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Champions Ministries Gainesville, FL

About Me

Pastor Grant Smith is the Senior Pastor of Champions Ministries in Gainesville, Florida. Pastor Grant’s passion is to see people move beyond religion and into greater depths with the Lord thereby being transformed by His power. He is married to his lovely wife, Mildred who is a teacher and they have two children.



Come and worship with us in Gainesville Sunday mornings at 10:30am in a NEW location beginning 01/25/09:
Thelma Boltin Center
516 NE Second Ave. (behind Kirby-Smith)
Gainesville, FL 32601
(352)318-2208
Bible Study is held on Wednesdays at 7pm at Pastor's Home...please contact us for details.
Ask about our ministries in Orlando, Ormond Beach, Cocoa Beach and New York!

Credits: Background from flickr user

My Interests

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Isaiah 61 - Good News for the Oppressed:

The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed. He has sent me to tell those who mourn that the time of the Lord’s favor has come, and with it, the day of God’s anger against their enemies. To all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair. In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the Lord has planted for his own glory. They will rebuild the ancient ruins, repairing cities destroyed long ago. They will revive them, though they have been deserted for many generations. Foreigners will be your servants. They will feed your flocks and plow your fields and tend your vineyards. You will be called priests of the Lord ministers of our God. You will feed on the treasures of the nations and boast in their riches. Instead of shame and dishonor, you will enjoy a double share of honor. You will possess a double portion of prosperity in your land, and everlasting joy will be yours. “For I, the Lord, love justice. I hate robbery and wrongdoing. I will faithfully reward my people for their suffering and make an everlasting covenant with them. Their descendants will be recognized and honored among the nations. Everyone will realize that they are a people the Lord has blessed. I am overwhelmed with joy in the Lord my God! For he has dressed me with the clothing of salvation and draped me in a robe of righteousness. I am like a bridegroom in his wedding suit or a bride with her jewels. The Sovereign Lord will show his justice to the nations of the world. Everyone will praise him! His righteousness will be like a garden in early spring, with plants springing up everywhere.


We host Kenpo every Tuesday evening and Saturday morning. Self Confidence, Self Defense, & Aerobic Exercise in One for ages 6 and up. For more information please call (352)318-5186

My Blog

This is Real Revival...

When men in the streets are afraid to open their mouths and utter godless words lest the judgments of God should fall; when sinners, overawed by the Presence of God tremble in the streets and cry for ...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:06:00 GMT

Two Fountains

With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. Can both ...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:18:00 GMT

The body of Christ has entered the season of great deception

For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. 2 Thess. 2:7-11The body of Christ has entered the seas...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:48:00 GMT

Beloved, test every spirit to see if they are from God

SOLEMN PROPHETIC WARNING - GIVEN IN 1960 BY A FRIEND OF (SMITH WIGGLEWORTH) given by Stanley FrodshamA vital word from the Lord for now:It is written: "Despise not prophesying. Prove all things; hold ...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:18:00 GMT

America’s only hope...pray with us...

Lord, I have heard of your fame; I stand in awe of your deeds, O Lord. Renew them in our day, in our time make them known; in wrath remember mercy - Hab 3:2 If ever we need a revival it is now.Church,...
Posted by on Mon, 26 May 2008 14:12:00 GMT

Scriptures/Notes from Message: "The Just Shall Live By Faith Parts I - III"

2 Corinthians 5:6-8We are programmed to live by what we see/experience, but God instructs us to live by faith - by what you cannot see. When things don't happen when we want them to we get scared, we ...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:51:00 GMT

it is not for religious people; it is for hungry people...

When they could not come near Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was. So when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying. -Mark 2:4The desp...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:12:00 GMT

Go back...

By You I have been upheld from birth; You are He who took me out of my mother's womb. My praise shall be continually of You. -Ps 71:6Go back to the holy ground. Go back to where you had that face to f...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:56:00 GMT

Are you doers or hearers only?

I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able; for you are still carnal. 1 Cor. 3:2-3Too much of the preaching that po...
Posted by on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:33:00 GMT

...blessings are hidden in the circumstances...

"Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?" They answered and said to the king, "True, O king." "Look!" he answered, "I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they...
Posted by on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:43:00 GMT