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The Daily Memo | August 11, 2022 | Molded by the Master
There are several Scripture passages that liken God to a potter and us to clay. It’s the Creator’s right to transform and shape His children’s lives as He sees fit, and He is conforming us to the image of His Son (Rom. 8:29). In other words, He is helping us not conform to the world or give in to our former lusts (Rom. 12:2; 1 Pet. 1:14). The problem arises when we don’t like the molding process. Then we argue with our Potter and complain about the…
Categories: What We Were Created For, The Daily Memo, Our Purpose | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 08/11/2022
The Daily Memo | August 10, 2022 | Avoiding Foolish Choices
Most people don’t set out to sabotage their future, yet it can happen anyway because of their own ignorance, rebellion, or blatant disregard for God and His Word. The course of one’s entire life can be derailed by foolish errors in judgment, and future consequences can be disastrous. As Christians, we have God’s Word and His Spirit to guard and guide us, but that doesn’t make us immune to poor choices, especially in times of weakness. We’re…
Categories: The Daily Memo, The Reality of Our Present World | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 08/10/2022
The Daily Memo | August 9, 2022 | Healing for the Whole World
Tucked into a remote gorge in western Slovenia, a secret medical facility (Franja Partisan Hospital) housed an extensive staff that tended to thousands of wounded soldiers during World War II—all the while staying hidden from the Nazis. Though avoiding detection from numerous Nazi attempts to locate the facility is in itself a remarkable feat, even more remarkable is that the hospital (founded and run by the Slovenia resistance movement) cared for soldiers from both…
Categories: The Daily Memo, The Hope of Healing | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 08/09/2022
The Daily Memo | August 8, 2022 | The Reality of God’s Love
Have you ever wondered why a God of love lets bad things happen to you? Or whether your past keeps Him from loving you? But just because you may feel unloved doesn’t mean that you actually are. The apostle Paul could probably relate. In today’s reading we see that he encountered hardship after hardship while following God. And his past was so checkered with sin (Acts 8:1-3; Acts 9:1-2) that he could have assumed he had good reason to feel unloved. Yet Paul kept…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Understanding Love | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 08/08/2022
The Daily Memo | August 5, 2022 | Imitation of Christ
I don’t recall a worship song with the word cunning in it. “Thou Art Cunning,” or “Cunning, Cunning, Cunning.” Do we interpret his actions in our lives as perhaps part of some cunning plan? That delayed answer to prayer—is there something brilliant about the timing? Would it help us to rest if we thought so? When he answers our prayers with “No,” do we see him sparing us some unseen danger? And when it comes to our own &ldquo…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Our Purpose | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 08/05/2022
The Daily Memo | August 4, 2022 | Life's Passing Storms
Everyone experiences storms in life—occasions that bring pain, suffering, or loss. And it’s in these turbulent times that all sorts of questions come to mind: Where is God? Why has this happened? Was it something I did? Did God cause it, and if so, why? When we find ourselves in tumultuous situations, the safest place to go for answers is God’s Word. The literal storm described in today’s passage provides insight about the Lord’s role in the…
Categories: The Daily Memo, The Reality of Our Present World | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 08/04/2022
90 Days on the Inside | Video Narration | Introduction
The choices we make have consequences. That’s just the way it is. Good, bad, or indifferent, we’re subject to predictable and somewhat unpredictable consequences. Sewing and reaping. The principle applies to all choices. We reap what we sew, later than we sew, more than we sew. Astonished is the word that comes to mind right now. Astonished when looking back 25 years to see the consequences of actions that landed me in prison then, but where faith…
Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 08/03/2022
The Daily Memo | August 3, 2022 | Lukewarm
Laodicea, a rich commercial city famed for its high-quality black wool and medicinal eye ointment, was dependent for its water supply on the hot springs from Hierapolis six miles north. By the time the piped water reached Laodicea, it had become lukewarm. The stern rebuke to the Laodiceans describing them as “lukewarm” and “blind and naked” (Revelation 3:16–17) as well as Jesus’ call to repentance in verse 18 are couched in terms of these…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Understanding Love | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 08/03/2022
The Daily Memo | August 2, 2022 | The Incredible Power of Prayer
Christians are meant to know joy and peace, and that isn’t possible unless we know how to pray and have confidence in its power. God actually needs our prayers because there is a great deal He desires to do and cannot do unless someone asks Him to do it. It seems impossible that God would need us for anything, but since He works through us, He does need us. Obviously, God can do anything He chooses to without anyone’s help, but He has committed Himself to…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 08/02/2022
68. Identity Matters #7 | Safe People & Safe Community
In this final podcast episode on Identity Matters, we focus on safe people. We all desire to have close relationships with people we trust. People we know that are willing to battle it out in life by our side and have our backs. What would you consider to be attributes of safe people? We'll explore this topic in detail and more as we wrap up this series of teaching on the all-important subject of Identity in Christ. Click Here and Listen to the Podcast
Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 08/01/2022