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Welcome
to the Nehemiah Ministries website . . .
And thank you for visiting! I began this site in 1997, as my effort to bring
encouragement and counsel to Christians online --
especially regarding relationships and realizing their personal potential. I've
posted a “Nehemiah
Notes” article twice each month since then, and all
are archived here. While I’ve reissued some, over 100
individual articles are available. You’ll also find information on all my books,
with sample chapters, and most can be ordered
through this site. And there’s also a history of
this ministry, and I've posted some recent
photos, in case you're interested. I hope an article or book featured on
this site will provide the help you need, and God’s best to you as you browse! - Blaine Smith |
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Book
News . . .
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| January 24, 2012: The last of my four
out-of-print titles has now been republished: One
of a Kind: A Biblical View of Self-Acceptance.
Like the others recently reissued,
it's available from Amazon.com in both paperback
and Kindle
(eReader) editions. (Click the title for more
info. on this site, or the Amazon links.)
December 25, 2011: My book, The Optimism
Factor, out of print for some time, has just been
republished with a new title, Faith
and Optimism: Positive Expectation in the
Christian Life. It's available from
Amazon in paperback and Kindle. (Click the title for more
info. on this site, or the Amazon links.)
November 27, 2011: I'm very pleased to announce that
Overcoming Shyness and The
Yes Anxiety, both also out of
print for some time, have just been republished by
SilverCrest Books. And they are available through Amazon
in paperback and Kindle
editions. Click the book titles above for the Amazon
options, or below for more info. on this site about The Yes
Anxiety or Overcoming
Shyness.
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* * New book by Blaine
Smith * * *
Marry
a Friend
Finding Someone to Marry Who Is
Truly Right for You
I’ve just released this book (September
2011), and it is available now in Paperback, as well
as eReader editions for Kindle
and Nook. More
info. . . . |
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Nehemiah
Notes, January
15, 2012 |
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Outrageous Faith
Five Outlooks of Radical Optimism
at the Heart of
Trusting Christ
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I
once learned an unforgettable lesson from an invoice in the
mail. It was from the insurance company that provides coverage for our ministry. I had petitioned them several
months earlier, asking that they cut our quarterly payment of $1,500
in half. This would be a considerable help to our ministry, still in its early stage.
In the end I felt I was getting
nowhere, fighting an enormous bureaucracy with no concern for the
little guy . . . |
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Optimism and faith relate closely in the Christian life; read the article.
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Nehemiah
Notes, January
1, 2012 |
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Keep on Dreaming
Keeping Your Life Strongly in a Growth Mode
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In a popular book on realizing
our personal potential, entrepreneur Harvey Mackay offers a simple
recipe for living successfully: You must want to achieve a dream
“more than you want anything else in the world.” Only pursue a
goal that passionately enthralls you, Mackay insists.
But, he adds, “most important,
you have to be sure you never get it.” . . .
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| We should strive to think big and take important steps
of faith, even as our life grows more comfortable. Read the
article.
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Nehemiah
Notes, December
15, 2011 |
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God's Timing
Trusting It. And Keeping
Pace with It.
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From
time to time we each have experiences that
impress us indelibly with how uncanny God's
timing is in our life.
Around 11:00 a.m. one autumn
morning, volunteers
from a local shelter stopped by our home to pick up a bed we were
donating to their mission. The driver backed his truck up our steep
driveway and stopped at the top, where we had left the bed for them.
Suddenly I heard a crackling noise like a small thunderclap, and our
house went dark . . .
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| The benefits that come from trusting God's timing
and staying alert to it are indescribable. Read the article.
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