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Faith Filled Friday – Choosing to Act When God Does Not!
“And Sarai said to Abram, “Behold now, the Lord has prevented me from bearing children. Go in to my servant; it may be that I shall obtain children by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. So, after … Continue reading
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Tagged ability, Abraham, blessed, childbearing, desire, doubt, faith, frustration, Garden of Eden, God, heaven, husband, impatience, pain, plans, power, promise, purpose, rationalize, Sarah, strength, surrogate, throne, Trust, ways, wife
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Train Them Thursday – Follow Our Model!
“And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.” (John 1:14, NASB95) And dwelt among us. Camping has never … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Train Them Thursdays (discipleship)
Tagged air conditioning, Angels, camping, caring, central heating, character, church, disciple, discipleship, friend, God, grace, gracious, grow, heaven, human, hurtful, indoor plumbing, Israel, Jesus, love, loyal, mercy, primitive, servants, service, technology, throne room, truthful
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Willing Worker Wednesday – Focus On Those Who Respond!
“He came to His own, and His own people did not receive Him. But to all who did receive Him, He gave them the right to be children of God, to those who believe in His name, who were … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog, Willing Worker Wednesdays
Tagged belief, childlike, children, compliment, effective, embrace, father, God, heaven, influence, Jesus, Leadership, live, love, negative, people, pray, relationship, respond, treatment, willing, worker
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Hope For Today – Emmanuel Means, “God is With us!”
Photo Credit: https://www.aaronsnowberger.com Are you feeling like God has forgotten you? If so, you are not alone. I’m Dr. Matthew Lee Smith and I want to share some Hope For Today about the fact that God is With Us!
Posted in Hope For Today
Tagged alone, Bible, busy, Christmas, complain, empty hearts, empty houses, faith, feelings, festive gatherings, forever, forget, forgotten, God, God is With Us, heaven, hope, Immanuel, isolated, Jesus, King, loneliness, Lord, lyrics, office parties, Old Testament, solitude, song, struggles, truth
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Hope For Today – Thankfulness Represents Our Lord!
Photo Credit: http://www.crosscards.com Another holiday in the memory books and several pounds added to our frames. What a great time to be publicly thankful for family, for friends and for our faith! I’m Dr. Matthew Lee Smith and I want … Continue reading
Posted in Hope For Today
Tagged amazing grace, Christmas, failures, faith, family, father, festivities, friends, God, goodness, gratitude, heaven, help, holidays, hope, Jesus, Lord, mercy, mistakes, pies, resurrection, sacrifice, season, shoppers, sins, thankful, thankfulness, thanks, Thanksgiving, tinsel, Turkey
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Upgrading Our Prayer Life!
“Yeshua answered them, “Yes! I tell you, if you have trust and don’t doubt, you will not only do what was done to this fig tree; but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Go and throw yourself into the … Continue reading
Posted in Character of God, faith, Leadership Blog, Prayer
Tagged answered prayer, character of God, child, doubt, doubting Thomas, failures, faith, father, good, heaven, Jesus, Kingdom, Kingdom of Heaven, mountain, Parenting, prayer, self-centeredness, selfish, sin, theologian, Theology, Trust
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The Hard Hearted Don’t Care When Their Actions Injure Others!
Some thoughts from Exodus 9:8-12 (ESV) The hard-heartedness of Pharaoh refused to obey the Lord despite the severe injury to the health of all of his citizens. With everyone in the country affected, and the magicians unable to stand in … Continue reading
Transformed #287: Focusing on Heaven by Focusing on Tomorrow!
People lean in the direction of the affection! This truth is the core of today’s episode of the Transformed Podcast. While every church in America is under change right now, many are not doing well as a result of that … Continue reading
Posted in Church Health, Discipleship, Engaging Culture, Transformed
Tagged action, America, blame, change, church, compassion, duty, faith, fast, forgiveness, future, give, heal, health, heaven, justice, lead, mission, pray, protect, rebuild, rescue, responsibility, restoration, rumors, sacrifice, salvation, share, shelter
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