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Transformed Episode #155 – How to Pray For Money!
Welcome to the Transformed podcast. God loves His children and longs to meet their every need. So many people today have a shortage of finances when it comes to their daily needs. God encourages us to ask for the resources … Continue reading
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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Tagged 5th grader, Bible, contentment, Debt, discontent, expectations, faith, finances, generosity, make disciples, math, poor, poverty, pray, riches, smarter, testing, tests, unfaithfulness, wealth
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Episode 149 – Can Anyone Ever Be Financially Free?
Welcome to the Transformed podcast. In order to be financially free, we will need to know and practice all three factors that are involved in financial freedom. Unsurprisingly, the first one corresponds directly to the three “love commands” of the … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, baptism, bitterness, Christian, consumerism, Debt, disillusionment, envy, fear, Financial decisions, financial freedom, financially free, generosity, giving, insecurity, labor, loss of sleep, manager, money, offering, pay bills, poor, possessions, prayer, prosperity, reproof, sales, sales resistence, tithe, ungrateful, ungratefulness
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Episode 148 – Why Did God Make Money Anyway?
Welcome to the Transformed podcast. I’m your host Mike Powers. Money. Just the word incites a flurry of emotions. People long for it, work hard to get it, will do many things in order to have more of it and … Continue reading
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
Posted in A Life God Rewards, Fasting, Transformed
Tagged breakthrough, Christian, extra mile, faith, fast, first place, generosity, give, God, Jesus, life, misthos, obedience, obey, please God, poor, pray, reward, sacrifice, seek, treasure, Trust
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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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Tagged Bible, Christian, church, disciple, faith, generosity, generous, heaven, Jesus, leader, love, performance, reward, rewards, teaching
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Episode 100 – My Benefits: What Do I Do With What God Has Given Me?
Artwork Credit: michaelhoffman.info It’s our 100th podcast today and we are so glad you have chosen to join us! Dr. Matthew Smith, lead pastor at Pacific Baptist Church of El Segundo, continues a 4-message series on the ABCs of … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Chronicles, blessing, Christian, Christianity, El Segundo, generosity, generous, giver, giving, God, grace, love your neighbor, loving God, Pacific Baptist Church
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Trusting God With the Things That Matter Most?
“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than … Continue reading
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Tagged credit, credit cards, finances, generosity, giving, Holy Spirit, Jesus, prompting, spending, Trust
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7 Issues That Determine Church Size
At its inception, the church was a Mega-church (Acts 2). Granted, as it was being planted it started small (the twelve), but it grew (the 70) until it reached a solid core (120). Bathed in prayer and empowered by the … Continue reading
