The Daily Memo | January 22, 2021 | On The Side Of Good

We are now in the late stages of the long and vicious war against the human heart. I know—it sounds overly dramatic. I almost didn’t use the term “war” at all, for fear of being dismissed at this point as one more in the group of “Chicken Littles,” Christians who run around trying to get […]

The Daily Memo | January 19, 2021 | Happily Ever After Has Been Stolen

Our Enemy is a thief, and of all the precious things he has stolen from our hearts, his worst act of treachery has been to steal our future from us. He has stolen all the magic and promise and wonder of the happily ever after. Very few of us live with hope. To those without […]

The Daily Memo | January 1, 2021 | With Open Arms

In the mythic story of The Lion King, the lion cub Simba is separated in his youth from his father through a murder engineered by his uncle, Scar, the character symbolizing the evil one in our story. Scar arranges for the cub to be caught in a stampede of wildebeests, knowing that his father, Mufasa, […]

The Daily Memo | November 30, 2020 | Directly Resist The Enemy

“You will be tested. Like Jesus’ desert trial, the enemy comes, probing the perimeter. He knows your story, knows where the weak spots are. But this is our training. This is the spiritual equivalent of, ‘Take a high guard, like this. Strike from high. Like this. Do it. Blade straighter. Leg back. Bend your knees. […]

The Daily Memo | November 19, 2020 | The Shield of Faith

Almost every little boy loves playing “Cowboys and Indians.” However, kids pretending to fight in the Wild West is quite different from real warfare with real weapons. Take, for example, the frontier practice of staging surprise assaults using flaming arrows. This tactical strategy caught the other side off guard. Flaming arrows would start a fire […]

The Daily Memo | November 6, 2020 | A Witchdoctor Known as the “River Priest”

Today I’m sharing an encouraging story sent to me by a long-time friend who’s part of the ministry team at Jesus Film. Take the time to read it. You’ll start the day with a much-needed smile seeing Gods amazing grace and mercy. _________________________________ Madagascar is an enormous island nation located off the coast of East […]