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Hope For Today – The Savior of the World!
Our family and our faith come to be wrapped so tightly at this time of joy and hope! I’m Dr. Matthew Lee Smith and I want to share some Hope For Today about how Jesus was The Savior of the … Continue reading
Posted in Hope For Today, Transformed
Tagged ability, acquaintance, believe, Christ, colleague, compassion, Easter, eternal life, ethnicity, faith, family, friend, gender, Generation, God, Good News, Gospel, grace, hear, hope, Jesus, joy, Leadership, life, love, Messiah, plan, process, race, saving grace, Savior, social, social standing, Son, surrender, transformation, Transformed
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Turn-Around Tuesday – Problems Reveal the Problem!
“Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land. When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “I … Continue reading
Posted in 2 - Turn-Around Tuesdays (trials and troubles), Suffering
Tagged believe, blessing, choice, courage, decision, disappoint, encourage, faith, famine, God, husband, love, marriage, motivation, priorities, priority, problem, promise, Promised Land, protect, protection, situation, trouble, Trust, Vision, watch care, wife, wrong
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Faith Filled Friday – When Our Faith Influences No One!
“Then the men said to Lot, “Have you anyone else here? Sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or anyone you have in the city, bring them out of the place. For we are about to destroy this place, because the outcry against … Continue reading
Posted in faith, Faith-Filled Fridays
Tagged believe, Bible, biblical, children, Christ, church, community, culture, daughter, dignity, engaged, faith, family, God, good, gravitas, honor, house, household, influence, Jesus, life, Lord, lot, manage, mature, men, money, New Testament, overseer, parent, pastor, reaction, relationship, respect, shocking, Sodom, Submissive, warning
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Hope For Today – Finding God When We’re Lost!
I’m Dr. Matthew Lee Smith and I want to share some Hope For Todaya bout Finding God When We’re Lost from 2 Chronicles 15.4, (CSB) … … but when they turned to the Lord God of Israel in their distress and sought … Continue reading
Posted in Hope For Today, Transformed
Tagged apps, belief, believe, best, clue, direction, directions, distress, Finding, friend, God, home, hope, ideas, Jesus, Job, life, lost, opportunity, plan, problems, Smartphone, stubborn, support group, surrender, surrendered, troubles, Trust, wife
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Faith Filled Friday – Faith Stretches Reality!
“And God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. I will bless her, and moreover, I will give you a son by her. I will … Continue reading
Posted in faith, Faith-Filled Fridays
Tagged Abraham, achieve, belief, believe, birth, centenarian, childbirth, choice, dead, demon-possessed, doubt, dream, faith, God, help, hope, Impossible, impotent, Jesus, laugh, pain, possible, Post-menopausal, problems, promise, Sarah, Son, surrogate parenting, Vision
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Faith Filled Friday – When God Shows Up!
“Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.” (Genesis 17:4, ESV) Behold, my covenant is with you. You’ve been faithful. You’ve endured years of trouble and difficulty. You’ve kept your eyes … Continue reading
Willing Worker Wednesday – Anticipating God’s Blessing!
“She who has believed is blessed because what was spoken to her by the Lord will be fulfilled!”(Luke 1:45, HCSB) She who has believed is blessed. So often we forget that our knowing isn’t enough as a leader … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog, Willing Worker Wednesdays
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Train Them Thursday – God Silences Doubt!
“Zacharias said to the angel, “How will I know this for certain? For I am an old man and my wife is advanced in years.” The angel answered and said to him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Train Them Thursdays (discipleship)
Tagged ability, angel, believe, Bible, blameless, change, character, circumstances, create, dead, declare, disciple, discipleship, Distance, doubt, effective, epitome, example, faith, faithfully, frutiful, God, integrity, Jesus, lie, life, married, poison, proclaim, promise, react, rewardd, right living, serve, serving, situation, time, Trust, truth, truthfulness, virus, will, word, Word of God
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Willing Worker Wednesday – Revealing Incredible Trust!
““I am the Lord’s slave,” said Mary. “May it be done to me according to your word.” Then the angel left her.” (Luke 1:38, HCSB) I am the Lord’s slave. Attitude is the key to our spiritual altitude. We see … Continue reading
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