brokenness Ministries Colleen is VP of Programs at Water Street Gospel Rescue Mission in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Prior to that, she was Executive Vice President…
Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 12/28/2020
The Daily Memo | December 28, 2020 | Prayer of the Broken-Down
“Dear Father in heaven, I’m not a praying man, but if you’re up there, and you can hear me, show me the way. I’m at the end of my rope.” That prayer is whispered by a broken-down George Bailey, the character played by Jimmy Stewart in the classic film It’s a Wonderful Life. In the now iconic scene, Bailey’s eyes fill with tears. They weren’t part of the script, but as he spoke that prayer Stewart said he “felt the,…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, The Hope of Healing, Practicing His Presence | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 12/28/2020
The Daily Memo | December 25, 2020 | Wonderful Counselor - What Does It Mean?
Question: "What does it mean that Jesus is our Wonderful Counselor (Isaiah 9:6)?" Answer: When Isaiah wrote his prediction of the coming of the “Wonderful Counselor” (Isaiah 9:6), he was spurring Israel to remember their Messiah was indeed coming to establish His Kingdom (Isaiah 9:7). Isaiah was writing nearly 800 years before Christ. This period of history was tumultuous as the Assyrians were on the march, taking people into captivity by droves. Isaiah&rsquo…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Identity Security, Understanding Love, Restored in Him | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 12/25/2020