Tag Archives: lives

Hope for Today #169 – Expansion Despite Opposition!

Posted on September 20, 2020 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

God’s timing is always perfect. In the midst of our problems and difficulties, and when things have not been going just the way we wanted them to for a long time, God will show up and give us surprisingly incredible directions … Continue reading →

Posted in Hope For Today, Transformed | Tagged 100 Fastest Growing Churches, abundance, abundant, accomplish, accomplishment, Bible, bless, blessing, care, difficulties, directions, expand, fasting, fulfill, global, God, hope, leading, life, lives, Open the flood gates of Heaven, opposition, pandemic, perfect timing, planning, prayer, problems, protect, struggles, timing, Trust, vow, watch care, Word of God | Leave a comment

Hope For Today – The Seeds of God’s Expansion For Our Lives Are to Be Found In …

Posted on May 24, 2020 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

I love planting seeds and watching things grow. It’s so much fun for me to till the ground, plant, and then watch, tend and water my garden until there are onions and carrots and cabbage and tomatoes and squash, watermelons … Continue reading →

Posted in Hope For Today, Transformed | Tagged abundance, blame, blameless, bless, cabbage, carrots, character, deceived, desparate, destroy, expansion, faith, faithful, faithfully, favor, fun, garden, ground, grow, harvest, heart, hope, intent, intentions, life, lives, Lord, love, mnifest, mocked, multiply, need, Noah, nourish, onions, plant, planting, proser, prosper, reap, recognition, recognize, right, righteous, seed, seeds, sow, squash, tend, thoughts, tomatoes, water, watermelons, what goes around, wickedness | Leave a comment

Hope For Today – God’s Expansion Plan For Our Lives Ends When …

Posted on May 17, 2020 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

If we want 2020 to be our year of expansion, we will need to avoid great failures in our lives with all of our strength and discipline. We all know what it’s like to be almost out of control. Sometimes evil … Continue reading →

Posted in Hope For Today, Transformed | Tagged 2020, Abel, abundance, bless, brother, Cain, community, consequences, control, death, desire, destroy, destruction, emotions, evil, expansion, failure, flesh, floods, give, God, good, harvest, heart, hope, immediate, instability, less, live, lives, love, mind, murder, murdered, obedience, Passion, people, plan, plans, prepare, preparing, rage, reign, reject, removal, restrain, return, severe, standard, standards, stay at home, strength, suffer, unbearable, virus, work | Leave a comment

Hope For Today – God’s Expansion Plans For Our Lives Thrive!

Posted on May 10, 2020 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

Flying around the world has taught me several lessons. One of those lessons is that jets fly faster with a tailwind. When we have that extra push we arrive ahead of time. God has a tailwind for you as well … Continue reading →

Posted in Hope For Today, Transformed | Tagged accepted, anger, bless, choice, contrary, decision, desire, difficulty, donut, exercise, expansion, fatter, favor, flying, forbidden, God, God's, hope, instruction, lesson, lessons, life, lives, Lord, miguided, obey, offering, plan, plans, prosper, push, quarantine, rejection, release, relevant, reward, right, rule, sin, smile of God, struggle, stubborn, tailwind, thrive, time, walking, world, wrong | Leave a comment

Hope For Today – God’s Expansion Plans Are Hampered!

Posted on May 3, 2020 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

Bad advice. We’ve all taken it and we’ve all suffered from it. It seems like everyone has a plan for our lives, and many people are working very hard to make sure we do not succeed in 2020! Hi there, … Continue reading →

Posted in Hope For Today, Transformed | Tagged advice, bad advice, command, decision, directions, directives, disaster, dreams, expansion, God, God's Word, good, hard, Holy Spirit, hopes, influence, Issues, life, listen, listening, lives, Lord, obstacle, ove, pain, painful, plan, plans, prayer, problem, problems, Proverbs, reading, succeed, suffer | Leave a comment

21 Days! January 21 – Our Faith in Action Over Our Social Lives!

Posted on January 21, 2020 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

Week 3: A Week of Faith in Action! January 21 Our Faith in Action Over Our Social Lives! We Are Acting On What God Says! Read: Matthew 25:31-46 Believe: God’s heart always watches our heart in action. How we treat … Continue reading →

Posted in 21 Days, Fasting | Tagged advantage, care, clothe, compassionate, example, expand, expansion, faith, fast, feed, generous, God, heart, Holy Spirit, Jesus, life, lives, love, needs, needy, people, pray, selfishness, sensitive, social, social lifestyle, spirit | Leave a comment

21 Days – Week 3! January 16th – We’re Acting on What God Says!

Posted on January 16, 2020 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

Week 3: A Week of Faith in Action! January 16th Our Faith In Action Over Our Spiritual Lives! We’re Acting on What God Says! Read: Hebrews 11:1-6 Believe: For God to expand our lives, we will have to ACT on … Continue reading →

Posted in 21 Days, Fasting | Tagged acting, action, answered prayer, believe, Bible, bigger, community, confidence, Creation, do, doubt, expand, expansion, faith, family, fast, God, Hebrews 11, invisible, Jesus, King, life, lives, obedience, Passion, pray, reward, small, speak, spirit, spiritual, ssurance, think, thinking, Trust, visible | 2 Comments

21 Days! January 15th – We’re Asking God to Renew Our Minds!

Posted on January 15, 2020 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

January 15th The Expansion of Our Intellectual Lives We’re Asking God to Renew Our Minds! Read: Romans 12:1-21 Believe: In order to expand our lives, our thoughts must become God-sized! (Choosing to think like our King Jesus means we look … Continue reading →

Posted in 21 Days, Fasting | Tagged actions, alone, apply, Bible, cirrect, expand, expansion, fast, forgive, glory, God, God's Word, God-sized, heart, Holy Spirit, humble, intellect, Jesus, King Jesus, life, lives, love, mind, onvince, others, pay, pray, priorities, priority, pursuits, renew, serve, small, spirit, thinker, thinking, thoughts, transform, understanding, useless | Leave a comment

21 Days! January 14th – We’re Asking God to Open Hearts All Around Us!

Posted on January 14, 2020 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

January 14th The Expansion of Our Social Lives We’re Asking God to Open Hearts All Around Us! Read: 1 John 2:7-11 Believe: As we expand our relationships, the love of King Jesus is able to bring about transformation, and thus, causing … Continue reading →

Posted in 21 Days, Fasting | Tagged ability, attitude, believe, desire, expand, expansion, God, grow, heart, Jesus, King Jesus, Kingdom, lead, Leadership, life, live, lives, love, network, others, power, relationship, restore, seek, selfish, social, strength, strengthen, transformation | Leave a comment

21 Days – January 10th: Asking God to Show Us How to Live Healthier, More Powerfully For the Rest of Our Lives!

Posted on January 10, 2020 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

January 10th The Expansion of Our Physical Lives: We’re Asking God to Show Us How to Live Healthier, More Powerfully For the Rest of Our Lives! Read: Proverbs 3:5-8 Believe: God longs to increase our physical strength and health on a … Continue reading →

Posted in 21 Days, Fasting | Tagged Bible, body, bones, evil, expansion, fast, fasting, fear, God, health, healthier, heart, Holy Spirit, increase, life, lives, Lord, path, path of life, physical, powerful, powerfully, prayer, praying, shun, spirit, strength, submit, Trust, Word of God | Leave a comment

EIL Books!

Click any book cover to order now!

NEW!

Entering Into Death’s Shadow Valley is Dr. Matthew Lee Smith’s journey through the horrific process of losing his life-partner, Melodee Joy. It is meant to help others who enter this treacherous and often perilous path.

These books will help guide your daily Bible reading with insights into each passage you read.This series is a practical, passionate, Biblical mentoring journey for individuals, small groups, leadership teams and congregations who desire to win their world for Christ.
These journals will help you keep track of your daily reading and prayer requests.Hope Enabler is the real-life story of one Christian parent’s struggle with a runaway child and the hope that God enabled her to have during the darkest moments of that struggle.
Machu & Jack

(Order them now on Amazon!)
Categories
Categories
Archives
Archives
Meta

Tag Archives: lives

EIL Books!

Categories

Archives

Meta