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The Daily Memo | April 29, 2022 | Following God's Schedule
People enjoy feeling in control of their own schedule, and it can be frustrating when things don’t go according to plan. Yet whoever truly desires to walk in obedience to God must cooperate with His time frame. Consider how you pray about situations in your life. Without realizing it, you may be demanding that the Lord follow the schedule you’ve constructed based on your very limited human wisdom. Yet if we believe God is who He says He is, how can surrendering…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, Practicing His Presence | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 04/29/2022
The Daily Memo | April 28, 2022 | The Benefits of Choosing Wisdom
Before we go any farther in our search, I need to make the offer of Christianity clear: There is a way The world often evaluates decisions in terms of pros and cons, benefits and drawbacks. What happens if we apply that same thinking to spiritual matters: What are the benefits of following God’s wisdom? Or, in other words, Why should we seek to obey the instructions given in Scripture? First of all, in seeking God’s wisdom, we acquire a deeper understanding and…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 04/28/2022
The Daily Memo | April 27, 2022 | Power of His Life
Before we go any farther in our search, I need to make the offer of Christianity clear: There is a way to be good again. The hope of Christianity is that we get to live life like Jesus. That beautiful goodness can be ours. He can heal what has gone wrong deep inside each of us. The way he does this is to give us his goodness; impart it to us, almost like a blood transfusion or mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. We get to live his life—that is, live each day by the power of…
Categories: The Daily Memo, The Hope of Healing | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 04/27/2022
The Daily Memo | April 26, 2022 | Strength in Your Weakness
As you work to make one or many areas of your life better, there is a powerful principle you can use called “The Consistency Effect,” which is simply, “Small things done consistently, over time, lead to big things.” Commitment is good; it can get you to the starting line. It can set your intention. It can get you through January. But consistency will get you to July, September, and next December. You can change your life with small, consistent steps…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, The Reality of Our Present World, Spiritual Warfare | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 04/26/2022
61. Special Guest | Former Voice of America & Author J.R. Woodgates
In today's Podcast, Steve had the privilege of speaking with J.R. Woodgates. The author of Daily Light on the Prisoner's Path, and former Voice of America on-air personality. J.R. graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in broadcast journalism. He enjoyed a long radio career, internationally for 27 years at the Voice of America, locally in Washington, DC for 13 years at WETA part-time. He was live on-air with VOA when the planes exploded into the Twin,…
Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 04/25/2022
The Daily Memo | April 25, 2022 | How to Avoid the Titanic Mistake
James Cameron, director of the movie *Titanic,* describes the Titanic as a ‘metaphor’ of life: ‘We are all living on… [the] Titanic.’ When the Titanic set sail in 1912, it was declared to be ‘unsinkable’ because it was constructed using a new technology. The ship’s hull was divided into sixteen watertight compartments. Up to four of these compartments could be damaged or even flooded, and still the ship would float.,…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 04/25/2022
The Daily Memo | April 22, 2022 | We Bought the Lie
After his resurrection, Jesus sends us all out to do what he did: "As the Father has sent me, so I send you" (John 20:21 NRSV). And he gives us his authority to do it: "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go" (Matt. 28:18-19). Why else would he have given us his authority if we weren't supposed to use it? The attitude of so many Christians today is anything but fierce. We're passive, acquiescent. We're…
Categories: The Daily Memo, The Reality of Our Present World, Spiritual Warfare, Our Purpose | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 04/22/2022
The Daily Memo | April 21, 2022 | Disappointed
The human heart has an infinite capacity for happiness and an unending need for love, because it is created for an infinite God who is unending love. The desperate turn is when we bring the aching abyss of our hearts to one another with the hope, the plea, “Make me happy. Fill this ache.” And often out of love we do try to make one another happy, and then we wonder why it never lasts. It can’t be done. You will kill yourself trying. We are broken,…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, Understanding Love | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 04/21/2022
Special Guest | Former Voice of America & Author J.R. Woodgates
Steve had the privilege of speaking with J.R. Woodgates in the next episode of the Embracing Brokenness Podcast. J.R. is the author of Daily Light on the Prisoner's Path, and a former Voice of America on-air personality.J.R. graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in broadcast journalism. He enjoyed a long radio career, internationally for 27 years at the Voice of America, locally in Washington, DC for 13 years at WETA part-time. He was live on-air with…
Categories: Update | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 04/20/2022
The Daily Memo | April 20, 2022 | In Life's Storms
When difficulties arise, are you surprised that the Lord would allow them? Such thinking assumes that being an obedient believer exempts us from problems. Consider today’s passage—the disciples did exactly what Jesus said by getting into the boat and setting sail for the other side. Yet before long, they found themselves battered and tossed about by a powerful storm. Then there are other believers who automatically assume that if trouble comes, they’re the.…
Categories: What We Were Created For, The Daily Memo, Our Purpose | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 04/20/2022