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Preach Repentance, Heal Lives!
Artwork courtesy of richardgleaves.blogspot.com It’s never too late! No matter how far you have gone on a wrong road, turn back. -Turkish proverb Disciples proclaim a need for life change to each person they meet! Repentance is the Biblical … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, biblical, bottle, buffet, care, cash, change, compassion, disciple, grace, help, hope, Jesus, joy, Leadership, life-change, Lord, love, mercy, mess, preach, proclaim, relationship, repent, repentance, sacifice, sex, submission
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God Rewards Right Motives and Behaviors!
Artwork courtesy of neropta.com Leaders must develop a philosophy toward rewards that is incredibly simple: Reward performance and only performance. ~ Neil H. Snyder and Angela P. Clontz Rewards. Most “Christians” have a great suspicion when anyone starts talking … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Christian, church, disciple, faith, generosity, generous, heaven, Jesus, leader, love, performance, reward, rewards, teaching
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Am I Worthy of Jesus?
Artwork courtesy of: en.wikipedia.org Want to earn the loyalty of those you lead? Be loyal to them. For example, the Roman emperor Augustus Caesar was asked by a former soldier to testify for him in a lawsuit. The busy emperor … Continue reading
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Tagged Christ, Christian Music, confess, family, Jesus, love, loyal, loyalty, pastoral ministry, priority, relationship
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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
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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 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
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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 123 – Spiritual First Responders Rescue Those In Need!
Thank you for returning for another edition of the Transformed podcast. We continue our series entitled, Where Is God Taking Us? today. God is launching the men and women of Pacific Baptist Church into their neighborhoods as care givers – … Continue reading
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Tagged appreciation, Bible, care, compassion, dignity, disciple, discipleship, emergency, evangelism, fatherless, finanical predator, first responder, homeless, influence, Job, justice, legally oppressed, love, love your neighbor, need, poor, reconcile, reconciliaton, small groups, unjust, widow
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8 Focal Points of Being On Mission
God’s dream for us is a dream … to become the hands and feet of Jesus in our neighborhoods: Actually knowing who our neighbors are, Sincerely caring about what happens in their lives, Immediately coming to their rescue when life … Continue reading
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Tagged baptism, baptizing, discipleship, evangelism, first responders, love, mission, neighbor, prayer, search and rescue, small group, teaching, worship
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