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The Daily Memo | October 10, 2022 | A Helper for All Occasions
Did you ever wish for an emergency telephone line that rang in heaven? The truth is that we have something much better. The Holy Spirit lives inside us to be our helper in every situation. The night before His crucifixion, Jesus warned the disciples that He was about to depart. The news confused and frightened them, even though it wasn’t the first time He’d spoken of His death. But the Lord offered His followers assurance that He would send them another Helper.…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 10/10/2022
The Daily Memo | October 7, 2022 | Our Lives Are Stories
If you want to get to know someone, you need to know their story. Their life is a story. It, too, has a past and a future. It, too, unfolds in a series of scenes over the course of time. Why is Grandfather so silent? Why does he drink too much? Well, let me tell you. There was a terrible battle in World War II, in the South Pacific, on an island called Okinawa. Tens of thousands of American men died or were wounded there; some of them were your grandfather's best.…
Categories: What We Were Created For, The Daily Memo, The Reality of Our Present World, Our Purpose | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 10/07/2022
The Daily Memo | October 6, 2022 | Working Without Wilting
The average person will spend approximately 150,000 hours at work in their lifetime – that is to say, about 40% of our waking lives are spent at work, whether it be paid or voluntary employment, or as a carer or full-time parent. ‘Is God interested in our work? Many people do not see God as a 24/7 God, but as a withdrawn actor confined to a Sunday show with a declining audience. There is a widespread view that God and work simply don’t mix: the,…
Categories: What We Were Created For, The Daily Memo, The Reality of Our Present World, Our Purpose | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 10/06/2022
Experiences Form Identity and Our View of God
So much of our healing journey requires an acknowledgment that our identity has been formed by significant events and influencers in our past. The lies we believe about ourselves and God and the false self that emerges cause a slow down in that process. Our true self is often hidden under layers of those false beliefs that need healing in the presence of our God. Listen in as Colleen explains a bit more about that process and what is possible once we get closer to the…
Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 10/05/2022
The Daily Memo | October 5, 2022 | A Safe Place
We’re currently enjoying the warm, seemingly endless days of summer (Fall now but you get the idea), but this season isn’t all sunshine and beauty. It’s also known for severe storms that bring lightning, thunder, and heavy rainfall. When they pop up, isn’t it wonderful to be able to run into a dry, comfortable shelter and be protected until the sun begins shining again? Life is like that, too, sometimes. All is well until, suddenly and often without,…
Categories: The Daily Memo, The Reality of Our Present World | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 10/05/2022
The Daily Memo | October 4, 2022 | Salvation is a Process Not an Event
The longing for things to be good again is making us vulnerable to all sorts of compromises. I can help you with this. First, let’s remove the shock and shame of those moments when hard-pressed you suddenly rages, binges, goes faithless, or simply shows up as a very unappealing version of you. Salvation is a process, not an event. Oh yes—salvation is a homecoming to be sure. That is the event. Our salvation begins when we first turn toward Jesus with an open.…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Restored in Him, The Hope of Healing | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 10/04/2022
The Daily Memo | October 3, 2022 | The Set of the Sail
But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank.... --Daniel 1:8 Though we do not hear much of it in this age of spineless religion, there is nevertheless much in the Bible about the place of moral determination in the service of the Lord. "Jacob vowed a vow," and it was the beginning of a very wonderful life with God.... Daniel "purposed in his heart," and…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Our Purpose | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 10/03/2022
The Daily Memo | September 30, 2022 | No Exceptions to God’s Love
I oftentimes preach, “God loves you, and He has a purpose for your life.” Yet whenever I do, it seems that someone in the crowd believes he or she is an exception. Sadly, people with this mindset have bought into Satan’s lie: They think they aren’t important enough to be singled out from among the billions on earth to receive a blessing. Or they listen to the Deceiver when he insists they are too weak, sinful, or scared to merit the Lord’s.…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Understanding Love | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 09/30/2022
The Daily Memo | September 29, 2022 | Who Is God?
The beginning of the Bible tells us that God created human beings in His image. But we’ve been tempted to reimagine God in our own image. The result? Believing that God is much less than who He really is. These misconceptions can make God seem more like a cartoon villain instead of the loving and gracious Creator that He is. So how can we truly see and understand the character of God? We look at the life of Jesus in the New Testament. The New Testament authors share…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Understanding Love, Restored in Him | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 09/29/2022
The Daily Memo | September 28, 2022 | The God of the Garden
Many years ago, Joni Mitchell wrote a song called “Woodstock” in which she saw the human race trapped in a “bargain” with the devil. Urging her listeners to seek a simpler, more peaceful existence, she sang of a return to “the garden.” Mitchell spoke for a generation longing for purpose and meaning. Mitchell’s poetical “garden” is Eden, of course. Eden was the paradise God created for us back in the beginning. In this,…
Categories: The Daily Memo, The Hope of Healing, Spiritual Warfare | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 09/28/2022