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Scripture: When We Are Accused!
6 Scriptures on Accusation Searching the Bible recently, we discovered some interesting facts about accusations! We all suffer from accusers, and at times, we must admit we too have accused people. This spirit of our old birth, from our old … Continue reading
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Tagged accountability, accusation, accuse, angry, attackers, Bible, derail, devi, distract, encouragement, God, good, imaginary, invented, Jesus, lifestyle, love, mercy, motivation, old birth, pain, Pharisees, prayer, relational, relationships, remember, sin, social media, spirit, suffer, suffering, targets, threats, Word of God, work
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21 Days! January 11th – We’re Asking God to Grow Our Families!
January 11th: The Expansion of Our Family Lives We’re Asking God to Grow Our Families! Read: Ephesians 5:22 – 6:9 Believe: Our family relationships are the FOUNDATIONAL VIDEO of the reality of our faith. (In other words, if we cannot … Continue reading
Posted in 21 Days, Fasting
Tagged 2020, ability, assistance, Bible, children, command, earth, encouragement, expansion, faith, families, family, fast, fasting, frtuiful, glorfy, God, goodness, grow, heart, home, Jesus, King, Lord, marriage, married, parent, parents, planet, power, prayer, process, reality, single, spouse, Trust, wisdom, Word of God
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Willing Worker Wednesday – Life and Light For Humanity!
“Life was in Him, and that life was the light of men. That light shines in the darkness, yet the darkness did not overcome it.” (John 1:4–5, HCSB) That life was the light of men. Have you ever noticed … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog, Willing Worker Wednesdays
Tagged anger, change, church, cities, community, create, culture, darkness, dissension, encouragement, faction, family, follower, group, hatred, hope, humanity, idea, jealousy, Jesus, Job, King, life, light, Lord, marriage, possibilities, promise, promote, rescue, Savior, School, selfish, selfish ambition, strife, sustain, through, transforms, world
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Hope For Today – Emmanuel Brings Mercy, Goodness and Comfort!
Photo Credit: http://www.liesyoungwomenbelieve.com We seem to put more faith in the joy our presents will bring than in God’s presence each holiday season. I’m Dr. Matthew Lee Smith and I want to share some Hope For Today about the mercy, … Continue reading
Posted in Hope For Today
Tagged anger, animosity, bustle, Christmas, comfort, encouragement, faith, generous, gifts, God, goodness, holiday, honest, hope, hosts, Hustle, impatient, Jerusalem, joy, kindness, Lord, loving, mercy, peace, presents, rude, season, selfishness, soul, understanding
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Hope For Today – The Wisdom God Puts In Our Minds!
It’s happened to you recently … you were at a temporary loss for words, not knowing how to respond. And then, seemingly our of nowhere, the ideas came, the words flowed, and the person you were speaking with was helped, … Continue reading
Posted in Hope For Today, Transformed
Tagged decision, encouragement, God, help, ides, mind, prayer, Solomon, supernatural, transform, truth, wisdom
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Transformed Episode #249: Receiving God’s Comfort!
So many people are in pain today! Whether through sickness, selfishness, or sin many bleed within more than from without. Others have been savaged, slandered and seduced to the point where life no longer seems to hold meaning and … Continue reading
Posted in christian life, Discipleship, Transformed
Tagged ache, act, attitudes, blessing, character, choice, choices, comfort, cry, destiny, emotions, encouragement, endurance, endure, evil, failure, favor, God, good, grace, habit, heart, humble, humility, hurt, Issues, Jesus, life, mercy, mourn, problems, relief, rescue, salvation, sin, Situations, thought, vulnerable, wail, weep
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Transformed Episode #217: How Does God Bring About Change In Our Lives?
Happiness is the byproduct of worship. Welcome to the Transformed Podcast. Being in God’s presence allows one to enter into the atmosphere of heaven. Joy is the atmosphere of heaven. David boldly declares his experience in the form of … Continue reading
Posted in Deeper Walk With God, Love of God, Transformed
Tagged Almighty, application, apply, change, confidence, conquests, courage, devotions, discipleship, diseases, encouragement, fear, God, happiness, hell, presence, protection, rebellion, rest, reward, shield, soul, suffering, time alone with God, tithe, transform, traps, Trust, unfaithful, untrustworthy, worship
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Transformed Episode #212: Exercises for a Healthy Spiritual Heart
How do we maintain a healthy heart for God? Welcome to the Transformed podcast. Setting things straight with God is often painful at first. When we have become entwined in a way of life, extricating ourselves can be difficult. Like … Continue reading
Posted in Love of God, Transformed
Tagged acknowledge, attacks, captivity, celebrate, commitment, confess, Despair, discipline, encourage, encouragement, God, grace, heart, obedience, obey, pain, persist, praise, rebuild, repent, stroke
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Episode 143 – Where Is God When You Are In Need of Hope?
In our recent national election in the United States, people on both sides of the political aisle were touting their candidate as the solution for what ails the country. However, as we have said before again and again, politicians … Continue reading
Posted in God Is With Us!, Transformed
Tagged affliction, afraid, Ahaz, angry, beligerant, broken, calm down, civil war, cooperate, cowardly, decimation, destroyed, encouragement, enemies, enemy, fear, fiscal cliff, future, God, government, heart, heaven, hesitant, hope, humiliation, Immanuel, Jesus, long-term, obstinate, plot, quiet, rebellious, Shady Hook Elementary, shield, short-term, spiritual, starvation, storm, threatened, throne room, Trust
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Episode 136 – How Do I Gain Friends and Influence Enemies?
Welcome to the Transformed podcast. As our world grows more polarized, we see the destructive forces of anger and bitterness manifested all too often. In today’s episode, Dr. Matthew Lee Smith, Lead Pastor at Pacific Baptist Church in El … Continue reading
Posted in Adundant Life, Transformed
Tagged anticipation, attention, attitude, battle, child, Christ, Christian, disciple, draw, encouragement, Frenemies, friend, friends, humility, husband, influence, laziness, mindset, others, privilege, repel, selfishness, selflessness, spirit, thoughts
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