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Category Archives: faith
Mark Out a Straight Path!
“Avoid all perverse talk; stay away from corrupt speech. Look straight ahead, and fix your eyes on what lies before you. Mark out a straight path for your feet; stay on the safe path. Don’t get sidetracked; keep your feet … Continue reading
Faith Expands God’s Territory!
Every living thing grows. Thus, it’s interesting that so many people today are trying to grow dead things. When we watch Jesus in the Gospels, we see Him repeatedly moving on to the next place … (now watch the subplot) … all … Continue reading
Posted in Deeper Walk With God, Discipleship, faith, God's will, Missional
Tagged abundant, according to your faith, assess, church, community, congregation, disciple, expansion, faith, follower, Glocal, Gospels, Great Commandment, Great Commission, Great Compassion, growth, harvest, heartbeat, Jesus, lesson, life, life group, multi-city, multi-site, multi-venue, New Testament, plan, plant, planting, refocus, relationship, retool, return, revive, small group, strategy, stratgize, venue
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Hope For Today – Easter: The Tomb of Jesus is Empty!
It’s Easter and, if we were honest, had it not been for the resurrection of Jesus, we would most likely have never met like this. I’m Dr. Matthew Lee Smith and I want to share some Hope For Today announcing … Continue reading
Posted in Easter, faith, Transformed
Tagged Apostle Paul, creed, death, Easter, Empty Tomb, evidence, failures, God, guilt, hope, indifference, insolence, Jesus, King, life-change, penalty, power, resurrection, shame, substitution
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Transformed #299: Taking Care of Your Future!
Thrive Or Survive? Do you want the rest of your life to be the best of your life? While life itself can be hard, painful and marked by battle scars and bloody bruises, God longs for our lives to be … Continue reading
Posted in christian life, faith, Transformed
Tagged afraid, Bible, courage, fear, future, God, God's Word, Israel, Joshua, knowledge, Lord, obedience, prosperity, rationalize, revelation, strength, success, survive, terror, thrive
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Walking By Faith or By Sight?
All this past week I have been thinking about this verse. Perhaps I should say, I have been thinking about the reality of this verse. And maybe its been longer than the past week. Either way, what does “walking by … Continue reading
Posted in Complaining, faith, Leadership Blog
Tagged Christ, Christian, complain, complaining, faith, intentional, kingdom of God, meditate, natural, pondering, preference, sacrifice, self, selfishness, sight, spiritual, whining
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Transformed #290: Great Faith in a Great God Receives Great Victory!
Welcome to the Transformed Podcast. “Great Faith in Our Great God Receives Great Victory!” Launching from the daily life of the father of our faith, Abraham of old, Dr. Matthew Lee Smith, Lead Pastor of Woodland Drive Baptist Church in … Continue reading
Posted in Deeper Walk With God, Discipleship, faith, Transformed, Uncategorized
Tagged Abraham, action, blessing, direction, evidence, faith, God, growth, guidance, influence, possessions, prayer, reward, strength, surrender, victory, Vision, wisdom, worship
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Transformed #289: Stepping Out By Faith!
Welcome to the Transformed Podcast. In his first official message, Dr. Matthew Lee Smith returns to the Biblical Patriarch, Abraham, the father of our faith. As we open our Bibles to Genesis 12, Pastor Matt calls the men and women … Continue reading
Posted in Deeper Walk With God, Discipleship, faith, Transformed
Tagged Abraham, Bible, blessing, direction, faith, Impossible, motivation, obedience, read, wisdom
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Transformed Episode #255: The Discipline of Hearing God!
“Having time to be alone is a valid need for most creative people. Over 90 percent of the creative people I know like solitude. They enjoy that time when they can be alone to think and create, to write, play, … Continue reading
Posted in Deeper Walk With God, faith, Fasting, Transformed
Tagged direction, discernment, guidance, help, hope, solitude, storms of life, struggles, trouble, voice of God, will of God, wisdom
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7 Ways to Refocus for the New Year!
For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” (Philippians 1:19–21) If we are going to be able to say and believe a statement like this – when we are imprisoned in circumstances that we do not desire – what … Continue reading
Posted in faith, God's will, Leadership Blog
Tagged calendar, Change the World, faith, God's plan, God's will, Holy Spirit, journey, New Year, plan, promptings, refocus, salvation, voice of God, will of God, Word of God
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