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Wealth – A Blessing or A Curse?
I overheard a conversation by several members at an exclusive country club where I help out on Fridays as a Starter. I love being outside and enjoying God’s creation even from a golf cart on the first tee. It’s a beautiful location and a nationally ranked course. But….. I consistently hear about first-world problems. Complaints, or suggestions for improvement, are not uncommon. For example, about staff members, other golfers, the proverbial stock market…
Categories: The Reality of Our Present World, Blog | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 08/22/2022
The Daily Memo | August 22, 2022 | Reluctant Obedience
Have you ever resisted obeying God because His instructions were something you didn’t want to do? That was the case with Jonah. The inhabitants of Nineveh were Assyrians, a people known for aggression and cruelty. Since they were enemies of Israel, Jonah thought he had good reason to resist the Lord’s command to preach to them. While the goal was to draw the Ninevites to repentance through Jonah’s preaching, the Lord was also working to change the prophet&rsquo…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 08/22/2022
Join Us on Your Transformational Journey With Christ
There’s no way to avoid it. The world feels chaotic, broken, and desperate for answers. How do we sort out the difficulties and challenges that life tosses our way? Can we be honest for a minute? We’ve all experienced brokenness in one form or another. Whether it came through life’s circumstances, another person’s influence, or our own poor choices. Not one of us is immune to the consequences of living in a fallen world. What we do with it is.…
Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 08/19/2022
The Daily Memo | August 19, 2022 | By Their Fruit
You shall know them, Jesus said, by their fruit. The principle holds true for anything in life. It is especially helpful in diagnosing what the enemy might be up to. What is the fruit of what you’re experiencing? What is its effect? If it continues, what will the results of that be? What will be lost? Jesus said he came that we might have life and have it abundantly. He also warned that the thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy. Is something being stolen? That&rsquo…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Spiritual Warfare | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 08/19/2022
The Daily Memo | August 18, 2022 | Strength to Let Go
Once known as the World’s Strongest Man, American weightlifter Paul Anderson set a world record at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, despite a severe inner-ear infection and a 103-degree fever. Falling behind frontrunners, his only chance for a gold medal was to set a new Olympic record in his last event. His first two attempts failed badly. So, the burly athlete did what even the weakest among us can do. He called on God for extra strength, letting go of his.…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Practicing His Presence | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 08/18/2022
The Daily Memo | August 17, 2022 | Strength in Waiting
Our Creator has no need for anyone to direct or counsel Him (Isa. 40:13). Yet so often we want to tell Him exactly what to do and how to answer our prayers. Then we’re disappointed when He ignores all our advice. Like Israel, we might say, “My way is hidden from the Lord, and the justice due me escapes the notice of my God” (Isa. 40:27). But we, not God, are the ones who lack understanding. Sometimes we grow weary in the trials of life. However, God&rsquo…
Categories: The Daily Memo, The Reality of Our Present World | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 08/17/2022
The Daily Memo | August 16, 2022 | Our Thought Life
God calls His children to live holy lives. Yet in our attempts to obey this command, we often commit to change our behavior, only to fail a few days later. The problem is that we’re starting at the wrong place. Ungodly actions flow from sinful thoughts and attitudes, like selfishness, greed, jealousy, anger, resentment, and unforgiveness. These can be changed only as our mind is renewed by the Holy Spirit. As we spend time each day in Scripture, the Spirit transforms…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 08/16/2022
69. Wealth | A Blessing or A Curse?
Garnering and harboring excessive wealth is something that has been nibbling at my conscience for a while. I can’t escape the gnawing feeling. The unfathomable amount of money resident not only in this country but around the world and the huge disparaging gap between those with and those without is striking. God has a lot to say about finances in his Word. In fact, money and possessions are the second most referenced topic in the Bible – money is mentioned more…
Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 08/15/2022
The Daily Memo | August 15, 2022 | Wounded Femininity
As a result of the wounds we receive growing up, we come to believe that some part of us, maybe every part of us, is marred. Shame enters in and makes its crippling home deep within our hearts. Shame is what makes us look away, so we avoid eye contact with strangers and friends. Shame is that feeling that haunts us, the sense that if someone really knew us, they would shake their heads in disgust and run away. Shame makes us feel, no, believe, that we do not measure up ;…
Categories: The Daily Memo, The Hope of Healing, Wounded Healer | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 08/15/2022
The Daily Memo | August 12, 2022 | Tough Love
Take up your cross. We say it so effortlessly, so flippantly. But that’s because we read it figuratively. It’s estimated that a Roman cross weighed three hundred pounds, and even if Jesus carried only the crossbar, it was still placed on raw flesh that had just been flogged! And He carried it no less than 650 yards down the Via Dolorosa. In my book "Play the Man," I introduce seven virtues of manhood. The first virtue is tough love. Here’s what I…
Categories: What We Were Created For, The Daily Memo, Understanding Love | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 08/12/2022