Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Tue, 10/25/2022 - 11:43am
2 Timothy 2:1
TRUE STORY…
My handgun was held at the low ready in my right hand.
I came out the front door of the church and rolled around to the right, to the corner of the building. It’s an awkward position to keep going around corners to the right, but the adrenaline was pumping and I didn’t think to swap hands. I cleared that corner and went down the left side of the building.
It was dark, the evening service had just finished. I knew the threat i.e., the guy with the gun, was somewhere around the outside of the church.
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Thu, 10/13/2022 - 6:01pm
Galatians 3.2
That’s a fair question!
Let’s look at it phrase by phrase:
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Sat, 10/08/2022 - 11:43am
Hebrews 12.2
Out along a country lane is a field with two horses in it. From a distance, each looks like every other horse. But if one is walking by, one will notice something quite amazing.
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Mon, 09/26/2022 - 7:54am
Psalm 88.13
The word “prevent” here means, “to meet, hasten, or to be in front of”, and the Psalmist here is speaking to the Lord from his heart in saying that his prayer is going to be in front of the Lord. It is going to go meet the Lord. His prayer is going to be going early in the morning to the Lord!
Could we start praying as soon as we wake up in the morning? However we wake up, or for whatever reason, could we start praying immediately when we wake up?
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Sun, 09/25/2022 - 7:06am
James 4.7b
The Bible tells us a few things about the devil, and one of them is that he is a counterfeit, and the master of disguise.
“And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.” 2 Corinthians 11:14
The devil is the master of half-truths and deception. At the very beginning he questioned the Word of God, deceiving Eve. Then he tempted our Lord Jesus by trying to throw doubt on Who He was as well as throwing doubt on the Word of God itself.
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Sat, 09/17/2022 - 8:54am
Deuteronomy 17:16
Don’t go back! The Lord was reminding the Jews that they had been freed from captivity in Egypt – don’t go back!
It’s the same when a person becomes a born again Christian. Free from captivity to sin, free from the sin of bad habits, bad attitudes, sadness, selfishness, loneliness, and a life full of trouble!
The song says it so well, “Free from the law, Oh happy condition! Jesus hath bled and there is remission! Cursed by the law and bruised by the fall - Christ hath redeemed us, once for all!”
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Tue, 09/06/2022 - 8:55am
Whenever I come across this verse, I find that I need it!
There are times when we seem to go, go, go! But we wonder whether we are getting anywhere. Sometimes we give a lot of ourselves doing what we believe the Lord has asked us to do - and we are worn out!
Sometimes we may wonder, are we like Martha to whom the Lord said, “Martha, thou art careful (full of care) and troubled about many things: but one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.” Mary chose to listen to Jesus. (Luke 10:41-42)
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Wed, 08/31/2022 - 11:54am
Proverbs 1.27
I used to read this verse like it said, “...they would not choose...” Kind of like they were honestly still thinking about it. But it says, “they did not choose…” Basically they had already made their decision!
“...they did not choose...”
Sometimes when we have a choice to make we tell ourselves, “Well, I’m thinking about it…” or, “I would if I could...” But the truth is that we have made our choice and God is NOT our choice!
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Tue, 06/14/2022 - 7:44pm
Romans 8:26
The story is told of a grandfather who was walking through his yard when he heard his granddaughter repeating the alphabet in a tone of voice that sounded like prayer.
He asked her what she was doing.
The little girl explained: “I’m praying, but I can’t think of exactly the right words, so I’m just saying all the letters, and God will put them together for me because He knows what I’m thinking.”
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Tue, 06/07/2022 - 7:32pm
2 Corinthians 3.18
This is a great promise! It comes when we become a born again Christian and it continues for the rest of our lives!
“changed”
Just like a newborn baby will grow and change, so will Christians!
“changed”!
The whole verse says this: “But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.” 2 Corinthians 3:18
