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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 #287: Focusing on Heaven by Focusing on Tomorrow!
People lean in the direction of the affection! This truth is the core of today’s episode of the Transformed Podcast. While every church in America is under change right now, many are not doing well as a result of that … Continue reading
Posted in Church Health, Discipleship, Engaging Culture, Transformed
Tagged action, America, blame, change, church, compassion, duty, faith, fast, forgiveness, future, give, heal, health, heaven, justice, lead, mission, pray, protect, rebuild, rescue, responsibility, restoration, rumors, sacrifice, salvation, share, shelter
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Transformed Podcast #278: It’s Time For Salvation! [Repost]
Editor’s Note: This repost was first posted in 2007 the week BEFORE Christmas. The purpose of Christmas can be seen in the words of the angels at Bethlehem, For unto you is born this day in the city of … Continue reading
Transformed Podcast #265: We Will Stand Firm!
You and I, like our brothers and sisters 1900 years ago, are fighting a spiritual battle for the heart and soul of our cities here and around the world. And this is not a battle that can be won through … Continue reading
Posted in Engaging Culture, Transformed
Tagged accusation, attack, believers, believing, benefits, Bible, Christian, community, conversation, culture, darkness, faith, Good News, government, GPS, Holy Spirit, influence, Jesus, local church, obedient, powers, principalities, Proverbs, rescue, right, righteousness, salvation, same-sex, sexually pure, shield, skillfully, spiritual battle, spiritual hosts, strategically, thief, truth, wickedness
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Transformed Episode #250: The Path to Transformation – Part 1
The most practical and powerful way to get believers headed in the direction of spiritual maturity is to help them establish habits that promote spiritual growth. As we open this episode of the Transformed Podcast, we are here today … Continue reading
Posted in christian life, Transformed
Tagged Bible, Christianity, decision, destiny, discernment, enslave, evangelism, fasting, God, habits, humility, practice, prayer, salvation, service, sin, solitude, spirit, spiritual disciplines, transformation, worship
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Transformed Episode #249: Receiving God’s Comfort!
So many people are in pain today! Whether through sickness, selfishness, or sin many bleed within more than from without. Others have been savaged, slandered and seduced to the point where life no longer seems to hold meaning and … Continue reading
Posted in christian life, Discipleship, Transformed
Tagged ache, act, attitudes, blessing, character, choice, choices, comfort, cry, destiny, emotions, encouragement, endurance, endure, evil, failure, favor, God, good, grace, habit, heart, humble, humility, hurt, Issues, Jesus, life, mercy, mourn, problems, relief, rescue, salvation, sin, Situations, thought, vulnerable, wail, weep
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7 Ways to Refocus for the New Year!
For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” (Philippians 1:19–21) If we are going to be able to say and believe a statement like this – when we are imprisoned in circumstances that we do not desire – what … Continue reading
Posted in faith, God's will, Leadership Blog
Tagged calendar, Change the World, faith, God's plan, God's will, Holy Spirit, journey, New Year, plan, promptings, refocus, salvation, voice of God, will of God, Word of God
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Transformed Episode #232: Christmas Fills Us With Hope!
The future – what are you hoping for? What do you hold onto as you walk through your every day life? Are you optimistic or pessimistic? Welcome to the Transformed Podcast. People turn toward hope as naturally as plants … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Transformed
Tagged Bible, Christmas, condemn, condemnation, depression, disocuragement, Gentiles, gratitutde, grieve, grieving, hope, hopelessness, israelis, Jesus, Jews, joy, patience, peace, purification, redemption, revelation, salvation, save, social isolation, Word of God, Yahweh
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Transformed Episode #230: Christmas Overrides Our Politicians!
Who’s in charge, really? Is it Washington, Moscow or Tehran? For thousands of years governments have functioned under the illusion that they are the authority on earth … the greater the country, the greater the power. Welcome to the … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Transformed
Tagged Almighty, Augustus, Bethlehem, Caesar, Christian, Christmas, confusion, darkness, Democrat, Elizabeth, Ephrathah, God, God's plans, helpless, hope, Imperial Rome, incense, light, Lord, Mary, mercy, mission, politicians, politics, Republican, rescue, salvation, wisdom, Zachariah
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Transformed Episode #229: Christmas Sets Our Agendas
Agendas – we all have them and, if we are bluntly honest, we all work from our own most of the time. But when Jesus comes into our lives, He changes our focus; He breathes life into our schedules! … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Transformed
Tagged agenda, Christmas, devotion, disappointment, faith, favor, favored, God, heaven, Holy Spirit, Impossible, Jerusalem, king of kings, lifestyle, lot, Nazareth, salvation, selfishness, Virgin Mary, Word of God
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