Itinerary
You can schedule Dr. Smith to speak to your group, event or organization by contacting him at
events-at-eaglesinleadership.org
Dr. Smith will speak on the following topics on the dates listed below (unless otherwise indicated) at the
First Baptist Church of Palos Verdes
28 Moccasin Lane, Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
http://firstbaptistpv.com * 310-378-1253 (o) * 310-378-4264 (f)
July –
Series: You Have Not Passed This Way Before!
Elders and Our Journey of Faith
5 – We Are Leaving the Wilderness! (Change)
As First Baptist Church moves into a new chapter of their mission, elders have been elected who will guide and lead the church. What does that mean? How will this change the future?
12 – We are Following the Leader, Our Elders! (Submission)
What does it mean to be on a team with coaches who seek our best? How can we avoid the pitfalls of ‘playing our own game and work together to see great victories for God?
Series: Your Finances in Turbulent Times
Home foreclosures, job losses, stock market failures all lend their hand to increasing our blood pressure. As you grow closer to your retirement, you wonder if you will be able to! If you are retired, you know the pain of having lost up to 30 percent of your savings already. More gloom seems to be forecasted for the near future. This series seeks to restore sanity and spiritual hope to your life – right now!
August –
2 – Fear – Turbulent Times Can Shred Our Human Hope!
These are trying times for the best of the financial players. Ordinary people are seeing their retirement savings and their home equity dissolve. What are the true life dangers of financial fear and how can God help?
9 – Faith – Financial Faith Will Shred Our Frightening Fears!
Despite the ever increasing bad news of the economy and the rising prices of goods and services, faith stands in contradiction to the current torrent of bad news. Discover how you can choose ‘not to participate’ in the present recession and how these lessons can change your whole outlook on life itself. Would you like the peace that passes all understanding?
16 – Fruitfulness – Persistent Planting Always Yields God’s Abundance!
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 – and personal – life. Would you like to enjoy fruitfulness?
23 – 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! Would you like to experience God’s abundance and incredible joy in these turbulent times?
Series: God’s Charge to Love One Another
30 – God’s Charge to Love One Another
Once our financial house is straightening out, it is amazing how much more willing we become to show our generosity. Discovering the heart of God is the process of giving. Giving reflects care and care, when nurtured, breeds love. Deep love comes from being in the presence of God. Would you like to be known as a truly loving person?
Series: How to Influence Your World for Jesus!
Like cream in coffee, you are the light - the cream - in the darkness of this world. Jesus invites you to transform your small sphere of the universe by saying, “In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.” (Matthew 5:16, ESV)
September –
13 – Engaging the World - Please Pass the Salt
God’s love in us causes us to want to reach out to those all around us – whether they are part of the family of God or not. Today’s disciple of Jesus Christ has a tremendous opportunity to form genuine friendships with people hungry for a deeply personal connection. What can we learn from Jesus about engaging our world through love?
20 – Can You Relate? - Principles about Talking to People Unlike Us
As we love people in the midst of our sinful world, we all face the fact that our faith can suffer if we are not wise. How can a Christian remain faithful to his or her beliefs, but communicate in a way that will win a hearing from even an obstinate adversary?
27 – What’s My Line? - Forming Biblical Convictions that Protects You from Moral Compromise
Love opens doors to people’s hearts. When we step into their world, we often experience the pain and suffering, the sin and sickness of a culture run amuck – a world they know all too well. The biggest dangers of our culture may be the most subtle. Godly conviction can only be formulated through godly devotion. These probing questions can lead us to right decisions.
Series: The Church - People in Process!
Many people forget that those who love Jesus, the ones who make up the local assembly of believers, are real people with real problems. They don’t have it all together and they need the care and concern, without the criticism and crabbiness that so attends our culture of accusation. This series seeks to reground us in reality and provide help and hope at the same time.
October –
4 – Cheering People On - Practical Encouragement
Every day someone dies for lack of encouragement. The local church is supposed to be the place of supernatural encouragers! Barnabas is our best Biblical example of what encouragement looks like. Check out these characteristics as ways to lift the heart and spirit of another. Would you like to be a ‘cheer-leader’ to others?
11 – Get Real! - Being honest about your struggles is worth the risk
Honesty can get you in trouble these days, due to the ‘spirit of accusation’ so rampant in our culture. As a result, many of us go to through life hiding behind masks. Jesus calls His followers to honesty. Transformation ultimately results in peace. Unmasking can free us from the pain of pretense and lead us to the blessing of deeper fellowship with God’s people. Would you like to be cared for by people who have your best interests at heart?
18 – Burned by the Church - How to find healing when fellow believers wound you
Again, the people in the local assembly are ‘in process.’ They don’t have it all together. Stories abound of people who have been hurt by others within the local church. What is the reason? They aren’t hypocrites - they just are not perfect yet! (And neither are you!) Author Hannah Hurnard reminds us, “Every trial, every test, every difficulty and seemingly wrong experience through which you may have to pass, is only another opportunity granted to you of conquering an evil thing and bringing out of it something to the lasting praise and glory of God” - even when we’re burned in the church. Would you like to find healing from your ‘bad church’ experience?
25 – Making Friendships a High Priority - Some specific guidance from the life of Paul can help you.
If we, as a local church, are going to encourage and nourish the spirit and heart of others, we will need to make friendships a high priority. Paul was a writer of letters, planter of churches and defender of the faith. He was an extraordinary man who still made time for many individuals. He could have stayed aloof, lost in his work or his mission or his intellect. Instead he chose to embrace people in a variety of settings. Paul’s willingness to give himself completely to his friends produced fruit in the lives of those he touched, enabling them to make a more powerful impact on their world. Would you like to make friendships a priority?
Series: Whatever Happened to the Abundant Life?
The Christian life, as experienced in the local church is supposed to be a good life, right? Didn’t Jesus say, “ I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” (John 10:10, ESV) So, where’s the abundant life he promised?
November –
1 – Whatever Happened to the Abundant Life? The richness of life in Christ may look different than you think!
Do you ever wonder why the abundant life seems so elusive? You are invited to risk surrendering preconceived definitions and expectations. Return to the Source, practice paying attention. Ask your questions passionately and befriend the longing. Hang on for the ride, knowing that God’s life will come through whether you are in ecstasy or facing uncharted territory. Life may be more than you bargained for, but at least it’s rich … maybe even overflowing. Would you like to experience the abundant life Jesus promises?
8 – Making Peace with Disappointment - The Journey to Contentment
God’s abundance is often translated into the things of this world – money, nice homes, fancy cars. What we see in other people’s windows will never be enough to truly satisfy. Not for long, at least. We can also learn that receiving less than we’ve longed for could actually lead us to more, to the true satisfaction our Father offers each of us. Only a God who is greater than our desires and disappointments could author such a paradox. Would you like to make peace with your disappointments?
15 – Why Am I So Depressed? Even faithful believers can lose hope.
The abundant life seems so far from depression! Yet Job, Jonah, Elijah, and Moses show us that believers are not exempt from depression. It is not a moral weakness but can result from loss, exhaustion, and carrying heavy burdens alone - circumstances to which we’re all vulnerable. Would you like to know why you are so depressed and find hope at the same time?
22 – Breaking Free from Bitterness - How to become better instead of bitter
Disappointments and depression can lead us down the wrong road to bitterness. Attributing the events and circumstances of our lives to evil motives, we can often grow cancerous in our heart and acidic with our tongue. Only by understanding that ultimately, the sovereign Lord is in charge of each day of our lives. He promises sufficient grace to get us through life without bitterness. By making use of His abundant grace we can walk tall in the midst of bitter circumstances. Would you like to break free from bitterness?
Mike Powers will be present at the following events on the dates listed below.
You can listen to Mike live, Monday through Friday from 9 am – 3 pm CST
You can check out these events and get more details through Life 102.5
June –
Saturday, June 27 - Freedom Fest - New Life Assembly of God –Janesville WI Noon- 11:00PM
July –
Monday, July 6 - Ministry Day - US Bank Golf Tournament – Milwaukee, WI
Wednesday, July 8 – Sunday July 12 - Life Fest – Oshkosh, WI
Christian Music, Comedy, Camping and Speakers
Saturday, July 25 – Host Concert on the Sveum Farm – Janesville – The Assemblymen 1:00PM
