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The Daily Memo | September 29, 2020 | Living in Peace With Others
It’s a challenge we each face regularly: How can we live in peace with other people and restore peace when conflict erupts? The fact is, God desires for us to live in peace with others. He also knows that we’ll not always be at peace with others. Conflicts occur. At times, conflicts aren’t easily resolved. In fact, there are occasions when conflicts cannot be resolved. However, God wants us to do all we can to be at peace with everyone. We who are…
Categories: What We Were Created For, The Daily Memo, Identity Security, The Reality of Our Present World | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 09/29/2020
Do The Ends Justify The Means - GotQuestions?
The answer to this question depends on what the ends or goals are and what means are being used to achieve them. If the goals are good and noble, and the means we use to achieve them are also good and noble, then yes, the ends do justify the means. But that’s not what most people mean when they use the expression. Most use it as an excuse to achieve their goals through any means necessary, no matter how immoral, illegal, or unpleasant the means may be. What the…
Categories: The Reality of Our Present World, Spiritual Warfare, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 09/28/2020
The Daily Memo | September 28, 2020 | How Your Thought Life Affects Your Peace
If we’re being honest with ourselves, most of us aren’t who or what we think we are. Our thinking is marred at best, off-track, and in most cases, needs to be changed. How do I know this to be true? Aside from my experience pastoring so many through the years, God’s Word calls us to a “renewal” of our minds. That means trading in our old perceptions, opinions, ideas, beliefs, and self-centered attitudes for a new set of perceptions, opinions,,…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Practicing His Presence | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 09/28/2020
The Daily Memo | September 25, 2020 | What You Were Made For
You were created with God’s purpose in mind. And until you discover his purpose for you—and follow through on it—there will always be a hole in your soul. As Ephesians 2:10 says, you are God’s workmanship. Don’t let this important reality slip by. Say it out loud: “I am God’s workmanship.” Do you know what that means? It means you are the product of God’s vision. God has decided what you could be and should be. And…
Categories: What We Were Created For, The Daily Memo, Identity Security, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 09/25/2020
21. Union With God - Embracing Brokenness Podcast
It's been a challenging year for all of us with many unexpected events. None of it surprises God though. We have an opportunity to participate in one of the greatest movements this planet has seen. That movement begins in our hearts. It begins by strengthening our union with God. By developing a deep intimacy with Him. Steve explores the obstacles the enemy uses to thwart our efforts but also the practices that can become a part of your everyday experience along your…
Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 09/24/2020
The Daily Memo | September 24, 2020 | On That Day
The Revelation of Jesus Christ is near. Bathe in the reality of what’s to come. A renewed earth when all will be made right again. The whole earth will be brimming with knowing God-Alive. “The wolf will romp with the lamb, the leopard sleep with the kid. Calf and lion will eat from the same trough, and a little child will tend them. Cow and bear will graze the same pasture, their calves and cubs grow up together, and the lion eat straw like the ox. The nursing…
Categories: What We Were Created For, The Daily Memo, Restored in Him, Return to the Garden | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 09/24/2020
The Daily Memo | September 23, 2020 | Practice Being Still
“The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.” - Exodus 14:14 Just after they escaped from Egypt, Moses encouraged the Israelites with those words. Perhaps he understood that our natural reaction in moments of uncertainty is to restlessly bounce between anxiety and despair. Feelings of uncertainty can result in the prefrontal cortex in your brain “shutting down”: impairing your ability to solve problems, pay attention, and stay flexible.…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, Practicing His Presence | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 09/23/2020
The Daily Memo | September 22, 2020 | God’s Purpose
What is the purpose of life? Throughout human history, people have been trying to answer that question. Books have been written on the subject, and philosophers have postulated many answers. But for Christians, God’s purpose is concisely outlined in today’s passage. Believers are called according to His purpose and are foreknown by Him. God’s foreknowledge is much more than His ability to see future events in advance. It also includes bringing to pass what…
Categories: What We Were Created For, The Daily Memo, Identity Security | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 09/22/2020
Echos and A Big Announcement - By Shelleen Weaver
In an effort to give my brother and I a wholesome country upbringing, when I was six years old, my family moved from a lovely four bedroom home on a few acres in the Poconos that was built by my grandfather to our 77 acres of hunting land in Potter County, Pennsylvania. The mile-long “driveway”, which our Vermont relatives affectionately named the “goat path”, wound it’s way to the cabin at the top of the mountain (pictured above). It was one…
Categories: What We Were Created For, Understanding Love, Return to the Garden | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 09/21/2020
The Daily Memo | September 21, 2020 | Revelation: Listening for His Voice
I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. (John 16:12-13) There's more that Jesus wants to say to you, much more, and now that his Spirit resides in your heart, the conversation can continue. Many good people never hear God speak to them personally for the simple fact that they've never been told that he does. But he does—generously, intimately. "He who belongs…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, Practicing His Presence | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 09/21/2020