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Hope For Today – God Gives More Grace!
Pride. It gets all of us into problems every week. We know we are right, why can’t others see what we see? And when they don’t, we often push too hard and, in the process, show we are more interested … Continue reading
Posted in Hope For Today
Tagged forgiveness, God, grace, heart, hope, humble, Jesus, pride, problems, process, relationship, repent, repentant
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Loyalty Grows Through Sacrifice!
“For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her to make her holy and clean, washed by the cleansing of God’s word. He did this to present her to … Continue reading
Posted in Becoming Like Jesus, Discipleship, Engaging Culture, faith, Leadership Blog, Missional
Tagged church, discipleship, evangelism, friendship, Great Commission, heart, Invasion, love, loyalty, mission, missional, neighborhood, relationship, reward, sacrifice, self-centered, selfishness
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Faith Expands God’s Territory!
Every living thing grows. Thus, it’s interesting that so many people today are trying to grow dead things. When we watch Jesus in the Gospels, we see Him repeatedly moving on to the next place … (now watch the subplot) … all … Continue reading
Posted in Deeper Walk With God, Discipleship, faith, God's will, Missional
Tagged abundant, according to your faith, assess, church, community, congregation, disciple, expansion, faith, follower, Glocal, Gospels, Great Commandment, Great Commission, Great Compassion, growth, harvest, heartbeat, Jesus, lesson, life, life group, multi-city, multi-site, multi-venue, New Testament, plan, plant, planting, refocus, relationship, retool, return, revive, small group, strategy, stratgize, venue
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7 Marks of Active Worship
Have you been in worship lately? I don’t mean, “Have you been to worship lately?” If we love Jesus, we love Him enough to worship Him both privately and publicly. What I am asking today is, “Have you been in worship lately?” “Make a joyful … Continue reading
Posted in Worship
Tagged attendance, cold heart, guitar, handcuffs, instrument, Jesus, lyre, melody, praise, promise, psalmist, relationship, restrained, shofar, soloist, song, Spontaneity, trumpet, worship
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Transformed #294: How God Transforms Our Present!
One of the great hindrances to growth in a church is the mindset of the people within the congregation, starting with the leaders and flowing to every person in the flock. Welcome to the Transformed Podcast. I’m your host Mike … Continue reading
Posted in christian life, Transformed
Tagged anxiety, attitude, behavior, belief, Bible, character, Christianity, complaining, confusion, destiny, expectation, faith, habit, heart, impatience, indecision, Jesus, joy, mood, peace, performance, problems, relationship, transform, worry
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Hope For Today – The Danger of Drift!
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. And all too often, it’s to the detriment of … Continue reading
Posted in Hope For Today, Transformed
Tagged abundant life, add, Bible, boss, calendar, danger, Day-Timer, drift, God, husband, kids, life, lifestyle, out of control, presence of God, priorities, relationship, schedule, spiritual, Word of God
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Studying James 4:14!
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 … Continue reading
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Studying James 4:13!
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
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Tagged Abraham, action, adultery, ambition, belief, believe, Bible, bitterness, blaze, bless, boast, boasting, boasts, church, cleanse, community, covet, craving, criticism, curse, demonic, desire, devil, dishonor, disorder, evil, exalt, fail, fair, faith, faithless, false, fight, fire, forest, friendship, gentle, gentleness, genuine, God, good, good conduct, grace, heart, hell, horses, hostility, jealous, jealousy, judge, justice, Law, life, mature, maturity, mean, meekness, mercy, murder, neighbor, obedience, obedient, obey, path, peace, peaceful, practice, prayer, pure, Rahab, rebellion, relationship, righteous, righteousness, selfish ambition, sincere, spirit, strength, strife, submission, swear, tame, teacher, tongue, truth, unrighteousness, vile, war, wisdom, words, works
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