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Transformed Episode #153 – Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader When it Comes to Money?

Welcome to the Transformed podcast. 5th grade math … many of us have long since graduated from addition, subtraction, division and multiplication of three to seven digits. Using these skills, a 5th grader understands how to count their income, apply … Continue reading

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Faith Steps Out!

Photo Credit: vimeo.com Faith has nothing to do with human logic, mathematics or what we can see, hear, fell, smell, or touch. But it has everything to do with how God operates! Faith disregards the obvious facts and trust that … Continue reading

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Know God’s Timing!

Photo Credit: jamesmcgahey.blogspot.com The secret lies in how we handle today, not yesterday or tomorrow.  Today … that special block of time holding the key that locks out yesterday’s nightmares and unlocks tomorrow’s dreams. ~ Charles Swindoll Do you suffer … Continue reading

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Not My Will, But Yours Be Done!

Integrity is not what we do so much as who we are.  And who we are, in turn, determines what we do.  Our system of values is so much a part of us we cannot separate it from ourselves.  It … Continue reading

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It Doesn’t Always End Well!

Truth is not always popular, but it is always right.   There is a pernicious lie in the religion of Churchianity: If you do well, life will be incredible! Unfortunately, this is a truth from a different faith. One need … Continue reading

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Inspired, Not Transformed!

It says something about our times that we rarely use the word sinful, except to describe a really good dessert. ~ Willard Ferrell   Too many long for the inspiration of faith in King Jesus without the transformation of its … Continue reading

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Episode 144 – Going After a Life God Rewards!

2013 is finally here! Over the last 3 months of 2012 Dr. Matthew Lee Smith, Lead Pastor at Pacific Baptist Church prayed, fasted and sought God’s face for His will and direction for the congregation there in El Segundo, California … Continue reading

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God Rewards Right Motives and Behaviors!

Artwork courtesy of neropta.com Leaders must develop a philosophy toward rewards that is incredibly simple: Reward performance and only performance. ~ Neil H. Snyder and Angela P. Clontz   Rewards. Most “Christians” have a great suspicion when anyone starts talking … Continue reading

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Episode 141 – Where Is God When Life Goes WRONG?

Your problems are God’s pathways to His plans! Just as Joseph, the great-grandson of Abraham shows us, God often leads in mysterious ways so He can bless many through our lives if we trust Him throughout the journey! In today’s episode, … Continue reading

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Episode 139 – Where Is God As We Look Into the Future?

Welcome to the Transformed podcast. It’s the end of the year and the Mayan Calendar predictions (or interpretations) were wrong! We are still here! So what is ahead for us as God’s children? What does the future hold? First, let’s … Continue reading

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