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Hope Enabler is the real-life story of one Christian parent’s struggle with a runaway child and the hope that God enabled her to have during the darkest moments of that struggle.
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Hope For Today – Jesus Is “The” Way to Heaven!
It’s Palm Sunday! Today we remember the day when Jesus was the hero of Jerusalem. People lined the stone streets in the City of Heaven and cheered their New King, their Rescuer, their long awaited Messiah. And then, Jesus announced … Continue reading
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Tagged disciple, eternal life, friend, God, God the Father, heaven, Jerusalem, Jesus, King, Leadership, love, Messiah, Palm Sunday, rescuer, testify
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Faith Filled Friday – When God Answers!
“The children struggled together within her, and she said, “If it is thus, why is this happening to me?” So she went to inquire of the Lord. And the Lord said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and … Continue reading
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Train Them Thursday – Naturally Curious
“When they did not find Him, they returned to Jerusalem looking for Him. Then, after three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions. And all … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Train Them Thursdays (discipleship)
Tagged curious, disciple, discipler, discipleship, eternal life, faith, God, God's Word, grow, growing, growth, Holy Spirit, imitate, Jesus, life, questions, salvation, Spirit of God, Study, submission, Teachers, temple, training, Word of God
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Turn-Around Tuesday – Venting Our Vehemence
“And Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be on you! I gave my servant to your embrace, and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked on me with contempt. May the Lord judge between … Continue reading
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Magnificent Marriage Monday – Escaping Desire’s Gravitational Pull!
“At daybreak the angels urged Lot on: “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.” But he hesitated. Because of the Lord’s compassion for … Continue reading
Posted in Magnificent Marriage Mondays, Marriage
Tagged abundance, child, community, compassion, daughter, death, decision, decisive, desire, destruction, doubt, fertility, God, heart, Holy Spiirt, house, husband, kids, life, luxuries, luxury, marriage, moral, morally, pleasure, pressure, pressures of life, seduction, sensuality, sin, sinful, Sodom, spouse, wife, Word of God, world
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Hope For Today – I Give Them Eternal Life
It’s a time to celebrate the great love of God as witnessed by the giving heart of His Son, Jesus! I’m Dr. Matthew Lee Smith and I want to share some Hope For Today about how I Give Them Eternal … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, assumption, broken, celebrate, compassion, Easter, eternal life, faith, family, friends, gentle, Gift, God, heal, heart, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jewish, leader, logic, love, poor, sinful, Son, Son of God, tender, tenderness, Trust, worship
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Train Them Thursday – Discipling Our Children
“And when He became twelve, they went up there according to the custom of the Feast; and as they were returning, after spending the full number of days, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. But His parents were unaware … Continue reading
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Tagged Almighty, babysit, character, child, children, disciple, discipleship, faith, father, follower, God, grace, grow, heart, Jerusalem, King, life, loyalty, maturity, Nazareth, obey, passover, path, path of life, respectful, responsibility, responsible, teenager, trade, training, wisdom
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Hope For Today – Having Eternal Life!
While the world celebrates with a bunny, we know it’s all about the substitutionary Lamb of God who takes away our sin! I’m Dr. Matthew Lee Smith and I want to share some Hope For Today about how Having Eternal … Continue reading
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