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This podcast is a semi-regular bombardment of audible goodness. It tells the story of the events in the life of David Smith, who, let's just say, is not your average guy. He has a pet flamingo named Stuart, his profession is pickling goods such as strawberries and potatoes and he owns a duck who speaks- yes, speaks- like he is the master of existence, to name but a few qualities. Think of those what you will. Subscribe for regular updates of these characters plus countless others and their h ...
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Master Builder's Path is a faith-based podcast hosted by David Jacob Smith, a seasoned life coach and Christian ministry leader. This spiritually-rich podcast offers profound insights into living a purposeful life aligned with Christian values and principles. David Jacob Smith brings a wealth of experience to the podcast: - Founder of Master Builder Coaching and Kingdom Coaching Institute - Certified Christian Life Coach with over two decades of ministry experience - Author and speaker passi ...
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Coaching and Building People in Christ One’s spiritual growth process in Christ has been described as a uniquely tailored journey. Granted, there are common means God uses to form and develop his children, but how those means find application and the experiences those means produce are different for each individual. In this episode, I briefly share…
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What Makes a Good Goal? We all carry dreams and desires in our hearts. Everything we have accomplished has started as an idea, desire, or dream. But not all desires or dreams become realized. What is the difference between the desires and dreams we realize and those we don’t? One factor is the presence of a clear goal. In this episode, I share two …
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Coaching Requires New Thinking The predominant mode of communication in American culture is telling. Moving from the telling approach to the pulling-out approach requires new thinking. In this episode, I list eight shifts in thinking needed to move from telling to a coach approach to conversations. I have pulled these shifts from the book Faith Coa…
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Coaching - An Intentional, Relational Conversation In this episode I continue with the theme of coaching. Coaching is a unique facilitative conversation carried out within the context of a trusting relationship. As such, a coaching conversation has a particular look and flow captured in what is called a conversational model. I walk the listener bri…
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In this episode I briefly touch on two different pathways to learning. One is a delivery approach and the other is a discovery approach. Both approaches have their place and merit. But when it comes to learning that results in a higher retention rate and a deeper level of impact in the individual, that learning typically happens through a discovery…
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The Value of Coaching It has been said that people do not hire a coach for coaching, but rather for the results coaching can provide. In this week’s episode I address what some of those results are. Coaching is uniquely designed to address and provide solutions to the common obstacles people encounter when attempting to move forward in positive way…
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What is Coaching? Coaching is a profession that has really been growing in popularity over the past two decades. Recently I heard that coaching is among the fastest growing professions today. Since I have referred to my coaching in past episodes I thought I would take a few episodes to talk about what coaching is and the value it can bring to those…
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A Biblical Perspective on Suffering and Loss Another tension of living in the Kingdom of God in this present life is between trouble and triumph. In this episode I do a brief dive into providing a Biblical perspective on suffering and loss drawing the connection between temporary suffering and the eternal glory it is designed to work in our life as…
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The Bible reveals a number of paradoxes, seemingly contradicting realities, that make up life in God’s Kingdom. One of those paradoxes is between God’s sovereignty and human responsibility, or, as the title to this episode reads, between grace and effort. In this episode I briefly explore the tension between these two realities and how embracing th…
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The Distinguishing Marks of God’s Presence For followers of Jesus there is to be a differentness about our lives that distinguishes us from those who are not. This distinction is not for creating an us vs them mentality but as evidence of God’s abiding presence in the lives of his children. Drawing from the life of Moses and the children of Israel,…
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We all encounter obstacles in life that impede our ability to run the race marked out for us (I.e. our faith journey and purpose in Christ). The writer of Hebrews identifies those obstacles as hindrances and entanglements. Though these obstacles will look different for each person, in this episode I identify four hindrances from my own experience t…
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Drawing from Jesus’ parable of the seed and the Sower found in Matthew 13 and Luke 8, in this episode I share three characteristics of what Jesus describes as a noble and good heart. It is interesting that only one soil condition in this parable produced a crop. For our lives to be fruitful, the soil of our heart requires proper cultivation and pre…
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The end of each year and the beginning of a new one provides a built-in opportunity for an assessment and reset as needed for our life. In this episode I share a unique approach I took a few years ago going into 2022. Instead of setting a number of goals a question for Jesus surfaced in my thinking. That question was, Jesus, what questions do you w…
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Is Yours a Wonderful Life In this episode I share some of my takeaways from the 1946 movie, It’s A Wonderful Life, starring James Stewart. The movie does a good job at depicting what really makes life meaningful and wonderful, underscoring the values of family, friends, community, sacrifice, service and giving. I connect these values to the deep lo…
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The Kingdom of God is Within Jesus said that the Kingdom of God was “within you”. (Luke 17:21). In this episode I briefly explore this reality, equating it to another description of the Kingdom of God by the apostle Paul in Romans 14:17 where he writes that the Kingdom of God is righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. The first and primary…
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Identity and Service In this episode I share some brief thoughts about the topic of identity. Reflecting on the statement about Jesus just prior to washing his disciples feet I see an important connection between identity and the ability to serve others from a place of true humility. Our contemporary culture seems to be fixated on the idea of ident…
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Discovering Your Purpose as a Follower of Jesus In this episode I explore the topic of purpose from the perspective of one who is following Christ. That purpose encompasses both a being and doing component which we see in the life of Christ. Our “being” call is to be with Jesus and be transformed into his likeness. This “being” component is foundat…
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God’s Kind of Love In this episode I briefly explore the topic of God’s love. I believe our contemporary understanding of love, even God’s love, has been allowed to be shaped by our contemporary culture’s concept of love described by words like tolerant, inclusive, accommodating, accepting, nice and agreeable as opposed to how God’s love is actuall…
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Building People Jesus’ Way In this episode I briefly explore the ways Jesus invested in the lives of his twelve disciples, some correlations of those ways with coaching, and the need to revisit and creatively re-employ those ways in the Church’s mission of building robust disciples of Jesus today. To learn more about who I am and what God has calle…
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Keeping What’s Most Important, Most Important In this episode I briefly address the often, and even well-intentioned focus on becoming like Christ versus being with him. Christlikeness is the fruit or by-product of a life spent with him. As Christ followers, what’s most important is being with him and cultivating our connection to him. The means of…
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Image is Everything In this episode I briefly explore the positive side of image as it relates to the image of God in man. In particular I focus on the moral aspect of God’s likeness (his righteousness and holiness), the beauty these qualities reveal, and ways these qualities are seen in the person of Jesus when he walked the earth. As followers of…
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In this episode I briefly address the topic of a healthy mind. Drawing from an article from Catherine Beard’s Blissful Mind blog, I share five characteristics she identifies with a healthy mindset. Our mind is the seat of our beliefs, values, perceptions, and perspectives which lend tremendous weight to how we are showing up in the world. A healthy…
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Humankind was originally created by God with a unique capacity and potential by being made in God’s own image. This original “glory” has been drastically marred and downgraded by sin. Living in a broken and sinful world also wars against this original glory. Glimmers of this original glory are often seen in the deep desires, dreams, and aspirations…
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As followers of Jesus our purpose, our “why” in life is to be seen from the vantage point of God’s bigger story - His eternal purpose. This meta-theme runs through the entirety of Scripture, from Genesis to Revelation. I believe it is important for us to see our life, the roles we fill and the assignment we have from God from this lofty vantage poi…
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The Value of Simplicity In this episode I briefly discuss the importance of simplicity - the practice of reducing our lives down to what’s most important, its impact on our lives and particularly on our devotion to Christ. The scriptures I refer to are as follows: 2 Corinthians 11:3 Luke 10:41 A.W. Tozer quote is from his book, The Pursuit of God, …
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The Lenses Through Which We See In this episode I briefly examine the role our developed beliefs and values play in shaping the way we see and show up in life. When we come to Christ, this “worldview” is to undergo a renewing process resulting in transformation that produces more light and life in us and through us. The scriptures I refer to are as…
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The Search for Significance In this episode I offer up my perspective on the foundational source for significance. Significance is an authentic need every human shares. How this need is designed to be met at the most fundamental level is my focus as I briefly discuss common means significance is realized over and against what I see to be the primar…
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Where Are You? In this episode I address the first question recorded in the Bible God asks of Adam. I take a brief look at the significance of this question for Adam and the significance of this question for our own lives. To gain a proper bearing for navigating our lives we need to know where we are in relation to where we are going. The context a…
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In this episode I briefly share my thoughts on what a life of substance is vs a more superficial way of being. It is my conviction that a life of substance is a gift we can give others and that it is formed by an intentional engagement with the deeper questions and challenges of our own being and with life - a willingness to wrestle with God, so to…
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In this first episode I share a brief story behind the name of my podcast, Master Builder’s Path, how I came to land on it and what it conveys. Scriptures quoted are 1 Corinthians 3:10 and Ephesians 2:10 from the NIV. Other Scriptures inferred are Proverbs 3:5-6, Psalms 32:8, Psalms 25:4-5, Isaiah 48:17 and Matthew 7:13-14 To learn more about who I…
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Welcome to Master Builder's Path podcast, hosted by David Jacob Smith. David introduces himself and shares the heart and vision behind the creation of this podcast. Drawing from his personal spiritual journey and commitment as a follower of Jesus Christ, David explains what listeners can expect from future episodes. David's mission for this podcast…
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