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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

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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

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Book Review: Autopsy of a Deceased Church: 12 Ways to Keep Yours Alive

by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith, PhD An estimated 7,000 churches in the United States close their doors every year, never to open again. And, as staggering as that fact is, tens of thousands of churches across America are close to … Continue reading

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Hope For Today – Easter: The Tomb of Jesus is Empty!

It’s Easter and, if we were honest, had it not been for the resurrection of Jesus, we would most likely have never met like this. I’m Dr. Matthew Lee Smith and I want to share some Hope For Today announcing … Continue reading

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Divine Direction is a book you need to read NOW!

Divine Direction is a powerhouse of practicality. Craig Groeschel is tremendously transparent, illuminating the 7 choices that can bring about a different harvest in each person’s life. Chapter by chapter of Divine Direction shows us how the Biblical principle, “what … Continue reading

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Hope For Today – Your Words Are True!

What can we depend on today? People lie to us every day – some haphazardly, others with malicious intent. Even promises made by our politicians evaporate faster than water on a Phoenix sidewalk! I’m Dr. Matthew Lee Smith and I … Continue reading

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Transformed #288: God Is Able!

Welcome to the Transformed Podcast. Today we start a new chapter in the podcast as Dr. Matthew Lee Smith, begins his relationship with Woodland Drive Baptist Church in Visalia, CA (Visalia – first I is long – sounds like “eye”) … … Continue reading

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Hard Heartedness Refuses to Listen to One’s Inner Circle!

Some thoughts from Exodus 8:18-19 (ESV) The hard-heartedness of Pharaoh refused to listen to his innermost circle of trusted advisors despite their unified agreement. As we have already stated, pride creates deafness. Everyone else is wrong. I am the only one … Continue reading

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Hope For Today – Favor Me With Your Power, Lord!

Photo Credit: www.ubcieee.org Are you working on a new life or a new project and need God’s help? Most of us, if we are honest, would admit we could use God’s intervention in our situation right now! I’m Dr. Matthew Lee … Continue reading

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Transformed Podcast #281: Strategies for a Winning Sunday School!

If we are to truly disciple the men and women who attend our Sunday School or small groups, we will need to seek to help them “win” at the spiritual life. In our New Year series, “When Sunday School Works … Continue reading

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