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Hope For Today – God Will Strengthen You and Help You!
Maybe you are in the midst of a valley right now – financially, relationally, emotionally, physically. It might even be the result of your own doing. Whatever the reason, here you are … struggling, suffering, and sinking. You’re wondering, … Continue reading
Posted in Hope For Today
Tagged discouraged, emotions, fear, finances, God, health, help, hope, humility, Jesus, pray, problems, relationships, struggling, suffering, surrender, victory
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Don’t Fool Yourself!
It happens every day … mostly because we are so generous and loving. We choose to believe someone because of what they say. Then, a few days, weeks, or months later we are bitten by that same person. Their lifestyle … Continue reading
Posted in Adundant Life, christian life, Church Health, faith, Leadership Blog
Tagged church, couples, evaluation, fruit, Leadership, lifestyle, marriage, mentoring, ministry, practice, relationships, talk, training, walk, words, works
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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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Transformed #283: Modeling Our Sunday School After New Testament Health and Growth!
Sometimes we make the simple way too complicated. This is especially true when it comes to our discipleship using Sunday School or small groups. As we continue our New Year series, “When Sunday School Works Well!” Dr. Matthew Lee Smith … Continue reading
Posted in Sunday School, Transformed
Tagged baptize, complicated, disciple, empathy, growth, harmony, health, Jesus, lifestyle, method, obey, relationships, simple, Sunday School, sympathy, Unity
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Hope For Today – My Whole Life One Long, Obedient Response!
Editor’s Note: Hope for Today is a weekly message about God’s possibilities for your life by Dr. Matthew Lee Smith of Eagles In Leadership. It currently is heard on radio station, KSUN, 103.5 FM, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin on “PRAISE IN THE PRAIRIE” each … Continue reading
Posted in Hope For Today, Transformed
Tagged celebration, dedication, direction, discouraged, guidance, hard times, hope, insight, inspect, intervention, lesson, New Year, obedience, prayer, preservation, protection, Psalm 119, Psalms, redirect, reflect, relationships, Word of God
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Transformed Episode #200: Dealing With Our Selfishness!
Welcome to this 200th transformed podcast! God longs to help us remove selfishness and its the disastrous consequences from our lives! In this clarifying message, we will discover the 6 visible characteristics that ooze from a selfish heart from the … Continue reading
Posted in Love of God, Transformed
Tagged advice, anger, choice, Christ, Christianity, credit, depression, desires, discouragement, eternal, evil, finances, glory, Glory of God, God, Holy Spirit, immorality, Intimacy, Jesus, lust, passions, past, pornography, protection, provision, relationships, risk, selfish, selfishness, struggle, ungodly, Value
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Studying James 1:26
Welcome to the Transformed Podcast! Dr. Matthew Smith, director of Eagles In Leadership, continues to teach verse by verse through the book of James, one verse per podcast. These studies were recorded live in his … Continue reading
Posted in James Study, Transformed
Tagged anger, deception, faith, heart, Jesus, obedience, relationships, religion, self-deception, selfishness, tongue
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Episode 140 – Where Is God When Your Family Rejects You?
Welcome to the Transformed podcast. When your family rejects you, God is still with you! As the teenage Jacob shows us, God will show up, back up and take up our cause when we trust our lives to His care. … Continue reading
Posted in God Is With Us!, Transformed
Tagged appreciative, birthright, broken, delay, destroy, El Elohe Yisrael, Emmanuel, family, Genesis, God's will, honest, hope, hopeful, Immanuel, Jacob, murder, obedient, pain, persistent, plan, presence of God, problem, promise, rejection, relationships, repent, repentant, Satan, vow
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The Façade of Faith
By Dr. Matthew Lee Smith As they did renovation on the old building not far from my house recently, I noticed that the frontage of the building was, in reality a façade! While it appeared to be a very … Continue reading
Posted in christian life, Leadership Blog
Tagged broken relationships, Dave Ferguson, facade, faith, false faith, reconcile, relationships, truth, unfaithful
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Spiritual Discipline is Relational Discipline!
Image Credit: mimosaspirit.com Have you ever struggled with a “spiritual discipline” because you think the very nature of the phrase conjures up forced obedience? If you have, let me turn your thinking on the matter. I believe … Discipleship (Spiritual … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog
Tagged dangers, desertion, discipline, divorce, drift, drunkenness, Jeremiah 9, love, relationship, relationships, sacrifice, spiritual disciplines
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