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Magnificent Marriage Monday – Holding the Line Through Intimacy With God!
“When mankind began to multiply on the earth and daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw that the daughters of mankind were beautiful, and they took any they chose as wives for themselves. And the Lord said, … Continue reading
Posted in Magnificent Marriage Mondays, Marriage
Tagged care, character, child, children, conscious, couple, currupt, daughters, discouragement, earth, environment, exhaustion, fail, feeling, formality, Generation, genius, God, healthy, hope, interact, interpersonal, intimate, kids, lifestyle, love, manipulative, marriage, misunderstand, multiply, nerves, novelty, parent, Parenting, positive, rearing, regulations, relationship, relax, reliquish, responsibilities, responsibility, romantic, rules, self-possessed, selfish, Son, spirit, spiritual, standard, strict, suffer, tantrum, truth
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Faith Filled Friday – Allowing God to Guide Through Generosity!
“And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the Jordan Valley was well watered everywhere like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, in the direction of Zoar. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and … Continue reading
Posted in faith, Faith-Filled Fridays
Tagged Abraham, cancer, choice, Christ, daily grind, faith, generosity, give, God, good, Jesus, lead, life, lot, nice, opportunities, opportunity, possibilities, possibility, selfish, selfishness, shield, sinner, Sodom, Trust, wicked
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Hope For Today – Taking Care of Your Support Group
I’m Dr. Matthew Lee Smith and I want to share some Hope For Todayto remind us that within our local church lies our greatest support group for life abundant! Hope For Today is a part of the ministry of Eagles … Continue reading
Posted in Hope For Today, Transformed
Tagged Christ, Christian, church, condemn, expose, family, follower, giving, gossip, heart, life, love, mind, miserable, one another, reach, selfish, struggling, Sunday School, support group, Ten Commandments
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Willing Worker Wednesday – Life and Light For Humanity!
“Life was in Him, and that life was the light of men. That light shines in the darkness, yet the darkness did not overcome it.” (John 1:4–5, HCSB) That life was the light of men. Have you ever noticed … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog, Willing Worker Wednesdays
Tagged anger, change, church, cities, community, create, culture, darkness, dissension, encouragement, faction, family, follower, group, hatred, hope, humanity, idea, jealousy, Jesus, Job, King, life, light, Lord, marriage, possibilities, promise, promote, rescue, Savior, School, selfish, selfish ambition, strife, sustain, through, transforms, world
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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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Hope For Today – Enjoying a Life of Peace and Blessing!
We can turn around any attitude, change any habit, create a totally different character and, in time, enjoy a completely different life – a life of peace and blessing! I’m Dr. Matthew Lee Smith and I want to share some … Continue reading
Posted in Hope For Today, Transformed
Tagged attitude, Bible, blessing, blessing of God, calm, change, chaos, character, Christ, forgiveness, God, God's Word, habit, Jesus, life, peace, selfish, stand form, turn around
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Transformed #302: Taking Care of Your Community!
“Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.” (3 John 2, ESV) “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” (Matthew 22:39, ESV) Thriving … Continue reading
Posted in christian life, Discipleship, Transformed
Tagged abuse, alcohol abuse, depression, design, disciple, discipling, dream, dreams, eternity, faith, fishing, Gospel, health, healthy, hell, joy, Kingdom, life, loneliness, lost people, love, love your neighbor, meaning, mission, mission field, patience, persistence, physical fitness, reach out, regret, rescue, risk, self-serving, selfish, speak life, spirit, Spiritual Gift, tulare county, visalia, Vision, work
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Working on Loving Like Jesus!
It is a deep desire of my heart to be like Jesus. I am sure it is yours as well. As I work on this characteristic, I have chosen to take a very familiar passage and exchange the word “love” … Continue reading
Posted in christian life, Discipleship, Uncategorized
Tagged Bible, calm, character, courageous, covet, focus, God, insistent, integrity, Jesus, judgmental, love, patience, persistence, pleasure, pride, proud, selfish, selfless, temper, Trust
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Nine Traits of Church Bullies
by Thom Rainer Editor’s Note; Great article. Please read! First of two parts Church bullies are common in many congregations. Wreaking havoc, stirring up trouble and creating dissension, bullies typically must have an “enemy.” They aren’t happy unless they are fighting … Continue reading
Posted in Church Health
Tagged agenda, alliances, bullies, bully, chairman, church, confront, congregation, damage, deacon, dissention, elders, emotional, enemy, entitlement, fighting, havoc, intimidate, Leadership, manipulative, member, mission, pastor, personalty, power, preferences, self-serving, selfish, staff, treasurer, trouble
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Prayer Pointers for Loving Our Neighbors Better
This month we are focusing on “Love your neighbor as yourself.” (Matthew 22:39) We invite you to take one prayer request each day as marked and pray over it repeatedly that day. We also suggest you look up the … Continue reading
