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Category Archives: christian life
The Six Benefits of Listening to the Lord!
“If my people would only listen to me, if Israel would only follow my ways, how quickly I would subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes! Those who hate the Lordwould cringe before him, and their punishment … Continue reading
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Faith ROARS When Fear RAGES!
Doc was listening to this encouraging song and being reminded that when the devil is pushing fear we need to be pushing FAITH. If you’re with us, and you’ll start pushing FAITH on your social media posts and stop pushing … Continue reading
Posted in Attitude, Becoming Like Jesus, christian life, Discipleship, Engaging Culture, faith, Last Days, Leadership Blog, Ministry, Missional, Prayer, Scripture
Tagged afraid, Angel Armies, Angels, beautiful, courage, courageous, devil, faith, fear, king of kings, lord of lords, never forsake us, never leave us, prosper, Satan, social media, spiritual, warfare, weapon
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Scripture: What Happens When We Abandon God?
5 Clear Scriptures Concerning Abandoning God Reviewing the Word of God from Cover-to-Cover Recently We Discovered the Following When Judah defiled God’s land and made His heritage an abomination, when their priests ignored the Lord and their theologians didn’t know … Continue reading
What Was That You Posted?
It is so easy to post the first thing that comes to our minds … and, if we were honest, that IS who we are. Jesus was clear that our words are the reflections of our hearts (Matthew 12:34). What … Continue reading
Posted in Adundant Life, Attitude, christian life, Discipleship, faith, Leadership Blog
Tagged account, Bible, Christ, facebook, fruit of the spirit, heart, Jesus, judgment, posts, speaking, twitter, words, works of the flesh
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Don’t Fool Yourself!
It happens every day … mostly because we are so generous and loving. We choose to believe someone because of what they say. Then, a few days, weeks, or months later we are bitten by that same person. Their lifestyle … Continue reading
Posted in Adundant Life, christian life, Church Health, faith, Leadership Blog
Tagged church, couples, evaluation, fruit, Leadership, lifestyle, marriage, mentoring, ministry, practice, relationships, talk, training, walk, words, works
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When Our Stubbornness Requires a Price!
Being independent is an American attribute. However, when God calls us to depend upon Him, many of us move into “refusal mode.” We think we have a better plan, a better idea, a better way. And that is where things … Continue reading
Posted in christian life, Discipleship, God's will, Will of God
Tagged 10 Dumb things Smart Christians believe, Bible, bible reading, Central Christian Church, Christ, counsel, favor, God, harvest, heart, independence, leading, obedience, obey, Passion, plan, planning, prompting, promptings, sanctification, Scripture, stubbornness, supernatural
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3 Big Faith Questions To Ask When God Commands!
Faith Does What God Commands, Even When It Sounds Impossible “Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God.” (Genesis 6:9, ESV) “And God said to Noah, “I have determined to make an end of all … Continue reading
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Tagged action, Ark, command, faith, flood, God, Impossible, Noah, possible, provision
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Hope For Today – Settling Our Disagreements!
When we snap at other people, we break relationships. And that just makes our lives worse … robbing us of peace! I’m Dr. Matthew Lee Smith and I want to share some Hope For Today about settling our disagreements! So, … Continue reading
Posted in christian life, Discipleship, Transformed
Tagged Bible, Christian, church, disagreement, faith, forgive, forgiveness, God, grudge, hope, Jesus, ministry, peace, power, relationships, restoration, spirit, worship
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Impacted By God’s Word
Some verses just make a bigger impact in my life than others. How about you? Sure they do! When this verse comes across my path each year in my Bible reading, it causes me to stop and evaluate some things. … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Reading, christian life, Leadership Blog, Will of God
Tagged belief, Bible, blessing, compassion, direction, evaluate, experience, faith, favor, God, guidance, Jesus, kindness, life, wrath
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Hope For Today – Receiving So Many of God’s Blessings!
Each day, as I open God’s Word, He brings so much CHANGE and BLESSING into my life! I’m Dr. Matthew Lee Smith and I want to share some Hope For Today about how God gives us SO MANY OF HIS … Continue reading
Posted in Adundant Life, Attitude, christian life, Deeper Walk With God, Discipleship, faith, God Is With Us!, Hope For Today, Transformed
Tagged Bible, blessing, change, church, compassion, darkness, deliverer, forgiveness, guidance, Holy Spirit, hope, Jesus, life, Lord, mercy, prayer, rescue, transformation, Transformed
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