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The Daily Memo | November 22, 2022 | What Do You Want to Become?
The narrow way is filled with story after story of God unearthing a man’s desire—and then hiding him. David was told he’d be king, then spent the next fourteen years hiding out in caves with a bunch of misfits. Joseph was told he’d be elevated to a place above all his brothers, then was thrown into a pit by those brothers and sold into slavery. It was many years and much suffering before he was ready, in his soul as a man, to lead all those God had…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Our Purpose | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 11/22/2022
76. Am I A Peacemaker?
If we don't talk it out, we'll act it out. What does it mean to be a peacemaker? What does the Bible say about conflict, and how we should best resolve our differences? We dig deeper into the subject of peacemaking on today's video podcast. Click Here and Listen to the Podcast
Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 11/21/2022
The Daily Memo | November 21, 2022 | Demonstrate Love
While growing up, I had several Sunday school teachers, but Craig Stowe is the one I remember most. A few times a month, Mr. Stowe stopped on his way home when he saw me delivering newspapers. He’d ask how I was doing and inquire if there was anything he could pray about for me. And before he pulled away, he always bought a newspaper—for five times its worth. Those brief conversations with Mr. Stowe had a significant impact on my life. I knew he cared about me…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Understanding Love, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 11/21/2022
The Daily Memo | November 18, 2022 | If It’s Not All Right, Then It’s Not the End
There is a line in the film *The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel*: ‘Everything will be all right in the end… If it’s not all right, then it is not the end.’ Way beyond its context in the film, these words convey a profound theological truth. Run the race to the end Be determined, like the psalmist (119), to stay faithful to the Lord to the very end of your life. Say, ‘My heart is set on keeping your decrees to the very end’ (v.112). In some,…
Categories: The Daily Memo | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 11/18/2022
The Daily Memo | November 17, 2022 | God's Help For Our Future
According to psychologist Meg Jay, our minds tend to think about our future selves similarly to how we think about complete strangers. Why? It’s probably due to what’s sometimes called the “empathy gap.” It can be hard to empathize and care for people we don’t know personally—even future versions of ourselves. So in her work, Jay tries to help young people imagine their future selves and take steps to care for them. This includes working…
Categories: Life, The Daily Memo, Our Purpose | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 11/17/2022
Fellowship and Warfare | Genesis 1:31 | Pastor Joe Focht
In the Beginning, God Created the Heavens and the Earth. When he created Man & Woman He proclaimed all was very good. What did He mean by "very good"? Who was there to sideline our efforts, fallen from on High? Here's a brief explanation by our friend and Pastor Joe Focht. Genesis 1:31 "And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day." Genesis 2:1-2 "Thus the…
Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 11/16/2022
The Daily Memo | November 16, 2022 | The Spirit-Filled Life
There was a time when I was so disheartened that I wondered whether to remain in the ministry. How could I tell people that Jesus would give them peace and joy when I didn’t feel it myself? God let me stew in my anxiety until I was fully committed to finding out if His Word was true or not. I found my answer in a biography of missionary Hudson Taylor. For a long time he, too, felt that his efforts fell short of the Lord’s expectations. But Taylor realized God…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, Restored in Him | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 11/16/2022
The Daily Memo | November 15, 2022 | Knowing Your Moment
Of course we are nearing the end of the age. Jesus seemed pretty frustrated at his contemporaries’ refusal to understand their times. “Fools,” he called them. Because knowing your moment matters. Knowing where you are in the story is critical for your survival. Every moment is not like another. Living at the beginning of the Lord of the Rings is different from living at the end of the story. In the early stages we are in the happy Shire; we have an…
Categories: The Daily Memo, The Hope of Healing, The Reality of Our Present World | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 11/15/2022
The Daily Memo | November 14, 2022 | He Washed Judas’s Feet
I’m not someone who typically runs around outside, or even inside for that matter, in my bare feet. At the shore, yes, but even then, I usually have flip-flops on. It doesn’t take long even without a dusty road to get your feet dirty. When I think about the fact that Jesus's last supper with His disciples included the creator of the universe getting on His knees and washing His disciples’ feet, I’m humbled beyond understanding. I’ve heard…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Understanding Love | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 11/14/2022
The Daily Memo | November 11, 2022 | Your Spouse Is Not The Enemy
Back to the drama in the Garden of Eden. Remember now, God gave us this story of the first marriage to help us get our bearings. It provides some very essential categories for navigating our marriages—like how gender is so fundamental to our identity, and how we were made for Paradise. How mankind fell and what that Fall did to our lives as men and women. And it also makes something else absolutely and utterly clear—we have an enemy. Now there’s a thought.…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Understanding Love, Return to the Garden | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 11/11/2022