Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Thu, 12/07/2023 - 8:52pm
Psalm 90.14
Over the next few weeks people will be looking for some sort of satisfaction.
That is not a bad thing – the verse above speaks of being satisfied. The tricky thing is how people will go looking for satisfaction.
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Sat, 12/02/2023 - 9:08am
Psalm 119.11
One word!
“hid”
One word!
Or two or three or…
“Thy word have I hid…”
“Every word of God is pure” Proverbs 30.5
“Thy word have I hid in mine heart” Psalms 119:11
“Thy word is truth…” John 17.17
Never so few words… could have such power!
Listen carefully… Listen very carefully…
…never… could so few words… have… such… power…
“For God so loved the world…” John 3.16
“all have sinned” Romans 6.23
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Fri, 11/24/2023 - 11:36am
Mark 11:17
“ye have made it…”
God’s House. This was the Temple in Bible times, today it is the local church, see 1 Timothy 3.15.
Jesus is talking to people who made a business out of what they did at the Temple, which was mainly selling animals for sacrifices, and money exchange. It was their business and often dishonest and corrupt.
When Jesus cleansed the Temple, He referred to Isaiah 56.7, “mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.”
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Sun, 11/19/2023 - 7:37am
Who… is saying… what? In the above verse, who is saying this???
I was fascinated when I read this recently… because I’ve read this many times before. This is one of the most familiar stories in the Bible, and it’s easy to think…
“we already know what this is about…”
And then miss what God may be saying to us right here, right now!
We may miss an incredible IMPACT!
We may miss a very personal message from a living God, and a loving God to us!
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Tue, 11/07/2023 - 9:52am
Jeremiah 5.22
Have you ever seen someone hold back one of the most powerful forces of nature with one of the tiniest things on earth?
Think about it… water is a powerful thing, yet it is held back by tiny grains of sand!
God claims that He did that!
The God of the Bible. The God of creation. The Lord Jesus Christ!
“But…”
“But…” nobody really cared…
“But…” people thought it was funny for God to “go on and on about who He was and what He did”…
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Sat, 11/04/2023 - 10:38am
Genesis 12.3
This is God speaking to the first Jew, Abraham. Below is more of what the Lord said to Abraham.
“And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.” Genesis 12:2-3
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Fri, 10/20/2023 - 7:19am
Job 40.7
(from our church bulletin October 2022)
Please forgive my paraphrase.
God says, “You’ve been talking long enough, it’s my turn.”
We are shocked and we say, “Of course. I’ll shut my mouth.”
God says, “I’ve made some decisions about your life. And now you’re telling everyone that I’m wrong… and you’re right? You’re saying that you know better than me? Are you sure about that? Are you sure you want to stick with that sort of thinking?”
We say, (we should say) “No Lord, I’m sorry. I am so wrong. Please forgive me.”
Submitted by colin.mcdowell on Sat, 10/14/2023 - 9:17am
Luke 15.17
"And when he came to himself".
There are some crucial points in this story that we would do well to examine.
First the phrase about coming to himself, indicates that this young man was not in his right mind.
Sin will do that to a person. Sin makes us think that we are normal, that there is not a problem; however much we are deluded, not in our right mind. Remember the man in the "tombs"? When he experiences "grace" he is found clothed and in his right mind. (Mark 5.15)
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Mon, 10/02/2023 - 10:19am
God
Job 40:8
Of course I will!
I will say that it is Your fault God when things don’t go MY WAY!
I will disagree with Your decisions, and I will try to ignore the things that You have decided to do in MY LIFE because it’s NOT FAIR and I don’t think what You have done suits my life!!!
“Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?” Job 40:8
Yes, I will, and yes, I do…
And… I am… so sorry.
I am so very sorry Lord.
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Mon, 09/25/2023 - 3:32pm
Psalms 40:12
Please read that verse again slowly and think about it.
Our sinfulness should be shocking to us sometimes! To honestly accept how wicked we are, is so important if we want to know the Lord better.
It’s true, that when I acknowledge and “own” my sin, when I admit that I can be so selfish, self-centred, among many things, “my heart faileth me”
It’s depressing and discouraging! It would be very hard for us if this verse was all by itself here in Psalm 40…
“…mine iniquities have taken hold upon me…
