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Transformed Episode #201: Motivated By God’s Love to Build Spiritual Muscle!
God wants to speak with you, often, daily, personally! Welcome to the transformed podcast! How we prepare ourselves to listen to God and how we set aside time to listen to Him speaks volumes about how God will work in … Continue reading
Posted in Love of God, Transformed
Tagged discipline, exercise, failure, faith, family of God, fear, focus, God, growth, obey, power, presence of God, priorities, rejection, routine, serious, sfraid, spiritual, Trust, voice of God
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Transformed Episode #191: Enjoying the Life of a Forgiven Child of God!
Redemption is a messy business, forged out of the love God has for you! Be prepared for His rescue operation. Welcome to the transformed podcast. Dr. Matthew Lee Smith, lead Pastor at Pacific Baptist Church in El Segundo, California thrills … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, accuse, Bible, broken, child, child of God, cleanse, failure, forgive, forgiven, forgiveness, killed, passover, punished, reject, relationship, Satan, substitute, walk, Word of God
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Transformed Podcast #182: We Refuse to Obey and Are Belligerent!
Rebellion carries with it a whole new level of hurt and destruction. Pride makes us believe we are smarter than God. Life has a way of showing us that is far from accurate. Welcome to the transformed podcast! Dr. Matthew … Continue reading
Posted in Suffering, Transformed
Tagged abandon, appreciative, Bible, catastrophe, Christ, Christianity, deceive, depressed, enslaved, failure, faith, grace, Jesus, judge, judged, lip service, neglect, pain, proud, rebel, rebellious, refocus, refuse, reject, rejected, remove, repent, resist, sin, suffering, tragedy
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Transformed Podcast #181 – We Are Beguiled By Sin!
Temptation is a constant companion of those who are alive. When we submit to our desires, consequences ensue … often these are long-term, irreparable. Dr. Matthew Lee Smith, lead Pastor at Pacific Baptist Church in El Segundo, California helps us … Continue reading
Posted in Suffering, Transformed
Tagged anger, Beguilement, Christ, Christianity, consequences, deception, evil, failure, harvest, please God, repent, self, selfishness, sin, temptation
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Transformed Episode #159 – Jesus, Our Life Guide!
Welcome to the Transformed podcast. Is there more to life than consuming and existing? Can we ever know what is right? Can we ever know how to proceed in this life? In today’s study, Dr. Matthew Lee Smith, Lead Pastor … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Christ, Christian, coach, condemn, consequences, cop, disciple, eternal life, failure, feast, holiness, Holy Spirit, Jesus, John 3:16, judge, judgement, light, morals, path, performance, rescue, review, sin, tabernacle, witness
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When Lust Ruins Your Life!
Artwork Credit: positive-parents.org “For I am conscious of my rebellion, and my sin is always before me. Against You—You alone—I have sinned and done this evil in Your sight. So You are right when You pass sentence; You are blameless … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian, consequences, emotion, failure, heart, lust, mind, rebellion, sin, soul
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Episode 113 – Wiping the Slate Clean
As hard as it is to imagine at times, God wants to forgive you! I know, there are things you can’t imagine God forgiving in your life. I know, some of the things you have done are just too embarrassing … Continue reading
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Tagged Christ, Christianity, confess, failure, forgiveness, grace, Grief, guilt, humility, Jesus, lamb of God, mercy, mercy seat, propitiation, relationship, right, righteousness, sin
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Episode 112 – A Costly Forgiveness!
Easter is all about forgiveness! It’s about the proof that God forgives us … Despite what we have done Despite whom we’ve hurt Despite how we’ve treated others Despite … ourselves! Our episode today is from the transcript of God’s … Continue reading
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Tagged blame, Christmas, Easter, failure, fault, forgiveness, guilt, Jesus, just, justice, justified, justifier, propotiation, sin
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Psalms: Intense Personal Intimacy With God! (Book 2)
Artwork Credit: houseoftitus.wordpress.com Editor’s Note: We continue our series of blogs for those who are reading the Bible with us cover-to-cover this year. Interspersed with our thoughts on our daily reading, we want to provide some tips about reading the … Continue reading
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Tagged desparate, failure, fiend, heartache, intimacy with God, joy, pain, shame, torture, tragedy, triumph, trust in God
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