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Embracing Brokenness 2023 | An Invitation to Support God's Ministry
As a crowd and self-funded ministry Embracing Brokenness counts on the generosity of donors and grantors to spread the message that God gave us around the globe. What is that message? Simply put, we are a teaching ministry that engages people locally, regionally, and throughout the world with the gospel of healing in Jesus Christ. We teach groups and individuals wanting to go deeper into their transformational journey with God how to further live into their true self…
Categories: The Hope of Healing, EB Ministries, Our Purpose, Our Team, Blog | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 12/15/2022
The Daily Memo | December 15, 2022 | The Great Falling Away
Giving up has always been a struggle for frail humanity. But when Jesus urges us to ask for strength to escape, he has something particular in mind, something he sees coming: “At that time many will turn away from the faith” (Matthew 24:10). Saint Paul was deeply troubled by this as he wrote his friends living in Thessalonica: “Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day [the day Christ returns] will not come unless the falling away comes first;…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Identity Security, The Reality of Our Present World | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 12/15/2022
The Daily Memo | December 14, 2022 | Giving in Community
We all know the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, the cold-hearted miser who hoarded wealth and refused to share with people in need. He’s an extreme case, but let’s be honest—aren’t we all tempted to be a little like him at times? Feeling overextended, tired, or worried about our circumstances, we want to keep our time and resources for ourselves—even though we know we’re called to give generously (Matt. 5:42; 2 Cor. 9:6). Despite realizing…
Categories: The Daily Memo, The Reality of Our Present World, Safe People & Safe Community | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 12/14/2022
The Daily Memo | December 13, 2022 | Breaking the Stronghold
The Ephesians passage warns about spiritual strongholds created in our lives when we let “the sun go down” on something. Note that in this case that something isn’t necessarily sin. Paul says, “in your anger do not sin,” so anger does not equal sin. Anger can be a very appropriate reaction to life’s injustices. Nonetheless, failure to deal with that anger (letting the sun go down on it) clearly gives our enemy an opportunity to create…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Spiritual Warfare | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 12/13/2022
The Daily Memo | December 12, 2022 | First Things First
Doing things for God is not the same thing as loving God. Jesus loves the poor—so, movements have arisen that make service to the poor the main thing. Even though Jesus never said that being poor was more noble or even spiritual. The latest craze is justice—so we rush off to the corners of the globe to fight for justice and leave Jesus behind. We actually come to think that service for Jesus is friendship with him. That’s like a friend who washes your car…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, Understanding Love | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 12/12/2022
We Don’t Know the Whole Story
I was in the kitchen grabbing a bottle of water when I heard the thud, bam as if the house was shaking. Couldn’t be, could it? I looked out the kitchen window to the shared driveway with the neighbor and saw the headlights of his car as he maneuvered it into his usual parking space. He always turns his car around in the driveway facing outbound. We live on a very busy road, making it easier to pull out than back out. There have been times when it looked like he would…
Categories: Understanding Love, The Hope of Healing, Knowing & Being Known, Blog | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 12/09/2022
The Daily Memo | December 9, 2022 | Invasion
What we call “Christianity” is an invasion. The Kingdom of God is advancing into the kingdom of darkness, a campaign to ransom people and the earth God intended us to rule. For the Son of Man came to seek and save what was lost. All that was lost. If Christianity seems to you to be having rather less than a remarkable impact on the earth, it is because too many Christians have this idea that we are in a waiting game, that we are basically killing time until…
Categories: The Daily Memo, The Reality of Our Present World, Our Purpose | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 12/09/2022
The Daily Memo | December 8, 2022 | How to Build True Friendships
We all long to have good, reliable friends who love us, but how do we go about making these relationships? The biblical account of David and Jonathan helps us learn how to foster genuine, close friendships (1 Sam. 18:1-30, 1 Sam. 19:1-241 Sam. 20:1-42). Their story demonstrates that true companionship is built upon a foundation of mutual respect, love, and authentic commitment. Jonathan was the prince of Israel, while David started out as a lowly shepherd boy. Social status didn&rsquo…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Understanding Love, Safe People & Safe Community | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 12/08/2022
The Daily Memo | December 7, 2022 | How to Avoid Backsliding
As a young man, Philip was kidnapped and held hostage in Greece. There he remained for several years. During this time he received a military education. Then he returned to his homeland, which had conceded many defeats and had lost much land. Within five years he had become king. Philip II of Macedon desperately needed his army to stand firm. He is remembered for two major innovations. First is the *sarissa*, a very long spear. Second is the re-development of a rectangular…
Categories: The Daily Memo, The Reality of Our Present World, Spiritual Warfare | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 12/07/2022
The Daily Memo | December 6, 2022 | Becoming Students of Who We’ve Become
The context of the journey of deliverance from the false self and restoration of the true self is unique, but the process is universal. It begins with awareness. The first step to becoming true is becoming aware of the false. Who am I in my false self? What version of myself do I present to the world as a mask to self-protect? What is my effect on people? What do people feel when they are around me? You’ll want to get to know the false self and get very familiar with.…
Categories: What We Were Created For, The Daily Memo, Identity Security, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 12/06/2022