Hope For Today – Taking Care of Your Community
I’m Dr. Matthew Lee Smith and I want to share some Hope For Today to remind us that our community is such a HUGE mission field! Hope For Today is a part of the ministry of Eagles In Leadership.…
Why don’t today’s marriages last?
Photo credit: https://www.lifehack.org I was asked recently … Why don’t today’s marriages have the longevity, stability, strength, endurance & true essence of LOVE? Here’s my response … Love = sacrifice. (John 15.13) Most people don’t understand that and have…
2 Different Directions That Reveal Our Faith, Or the Lack Of It!
Faith Doesn’t Use Age As An Excuse “After Noah was 500 years old, Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.” (Genesis 5:32, ESV) “In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day…
Invasion Requires a Life of Endurance!
“And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured…
I Will Not Be Shaken!
As Hurricane Frances bore down on the Caribbean, I was living in Miami. So many emotions go through you when you realize that all that you own, and have accumulated over the years, could be destroyed in a…
Book Review: Autopsy of a Deceased Church: 12 Ways to Keep Yours Alive
by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith, PhD An estimated 7,000 churches in the United States close their doors every year, never to open again. And, as staggering as that fact is, tens of thousands of churches across America are…
Mark Out a Straight Path!
“Avoid all perverse talk; stay away from corrupt speech. Look straight ahead, and fix your eyes on what lies before you. Mark out a straight path for your feet; stay on the safe path. Don’t get sidetracked; keep…
Order Now! Start An Outreach Movement This Summer!
Eagles don’t flock! You have to gather them. Eagles soar in a specific habitat conducive to their nature. If you want to gather eagles, you will have to create an environment where they want to be. Gathering Missional…
My Daily Prayer
What’s your daily focus when you kneel in God’s presence? Each day, when we stop and drop before the Lord of Life, we all focus our hearts. Where do your words take you before Him? Here’s how I choose to…
Transformed #302: Taking Care of Your Community!
“Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.” (3 John 2, ESV) “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” (Matthew 22:39,…