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Author Archives: Dr. Matthew Lee Smith
Turn-Around Tuesday – Enjoying the Incredible Benefits of Obedience!
“And Noah did all that the Lord had commanded him … Everything on the dry land in whose nostrils was the breath of life died. He blotted out every living thing that was on the face of the ground, … Continue reading
Posted in 2 - Turn-Around Tuesdays (trials and troubles), Suffering
Tagged Ark, character, confess, direction, easy, fail, fear, forgiveness, God, hard, history, hope, Jesus, joy, joyful, life, Lord, love, Noah, obedience, obey, rebellion, repent, ridicule, shortcut, situation, suffering, warning, working conditions
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Magnificent Marriage Monday – Guarding God’s Gifts!
“The Lord God made clothing from skins for the man and his wife, and he clothed them.” (Genesis 3:21, CSB) The Lord God made clothing … and he clothed them. We live in corrupt times. So many people have … Continue reading
Posted in Magnificent Marriage Mondays, Marriage
Tagged abundance, Adam, ashamed, Bible, body, choice, clothing, command, cultural, culture, currupt, decisions, desire, directive, disobedience, esteem, eve, evil, forbidden, Gift, God, good, holiness, honor, life partner, lifestyle, Lord, marriage, naked, norms, offering, rejectin, sacred, spouse, standard
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Faith Filled Friday – When God Shows Up!
“Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.” (Genesis 17:4, ESV) Behold, my covenant is with you. You’ve been faithful. You’ve endured years of trouble and difficulty. You’ve kept your eyes … Continue reading
Willing Worker Wednesday – Anticipating God’s Blessing!
“She who has believed is blessed because what was spoken to her by the Lord will be fulfilled!”(Luke 1:45, HCSB) She who has believed is blessed. So often we forget that our knowing isn’t enough as a leader … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog, Willing Worker Wednesdays
Tagged accepted, act, action, angel, belief, believe, bless, blessed, blessing, change, character, choice, commitment, criticism, devil, difficulty, directive, disciple, doubt, effective, faith, future, God, goodness, grow, heart, Jesus, knowledge, Leadership, life, Lord, Mary, motivation, obey, pain, promise, reality, respond, rewards, right, significant, sin, slave, submission, submit, surrender, Trust, whim, will, work, working, wrong
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Turn-Around Tuesday – Doing All The Lord Has Commanded Us!
“Then the Lord said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation … For in seven days I will send rain on the … Continue reading
Magnificent Marriage Monday – Your Wife, Your Life!
“The man named his wife Eve because she was the mother of all the living.” (Genesis 3:20, CSB) The man named his wife Eve. Eve means, “life” or “making alive.” What an incredible observation from Adam. She is … Continue reading
Posted in Magnificent Marriage Mondays, Marriage
Tagged Adam, ancestor, blessed, children, companionship, completion, connection, connections, creativity, design, emotion, eve, father, friend, fulfillment, Gift, God, Godhead, gratitude, heartbeat, holiness, Holy Spirit, honor, hope, humanity, husband, interactions, joy, life, living, marriage, married, marry, mother, pledge, prayer, prent, protection, purpose, relational, relationship, sibling, Son, strength, understanding, union, wife, wisdom, wives, womb
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Faith Filled Friday – God Likes To Show Up and Show Off!
“When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless, that I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you … Continue reading
Posted in faith, Faith-Filled Fridays
Tagged Abraham, adore, Almighty, blameless, condition, covenant, cvenant, decision, delay, doubt, faith, future, Generation, God, Impossible, infertile, Ishmael, Jesus, laugh, Lord, multiply, plan, Post-menopausal, promise, purpose, ridiculous, schedule, surrender, timing, will, worship
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Train Them Thursday – God Silences Doubt!
“Zacharias said to the angel, “How will I know this for certain? For I am an old man and my wife is advanced in years.” The angel answered and said to him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Train Them Thursdays (discipleship)
Tagged ability, angel, believe, Bible, blameless, change, character, circumstances, create, dead, declare, disciple, discipleship, Distance, doubt, effective, epitome, example, faith, faithfully, frutiful, God, integrity, Jesus, lie, life, married, poison, proclaim, promise, react, rewardd, right living, serve, serving, situation, time, Trust, truth, truthfulness, virus, will, word, Word of God
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