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Author Archives: Dr. Matthew Lee Smith
Hope for Today #161 – Expansion Plans Flourish When We Work Together in Unity!
Do you struggle with people who will not help? I mean really, why do some people have to be so very, very contrary? In fact, it seems like some people are just gifted to be antagonistic and self-centered. If these … Continue reading
Posted in Hope For Today, Transformed
Tagged accomplish, antagonistic, disunity, expansion plans, family, flourish, happy, Impossible, plan, possible, promotion, self-centered, selfish, selfless, sports, team, thrive, together, tower of babel, Unity, Vision, win, winner, work
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The Six Benefits of Listening to the Lord!
“If my people would only listen to me, if Israel would only follow my ways, how quickly I would subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes! Those who hate the Lordwould cringe before him, and their punishment … Continue reading
Posted in christian life, Discipleship, faith, Leadership Blog
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Hope For Today #160 – Making God’s Expansion Plans Our Top Priority!
There’s nothing better than going out to the garden and bringing in a basket of tomatoes, pulling some carrots, or bringing in some green peppers. Enjoying the fruit of one’s labor is what life is all about. Hi there, I’m … Continue reading
Posted in 2020: Our Year of Expansion, Hope For Today, Transformed
Tagged abundant, blessing, covenant, diligence, diligent, dream, expansion, flood, future, garden, gardening'fruit, Genesis, global flood, God, Ham, Japheth, labor, life, motivation, Noah, plan, plans, priorities, priority, process, reproduction, Shem, Vision, work
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Hope For Today – God’s Expansion Plans As We Start Afresh!
As I asked people what they did when the lockdown was released, it was interesting to hear their responses. I was looking for the big plans that they had hoped and dreamed about. Most of the people responded about enjoying being back … Continue reading
Posted in Hope For Today, Transformed
Tagged 2020, Bible, clergy, confidence, dreams, eternity, family, fasting, future, Holy Spirit, hopes, Israel, lockdown, mission, New Year, Noah, pastor, plans, prayer, purpose, quarantine, siritual, spirit, tour, virus, Vision, worldly
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Eagles In Leadership Starts Radio Program in East Africa!
We are pleased to announce that Doc will be featured on the Born Word Radio Station, based in Kampala, Uganda, every Thursday and Friday evenings from 6:00 pm to 6:30 pm time Thursday and Friday EAT (East Africa Time). Eagles … Continue reading
Posted in EIL Radio
Tagged Born Word Radio Station, East Africa, Kampala, Matthew Smith, Radio, Uganda
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Hope For Today – His Expansion Plans Begin Afresh!
Like a new calendar at the beginning of the year, there is something that stirs my heart when everything begins new. One of the things that I love the most is when God gives a fresh word for a new … Continue reading
Posted in Hope For Today, Transformed
Tagged 2020, accomplish, calendar, call, call of God, confinement, darkness, dream, dreams, expansion, fear, fresh, God, greater things, heart, hope, hopes, life, mission, move forward, obstacle, plan, season, storm, strength, uncertainty, virus, Vision
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Peace and Quiet Lives!
Isaiah 32:17 tells us that peace, quietness, and assurance are the effects of right living! We all know that life is busy and hectic, and often we are swallowed up in it. However, there re many people who simply have … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Leadership Blog
Tagged assurance, calm, God, Jesus, peace, quietness, right, right living, storm, storms of life
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Hope For Today – God’s Expansion Plans Are About Thriving!
Like in a hurricane or an earthquake, when everything around us is shaking and spinning and tearing apart, fear can grip us and terrorize us. How we handle storms, like the global pandemic, reveals more about us, and our relationship with … Continue reading
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Tagged alive, earthquake, expansion, faith, fasting, fear, God, guidance, help, Holy Spirit, hope, hurricane, Impossible, mission, pandemic, path, prayer, prescedence, prescendence, recover, relationship, reveal, shaking, spinning, strategy, supernatural, survival, tearing apart, thrive, Vision
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