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Hope For Today – Emmanuel Means, “God is With us!”
Photo Credit: https://www.aaronsnowberger.com Are you feeling like God has forgotten you? If so, you are not alone. I’m Dr. Matthew Lee Smith and I want to share some Hope For Today about the fact that God is With Us!
Posted in Hope For Today
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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
Posted in Hope For Today
Tagged amazing grace, Christmas, failures, faith, family, father, festivities, friends, God, goodness, gratitude, heaven, help, holidays, hope, Jesus, Lord, mercy, mistakes, pies, resurrection, sacrifice, season, shoppers, sins, thankful, thankfulness, thanks, Thanksgiving, tinsel, Turkey
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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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The Hard Hearted Don’t Care When Their Actions Injure Others!
Some thoughts from Exodus 9:8-12 (ESV) The hard-heartedness of Pharaoh refused to obey the Lord despite the severe injury to the health of all of his citizens. With everyone in the country affected, and the magicians unable to stand in … Continue reading
Transformed #287: Focusing on Heaven by Focusing on Tomorrow!
People lean in the direction of the affection! This truth is the core of today’s episode of the Transformed Podcast. While every church in America is under change right now, many are not doing well as a result of that … Continue reading
Posted in Church Health, Discipleship, Engaging Culture, Transformed
Tagged action, America, blame, change, church, compassion, duty, faith, fast, forgiveness, future, give, heal, health, heaven, justice, lead, mission, pray, protect, rebuild, rescue, responsibility, restoration, rumors, sacrifice, salvation, share, shelter
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Transformed Podcast #274: Jesus Came to Present Us With Hope! [Repost]
It’s Christmas – a time of hope! In today’s episode from Christmas 2007, Pastor Matt draws our attention to the “coming” or “arrival” of Jesus. The focus of the entire season is the celebration of the birth of Jesus the … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Transformed
Tagged accountability, Christ, Christmas, Creation, eternal life, faith, faithfulness, heaven, hope, James, Jesus, judgement, reconcile, reconciled, Reconciliation, revelation, second coming, sin
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Transformed Episode #245: Before He Takes Us to Heaven!
This is our last episode in the series, “What is the Church?” Today we seek to stir your imagination and motivate your mission by reminding you of the imminent return of our Lord and King, Jesus! Welcome to the … Continue reading
Posted in Church Health, Transformed
Tagged alive in Christ, archangel, Christ, church, cowards, dead in Christ, grieve, heaven, hope, idolaters, ignorant, Jesus, liars, make disciples, murderers, new, New jerusalem, pain, pretenders, return of Christ, reunion, sexually immoral, sorcerers, trumpet of God, unbelievers, vile
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Transformed Episode #241: An Attitude of Righteousness!
Attitudes. Good, bad or ugly, we all have them. Welcome to the Transformed Podcast. In today’s episode, Dr. Matthew Lee Smith, director of Eagles In Leadership, discusses one of the key attitudes that mark Jesus’ disciples. Each attitude builds on … Continue reading
Posted in Becoming Like Jesus, Discipleship, Transformed
Tagged attitude, Bible, chaos, child of God, children of God, heaven, help, hope, insult, Jesus, Matthew 5, persecute, prophets, revile, reward, righteousness, sermon on the mount
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Transformed Episode #229: Christmas Sets Our Agendas
Agendas – we all have them and, if we are bluntly honest, we all work from our own most of the time. But when Jesus comes into our lives, He changes our focus; He breathes life into our schedules! … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Transformed
Tagged agenda, Christmas, devotion, disappointment, faith, favor, favored, God, heaven, Holy Spirit, Impossible, Jerusalem, king of kings, lifestyle, lot, Nazareth, salvation, selfishness, Virgin Mary, Word of God
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Studying James 2:5
Welcome to the Transformed Podcast! Dr. Matthew Smith, director of Eagles In Leadership, continues to teach verse by verse through the book of James, one verse per podcast. These studies were recorded live in his class at Bible Believers Christian … Continue reading
Posted in James Study, Transformed
Tagged arrogance, faith, favoritism, God, heaven, heir, inheritance, poor, poverty, pride, rich, worldly
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