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The Daily Memo | September 2, 2022 | Celestial Communion
When Apollo 11’s Eagle lunar module landed on the moon’s Sea of Tranquility on July 20, 1969, the space travelers took time to recover from their flight before stepping onto the moon’s surface. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin had received permission to bring bread and wine so he could take Communion. After reading Scripture, he tasted the first foods ever consumed on the moon. Later, he wrote: “I poured the wine into the chalice our church had given me. In the one…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Restored in Him, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 09/02/2022
The Daily Memo | September 1, 2022 | Denial
Denial is a favorite method of coping for many Christians. But not with Jesus. He wants truth in the inmost being, and to get it there he's got to take us into our inmost being. One way he'll do this is by bringing up an old memory. You'll be driving down the road and suddenly remember something from your childhood. Or maybe you'll have a dream about a long-forgotten person, event, or place. However he brings it up, go with him there. He has something to…
Categories: The Daily Memo, The Hope of Healing, Wounded Healer | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 09/01/2022
The Daily Memo | August 31, 2022 | A Balanced Schedule
The Lord has plans for each of us and specific work that He has called us to do. This might be hopeful news to you, or it might be overwhelming if you’re already struggling to manage all that’s on your plate. Thankfully, balancing five areas of our schedule can help us live according to God’s purposes. 1. Our top priority should be spending time with the Lord each day. We can read and meditate on His Word, pray, listen for His directions, or simply be with.…
Categories: Life, The Daily Memo, Our Purpose | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 08/31/2022
The Daily Memo | August 30, 2022 | How to Find and Keep the Peace
In 1555, Nicholas Ridley, a former Bishop of London, was burned at the stake in Oxford because of his beliefs. On the night before Ridley's execution, his brother offered to remain with him in the prison chamber to be of assistance and comfort. Nicholas declined the offer and replied that he meant to go to bed and sleep as quietly as ever he did in his life. Because he knew the peace of God, he could rest in the strength of the everlasting arms of his Lord to meet his.…
Categories: The Daily Memo | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 08/30/2022
70. The Four Sides of Temptation
Being tempted is not a sin. Being tested can be challenging. How we respond to temptations and testing defines us. We must understand that we were not made for this world. We were made to exist in perfect harmony with Him. That is the only way toward wholeness and freedom in Christ. We have an enemy bent on taking us out. We must not be complacent about that fact. Don’t let the enemy win. Don’t let the enemy sideline you from your calling and purpose, even when…
Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 08/29/2022
The Daily Memo | August 29, 2022 | A Work In Progress
First thing in the morning I scan emails and read a few inbox devotionals, always Jesus Calling. This morning I had to stop and consider just how profound this paragraph is for all believers in Jesus Christ. As if to quote Jesus, Sarah Young said this, “I am pleased with you, My child. Though you are still a work in progress, you desire for Me to sanctify you—to make you holy. . . . However, as long as you live in this world, you inhabit the not yet of brokenness&mdash…
Categories: The Daily Memo, The Hope of Healing | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 08/29/2022
The Daily Memo | August 26, 2022 | Surrender Self-Determination
Love Jesus. Let him be himself with you. Allow his life to fill yours. Every day, give him your life to be filled with his. This is part of what I now pray, every morning: Lord Jesus, I give my life to you today, to live your life. Of course, this assumes that you are willing to surrender your self-determination. You’ll find it hard to receive his life in any great measure if you as the branch keep running off on your own, leaving the Vine behind in order to do life…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 08/26/2022
The Daily Memo | August 25, 2022 | God’s Provision
Three-year-old Buddy and his mom went to church each week to help unload groceries from the food ministry truck. When Buddy overheard his mom telling his grandmother that the delivery truck broke down, he said, “Oh, no. How will they do food ministry?” His mom explained that the church would have to raise money to buy a new truck. Buddy smiled. “I have money,” he said, leaving the room. He returned with a plastic jar decorated with colorful stickers…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Safe People & Safe Community | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 08/25/2022
The Daily Memo | August 24, 2022 | What It Means to Believe in Jesus
Saving faith has three elements: knowledge, conviction, and trust. Today, let’s look at the first component: the knowledge required to believe in Jesus as our Savior. Who is Jesus? He is the Son of God. At the request of God the Father, Jesus set aside His divine rights, took on human form, and dwelled on earth (Phil. 2:6-7). What did He accomplish? To be acceptable to God, sacrifices had to be without defect (Lev. 22:20). Jesus lived a perfect life, which qualified…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Understanding Love, Restored in Him | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 08/24/2022
The Daily Memo | August 23, 2022 | In the Crosshairs
The question is not, Are we spiritually oppressed, but Where and How? Think of it—why does every story have a villain? Little Red Riding Hood is attacked by a wolf. Dorothy must face and bring down the Wicked Witch of the West. Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi go hand to hand against Darth Maul. To release the captives of the Matrix, Neo battles the powerful "agents." Frodo is hunted by the Black Riders. (The Morgul blade that the Black Riders pierced Frodo…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Spiritual Warfare | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 08/23/2022