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NEW! Entering Into Death’s Shadow Valley is Dr. Matthew Lee Smith’s journey through the horrific process of losing his life-partner, Melodee Joy. It is meant to help others who enter this treacherous and often perilous path.
These books will help guide your daily Bible reading with insights into each passage you read.This series is a practical, passionate, Biblical mentoring journey for individuals, small groups, leadership teams and congregations who desire to win their world for Christ.
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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Faith Filled Friday – Make Disciples!
“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” (Hebrews 11:1, ESV) Faith is … assurance … conviction. Do you know anyone who’s a life-long member of Vacillator’s Anonymous? VA is a fictitious … Continue reading
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Turn-Around Tuesday – Trials and Troubles Often Start By Choice!
““No! You will not die,” the serpent said to the woman. “In fact, God knows that when you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” The woman saw that … Continue reading
Posted in 2 - Turn-Around Tuesdays (trials and troubles), Suffering
Tagged action, Adam, choice, compassion, consequences, disobedience, disobey, eve, evil, forgiveness, God, good, grace, gracious, influence, mercy, path of life, problems, repent, rethink, sin, sinfulness, suffer, suffering, transparent, trials, trouble
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Magnificent Marriage Monday – Made in God’s Image!
“Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness. They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, the whole earth, and the creatures that crawl on the earth.” … Continue reading
Posted in Magnificent Marriage Mondays, Marriage
Tagged choices, couple, Creation, doubt, fearlyy, God, Jesus, marriage, soul, spouse, Unity, wonderfully made
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Hope For Today – Taking Care of Your Spirit!
I’m Dr. Matthew Lee Smith and I want to share some Hope For Today to remind us that God wants our spirit to Thrive, not just survive! Hope For Today is a part of the ministry of Eagles In Leadership. If … Continue reading
Posted in Hope For Today, Transformed
Tagged beauty, Bible, blooms, bugs come, cultivate, fertilize, fruitfulness, garden, God, Jesus, life, moving, plant, plants, plants grow, predators, spirit, sunshine, survive, thrive, veggies, water, weeds grow
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Why don’t today’s marriages last?
Photo credit: https://www.lifehack.org I was asked recently … Why don’t today’s marriages have the longevity, stability, strength, endurance & true essence of LOVE? Here’s my response … Love = sacrifice. (John 15.13) Most people don’t understand that and have a different … Continue reading
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Tagged fantasies, friendship, God, Jesus, king of kings, lord of lords, love, lust, marriage, mission, relationships, sacrifice, self-centeredness, selfishness, Vision
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Hope For Today – Taking Care of You!
Art by: http://miniguette.com Prosperity and success are much easier when we are healthy! It’s easier to do the things and be the things God calls us to do and be when we don’t have to fight our bodies – right? I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, body, choice, Creation, fearfully, glorify, God, hand crafted, health, healthy, Jesus, potter, prosperity, success, survive, thrive, truth, wonderfully, Word of God
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Hope For Today – Taking Care of Your Future!
Art by http://stylesaveus.com Success is God’s secret to our lives! While so many people think that God is mad at them, the reality is that God is mad about them! God longs for us to thrive, not just survive. Thriving is … Continue reading
Transformed #306: God Gives Hope Even When We Feel Hopeless!
In the midst of our darkest hours, God is our light! In this message of encouragement and inspiration, Dr. Smith shares his own story of pain and loss through the death of his beloved wife, Melodee. As he turns our hearts … Continue reading
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Tagged Agony, alone, Bible, created, darkness, death, depression, drowning, fear, feelings, forgotten, formed, God, God is with me, God is With Us, Grief, Holy Spirit, honored, hope, hopeless, hopelessness, Jesus, loneliness, loss, loved, overwhelmed, pain, precious, redeemed, rescued, sadness, small group, sorrow, supernatural, support, support group, Word of God
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Hope For Today – The Danger of Drift!
This photo of Driftwood Beach is courtesy of TripAdvisor It’s so easy to get caught up in life. We’ve talked about it before, but it bears repeating often: Life has a tendency to drag us away without our even noticing. … Continue reading
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Tagged abundant life, add, attention, Bible, Christ, Christian, drift, God, habit, hope, Jesus, life, priorities, relationship, spiritual, Word of God
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Studying 1 John 2:14!
Photo Credit: https://salemnet.vo.llnwd.net 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 … 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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