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The Daily Memo | January 9, 2024 | Forgive Jesus
Forgive God? This idea is going to cause some readers to freak out. Just listen for a moment. If you are holding something in your heart against Jesus — the loss of someone you love, a painful memory from your past, simply the way your life has turned out — if you are holding that against Jesus, well, then, it is between you and Jesus. And no amount of ignoring it or being faithful in other areas of your life is going to make it go away. In order to move,…
Categories: The Daily Memo, The Hope of Healing | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 01/09/2024
The Daily Memo | January 8, 2024 | A False Verdict On Us
Your wounds brought messages with them. Lots of messages. Somehow they all usually land in the same place. They had a similar theme. “You’re worthless.” “You’re not a woman.” “You’re too much ... and not enough.” “You’re a disappointment.” “You are repulsive.” On and on they go. Because they were delivered with such pain, they felt true. They pierced our hearts, and they seemed so true. So…
Categories: Spiritual Formation, The Daily Memo, Identity Security | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 01/08/2024
The Daily Memo | January 5, 2024 | God's Wisdom Saves Lives
A mail carrier became concerned after seeing one of her customers’ mail pile up. The postal worker knew the elderly woman lived alone and usually picked up her mail every day. Making a wise choice, the worker mentioned her concern to one of the woman’s neighbors. This neighbor alerted yet another neighbor, who had a spare key to the woman’s home. Together they entered their friend’s home and found her lying on the floor. She had fallen four days…
Categories: What We Were Created For, The Daily Memo, Understanding Love | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 01/05/2024
The Daily Memo | January 4, 2024 | Hope in Every Season
As we close out 2023, it’s natural to consider this period as an ending. But each ending is also a beginning; it’s a matter of perspective. And while it’s healthy to reflect on the year we’ve completed, it’s important to embrace each day God gives us and approach it with openness, gratitude, and hope. With His help, we can be like the snowdrop flower—the first to emerge from the winter ground and bloom. The snowdrop is a symbol of resilience&mdash…
Categories: Walking With God, Spiritual Formation, The Daily Memo | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 01/04/2024
The Daily Memo | January 3, 2024 | The Practice of Loving Jesus
The best thing you can do at this point is simply begin to love Jesus. Just love him. It will open up your heart and soul to experiencing him, and to receiving his life. Just begin to make a practice of loving Jesus. As I’m driving in my car, I will simply tell him, “I love you.” Not once, like a sneeze, but over and over again: “I love, I love you, I love you.” It turns my whole being toward him in love. When I wake up and the sunshine is…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Understanding Love, Practicing His Presence | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 01/03/2024
The Daily Memo | January 2, 2024 | Doing Hard Things the Right Way
Doing hard things requires us to be lion-like – bold, steely and courageous. Doing things the right way means being like a lamb – gentle, meek and submissive. We are supposed to be a godly mixture of the qualities of both the lion and the lamb. But how can one person be both ‘the Lion’ and ‘the Lamb’? In C.S. Lewis’s Narnia books, the lion, Aslan, represents Jesus. In the most famous of these books, The Lion, the Witch and the,…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Identity Security, Restored in Him, A New Name | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 01/02/2024
105. Alisa Childers and Joni Eareckson Tada | The Nearness of Christ
Joni Eareckson Tada joins Alisa Childers on our first podcast of 2024. A diving accident left her quadriplegic at a young age. Yet through it all God has been faithful. After two years of struggling through depression and rehabilitation, she emerged with new skills and a fresh determination to help others in similar situations. Joni is a beloved Christian author, speaker and an internationally renowned advocate for people with disabilities. She is Founder and CEO of…
Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 01/01/2024
The Daily Memo | December 29, 2023 | No Tomorrow Guaranteed
We all felt the pain of the moment when it was reported that Michele, a 61-year-old women, had died tragically when a propane tank exploded in the office at a small local motel in our community. She was a night auditor there and had worked for the family-owned business for 34 years. Our hearts are hurting, even though we may not have known her personally. The headlines in today’s newspaper read: “The Most Loving” – Hundreds gather to honor woman who…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Understanding Love, The Hope of Healing, The Reality of Our Present World | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 12/29/2023
The Daily Memo | December 28, 2023 | Forgiveness and Forgetting
Jill Price was born with the condition of hyperthymesia: the ability to remember in extraordinary detail everything that ever happened to her. She can replay in her mind the exact occurrence of any event she’s experienced in her lifetime. The TV show Unforgettable was premised on a female police officer with hyperthymesia—to her a great advantage in trivia games and in solving crimes. For Jill Price, however, the condition isn’t so much fun. She can&rsquo…
Categories: The Daily Memo, The Hope of Healing | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 12/28/2023
The Daily Memo | December 27, 2023 | Free to Enjoy God
Several of the gospels mention children coming to Jesus (Matthew 19:13-14; Luke 18:15-17; Mark 10:13-16). Some of them probably climbed onto His lap, while others perhaps sat at His feet. We might picture them asking Him lots of questions, begging to hear more parables, and whispering secrets in His ear. It isn’t surprising that they would gather around Jesus, who loves us perfectly. Contrast this snapshot of Jesus’ warm nature with the picture some Christians…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Understanding Love, Restored in Him | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 12/27/2023