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These books will help guide your daily Bible reading with insights into each passage you read. This series is a practical, passionate, Biblical mentoring journey for individuals, small groups, leadership teams and congregations who desire to win their world for Christ.

These journals will help you keep track of your daily reading and prayer requests.
Hope Enabler is the real-life story of one Christian parent’s struggle with a runaway child and the hope that God enabled her to have during the darkest moments of that struggle.
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Confess or Deny?
Artwork by godsbreath.wordpress.com If Peter walked away from Christ and his friends (Matthew 26:56), THEN tried to follow Jesus at a distance AND also placed himself in a very unhealthy environment (Matthew 26:58) which led to him eventually denying Christ … Continue reading
Posted in Becoming Like Jesus
Tagged compassion, confess, deny, father, God, heaven, hostile, Jesus, love, relationship, skeptic, witness
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Episode 139 – Where Is God As We Look Into the Future?
Welcome to the Transformed podcast. It’s the end of the year and the Mayan Calendar predictions (or interpretations) were wrong! We are still here! So what is ahead for us as God’s children? What does the future hold? First, let’s … Continue reading
Posted in God Is With Us!, Transformed
Tagged 2013, adoption, Bible, Christ, condemnation, death, Debt, emotion, faith, fasting, forgive, future, Gift, glory, God, heaven, Jesus, love, Mayan, New Year, obey, patience, possession, profession, redemption, revelation, spirit, spiritual, suffering, tribulation, walk in the Spirit, with us, Word of God
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Episode 137 – How Do I Overcome Satan's Constant Attacks?
Welcome to the Transformed podcast. Standing for Jesus takes a real man or woman of God. You can’t be a part-time Christ-follower, a “weekend warrior” for the faith of Jesus. Following Jesus is about a totally different lifestyle …and the … Continue reading
Posted in Adundant Life, Transformed
Tagged armor, attack, battle, belt of truth, Bible, branch office, Christ, Christian, church, confidence, demons, devil, disciple, discipleship, enemy, faith, faithful, gang leader, gangs, God, immorality, make disciples, mind, peace, prayer, right, righteousness, Satan, shield, spirit, submit, sword, truth
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Episode 134 – How Do I Hear the Voice of God?
Welcome to the Transformed podcast. It’s great to have you join us for what proves to be a powerful episode. Dr. Matthew Lee Smith, Lead Pastor at Pacific Baptist Church in El Segundo, California will be talking about how we … Continue reading
Posted in Adundant Life, Transformed
Tagged actions, adore, confess, dedicate, draw near, faith, God, Hebrews, Holy Spirit, intentions, James, King David, Passion, path of life, psalm, repent, spirit, submit, voice of God, yield
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Episode 132 – How Do I Get the Power of God in My Daily Life?
Welcome to the Transformed podcast. We are so grateful that you have chosen to join us today. Dr. Matthew Lee Smith, Lead Pastor at Pacific Baptist Church in El Segundo, California will be talking about understanding and enjoying the abundance … Continue reading
Posted in Adundant Life, Transformed
Tagged character, disobedient, evil, filling, God, God's will, gratitude, greatness, greedy, Holy Spirit, imitate, immorality, inner circle, lie, light, love, Messiah, mimic, mindset, NKJV, partner, purity, redeem, sex, sin, sing, submit, thanks, Thanksgiving, time, wisdom, wise
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Episode 127 – What's My Life Purpose?
Welcome to the Transformed podcast. Today we continue our journey entitled, 90 Days of Abundance! At Pacific Baptist Church in El Segundo, California, Dr. Matthew Lee Smith, Lead Pastor is talking about understanding and enjoying the abundance of Jesus … Continue reading
Posted in christian life, Transformed
Tagged Bible, care, character, Christian, corruption, endurance, evil, faith, fruitful, God, heaven, Jesus, knowledge, life, life purpose, love your neighbor, lusts, mission, missional, personal, physical life, power, practice, promises, purpose, relationship, religion, sacrifice, sacrificial, self control, spiritual life, Word of God
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Imitating God’s 6 Actions With a Lost Sheep!
Have you ever lost your keys? Does it drive you as crazy as it used to drive me? You know how it is – you turn the house upside down. In the couch, throwing cushions, looking everywhere – frantic to … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog
Tagged Christian, congregation, disciple, evangelism, first responders, flock, friendship, God, imitate, Leadership, lost, outreach, rescue, search and rescue, sheep, shepherd, small group, support group, worship
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When Depression Falls On the Child of God – Part 2
Photo Credit: carroll.edu “Why am I so depressed? Why this turmoil within me?” (Psalm 43:5, HCSB) We return to the anathema subject of depression in the Christian today because the Bible addresses the reality that many suffer from it, even … Continue reading
Posted in faith, Leadership Blog, Suffering
Tagged Christian, Christianity, depressed, depression, faith, God, hope, Jesus, love, pain, questions, ridicule, suffering, worship
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When Depression Falls On the Child of God
“Why am I so depressed? Why this turmoil within me?” (Psalm 42:5, HCSB) There seems to be a stigma to those Christ-followers who profess some sort of sadness of soul these days. Critics scorn them with pious platitudes like, “How … Continue reading
Episode 111 – Decade of Destiny!
Welcome to a very special edition of the Transformed podcast. Solomon tells us that, “Where there is no vision, the people perish!” In our episode today, Dr. Matthew Smith, lead pastor in El Segundo, California, shares from his heart the … Continue reading
Posted in Missional, Multi-ethnic / Urban, Transformed
Tagged Christ, Christian, church, God, love, mission, missional, neighbor, one another, Vision
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