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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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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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What Was That You Posted?
It is so easy to post the first thing that comes to our minds … and, if we were honest, that IS who we are. Jesus was clear that our words are the reflections of our hearts (Matthew 12:34). What … Continue reading
Posted in Adundant Life, Attitude, christian life, Discipleship, faith, Leadership Blog
Tagged account, Bible, Christ, facebook, fruit of the spirit, heart, Jesus, judgment, posts, speaking, twitter, words, works of the flesh
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Hope For Today – God Gives More Grace!
Pride. It gets all of us into problems every week. We know we are right, why can’t others see what we see? And when they don’t, we often push too hard and, in the process, show we are more interested … Continue reading
Posted in Hope For Today
Tagged forgiveness, God, grace, heart, hope, humble, Jesus, pride, problems, process, relationship, repent, repentant
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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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5 Character Traits Building A Confident Faith!
Trusting the God Who Promises the Practical “Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great … Continue reading
Posted in faith
Tagged accomplishment, adventure, adversaries, age, Almighty, benefactor, benefit, career, change, choice, deferender, direction, failure, faith, generosity, God, heart, Holy Spirit, Jesus, life, new, opposition, plan, provide, provision, purpose, reason, success
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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 Life of Peace and Blessing!
We can turn around any attitude, change any habit, create a totally different character and, in time, enjoy a completely different life – a life of peace and blessing! I’m Dr. Matthew Lee Smith and I want to share some … Continue reading
Posted in Hope For Today, Transformed
Tagged attitude, Bible, blessing, blessing of God, calm, change, chaos, character, Christ, forgiveness, God, God's Word, habit, Jesus, life, peace, selfish, stand form, turn around
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Impacted By God’s Word
Some verses just make a bigger impact in my life than others. How about you? Sure they do! When this verse comes across my path each year in my Bible reading, it causes me to stop and evaluate some things. … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Reading, christian life, Leadership Blog, Will of God
Tagged belief, Bible, blessing, compassion, direction, evaluate, experience, faith, favor, God, guidance, Jesus, kindness, life, wrath
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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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