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The Daily Memo | August 25, 2020 | Coming Soon: The Next Jesus Movement
The Jesus movement was an evangelical Christian movement beginning on the West Coast of the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s and spreading primarily throughout North America, Europe, and Central America. Members of the movement were called Jesus people or Jesus freaks. Some of the fastest-growing US denominations of the late 20th century, such as Calvary Chapel, Hope Chapel Churches, and the Vineyard Churches,…
Categories: What We Were Created For, The Daily Memo, The Reality of Our Present World | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 08/25/2020
The Daily Memo | August 24, 2020 | Living Above Your Circumstances
Do you ever look at your circumstances and see no possible way the Lord could bring something good from them? What benefit could come from illness, unemployment, a broken family, or other difficulties? While we can’t always understand what God is doing, there is one thing we can do—trust Him to use our situation for His own glorious purposes. Although Paul’s imprisonment may have seemed like the end of his ministry opportunities, God actually used it to…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, Spiritual Warfare | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 08/24/2020
The Daily Memo | August 21, 2020 | All You Need Is Love
I was a youngster entering my second decade on the planet when this Beatles classic was first released. During a time of extreme unrest in the country, “All You Need is Love” was adopted as the unofficial anthem of the Flower Power Movement. This widespread movement was rooted in opposition to the Vietnam War. “There's nothing you can do that can't be done, Nothing you can sing that can't be sung” The Beatles, July 1967. Later…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, Spiritual Warfare | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 08/21/2020
The Daily Memo | August 20, 2020 | Sin and Culture
Guys are unanimously embarrassed by their emptiness and woundedness; it is for most of us a tremendous source of shame, as I've said. But it need not be. From the very beginning, back before the Fall and the assault, ours was meant to be a desperately dependent existence. It's like a tree and its branches, explains Christ. You are the branches, I am the trunk. From me you draw your life; that's how it was meant to be. In fact, he goes on to say, "Apart…
Categories: The Daily Memo, The Hope of Healing, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 08/20/2020
The Daily Memo | August 19, 2020 | Seeing Past the Brokenness
“We are all broken people, living in a broken world. It’s that simple. Unfortunately, no one is exempt from the effects of sin. The good news for all of us is that Jesus steps into the midst of our brokenness, is near to us and makes us whole in his love. What’s even more amazing is God wants to use you to see past the broken exterior to the hearts of the people in your life. Brokenness can often make us hard, bitter and difficult to deal with. But we&rsquo…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Understanding Love, The Hope of Healing, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 08/19/2020
The Daily Memo | August 18, 2020 | The Good ‘Ole Days
Now five months into the worst pandemic we’ve seen in a hundred years - add a couple of months of daily protest with a few riots thrown in - many of us are asking “what happened to the good ‘ole days?” We remember when the biggest issue to deal with when we got up was what color socks to put on - or what was for dinner? Oh, how we long for better days, just like olden times. But wait……………. Is that really the truth?…
Categories: What We Were Created For, The Daily Memo, The Reality of Our Present World | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 08/18/2020
The Daily Memo | August 17, 2020 | What Kind of Man is This
“…that even winds and sea obey him?” If we ask that same question, we’ll start to see the bigger picture of who Jesus Christ really is. In Matthew 8:23-27 we experience a unique moment with Jesus’ followers. His disciples are panicked. Imagine the wind – which had been funneled through a narrow gorge – pushing out over the sea of Galilee, making the water turbulent. Waves breaking over the bow of the ship; certain doom is imminent.…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, Safe People & Safe Community | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 08/17/2020
The Daily Memo | August 14, 2020 | Few Ever Really Live
One of my all-time favorite books is Wild at Heart written by John Eldredge. Here's an excerpt. "The most dangerous man on earth is the man who has reckoned with his own death. All men die; few men ever really live. Sure, you can create a safe life for yourself ... and end your days in a rest home babbling on about some forgotten misfortune. I'd rather go down swinging. Besides, the less we are trying to "save ourselves," the more effective a…
Categories: What We Were Created For, The Daily Memo, Restored in Him | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 08/14/2020
The Daily Memo | August 13, 2020 | God Speaks to Us
“As it turned out, when you heard the Voice out of that dark cloud and saw the mountain on fire, you approached me, all the heads of your tribes and your leaders, and said, Our GOD has revealed to us his glory and greatness. We’ve heard him speak from the fire today! We’ve seen that God can speak to humans and they can still live. (emphasis added) But why risk it further? This huge fire will devour us if we stay around any longer. If we hear GOD ’s…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 08/13/2020
The Daily Memo | August 12, 2020 | The Unseen Beginning – An Excerpt From Embracing Brokenness
We were born into a world at war. Do you believe that? We’re not talking about the Civil War, World War II, Desert Storm, or any other conflict or battle we happen to be engaged in at this moment in time. We’re talking about a much more formidable opponent. An invisible one. Naked to the eye. An enemy that seeks to destroy everything good in us. That’ll stop at nothing to ruin us. Starting at the beginning of our lives if that’s what it takes. The…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Embracing Brokenness Book Excerpt, Spiritual Warfare | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 08/12/2020