How Would You Market A New Book?

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

You may have noticed that I have not been posting nearly as frequently over the last month.  The reason is that my daughter Tabitha and I have put the finishing touches on a new book.  It is done and I am really excited about it.  This is a book for anyone who longs to know God and desires to walk with Him in joyful and pleasure. It is very practical and I think inspirational.  The title is “In His Presence.”thumbnailimage1

We have been brainstorming ways to get the word out about this new book.  So, I thought I would see if you could help.  Leave me a comment with your thoughts or answering these questions:  How would you market a new book?  What creative ideas have you seen for getting the word out about a book? Are there ways that you would like to help us?

Thanks for your help!

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Transformed Episode #066 – Transformation Beyond Your Wildest Dreams! Part 1

Posted on July 18, 2009 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

Today, “How To” books fill the racks of local book stores. You can find cook books for people who want to cook; repair books for people who want to fix things; investment books for people who want a better future; parenting books for people who want to raise good children and relationship books for people who want lasting love and loyalty.

Yet in out text today, and in this book of Ephesians, we have a “How To” book for the life of the true disciple of Jesus Christ. The book can be called, How to Conduct Yourself In The Body of Christ, the Local Church!

And how should we conduct ourselves toward others? We are to imitate God’s love by interceding for them when they are in trouble; by comforting them when they are hurting; by encouraging them when they are discouraged; and by speaking well of them to others!

As senior pastor, Dr. Matthew Lee Smith teaches the congregation at the First Baptist Church of Palos Verdes CA, he shows us how we should imitate the love of God inour relationships with others.

Let’s listen in now as Pastor Matt teaches us how to enjoy transformation – beyond your wildest dreams!

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  • or by emailing us at transformedpodcast@gmail.com
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Transformed Episode #065 – Life Beyond Your Wildest Dreams!

Posted on July 11, 2009 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

Ask yourself today, “Am I truly a follower of Jesus Christ?” If your answer to that question is “Yes!” then ask yourself another question: “Where is my final destination?” “It’s Heaven!” you say. Then there is one final question: “Who are you going to Heaven to meet?” “Jesus!” Correct!

And what has Jesus promised to those who truly follow him on Earth? Ephesians 3:20-21 declares to us: “Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly / abundantly / above / all / that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.”

How does one possess this life beyond our wildest dreams? There are three major lifestyle changes that the true follower of King Jesus has made in order to have all that God promises to him or her!

Let’s listen in now as Dr. Matthew Lee Smith teaches the congregation at the First Baptist Church of Palos Verdes CA how to enjoy life – beyond your wildest dreams!

If you’d like to comment on this episode or contact Dr. Smith you can do so in one of three ways:

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Transformed Episode #064 – Gifted Beyond Your Wildest Dreams!

Posted on July 4, 2009 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

God wants to put his church together! He wants his church to grow! In fact, we will learn today that it is the nature of the church to grow! If a church is not growing, then that church is sick!

God is so concerned about the growth of his church that he has presented every local church with a gift! THE purpose for all of these gifts is plainly declared to us today … spiritual maturity! Spiritual maturity is not a gaining of knowledge, but a giving of service. You know you are spiritually maturing when you are serving the local church body of King Jesus! When you are “pulling your load” and not “making a load of work,” then you are maturing!

As Dr. Matthew Lee Smith, Senior Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Palos Verdes CA, we discover 5 special gifts God has given to His church!

Let’s listen in now as Pastor Matt teaches us all about giftedness – beyond your wildest dreams!

If you’d like to comment on this episode or contact Dr. Smith you can do so in one of three ways:

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  • or by emailing us at transformedpodcast@gmail.com
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Transformed Podcast Interviews Daniel Henderson

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

strategic-renewal-personal-renewalcongregational-revivalleadership-restoration-igniting-the-heart-of-the-churchWe welcome to the podcast today, Dr, Daniel Henderson. Daniel is Founder and President of Strategic Renewal. After spending 25 years in rewarding full-time pastoral ministry, Daniel is now full-time with Strategic Renewal, freeing him to do more writing, lead prayer events, speak at conferences, raise money to help hurting pastors, and use his decades of local church experience to encourage renewal in every way possible. During his years as a pastor, Daniel embraced what he calls the “bonfire” paradigm, focusing on one local church as a model to help ignite other churches in worship-based prayer. Now he has more of a “brushfire” focus as he seeks to ignite fires of renewal across the country and around the world.

“Serving through Strategic Renewal is a true calling; the mission the Lord has put before us. The ministry is truly strategic and Christ-honoring. It goes beyond the superficial and ‘felt’ needs of society and powerfully encourages the very heart and life of the church. Renewal. Revival. Restoration. This cause is worthy of my very life.”

You are encouraged to contact Daniel at:

Strategic Renewal
PO Box 365
Forest, VA 24551

Phone: 888.326.4774

http://www.strategicrenewal.com

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Transformed Episode #063 – Power Beyond Your Wildest Dreams!

Posted on June 27, 2009 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

In Jesus, we have all the power we need to live beyond our wildest dreams! The reality is that many of us are often disappointed, thinking that walking with God is some how faulty! God promises an incredible life – but you feel powerless when there is a real need! But we also learn that the life beyond our wildest dreams requires the true disciple of Jesus Christ to draw deep into their walk with King Jesus!

In other words, if you want power beyond your wildest dreams, you are going to have to yield your lifestyle to certain activities that produce the harvest of God’s power – His love – in your life!

In this lesson, Dr. Matthew Lee Smith teaches the congregation at the First Baptist Church of Palos Verdes CA, that there are 5 non-negotiable actions that flow from our relationship with Christ … and these actions produce power … beyond your wildest dreams!

If you’d like to comment on this episode or contact Dr. Smith you can do so in one of three ways:

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  • or by emailing us at transformedpodcast@gmail.com
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Do Not Fear!

Posted on June 23, 2009 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

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After four members of my family turned 40, we found out how much the kids had picked up on their trepidation. The day before my niece’s ninth birthday, she observed, “Tomorrow I’ll be nine and next year it the big one-oh.”

~ Deborah Shapiro

Fear spreads like a cancer. All too often the fear is, as Zig Ziglar often says, “F – E – A – R” for “False Evidence Appearing Real.” You know that many things in this life scare us. And the reason, we know, is that we are powerless to control the things that bring us apprehension.

Just because you are an Eagle Leader doesn’t mean you are immune to fear. We all know the feelings when someone says, ‘I need to talk to you later’ … in that tone. Who hasn’t experienced the trepidation of being called to the office without any explanation? And there is the less subtle, more overt hair-raising situations … people yelling at you, being lost in unfamiliar territory or the medical report that’s coming on Monday, and it’s only Thursday.

Walking out the mission of Jesus Christ brings a whole new set of evidences that justify a ‘fight or flight’ response in us. Jesus tells us of an incredible source of peace that every Eagle Leader can access in times of fear …

“Whatever I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what you hear in the ear, preach on the housetops. And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. Matthew 10:27-31 (NKJV)

We become like Jesus when …

o We remember how valued we are to God – in the midst of an attack!

No one ever said the Christ-life would be easy … after all, they crucified Jesus! Every Eagle Leader knows that attempting to take new terrain for the King of kings almost inevitably means a fight by the lord of darkness. For most of us, fighting = fear.

Yet Jesus calls us to stand our ground, assured of His Father’s love for us. We need not fear for we are watched, protected and sent by the Lord of love. Just because they fight back is no reason to be afraid of them. After all, your Father is able to take on all the opposition!

Do not fear … you are surrounded by His love!

© 2009 By Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

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Transformed Episode #062 – Riches Beyond Your Wildest Dreams

Posted on June 20, 2009 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

Marlene Dietrich reminds us that “There is a gigantic difference between earning a great deal of money and being rich.”

The book of Ephesians reminds us that these treasures that are in Jesus are unsearchable! In other words, God possesses “riches – beyond our wildest dreams!” He has resources that we cannot even begin to imagine or locate! But when we need them ~ He can deliver them in an instant!

As Dr. Matthew Lee Smith teaches the congregation at the First Baptist Church of Palos Verdes CA, we are able to grasp how we can possess the seven supernatural benefits God wants to give to His people so they can enjoy His riches!

Let’s listen in now as Pastor Matt teaches us how to enjoy riches – beyond your wildest dreams!

If you’d like to comment on this episode or contact Dr. Smith you can do so in one of three ways:

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Endurance and Salvation!

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

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Declare your mission – and then live it!

~ Tom Welch

This morning I visited our health care provider because Melodee, the joy of my eyes for these past 30 years, was sick. As we went to the lab to get her blood tests done I noticed this sign, “Our Mission: healthy patients.” How simple, how measurable, how clear!

What are we living for? Jesus-followers have a completely different set of values and purposes than a world-follower. We, as Eagle Leaders, step it up one more notch. Our mission, our life purpose, is to fulfill the command of Jesus … ‘As the father has sent me, so I send you.’ In the face of opposition and hostility, the mission remains the same.

God has called us to a simple mission as well: “Make Disciples!” When we choose to move people into a personal, disciplined relationship with Jesus Christ as King of their lives you can be sure there will opposition. Jesus encourages us to keep our eyes on the prize and not be pulled away by our adversaries …

“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves. But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils and scourge you in their synagogues. You will be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles. But when they deliver you up, do not worry about how or what you should speak. For it will be given to you in that hour what you should speak; for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you. Now brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death. And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved. When they persecute you in this city, flee to another. For assuredly, I say to you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes. A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. It is enough for a disciple that he be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more will they call those of his household! Therefore do not fear them. For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known. Matthew 10:16-26 (NKJV)

We become like Jesus when …

o We endure until the end!

Eagle leaders understand there is a simple mission … make disciples. We pour our lives into this process and, when confronted by those who would object, subject, disagree and detain us from our mission, we simple leave that place, move on and keep focused on the mission.

Such is the persistence of the Eagle Leader … the mission of Jesus! Day in and day out, whether applauded or attacked, the next generation will never advance for Christ without our singleness of mind. Churches are built upon disciples, not attendees. Families are stable and strong because of Godly disciples as parents, not politically correct socialites.

The mission … make disciples! Be an Eagle Leader this week.

© 2009 By Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

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A Week of Forgiveness

Posted on June 15, 2009 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

Forgiveness is a uniquely Christ-like thing to do! It is the essential quality to living a life of joy and pleasure. When we are forgiving, we are no longer trapped in prisons of pain. We no longer live in the past – at the event of hurt – but are free to move forward into a future of happiness and possibility.

This week is National Forgiveness Week. What an appropriate week to shine the love of Jesus by forgiving those who have wounded us! We can define forgiveness is two ways … One is relinquishing bitterness or vengeance, and the second is adopting a merciful response towards the offender — finding even a small way in which you can genuinely wish good for the offender.

Download this helpful brochure and invest this week in meaningful change! Forgiveness is the gift that releases the heart and opens the soul to the life of God. Download here: a-week-of-forgiveness_pub1

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