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The Daily Memo | June 27, 2022 | Three Conversions Everyone Needs
At an Alpha Conference, someone handed me a scrap of paper with a note describing what had happened to her friend: ‘Sue (who was not a Christian) was attending a rehab clinic for people with severe respiratory problems. She had a chronic condition (COPD: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) that was getting progressively worse. The clinic meets at our church building. She arrived for her clinic, but there was no one there. (She had got the wrong date!) She waited…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Restored in Him, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 06/27/2022
The Daily Memo | June 24, 2022 | Crazy Love
Francis Chan’s mother died giving birth to him. The only affection he can remember receiving from his father lasted about thirty seconds when he was on the way to his stepmother’s funeral aged nine. When he was twelve, his father also died. Francis cried, but also felt relieved. Francis is now a pastor. He and his wife, Lisa, have seven children. When his children were born, his own love for his children and his desire for their love was so strong that it opened…
Categories: The Daily Memo, Understanding Love | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 06/24/2022
The Daily Memo | June 23, 2022 | The Promise of Healing
After reading about Jesus’ response to ill, paralyzed, and demon-possessed people (Matt. 8:1-34), do you ever wonder why He doesn’t answer your prayers with miraculous healing too? It might seem God has changed His approach since the first century, but even back then, Jesus didn’t physically heal every hurting person. However, that doesn’t mean divine restoration is reserved for a lucky few. Instead, the Lord heals in His time and His way, and how He…
Categories: The Daily Memo, The Hope of Healing, Wounded Healer | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 06/22/2022
The Daily Memo | June 22, 2022 | Is Money the Secret to Contentment?
Over the years, it has struck me—in view of Paul’s warning that those who desire to be rich plunge into ruin and destruction—how strange it is how many Christian people still pursue wealth. But Paul means what he says—desiring to be rich is deadly. And there is more. The key that unlocks this text is in verse 6: “Godliness with contentment is great gain.” What is the protection against these deadly effects of money? Answer: a heart that…
Categories: What We Were Created For, The Daily Memo, The Reality of Our Present World | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 06/21/2022
The Daily Memo | June 21, 2022 | Stay Loyal
In 2007, a group of twenty-three South Korean missionaries were captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan. They were terrified. The Taliban separated the group, isolated them and confiscated their possessions. One of the Korean women managed to hold on to her Bible. She ripped it into twenty-three pieces and secretly gave each of them a portion so that wherever they were, each person could read a part of Scripture when no one was watching. The group knew that the Taliban had…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, Spiritual Warfare | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 06/20/2022
65. Identity Matters #4 | The Fall of Man
In case you weren't aware of it, a war broke out in Heaven on the heels of creation. When Lucifer rebelled and took 1/3 of the angels with him he landed on planet earth. Unfortunately, we then became the target of his evil ways and have been dealing with the consequences ever since. In this podcast, Steve talks about the impact that Satan has on our identity as he reviews the sequence of events that led to the fall of man. Thankfully God provided a way back to Him…
Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 06/20/2022
The Daily Memo | June 20, 2022 | A Genuine Encounter With God
Is it not true that for most of us who call ourselves Christians, there is no real experience? We have substituted theological ideas for an arresting encounter; we are full of religious notions, but our greatest weakness is that for our hearts, there is no one there. Whatever else it embraces, true Christian experience must always include a genuine encounter with God. Without this, religion is but a shadow, a reflection of reality, a cheap copy of an original once enjoyed…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, Restored in Him, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 06/19/2022
The Daily Memo | June 17, 2022 | Can We Change the Way We Think?
I’m reading Dr. Ben Carson’s recent book entitled Created Equal. In it he shares insights into a number of issues prevalent in today’s culture around race relations. But I was fascinated by a subject he knows a little something about. As the former director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins he writes a few paragraphs about brain plasticity. Unlike many other organs of the body, the brain has not reached developmental maturation at birth. Babies…
Categories: What We Were Created For, The Daily Memo, Restored in Him, The Hope of Healing, The Reality of Our Present World | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 06/17/2022
The Daily Memo | June 16, 2022 | Emotional Fortitude
Years in the Comfort Culture made us emotionally soft. If we don’t feel like doing something, we don’t do it. If we don’t feel like believing something, we don’t believe it. Folks like to call this authenticity, but it’s really just adolescence. Like a fourteen-year-old, we treat our emotions as some sort of right, the truest part of our existence. If we don’t feel love, we think we are no longer in love; if we don’t feel God, we…
Categories: Life, The Daily Memo, Restored in Him, The Reality of Our Present World | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 06/15/2022
The Daily Memo | June 15, 2022 | How to Seek God
Set aside time each day for meditating on God’s Word: Listen for His voice, slowly digest what you read, talk to the Lord, ask Him questions, and apply what you learn. Don’t just read the Bible—study it, perhaps starting with a verse or short passage. Some of you may say, “I’ve never been into that.” My advice: Get into it! The deep things of God don’t just drop into our brains; they are placed there through diligent study. Hunger…
Categories: Walking With God, The Daily Memo, Practicing His Presence, Knowing & Being Known | Authored by: Steve Adams | Posted: 06/14/2022