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The Daily Memo | December 14, 2023 | Finding Help in God's Presence
Whenever you’re feeling down, the Psalms are an excellent source of comfort and encouragement. In Psalm 42:5-11, the psalmist shares how God offers comfort to you, His child, in hard times. To receive it, you should … • Look within. Before you can deal with despair, you need to know what is causing it. If you’re not sure, ask the Lord to help you figure out what’s going on. • Look up. The next step is to lift your eyes to…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Practicing His Presence, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 12/14/2023
The Daily Memo | December 13, 2023 | Saint Nick
The person we know as Saint Nicholas (Saint Nick) was born around ad 270 to a wealthy Grecian family. Tragically, his parents died when he was a boy, and he lived with his uncle who loved him and taught him to follow God. When Nicholas was a young man, legend says that he heard of three sisters who didn’t have a dowry for marriage and would soon be destitute. Wanting to follow Jesus’ teaching about giving to those in need, he took his inheritance and gave each…
Categories: What We Were Created For, The Daily Memo, Understanding Love | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 12/13/2023
The Daily Memo | December 12, 2023 | One Clear Path
David Whyte, the Welsh Poet, wrote, “When we discover what seems like a clear path, what we're really discovering is our place in that gravitational field, in that trajectory, from the deep, intimate sense of origin in our body that lies below the horizon of our understanding, out to as far a horizon as we can understand and then - beyond it.” Spiritually speaking it’s not obvious where David Whyte lands, but in his writing there’s an element of.…
Categories: Walking With God, Spiritual Formation, The Daily Memo, Our Purpose | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 12/12/2023
The Katinas | How Great Thou Art
From us to our Father, How Great Thou Art. Be sure to pick up our friends, The Katinas, new album. The Hymns at https://thekatinas.com/products/the-hymns-cd
Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 12/11/2023
The Daily Memo | December 11, 2023 | Reading Scripture With God
We need God to help us understand his Word. We can’t separate a walk with God from our reading of Scripture. The two go hand in hand. Like having a tour guide as you wander the halls of the Louvre. “If you love me, you will obey what I command. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever — the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives…
Categories: Walking With God, Spiritual Formation, The Daily Memo | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 12/11/2023
The Daily Memo | December 8, 2023 | God Gives Grace to the Humble
The story of Bernie Madoff is a sad one. He was addicted to adulation—and money was his way of earning that praise. Throughout his life he elbowed and clawed his way to the top of the mountain . . . only to discover its peak was slippery and crowded. Madoff masterminded a twenty-year-long shell game, the largest financial crime in U.S. history. At seventy-one years of age, he was sentenced to spend the rest of his life as prisoner number 61727-054 in a Federal…
Categories: Spiritual Formation, The Daily Memo, The Reality of Our Present World | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 12/08/2023
The Daily Memo | December 7, 2023 | Order Please | An Excerpt from Embracing Brokenness
There was order in the Garden. Everyone had an assignment. Work was part of the creation story. Adam was to tend the garden, with Eve’s help of course. The ground wasn’t cursed so work was a joy. Imagine that! Joy at work. The word joy is not often associated with work. But with no sin in the picture - or anxiety over deadlines or HR issues constantly surfacing - life was good. Very good, in fact. Unfortunately, in our current disposition far too often we attach…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Return to the Garden, Embracing Brokenness Book Excerpt, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 12/07/2023
The Daily Memo | December 6, 2023 | Unexpected Calamity
All 41 workers who were trapped in a collapsed Himalayan tunnel for 17 days were successfully rescued last week. The men were tunneling through a mountain as part of the $1.5 billion Char Dham highway project, which aims to connect four Hindu pilgrimage sites, when a landslide trapped them nearly 3 miles from freedom. The workers were provided oxygen, food, and water through a narrow pipe, even as rescue efforts faced numerous setbacks. After the complete breakdown of…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Return to the Garden, The Reality of Our Present World | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 12/06/2023
The Daily Memo | December 5, 2023 | King of the Hill
Do you remember the playground game King of the Hill? My buddies and I would fight tooth and nail, arms and legs flailing to get to the top of that dirt pile, taking no prisoners. My only goal was to get to the top and hold that position under any circumstances. Bruised limbs, scuffed knees, makes no never mind. Win at all costs. Does that sound familiar? I took that same doggedness into my early career and life. Why? I’d need a hundred pages to explain. The simplest…
Categories: The Daily Memo, The Hope of Healing, The Reality of Our Present World | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 12/05/2023
103. Scott Wozniak | Make Your Brand Legendary | Live Like Jesus
God's given each of us gifting and a purpose. Scott Wozniak joins Steve on the podcast to share his heart for people, business, and ministry straight from his latest book, Make Your Brand Legendary. Jesus certainly made his brand legendary as the Savior of the world. He also empowered us to live like He did. We simply need to invite Him into our journey. How? Listen in as Scott shares his story. Get his latest book here: https://www.amazon.com/Make-Your-Brand-Legendary-Experience/dp/B0CBHH58SY/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1701372010&sr=8…
Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 12/04/2023