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Willing Worker Wednesday – The Three Incredible Elements of Servant Leaders!
“So her husband Joseph, being a righteous man, and not wanting to disgrace her publicly, decided to divorce her secretly. But after he had considered these things, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared to him in a dream, saying, … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog, Willing Worker Wednesdays
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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 – Don’t Give Up!
I’m Dr. Matthew Lee Smith and I want to share some Hope For Today to encourage you: Don’t Give Up because God speaks Hope For Today when he says in 2 Chronicles 15.7, (CSB) from the distress of His people in … Continue reading
Posted in Hope For Today, Transformed
Tagged Almighty, believer, breakthrough, Christ, death, died, discouraged, discouragement, distress, doubter, dream, drop, drop out, faith, give up, hard, hope, Jesus, Job, loser, marriage, model, navigate, person, press forward, promise, promotion, quit, refuse, relationship, reward, see, sight, solution, strong, temptation, today, victory, victory lap, way, work
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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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Transformed #302: Taking Care of Your Community!
“Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.” (3 John 2, ESV) “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” (Matthew 22:39, ESV) Thriving … Continue reading
Posted in christian life, Discipleship, Transformed
Tagged abuse, alcohol abuse, depression, design, disciple, discipling, dream, dreams, eternity, faith, fishing, Gospel, health, healthy, hell, joy, Kingdom, life, loneliness, lost people, love, love your neighbor, meaning, mission, mission field, patience, persistence, physical fitness, reach out, regret, rescue, risk, self-serving, selfish, speak life, spirit, Spiritual Gift, tulare county, visalia, Vision, work
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Transformed Podcast #281: Strategies for a Winning Sunday School!
If we are to truly disciple the men and women who attend our Sunday School or small groups, we will need to seek to help them “win” at the spiritual life. In our New Year series, “When Sunday School Works … Continue reading
Posted in Small Groups, Sunday School, Transformed
Tagged attitude, bottom line, change, church, difficult people, dream, health, hope, individualism, John Maxwell, logical, loser, Michael Jordan, nay sayer, obstacles, Passion, potential, power, rational, refusal, rules, small group, Sunday School, surfer, team, Value, winner, winning
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Transformed Podcast #272: Mighty Men and Women!
For the Church to survive and thrive, it will need a healthy and godly team of men and women leading it! We want to welcome you to the fifth and final installment in the “Being An Excellent Team Player” Series here … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Last Days, Transformed
Tagged ability, accomplishment, aspiration, change, Christ, church, command, community, courage, courageous, develop, disciple, discipline, dream, elevate, evil, excel, expansion, experience, exploit, grace, Great Commission, hardship, Holy Spirit, honor, initiative, Jesus, Kind David, kingdom of God, laziness, leader, Leadership, loyalty, mighty, ministry, mission, praise, rank, reality, repent, repentance, responsible, Satan, significant, sin, submit, team, train, training, Vision, winner, work
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Transformed Podcast #185 – How Are We Going to Reach One More for Jesus?
Do we truly believe the assertion that, With God, nothing will be impossible? Down in our soul, deep in our hearts – does this Earth-shattering truth penetrate and cause us to “charge Hell with a water pistol?” Welcome to the … Continue reading
Posted in Missional, Transformed
Tagged Christ, Christianity, compassion, deacon, disciple, discipleship, dream, elder, God, Good News, Impossible, Jesus, leader, pastor, possibilities, prayer, roadmap, sacrifice, spiritual
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