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Jay Payleitner & Steve Adams | Podcast Preview on Noticing God
In this preview of our upcoming Podcast Jay Payleitner and Steve discuss the importance of noticing God and the Holy Spirit's promptings. Lives are impacted for eternity when we answer the call and represent our faith, love, and commitment to our Saviour Jesus Christ; even in the smallest and simplest ways.
Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 08/18/2023
The Daily Memo | August 18, 2023 | Golden Retriever Pup by Guest Author Jay Payleitner
Updating the Payleitner family dog history.Cubby, 1985, a mutt from the pound. Named by then two-year-old Randy. Cubby was slowing down when we got Madison, which perked the old girl up for two more years!Madison, 1996, Golden Retriever. Mostly Rae Anne's dog. Came into our lives when Rae was just three-years-old. My daughter and I cried and cried in the vet's office when we said good-bye. An illustration of Maddy by Rex Bohn even made it into my…
Categories: The Daily Memo | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 08/18/2023
The Daily Memo | August 17, 2023 | His Sense of Humor
Well, he created laughter. And think of the crowd he dined with. These rabble-rousers quickly earned Jesus a reputation as a drunkard and a glutton, and it wasn’t because they served water and crackers. This was a wild group, and surely such a crowd got rolling in laughter from time to time, if only from the joy they were experiencing being with Jesus. Now, surely the creator of these colorful characters didn’t sit there frowning, looking pious, Mr. Killjoy, Mr. I’m-Above-All.…
Categories: What We Were Created For, The Daily Memo | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 08/17/2023
The Daily Memo | August 16, 2023 | What Does Growth Look Like?
When branches are full and spilling over with big, bright fruit, we assume the tree is healthy. We may not be able to see the quality of the soil, and we probably didn’t witness the tree being fertilized or pruned. But looking at its boughs, we can see the evidence of steady growth and regular maintenance. Likewise, fruit in our spiritual life indicates health and maturity in a believer. And today’s passage lists nine traits that show up in our life when God&rsquo…
Categories: Spiritual Formation, The Daily Memo | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 08/16/2023
The Daily Memo | August 15, 2023 | The Source of Our Adversity
When we encounter difficulties, we might wonder why God allows those painful situations. How do we reconcile our suffering with His love for us and His power to prevent or stop it? In order to understand what’s going on, we need to consider the possible sources of adversity. A Fallen World: When sin entered the world, suffering came with it. So we might wonder why God didn’t simply make us like puppets that were unable to choose sin. But if we lacked free will, we&rsquo…
Categories: The Daily Memo, The Reality of Our Present World, Wounded Healer | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 08/15/2023
95. When God Comes Knocking Answer the Door | Michael Kurtz & Steve Adams
Michael Kurtz joins Steve on this episode of the Embracing Brokenness Podcast to discuss the process toward transformation in Christ. If you have been on this journey for any length of time, you know that miraculous process of transformation that begins when we say “I do” to Jesus and invite him to sit upon the throne of our hearts. It is a process. Michael shares a recent article he wrote as our ally and content contributor. "I have been on this journey.…
Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 08/14/2023
The Daily Memo | August 14, 2023 | The Three Stones
Colleen decided to take a stroll down the beach on our recent vacation to the Jersey Shore. Just a little quiet time for her to reflect on God’s goodness and enjoy the surf and the sun. I, on the other hand, slid out of my beach chair and casually headed to the gently breaking waves right in front of me. As I studied the ebb and flow of the current and tumbling tiny stones in the sand, I noticed something. But in a moment, it was gone. I asked the Lord, which I&rsquo…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, Practicing His Presence, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 08/14/2023
The Daily Memo | August 11, 2023 | Jesus Is Our Life
We need Jesus like we need oxygen. Like we need water. Like the branch needs the vine. Jesus is not merely a figure for devotions. He is the missing essence of your existence. Whether we know it or not, we are desperate for Jesus. To have his life, joy, love, and presence cannot be compared. To know him as he is, is to come home. A true knowledge of Jesus is our greatest need and our greatest happiness. The purpose of your being here on this planet, at this moment in,…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Understanding Love | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 08/11/2023
The Daily Memo | August 10, 2023 | Desperate for God
Every human being has some vital place in her life where she is not living in the victory she longs for, and it colors how she views herself. Every person’s personal struggle rooted in her past, be it a deep-rooted self-hatred or a pressing need to control her world, makes her desperate for God. We all have something that brings us to our knees. It isn’t something we would ever choose for ourselves or wish on anyone else, but we all have an area — or ten ;…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 08/10/2023
The Daily Memo | August 9, 2023 | The Joy Set Before You by Guest Author Michael Kurtz
As reported in the news recently, four Nigerian men were discovered and rescued in Brazil after crossing the Atlantic from Africa as stowaways on a cargo ship. The four exhausted men spent fourteen harrowing days perched inside the shallow opening above the ship’s rudder, under the stern. They ran out of food and water ten days into the journey and had barely slept nor made a sound for fear of falling into the water or being discovered by the ship’s crew.;…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Understanding Love, Restored in Him | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 08/09/2023