Author Archives: Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

Choices Determine Destinies!

We have a choice every day throughout this life: – Faith or Fear– Courage or Cowardice– Walk or Talk– Do or Excuses– Responsible or Blame– Benefit or Lose– Significance or Shame– Pleasure or Guilt– Favor or Trouble– Focus or Confusion– … Continue reading

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Oh, That God Would Send Us an Ezekiel or Three! (Ezekiel 2, CJB)

America, and I am sure most countries right now, could use an Ezekiel or three in this current world devolution, this beastialization of humanity. Here is what God said to Ezekiel … may God speak to someone soon! The Text … Continue reading

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Hope For Today #236 – Christmas Sets Our Agendas: God Visits the Willingly Obedient

Christmas reminds us that God visits the willingly obedient (Luke 1:38) This Christmas, remember, many will say, “Happy Holidays!” instead of “Merry Christmas!”  Don’t be upset at them … they are just professing that the Jesus Christ of Christmas hasn’t … Continue reading

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Hope For Today #235 – Christmas Sets Our Agendas: God Accomplishes the Seemingly Impossible

What is your response to God when He wants to do the impossible?  Listen to Mary,  “Then Mary said, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.” … Continue reading

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Hope For Today #234 – Christmas Sets Our Agendas: God Favors the Sexually Pure

Sexual purity today is mocked and ridiculed as “Puritanical” and “Victorian”  The trouble is, those who do such things are the sexually immoral, those who have chosen to reject the wisdom of God for the foolishness of humanity. Such a … Continue reading

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Hope For Today #233 – Christmas Sets Our Agendas: God wants Faith

God wants our faith Have you thought about Christmas like this?  God wants faith from us; God expects faith from us! We may not have an angelic visitation, but we have a Biblical revelation – we have the Word of … Continue reading

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Hope For Today #232 – Christmas Sets Our Agendas: God is Real

As you start to prepare for the upcoming holiday, Dr. Matthew Lee Smith would like to remind you that Christmas interrupts our lives with the reminder, “GOD IS REAL” (Luke 1:7–17) 18And Zacharias said to the angel, “How shall I … Continue reading

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Hope For Today #231 – Christmas Sets Our Agendas

I once worked with a guy named George who, for Christmas, gave his wife, for her big gift – and I am not making this gift up – a chain saw. (As he later explained: ‘Hey, we NEEDED a chain … Continue reading

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Day 8, Audacious Faith TRUSTS GOD for the Impossible!

Have you been trying to have children and no matter what you do you don’t succeed? Today we are in Romans 4.17-21. Abraham and Sarah were in just the same position. Both were past their prime in having children; Abraham … Continue reading

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Day 7, Audacious Faith ACTS for Impossible!

When you haven’t received ANY help medically speaking from the numerous doctors you have seen, it’s surely WAY PAST time to DO something to get help from our Messiah King Jesus! That’s what this unnamed woman with an incurable condition … Continue reading

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