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The Daily Memo | February 15 , 2024 | Our Predisposition to Hear
What you hear from God is determined in part by the attitude you carry into any conversation with Him. Our mind-set toward a conversation with God is affected by these things: Our Prior Relationship With God — Each of us has a history with God that began even before birth (Jeremiah 1:5). He ordained us to be on earth, and He has a plan and purpose for us, even though we may not have recognized them. However, until a person has received Jesus Christ as his personal…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, Practicing His Presence, Knowing & Being Known, Prayer | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 02/15/2024
The Daily Memo | February 14 , 2024 | Our First Love
I always felt it strange that God needed to command us to love him. (It is the first and greatest of all the commandments.) Now I see better. When God calls us to love him as our “first love,” it is not only because he deserves to hold that place in our hearts, but also because he knows what pain will come when we get that out of order. If you give the part of your soul that is meant for God to lesser things, they will break your heart because they cannot…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Understanding Love, Safe People & Safe Community, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 02/14/2024
The Daily Memo | February 13 , 2024 | In Sorrow
Even when their path winds through the dark valley of tears, they dig deep to find a pleasant pool where others find only pain. He gives to them a brook of blessing filled from the rain of an outpouring. (Psalm 84:6 - The Passion Translation) Lord, thank you for allowing me to go through the difficult seasons. There was a time in my life when I never thought I would say those words, but now I look back and see how glorious those dark times really were. In the midst of my…
Categories: Life, The Daily Memo, Practicing His Presence, Wounded Healer | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 02/13/2024
108. Living in the Messy Middle
One of the greatest challenges we as Christ-followers face is how to then navigate our daily lives in concert with him. Life gets messy in a hurry. Jesus was clear, "I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33 ESV) In this podcast episode, the team here at Embracing Brokenness discuss what that means in our lives, with a perspective that may help…
Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 02/12/2024
The Daily Memo | February 12 , 2024 | How to Listen Actively
Samuel was one of the greatest prophets in the Old Testament. I don’t believe it’s a coincidence that his first assignment from God was to listen for God’s voice (see 1 Sam. 3:8-10). Samuel’s story shows us that there’s a difference between active listening and passive hearing. Hearing is something we do with our ears. If our hearing is normal, we can’t help hearing sounds traveling within a certain range. Listening, however, involves the.…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, Practicing His Presence | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 02/12/2024
The Daily Memo | February 9, 2024 | Our God Speaks
I realize that many dear followers of Christ have been taught that God only speaks to his sons and daughters through the Bible. The irony of that theology is this: that’s not what the Bible teaches! The Scriptures are filled with stories of God speaking to his people — intimately, personally. Adam and Eve spoke with God. As did Abraham, Moses, and Elijah. So did Noah, Gideon, Aaron, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ananias, and the apostle Paul. On and on the examples go. In…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, Practicing His Presence | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 02/09/2024
The Daily Memo | February 8, 2024 | How Do We Know It’s God’s Voice
Jesus said of those who follow Him: My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. (John 10:27-29)What a great statement of hope and comfort this is to us! We can know the voice of the Lord. As we follow His voice and do what He says, we&rsquo…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, Practicing His Presence, Knowing & Being Known, Prayer | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 02/08/2024
The Daily Memo | February 7, 2024 | The Fear of Man
Why did Nicodemus visit Jesus at night? Fear of what his peers would do if they found out. He wasn’t alone in this; John says that “many even among the leaders believed in him. But because of the Pharisees they would not confess their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue” (John 12:42). They chose job security over Jesus. This fear is a mighty powerful force. The fear of man. Peer pressure. What will others think? This can get deadly. This…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Identity Security, The Reality of Our Present World | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 02/07/2024
The Daily Memo | February 6, 2024 | Courageous Speech
“Courageous speech has always held us in awe. From the first time we spoke back to our parents as angry, stuttering teens, or had to stand tongue-tied before a roomful of people, feeling naked as the day we were born. There is, after all, something bare and revealing about speech. Perhaps because we intuit the physical intimacy behind the sound of words and the way they are spoken, and that much against our wishes our words tell the listener a good deal more than we…
Categories: Life, The Daily Memo, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 02/06/2024
The Daily Memo | February 5, 2024 | Infinite Forgiveness
Some people say the most difficult part of any job is not the task itself or the challenge involved but getting along with coworkers. Are you surprised? Getting along with other humans is where things likely fall apart. So, after Jesus drives home God’s intention that not even one of His little ones should perish, the immediate takeaway He gives the disciples is conflict management advice. Jesus says to point out transgressions privately to a brother or sister in sin.…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Understanding Love, Restored in Him | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 02/05/2024