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When God Shows Up
I know I shouldn’t be amazed but I still am. When God decides to invade our world in a completely unexpected way. It’s all He wants to do. Every day. Colleen and I were meandering down the street in Stone Harbor after a filling, and I mean filling, breakfast. We saw a four-legged friend we had encountered the day before but without a personal introduction. A gorgeous white lab that captured our heart. Especially my wife’s heart, who I often call Dr..…
Categories: Spiritual, Life | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 08/11/2020
The Daily Memo | August 11, 2020 | A Bid For The Human Heart
"You will appreciate the mastery of Jesus only to the degree that you understand the minefield he walks. He is advancing against the prince of darkness in a bid for the human heart. The whole situation is booby-trapped. Satan already has the upper hand—he took our hearts captive when we fell, back in Eden. Some he has snared through abuse, some through seduction, others by means of religion. Oh, how hard it is to rescue the human heart, to dislodge people from…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Understanding Love, The Hope of Healing | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 08/11/2020
The Daily Memo | August 10, 2020 | The Battle Is Over
"For twenty-nine years after World War II ended, Hiroo Onoda hid in the jungle, refusing to believe his country had surrendered. Japanese military leaders had dispatched Onoda to a remote island in the Philippines (Lubang) with orders to spy on the Allied forces. Long after a peace treaty had been signed and hostilities ceased, Onoda remained in the wilderness. In 1974, Onoda’s commanding officer traveled to the island to find him and convince him the war was.…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Identity Security, Spiritual Warfare | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 08/10/2020
When God Shows Up
I know I shouldn’t be amazed but I still am. When God decides to invade our world in a completely unexpected way. It’s all He wants to do. Every day. Colleen and I were meandering down the street in Stone Harbor after a filling, and I mean filling, breakfast. We saw a four-legged friend we had encountered the day before but without a personal introduction. A gorgeous white lab that captured our heart. Especially my wife’s heart, who I often call Dr..…
Categories: Walking With God, Identity Security, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 08/09/2020
Fellowship With God - Pastor Joe Focht
God rested in His fellowship with Adam. Pastor Joe shares with us the truth of how it all began and what is yet to come. We're in enemy terrain. God loves us now but can't rest with us until we're gathered together in His Kingdom. That Kingdom is yet to come. We're in the last days on this fallen planet. We may very well be witness to His coming again. Commune with Him. Love Him. Love others as Jesus did. Be sensitive to His Spirit. Click the link to…
Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 08/07/2020
The Daily Memo | August 4, 2020 | It Begins With A Seed by Michael Kurtz
I crashed headlong into God's healing process in September 2017, when I was invited to join a healing care group by a good friend who knew my world was falling apart. I had driven my car (metaphorically) off a cliff, and not for the first time. Separated from my wife and soon to be divorced, broken and hurting, a father to three amazing and hurting kids, I couldn't figure out why I was stuck in the same cycles for years but I desperately wanted answers.;…
Categories: The Daily Memo, The Hope of Healing, Wounded Healer | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 08/07/2020
The Daily Memo | August 6, 2020 | The Two Streams of Cain and Abel
“Woe to them! For they walked in the way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain” (Jude 11a ESV) Jude is referring to “people who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ” - as he noted earlier (v4) What about today? How ‘bout you? Jude highlighted the stark contrast between two identical “twins”, Cain and Abel. There was and never will be two people…
Categories: What We Were Created For, The Daily Memo, Identity Security, Return to the Garden | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 08/06/2020
The Daily Memo | August 5, 2020 | Filling The Gaps
Has God given you a vision that is yet unfulfilled? Has He assigned you a task that is still incomplete, though you’ve done everything you know to do? Waiting periods in our life often prepare us for God’s purposes. Maybe there’s a rough edge He must smooth or a relationship He wants to restore before He’ll fully accomplish His purposes. He could be plumbing the depths of your faith, expanding its borders, and proving Himself faithful. Sometimes He&rsquo…
Categories: What We Were Created For, Walking With God, The Daily Memo | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 08/05/2020
The Daily Memo | August 4, 2020 | The Chaos In It All
The last few days have felt a bit chaotic. Not just because the world is facing uncertainty around a global pandemic - more because I’m watching people I care about struggle at levels rarely seen in my lifetime. Relationships are strained, bills aren’t getting paid, people are hungry, peace is being hijacked, the political climate is worse than ever, and then there’s the spiritual warfare being waged at seemingly unprecedented levels. Another overused,…
Categories: The Daily Memo, The Hope of Healing, The Reality of Our Present World, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 08/04/2020
The Daily Memo | August 3, 2020 | A House Divided
"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. (Ps. 147:3) Yes, we have all been wounded in this battle. And we will be wounded again. But something deeper has also happened to us than mere wounds. I expect that all of us at one time or another have said, 'Well, part of me wants to, and another part of me doesn't.' You know the feeling—part of you pulled one direction, part of you the other. Part of me loves writing and genuinely looks…
Categories: The Daily Memo, The Hope of Healing, Wounded Healer | Authored by: sparrowwebsites | Posted: 08/03/2020