The Daily Memo | September 8, 2021 | Our Heavenly Home
Have you ever come home after traveling and experienced a feeling of security and delight? There’s often a reassuring sense of comfort upon opening the door to familiar things and the awareness of being where you belong. The apostle John was given glimpses of our future home, the new Jerusalem. You may be surprised to […]
The Daily Memo | August 20, 2021 | A Tribute to My Mother
Tomorrow I will be attending the funeral of the most significant individual to ever have come into my life. Better said she brought me into this life. Mom recently celebrated her 100th birthday. It was a great day. Not a day she would have ever predicted seeing. We called her the “energizer bunny”. She kept […]
The Daily Memo | August 18, 2021 | Spiritual Growth
The Holy Spirit’s presence is essential for the Christian life. Despite our best efforts, we have no ability to produce Christlike character on our own. Although we’ve been declared righteous through faith in Jesus, we still succumb to sin, pressures of the world, and the deceptions and temptations of the devil. Thankfully, we have a […]
The Daily Memo | July 19, 2021 | Growing In God’s Grace
The English preacher Charles H. Spurgeon (1834–1892) lived life “full throttle.” He became a pastor at age nineteen—and soon was preaching to large crowds. He personally edited all of his sermons, which eventually filled sixty-three volumes, and wrote many commentaries, books on prayer, and other works. And he typically read six books a week! In […]
The Daily Memo | July 1, 2021 | Cut the Rope
At the 1853 world’s fair in New York City, a man named Elisha Otis pulled off a remarkable stunt. Otis was the inventor of the safety elevator, but he had a hard time selling his idea to skeptics. So, in the exhibition hall, he stood on an elevator platform suspended by a single rope. Then […]
The Daily Memo | June 10, 2021 | God’s Good Plans
Has your life turned out as you expected? We would probably all have to answer no to that question. Only God knows the future and the plans He has for us. But even though we face unexpected disappointments and hardships, there is one thing we can know for certain—God’s plans for us are always good […]