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Author Archives: Dr. Matthew Lee Smith
Free Book! How to Survive the Economic Meltdown
Patrick Morley, a former Florida real estate developer whose company was one of Florida’s 100 largest privately held companies, spent years fighting off a multimillion dollar bankruptcy after the Tax Reform Act of 1986. He has since become a best-selling … Continue reading
Ministry is About Shepherding!
Mary Kay is purported to have said, “There is an invisible sign hanging around every person’s neck and it says, ‘Encourage Me!’” Over the years I have discovered that the people who speak encouragement into my life and seek me … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog, Multi-ethnic / Urban
Tagged accept, affection, care, connection, contact, encourage, encouragement, friend, friends, Mary Kay, ministry, respond, shepherd, shepherding, transformation
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Free Audiobook Download of the Month
Each month christianaudio gives away a premium audiobook download for free. How does it work? Well, we give away one audiobook download (that we have published or that a partner has allowed us to give away) absolutely free; available only … Continue reading
Do People TRUST you?
Our conversation turned to the issue of trust. We had been talking about why my friend was struggling in his current ministry. Things had been going well for a while, and then, out of no where, people seemed to slow … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog
Tagged responsibility, sacrifice, team, team building, tenacity, transparency, Trust, unselfishness
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Win a FREE Copy of "Start Here!" by Alex and Brett Harris
Practical, encouraging, personal and inspiring describes Alex and Brett Harris’ new book, Start Here. Making the most of your teen years is what this book is all about! As a teen, watching God start a two-decade long revival in my … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex & Grett Harris, Do Hard Things, Start Here, waterbrookmultnomah.com
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Transformed Episode #091 – What If God Told You What He Was Going to Do With You In the Coming Year?
What would you do if God revealed his will for your life in the next 12 months? As Pastor Matt shares God’s Word from the Book of Daniel, chapter 4, with the men and women at Beacon Light Mission (Wilmington … Continue reading
Posted in God's will, Transformed
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The Dark Times
As I move into the third week of my unemployment from my 4-year ‘intentional interim’ pastorate, I have been blessed by many who have written messages of encouragement and prayer. Having been unemployed once before for 13 months, Melodee and … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog
Tagged darkness, depression, God's will, prayer, seeking, sorrow, storms of life, unemployment
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Transformed Episode #090 – Fun: Deliberate Distribution Will Awaken Jubilant Joy!
When the fruit of your faithfulness begins to come in, sharing is the key to greatest enjoyment. As we will discover, the more you give the more you get in return! We are grateful that you have returned to another … Continue reading
Posted in finances, Transformed
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Human Beings or Human Doings?
By Dr. Matthew Lee Smith What’s life all about? Think about it for a minute … as you start answering, be sure to write your ideas on paper. As you scribble some thoughts down, take a look at them more … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog
Tagged calender, career, daytimer, hobbies, human beings, meaning in life, purpose in life, relationships
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Transformed Episode #089 – Fruitfulness: Persistent Planting Always Yields God’s Generosity!
What is more than amazing is that God’s principles work all the time – in times of abundance and in turbulent financial times! Learning how to exercise faith and do the things that yield God’s abundance will transform your financial … Continue reading
Posted in finances, Transformed
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