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Hope For Today – Thankfulness Represents Our Lord!
Photo Credit: http://www.crosscards.com Another holiday in the memory books and several pounds added to our frames. What a great time to be publicly thankful for family, for friends and for our faith! I’m Dr. Matthew Lee Smith and I want … Continue reading
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Studying 1 John 2:4!
Photo credit: https://www.biblestudytools.com We are so glad you are back! Today we open our Bibles to the second chapter of the Apostle John’s first letter to the disciples in his church as we study of what it means to walk in … Continue reading
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Studying 1 John 2:3!
Photo credit: https://www.biblestudytools.com Editor’s note: We have been away from our study in 1 John for awhile … so, you can catch up with this study here. We step back into our study today – and will continue through this study each … Continue reading
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Tagged antichrist, apostates, believer, Christ, Christian, church, communion, delusions, devil, discipleship, eternal, evangelism, faith, fellowship, God, God's plan, Gospel, Impossible, Jesus, John, joy, knowledge, life, Logos, love, mediation, moral excellence, obedience, power, practical, profess, purity, purpose, revelation, Satan, separation, spiritual perfection, utter transcendence, warning, witness, world, worldliness
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Salvation Is About Relationship
Photo Credit: http://servingjoy.com Remember, salvation is not about a transaction as much as it’s about relationship. For example, if we think we are happily married because we went through the ceremony, and that things should always be wondeful because we … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Love of God
Tagged 100 Largest Churches, agenda, Bible, Bible Reading Schedule, ceremony, choice, Christ, church, communication, confidence, connection, consistenly, eternal life, experience, faith, Garden of Gethsemane, God, Jesus, lead guide, life, lifestyle, marriage, married, Messiah, partnership, plenty, pray, priority, relationship, salvation, shepherd, Trust
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Hope For Today – Thank God For All He Has Done!
Photo Credit: https://medicalhumour.wordpress.com Since life goes by so fast, few of us stop and take the time to recount where we have been recently and what God has done for us. I’m Dr. Matthew Lee Smith and I want to share … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, busy, catastrophe gratitude, Christian, difficulties, exasperated, faith, fast, God, hope, intervention, Jesus, kids, life, love, mercy, need, pray, recount, solutions, stronger, thank, time, warning light, worry
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Studying 1 John 2:2!
Photo credit: https://www.biblestudytools.com Editor’s note: We have been away from our study in 1 John for awhile … so, you can catch up with this study here. We step back into our study today – and will continue through this study each … Continue reading
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Tagged antichrist, apostates, believer, Christ, Christian, church, communion, delusions, devil, discipleship, eternal, evangelism, faith, fellowship, God, God's plan, Gospel, Impossible, Jesus, John, joy, knowledge, life, Logos, love, mediation, moral excellence, obedience, power, practical, profess, purity, purpose, revelation, Satan, separation, spiritual perfection, utter transcendence, warning, witness, world, worldliness
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Studying 1 John 2:1!
Photo credit: https://www.biblestudytools.com Editor’s note: We have been away from our study in 1 John for awhile … so, you can catch up with this study here. We step back into our study today – and will continue through this study each … Continue reading
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Tagged antichrist, apostates, believer, Christ, Christian, church, communion, delusions, devil, discipleship, eternal, evangelism, faith, fellowship, God, God's plan, Gospel, Impossible, Jesus, John, joy, knowledge, life, Logos, love, mediation, moral excellence, obedience, power, practical, profess, purity, purpose, revelation, Satan, separation, spiritual perfection, utter transcendence, warning, witness, world, worldliness
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The Reason We Go Astray …
It’s amazing to me how many times I find myself “off track” in the priorities God has laid down for me. There is no doubt that I want His best and I want it sooner than later. Then, it takes so … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Attitude, Character of God, faith, God Is With Us!, Just Read It!, Leadership Blog, Prayer
Tagged astray, bigger picture, captivity, character of God, Creation, faith, Father in Heaven, God, God's love, hope, intervention of God, Jesus, Old Test, priorities, rabbit trail, rebellion, reverence, Theology, wandering
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Upgrading Our Prayer Life!
“Yeshua answered them, “Yes! I tell you, if you have trust and don’t doubt, you will not only do what was done to this fig tree; but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Go and throw yourself into the … Continue reading
Posted in Character of God, faith, Leadership Blog, Prayer
Tagged answered prayer, character of God, child, doubt, doubting Thomas, failures, faith, father, good, heaven, Jesus, Kingdom, Kingdom of Heaven, mountain, Parenting, prayer, self-centeredness, selfish, sin, theologian, Theology, Trust
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1 Vital Necessity to a Receiving Faith!
Faith Receives After Faith Obeys “So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, … Continue reading
