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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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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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I Will Not Be Shaken!
As Hurricane Frances bore down on the Caribbean, I was living in Miami. So many emotions go through you when you realize that all that you own, and have accumulated over the years, could be destroyed in a matter of … Continue reading
Posted in faith, Leadership Blog, Missional, Suffering
Tagged conviction, crisis, disciple, discipline, fear, God, godly, guidance, instruction, Intimacy, Jesus, joy, lead, Leadership, life, mission, peace, security, spirit, spiritual, storm, walk
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Hope For Today – Celebrate His Peace!
Peace – we are all looking for it! The reality is, as we have learned from this past election cycle, peace is FAR from the hearts of Americans these days. And while the pointy finger of blame is flying, the … Continue reading
Posted in Hope For Today, Transformed
Tagged Americans, Bible, blame, Christ, election, glory, God, heart, Jesus, Lord, peace
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Transformed #298: Celebrate His Entry!
It’s Christmas! I love Christmas … I love giving gifts! I love the joy that God gives. I love the hope we have because God sent Jesus to us! I’m Dr. Matthew Lee Smith and I want to remind us … Continue reading
Transformed #296: Celebrate His Peace!
The Transformed Podcast and Video Teaching Ministry features Dr. Matthew Lee Smith, Lead Pastor at Woodland Drive Baptist Church, Visalia. Celebrate His Peace (Christmas 2016) It is an amazing story that has been told for over … Continue reading
Transformed #294: How God Transforms Our Present!
One of the great hindrances to growth in a church is the mindset of the people within the congregation, starting with the leaders and flowing to every person in the flock. Welcome to the Transformed Podcast. I’m your host Mike … Continue reading
Posted in christian life, Transformed
Tagged anxiety, attitude, behavior, belief, Bible, character, Christianity, complaining, confusion, destiny, expectation, faith, habit, heart, impatience, indecision, Jesus, joy, mood, peace, performance, problems, relationship, transform, worry
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Transformed #293: God Emboldens Us When We Pray Together!
Fear. It paralyzes the child of God. It leads to rebellion, murmuring, discouragement, dread … and, worst of all, unbelief. Of course, fear’s harvest caused the first Exodus generation of God’s people to wander in the wilderness for 40 years … Continue reading
Posted in Character of God, Deeper Walk With God, Discipleship, Prayer, Transformed
Tagged amazing grace, anointed, boldness, church, dedicate, fear, filling, Good News, peace, pray, prayer, prosperity, sovereign, surrender, together, witnessing, worship
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Hope For Today – Escaping The Griminess of Our Corrupt World!
Christmas seems light years ago, doesn’t it? Life waits for no one. And, as quickly as the calm and peace of Christmas came and went, the chaos and panic of the New Year has overwhelmed us again. I’m Dr. Matthew … Continue reading
Posted in Hope For Today, Transformed
Tagged abundant life, Bible, calm, chaos, corrupt, corruption, cravings, culture, divine, God's Word, help, hope, Jesus, light, lust, nature, New Year, overwhelmed, panic, peace, purity, selfishness, sensuality, sex, steps, strategies
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Transformed Podcast #264: When the Culture Crumbles!
“May you live in interesting times” is an English expression purported to be a translation of a traditional Chinese curse. Despite being so common in English as to be known as “the Chinese curse“, the saying is apocryphal, and no … Continue reading
Posted in Engaging Culture, Transformed
Tagged America, authority, Bible, children, conscience, culture, discourse, end times, faith, family, gentleness, glorify, God, good, goodness, Gospel, hate speech, homosexual, joy, kindness, Law, lifestyle, light, love, loyalty, pastors, patience, peace, public, purity, salt, SCOTUS, self control, sensuality, shame, truth, wickedness, wil, worship
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