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Author Archives: Dr. Matthew Lee Smith
Hope For Today – Forgiving Iniquity, Rebellion, and Sin!
Messing up. Ugh! We’ve all done it and, to be honest, sometimes the biggest problem is just being discovered. Don’t misunderstand me. The worst thing is failing. But the problem is, when we have to tell someone what we did, … Continue reading
Hope For Today – Maintaining Faithful Love!
Have you looked at any old family photos lately? You know, going way back to the black and white ones? Do you know who those people are? Did your family write their names on the back of the pictures or … Continue reading
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Hope For Today – Being Slow to Anger!
Anger. Just a word evokes a multitude of different emotions in different people. If one of the first people we think of when we hear the word anger is our father, we can be sure that our lives have been … Continue reading
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Magnificent Marriage Monday – Take Seriously What God Takes Seriously!
“And he said to Sarah, “Look, I am giving your brother one thousand pieces of silver. It is a verification of your honor to all who are with you. You are fully vindicated.” Then Abraham prayed to God, and God … Continue reading
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Hope For Today – Being Compassionate and Gracious!
What is the first thing you remember about your dad? Is it his laugh, his smile, his anger, his grumpiness? First remembrances are often the most powerful ones … and they have the tendency to shape our life memories. I’m … Continue reading
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Magnificent Marriage Monday – Valuing Our Wives As God’s Gift To Us!
“Abraham replied, “I thought, ‘There is absolutely no fear of God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.’ Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father though not the daughter of my mother, … Continue reading
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Tagged adultery, brother, choice, Christ, church, compassion, conscience, decision, design, discernment, faith, fear, give, God, husband, insight, intelligence, intervention, lifetime, love, loyalty, marriage, shrewdness, sister, supernatural, treasure, unthinkable, Value, violated, wife, wisdom, worth
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Hope For Today – Loving Each Other!
You may have witnessed it this past Mother’s Day. Missing chairs where there should have been family members. Most of us have experienced the pain of broken relationships in our families … someone’s mad at sister Emily. That one isn’t … Continue reading
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Magnificent Marriage Monday – Treating Our Spouse With Respect!
“Early in the morning Abimelech got up, called all his servants together, and personally told them all these things, and the men were terrified. Then Abimelech called Abraham in and said to him, “What have you done to us? How … Continue reading
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