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Author Archives: Dr. Matthew Lee Smith
When a Nation Rebels Against God
Isaiah 3:1-3 teaches us that rebellion to Yahweh on large scale leads to loss on larger scale. After all, God doesn’t bless rebellion. And while He is patient and doesn’t want to see any perish, there is also His justice … Continue reading
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Tagged bless, God, justice, Leadership, nation, patience, rebellion, sin, virtue
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Before God Gives Us More Than Enough!
* We all want more from God. * We all want His blessing * We all want to be liked and well known * We all want to be promoted into something wonderful * We all want to people to … Continue reading
Posted in Deeper Walk With God, faith, Leadership Blog
Tagged Abraham, abundance, blessing, curse, faith, generous, God, heart, help, longing, more than enough, obey, promotion, protection
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Hope For Today In Times of Disaster!
Whatever else we want to say about the global pandemic we have been in, one thing is for sure: We have never seen anything like this in our lifetime. Everything closed, people frantic and panicked; People struggling and trying to … Continue reading
Posted in Hope For Today, Transformed
Tagged accomplishment, Bible, business, Covid-19, disaster, expnsion, faith, frantic, global, God, heart, Holy Spirit, hope, Impossible, mission, moving, new normal, Noah, pandemic, panic, panicked, planning, plans, pray, prayer, racism, storms, struggle, survive, thrive, virus, Vision
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Pastor, Join Us In Israel For a Ridiculously LOW Price!
Pastor, why should you go to Israel with us? • The Biblical Reason: Standing in garden where Jesus prayed, being baptized in the Jordan River, visiting the home of Peter’s mother, or even visiting the tomb where Jesus rose from … Continue reading
Posted in EIL Travel
Tagged baptized, Bible, biblical, Calvary, Empty Tomb, Garden of Gethsemane, Golgotha, Israel, Jesus, Jordan River, pastor, Peter, resurrection, rose from the dead, tour, trip
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When Problems Plague a Nation!
In one of the most familiar passages for most Bible students, King Solomon of United Israel dedicated the Temple he had built to the Lord. Then he prayed a passionate, well thought out prayer for mercy from God. For 2 … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog
Tagged calamities, cause, condition, country, drought, forgive, God, heal, heaven, humble, Israel, locusts, Lord, lost, mercy, nation, offering, pandemic, passionate, people of God, plague, pray, prayer, prayerlessness, pride, problems, proud, rain, seek, Solomon, spiritual, temple, wicked, wickedness
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Steps of Paul and the Glories of Greece Tour!
Join Kate and I on an amazing trip following in the steps of Paul the apostle! Your New Testament will COME ALIVE as we travel back in time and open our Bibles on this incredible trip! You won’t want to … Continue reading
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Consequences of Rebellion Despite Repentance!
As a result of King Rehoboam’s unfaithfulness to the Lord, Shishak the king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem. King Rehoboam and the leaders of Jerusalem humbled themselves and God chose not to destroy them and give them deliverance from death. However, … Continue reading
Posted in faith, forgiveness, Leadership Blog
Tagged consequences, deliverance, faith, humble, Jerusalem, Rehoboam, repentance, unfaithful
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Hope For Today – The Seeds of God’s Expansion For Our Lives Are to Be Found In …
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
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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
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Hope For Today – God’s Expansion Plan For Our Lives Ends When …
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
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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
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