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Author Archives: Dr. Matthew Lee Smith
Faith Filled Friday – Is Anything Too Hard For the Lord?
“The Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Shall I indeed bear a child, now that I am old?’ Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, about this … Continue reading
Posted in faith, Faith-Filled Fridays
Tagged Abraham, absurd, Almighty, anything, biological, body, circumstances, disaster, doubt, dynamics, enormity, faith, fulfillment, God, hard, head, heart, impatience, Impossible, impotent, laugh, Law, Lord, overcome, plan, position, possible, Post-menopausal, prediction, promise, reality, Sarah, Son, surrogate parenting, universe, will
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Train Them Thursday – Attitude’s Key to Discipleship!
“And Mary said: “My soul exalts the Lord, And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior. For He has had regard for the humble state of His slave girl; For behold, from this time on all generations will count … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Train Them Thursdays (discipleship)
Tagged abounding, admiration, anger, attitude, bless, blessed, child, children, comfortable, compassionate, direction, discipleship, faith, father, forgive, Generation, God, gracious, grandchildren, guilty, heart, honor, humble, iniquity, intense, Intimacy, intimate, kids, lovingkindness, peace, personal, position, powerful, reality, relationship, right, sin, slave, struggle, submission, translation, trnasgression, Trust, truth
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Willing Worker Wednesday – When God’s Ability and Spirit-Filling Meet!
“Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied: Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and provided redemption for His people.” (Luke 1:67–68, HCSB) Then his father Zechariah was filled with … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog, Willing Worker Wednesdays
Tagged beleiev, celebration, ceremony, Confession, consideration, doubt, expectancy, fail, failure, faith, God, heart, Holy Spirit, hope, Impossible, incorporate, introspection, investigation, Israel, leader, Leadership, Lord, mouth, praise, pregnant, recant, redemption, repent, return, review, Scripture, soul, Trust, Vision
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Turn-Around Tuesday – When God Releases Us!
“Then God said to Noah, “Go out from the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons’ wives with you … So Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with … Continue reading
Posted in 2 - Turn-Around Tuesdays (trials and troubles), Suffering
Tagged adrenaline, Ark, choice, choose, choosing, confinement, connection, daughter, emotion, enemies, expectancy, experience, faith, free, God, growth, life, Noah, plan, produce, release, Son, Trust, wife
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Magnificent Marriage Monday – One Couple Can Make a Huge Difference!
“When the Lord saw that human wickedness was widespread on the earth and that every inclination of the human mind was nothing but evil all the time, the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and he … Continue reading
Posted in Magnificent Marriage Mondays, Marriage
Tagged activities, activity, Ark, athlete, businessperson, call, chaos, choice, conviction, cost, couple, Creation, crookedness, culture, Daniel, difference, dream, dreams, earth, evil, excellence, favor, future, God, grieve, hard work, honor, honoring, human, humanity, husband, inclination, iniquities, iniquity, intention, life, Lord, man, marriage, mind, musician, Noah, path, people, price, regret, ridicule, significance, strange, whim, wicked, wickedness, wife, will, winning
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Hope For Today – Producing Thanksgiving!
I’m Dr. Matthew Lee Smith and I want to share some Hope For Today to encourage you on how to produce thanksgiving in the hearts of others. Hope For Today is a part of the ministry of Eagles In … Continue reading
Posted in Hope For Today, Transformed
Tagged carol, cheer, crabby, generosity, give, giving, God, grateful, grumpy, halloween, harvest, heart, holiday, hope, love, Muppets, Thanksgiving
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Faith Filled Friday – Faith Obeys Immediately!
“Then Abraham took Ishmael his son and all those born in his house or bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskins that very day, as God had … Continue reading
Posted in faith, Faith-Filled Fridays
Tagged Abraham, bless, boldness, change, character, cost, delay, demonstrate, direction, discipline, doubt, failure, faith, finances, God, heart, judgment, life, misjudgment, mistake, money, obedience, obey, pain, plan, rebellion, relationship, schedule, will
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Willing Worker Wednesday – Learning Our Lessons In the Silence!
“So they motioned to his father to find out what he wanted him to be called. He asked for a writing tablet and wrote: HIS NAME IS JOHN. And they were all amazed. Immediately his mouth was opened and his … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog, Willing Worker Wednesdays
Tagged ability, abundance, amazed, amazement, distrust, doubt, empathize, faith, frustration, God, heart, intensify, joy, leader, life, lives, path, path of life, peace, praise, presence, priorities, questioning, regret, rekindle, reorder, rewire, seclusion, silence, soul, stepping, titure, Trust, will, willing, willingness
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