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Author Archives: Dr. Matthew Lee Smith
Train Them Thursday – Lifestyle Matters!
“In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah; and he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. They were both righteous in … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Train Them Thursdays (discipleship)
Tagged Aaron, Abijah, action, Bible, blameless, children, command, couple, disciple, discipleship, disobey, Elizabeth, financial, firends, friendship, God, Herod, Jesus, law of life, life, lifestyle, live, Lord, love, obedience, obey, personal, principle, requirement, result, right, righteous, significance, success, truth, vocational, Word of God, Zacharias
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Willing Worker Wednesday – Trusting For the Smile of God!
“Then the angel told her: Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.” (Luke 1:30, HCSB) You have found favor with God. Perhaps you’ve noticed. Life is harder for some people than it is for … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog, Willing Worker Wednesdays
Tagged accomplish, backwards, Bible, bless, blessed, character, choice, direction, favor, God, godliness, hope, humble, intelligence, Israel, life, Mary, notorious, obedience, obey, path, powerless, providence, purity, right, risk, spiritual acumen, submit, surrender, Trust, willing, Word of God, wrong
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Turn-Around Tuesday – Don’t Despair!
“Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is greater than I can bear. Behold, you have driven me today away from the ground, and from your face I shall be hidden. I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer … Continue reading
Posted in 2 - Turn-Around Tuesdays (trials and troubles), Suffering
Tagged bad, bad choice, Cain, choice, compassion, cover-up, cry out to Jesus, decision, downplay, emotions, false sense of security, gloom, God, goodness, heat, hindsight, impetuousness, justice, kindness, life, love, mercy, mourn, punishment, reaction, reality, ruined lives, trouble, truth, vengeance
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Magnificent Marriage Monday – Hiding From God!
“Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LordGod walking … Continue reading
Posted in Magnificent Marriage Mondays, Marriage
Tagged Adam, Bible, Christian, conscience, cover-up, cry out to Jesus, disengage, eve, forgiveness, friend, fruit, God, grace, hear, heartache, hide, husband, Jesus, love, marriage, mercy, miserable, nakedness, pain, sin, Trust, violation, wife, wroong
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Hope For Today – Great Faith in Our Great God Receives Great Victory!
I’m Dr. Matthew Lee Smith and I want to share some Hope For Today to encourage you to increase your faith so you can increase God’s reward in your life! Hope For Today is a part of the ministry of … Continue reading
Posted in Hope For Today, Transformed
Tagged action, belief, believe, direction, evidence, faith, famine, fear, financial, financially, foundational, guidance, influence, motivational, possessions, prosperity, provision, resources, reward, rich, strength, successors, territory, wisdom
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Faith Filled Friday – Allowing God to Guide Through Generosity!
“And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the Jordan Valley was well watered everywhere like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, in the direction of Zoar. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and … Continue reading
Posted in faith, Faith-Filled Fridays
Tagged Abraham, cancer, choice, Christ, daily grind, faith, generosity, give, God, good, Jesus, lead, life, lot, nice, opportunities, opportunity, possibilities, possibility, selfish, selfishness, shield, sinner, Sodom, Trust, wicked
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Train Them Thursday – Clearing Up The Confusion!
“No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.” (John 1:18, NASB95) He has explained Him. Confusion is never fun! You’re at one … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Train Them Thursdays (discipleship)
Tagged app, application, apply, assume, Bible, confusion, desires, disciple, dreams, experience, experiential, feelings, friends, frustration, fun, God, hopes, hurt, ideas, Jesus, like, pain, personal, problem, relationship, restaurant, review, Smartphone, strategy, thoughts
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Willing Worker Wednesday – Obscure But Not Out Of Sight!
“In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man named Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. And the … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog, Willing Worker Wednesdays
Tagged accomplishment, age, alert, attitude, captivating, compassion, favor, figuartively, friend, gender, God, godly, greater things, heart, honor, influential, intelligent, joy, life, literally, lives, Lord, love your neighbor, Major League Baseball, mess, mission, nationality, Nazareth, Passion, powerful, privilege, pure, service, serving, sinner, smile of God, strangers, thoughts, woman
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Turn-Around Tuesday – Living With The Consequences!
“And the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to me from the ground. And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood … Continue reading
Posted in 2 - Turn-Around Tuesdays (trials and troubles), Suffering
Tagged change, consequences, cursed, decreed, determined, direction, forgive, forgiveness, gain, grace, kindness, mercy, pain, raging, repentance, restoration, sin, throwing a temper tantrum, trouble, unpleasant, venting, yelling
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Magnificent Marriage Monday – Divide and Conquer!
“Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the LordGod had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You can’t eat from any tree in the garden’?”” (Genesis 3:1, CSB) … Continue reading
Posted in Magnificent Marriage Mondays, Marriage, Uncategorized
Tagged accomplishment, Adam, befriend, benefit, better together, clever, conquer, cunning, depending, destroy, divide, division, emotions, enemy, eve, Evil One, failure, future, Garden of Eden, goals, God, harmless discussion, life, Lucifer, marriage, mind, one another, partner, Satan, smart, soul mate, stronger, success, talk, to do list, Trust, union, virus, vulnerable, will, working together
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