Disciples are to intelligently interpret this present time better than they determine the weather

Posted on November 24, 2025 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

Weather. If we listen very long to meteorologists, we often find out that they are not The Weatherman! They will predict something and then, it seems like, God just says, “I don’t think so!” and changes what happens.

However, many of us have learned that predicting the weather and understanding the times can be equally difficult. Yet those of us who are in the word on a daily basis find we have an advantage over those who are merely religious, are Church People, or are pagans.

And that advantage is very simple: We have the word of God, energized by the Spirit of God to determine the will of God in the timing of God. This advantage, this ability to listen to the Spirit and to know the mind of God on a matter, is absolutely required if we are to navigate these difficult days.

Are you in the Word of God on a daily basis? If not, go to a resources page and download the resource, How to Read the Bible With Fresh Eyes. While you’re there, pick up a reading schedule as well. And then ask God to help you understand the times you’re in, your role in this present time, and your mission will be clear.

Do you understand these things?

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Disciples teach that anxiety as to what one will eat or drink is a mark of a Pagan mindset

Posted on November 17, 2025 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

Anxiety. In the United States approximately one out of five people are on some form of anti-depressant prescriptions! People all around us are struggling with worry and fear because they do not know or do not have any security or assurance in this life.

Disciples have a foundation in King Jesus. They know He loves them. They know they are valuable to Him. They know that they will always be heard when they cry out to Him. They have a track record with Him. He will never leave them nor forsake them. That’s His promise to them!

Today, all around us in this world that has rejected God in His son. Jesus, people suffer the consequences of that disconnection. The disconnection creates a dissonance in their soul, a distress in their being, a disconcerting feeling that life is not right and no idea how to bring it back to peace.

But peace is a gift from Jesus: “Peace I leave with you; My [own] peace I now give and bequeath to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. [Stop allowing yourselves to be agitated and disturbed; and do not permit yourselves to be fearful and intimidated and cowardly and unsettled.]” (John 14:27, AMP)

Truly, the Bible has foretold the reality of the generation we live in: “The wicked are miserable all day long!” (Job 15:20, Smith Expanded Version) While we ache for those around us and bring them the hope of heaven through the forgiveness of sins by repentance, we must also guard ourselves against the infection of this very communicable emotion. It is so easy to get our eyes off of Jesus and Heaven and become selfish and anxious, for the thing is that our Father promises He will give us because we are more valuable to Him than we could ever imagine.

What are your thoughts?

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Disciples warn against every form of greed!

Posted on November 14, 2025 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

Money, money, money! Can you hear the sound of the music in the background? So many people today are driven by their love and their greed for money. And of course, even Solomon agrees that, “Money is the answer to everything!” (Ecclesiastes 10:19, NASB)

For the disciple of King Jesus, though, greed is the root that finds its nourishments in evil. “For the love of money is a root of all evils; it is through this craving that some have been led astray and have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves through with many acute [mental] pangs. But as for you, O man of God, flee from all these things; aim at and pursue righteousness (right standing with God and true goodness), godliness (which is the loving fear of God and being Christlike), faith, love, steadfastness (patience), and gentleness of heart.” (1 Timothy 6:10–11, AMP)

As you will notice, Rabbi, Saul of Tarsus equates the love of money (greed) to the opposite of everything that is godly and Christ-like. In other words, disciples realize that this life is temporary. We are not resident. We are camping. We are temporarily here on assignment. This is not our home. We are only passing through. Money is the thing that helps us complete our mission. Our rewards and promotion come in Heaven.

Hence, how we deal with the emotions that surround money are truly a diagnostic of where our heart resides. Greed, and the love of money, are the symptoms of a selfish soul on a journey to the Lake of Fire. Generosity and a love to use it for the poor and needy, and the mission of God, reveal a heart firmly focused on eternity.

What are your thoughts?

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Disciples don’t fear humans who can murder them!

Posted on November 12, 2025 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

Death. bring up the subject and watch how chilly the room becomes. People don’t wanna talk about it. People avoid it. And the reason people avoid it is very simple: They simply do not know what will happen to them after their heart stops.

But for the disciple of King Jesus, death is a doorway to the greater world. Disciples understand that eternal life is much greater than earthly life. And so they boldly proclaim the name and the fame of king Jesus, despite the consequences.

They have already dealt with the insults, they have been publicly attacked, their words have been distorted and used against them, and they know that those in power today want to turn them over to a greater authority who can incarcerate them for the rest of their lives. And they realize that their enemies greatest hope is to kill them.

Yet again, I say, death is a doorway to the greater life, to the abundant life, to the eternal life, the conversational life with king Jesus, for all eternity. As the old song says, “When we’ve been there 10,000 years bright shining as the sun, we have no less days to sing His praise than when we first begun!”

So today, disciple, do not fear for God is near, and your king will hear your cry and come to your rescue when you die. He has prepared a table before you in the presence of your enemies, and there is another one at the Marriage Feast of the Lamb!

What are your thoughts?

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Disciples identify and warn Church People about the pervasive, corrupting influence and teaching of hypocrisy …

Posted on November 10, 2025 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

Religious leaders. So many people are tired of those who tell us to do one thing, but are later exposed for doing the very same thing. Jesus is very clear about this. Our private lives are being recorded, and there is a day, at the judgment of Jesus, where every word and motive and action will be weighed and will be dealt with by His hand.

Some things will receive reward: Those are the things we did that He told us to do because we love Him. Other things will receive punishment: Those are the things that displease Him.

The reality is that we all receive according to what our deeds deserve. And so many people forget as they rise in leadership that pretending is one of the things that Satan loves and Jesus hates. Matthew 23 remind us the pretenders wind up in the pit of hell, but those of us obey will live with Him forever.Holy Spirit

Jesus has the best surveillance system in the universe. One day everyone will see the things that we have done in the dark and said in the dark as well as the things that we have whispered behind closed doors thinking no one can hear. The Holy Spirit hears everything and one day everyone will all see it and hear it.

What’s your response to all of this?

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Explain that dark generations will be condemned …

Posted on November 7, 2025 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

We live in dark times. In these times, the people around us have chosen a lifestyle that dishonors God. Unfortunately, we are all too familiar with the dragging of such disgusting habits into the worship and fellowship of God’s people today.

In real life, we realize that these people are much less godly and much more worldly than they profess to be. So what are we supposed to do? We can go along to get along. Or we can continue to walk closer and closer to the king of Kings and Lord of lords. We can want to imitate, and seek to become more like Jesus every day.

Sobering as it is, at the judgment seat of king Jesus, witnesses from across the ages will stand and give testimony as to why we should be rewarded or condemned by the way we did our lifestyle. Lifestyle is what reveals what’s in our hearts, we become a video for all to see, hear, and to testify about.

We do not want to be thrown away into the Lake of Fire with this generation of wickedness. Today is the day we decide again to stand for what is right, for what the King teaches us, for what our God desires of us: To live holy, to live justly, to live graciously in this present world.

How about you? What are your thoughts?

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Don’t waste time away from the teaching when it is live …

Posted on November 5, 2025 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

Distraction is one of the devils greatest, and most effective tools against us! Every time there is a gathering, there is much to be done. If you have the gift of servant, you know exactly what happens inside your soul. There is food to prepare, there are things to get done, and you are constantly seeing the list of needs, instead of what is needed most. It’s not that you are wrong, it’s just that your timing is not right. And the devil wants to make full use of your goodness.

Jesus clarifies. Martha was preoccupied because she was a server. Mary was focused because she knew that those things could be done after Jesus finished talking. This is what the discipleship life is all about. While the servers get distracted God wants us to focus on the teaching, the training, the growth He wants to pour into us.

In gatherings around the globe, Lucifer seems to reign in this area. Today I’m calling you to set aside the serving when the pastor or teacher or disciple is teaching, training, disciplining. Focus on the words of God. Focus on understanding what God is trying to tell you through the messenger. Focus on understanding so you can apply. This is what wisdom is. Wisdom doesn’t waste the moment of training so that they can rearrange chairs or get the lunch ready.

If you will pour your self into this one truth, you will discover a whole new level of intimacy with God this week. Resist the temptation to serve when the messenger of God is speaking. Sit down, open your Bible, take out your notepad, and pray this short prayer: “God, speak to me!”

What do you have to say about this?

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Disciples realize that receptivity, or lack of it, to their message by a people means ….

Posted on November 3, 2025 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

Consider what this really means! So often the messages rejected. To those people, there is a huge reality, the reality of eternal loss. But for those who accept our message, there is the exaltation of being in heaven forever!

Imagine, all that is said in revelation, 21 and 22 becomes part of the eternal life of those we reach out to. Remember, it’s not about you this week. If you already have surrendered to King Jesus, then you know, and will delight in the presence of Jesus as your king and God for all eternity.

But for those who have yet to hear, it is time for us to reach out this week. No one wishes the Lake of Fire upon anyone if their hearts are right with Jesus.

What are your thoughts?

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The Temptation to Territorial Power

Posted on October 27, 2025 by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith

Disciples of King Jesus understand that the temptation to territorial power is greatest when we are weakest and that the Devil has been handed the Realm of the Middle Eastern Authority (and more) to give to anyone who will worship him! (See Mark 4.6)

We are watching the collapse of Empires right now as the Devil is being handed the Realms of the UK. more and more of Africa, and footholds in the USA.

Make no mistake. Lucifer declared himself and his intentions to our King a long time ago: “I will give you their splendor and all this authority, because it has been given over to me, and I can give it to anyone I want. If you, then, WILL WORSHIP ME, all will be yours.”” (Luke 4:6–7, CSB)

Satan is the Great Liar and the Mask He uses these days is Isalm. “Allah is Jehovah,” is his great deception. It sounds just like his plan: “I will make myself like the Most High.”” (Isaiah 14:14, CSB)

THE ONLY WAY to overcome is through prayer and fasting. “And when He had come into the house, His disciples asked Him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?” So He said to them, “This kind can come out by nothing but prayer and fasting.”” (Mark 9:28–29, NKJV)

Check out Isaiah 58. This chapter describes the kind of fasting God desires—not merely a ritual of self-affliction or outward display, but a fast that leads to JUSTICE and compassion. It emphasizes actions such as LOOSENING THE CHAINS OF INJUSTICE, SETTING THE OPPRESSED FREE, sharing food with the hungry, welcoming the homeless, and clothing the naked.

Spiritual warfare is fought like this: “For although we live in the flesh, we DO NOT wage war according to the flesh, since the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but are powerful through God for the demolition of strongholds. We demolish arguments and every proud thing that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to obey Christ.” (2 Corinthians 10:3–5, CSB)

IT’S TIME TO FALL ON OUR KNEES AFRESH AND STOP PLAYING CHURCH! Before it’s too late!

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