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Studying 1 John 2:2!
Photo credit: https://www.biblestudytools.com Editor’s note: We have been away from our study in 1 John for awhile … so, you can catch up with this study here. We step back into our study today – and will continue through this study each … Continue reading
Posted in 1 John
Tagged antichrist, apostates, believer, Christ, Christian, church, communion, delusions, devil, discipleship, eternal, evangelism, faith, fellowship, God, God's plan, Gospel, Impossible, Jesus, John, joy, knowledge, life, Logos, love, mediation, moral excellence, obedience, power, practical, profess, purity, purpose, revelation, Satan, separation, spiritual perfection, utter transcendence, warning, witness, world, worldliness
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Studying 1 John 2:1!
Photo credit: https://www.biblestudytools.com Editor’s note: We have been away from our study in 1 John for awhile … so, you can catch up with this study here. We step back into our study today – and will continue through this study each … Continue reading
Posted in 1 John
Tagged antichrist, apostates, believer, Christ, Christian, church, communion, delusions, devil, discipleship, eternal, evangelism, faith, fellowship, God, God's plan, Gospel, Impossible, Jesus, John, joy, knowledge, life, Logos, love, mediation, moral excellence, obedience, power, practical, profess, purity, purpose, revelation, Satan, separation, spiritual perfection, utter transcendence, warning, witness, world, worldliness
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Don’t Fool Yourself!
It happens every day … mostly because we are so generous and loving. We choose to believe someone because of what they say. Then, a few days, weeks, or months later we are bitten by that same person. Their lifestyle … Continue reading
Posted in Adundant Life, christian life, Church Health, faith, Leadership Blog
Tagged church, couples, evaluation, fruit, Leadership, lifestyle, marriage, mentoring, ministry, practice, relationships, talk, training, walk, words, works
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Will We Ever Learn?
Have you noticed how many times you have witnessed a divided church, a divided family, a divided workplace? Jesus tells us that there are only TWO bleak futures for such a group … “However, knowing what they were thinking, … Continue reading
Posted in Church Health, faith, Leadership Blog
Tagged Bible, church, conflict, death, division, family, future, Jesus, Kingdom, split, workplace
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Hope For Today – Settling Our Disagreements!
When we snap at other people, we break relationships. And that just makes our lives worse … robbing us of peace! I’m Dr. Matthew Lee Smith and I want to share some Hope For Today about settling our disagreements! So, … Continue reading
Posted in christian life, Discipleship, Transformed
Tagged Bible, Christian, church, disagreement, faith, forgive, forgiveness, God, grudge, hope, Jesus, ministry, peace, power, relationships, restoration, spirit, worship
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Hope For Today – Enjoying a Blessed Life!
Is your daily life chaotic or calm; are you being beaten up by life, or are you enjoying a blessed life? These are two of the most important questions you can ask yourself on a daily basis. Our answer to … Continue reading
Posted in Hope For Today, Transformed
Tagged act, attitude, belief, Bible, blessing, calm, chaos, character, Christ, church, destiny, expectation, forgiveness, God, habit, hope, Jesus, life, mood, peace, performance, plan, storms, thinking, thought
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Hope For Today – Receiving So Many of God’s Blessings!
Each day, as I open God’s Word, He brings so much CHANGE and BLESSING into my life! I’m Dr. Matthew Lee Smith and I want to share some Hope For Today about how God gives us SO MANY OF HIS … Continue reading
Posted in Adundant Life, Attitude, christian life, Deeper Walk With God, Discipleship, faith, God Is With Us!, Hope For Today, Transformed
Tagged Bible, blessing, change, church, compassion, darkness, deliverer, forgiveness, guidance, Holy Spirit, hope, Jesus, life, Lord, mercy, prayer, rescue, transformation, Transformed
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Questions to Ask Before You Take an Associate Position
Recently a good friend asked whether he should take a position that’s been offered to him. As I took some time thinking about this, I considered this is his first foray into a church ministry staff position. Since he’s young, I wanted to give … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog, Ministry
Tagged budget, calling, career, church, doubt, expectations, family, Job, Leadership, ministry, pastor, positon, purpose, staff, supervisor, Vision, will of God, youth
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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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Invasion Requires a Life of Endurance!
“And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Engaging Culture, Leadership Blog, Missional
Tagged church, cross, discipleship, evangelism, faith, God, Jesus, joy, leader, Leadership, lost, mission, power, race, shame, suffer, victory
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