Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Wed, 04/19/2023 - 9:45am
1 Timothy 1.11
The “easy to see good news”.
I use a wall calendar here in Australia called the “easy2C” (easy to see) Calendar, and I think it’s a good
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Fri, 04/14/2023 - 9:06am
2 Samuel 24:10
This scares me, and it should scare you…
David confesses here that he had sinned, he had “sinned greatly”. His confession to God is a good example to us. But this also makes me fear, when I realize that David was about 70 years old when he “sinned greatly”!
A few things come to my mind:
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Thu, 04/06/2023 - 4:12pm
Proverbs 15.29b
Do we ever pray, and it feels like our prayers just bounce off of the ceiling? Are there time we pray and it doesn’t feel like we are praying? Do we pray sometimes and forget that we have even prayed?
As normal people we often go around and around with something as abstract as prayer but - for those who are saved and living “right” (righteous) God always hears their prayers and is ready to answer according to His will.
“he heareth the prayer of the righteous”
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Fri, 03/31/2023 - 2:07pm
Acts 2:47
God helps people find a local church to join. If you would like to join Valley Baptist Church, we would love to have you! Please consider the following thoughts and verses:
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Thu, 03/23/2023 - 5:43pm
(1 Chronicles 7:1)
What do we know about the “sons of Issachar”?
Actually – for that matter, what do we know about Issachar?
Probably nothing… No, hang on - he was one of Jacob’s sons!
Yep – and that is about all we know.
“Now the sons of Issachar were...”
What do we know about Issachar? He was the fifth son of Jacob and Leah, and a tribe of Israel bears his name. He seems to be a quiet achiever. The Bible simply tells us that he could carry a burden (Genesis 49.14).
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Thu, 03/16/2023 - 12:07pm
(1 Chronicles 16:5)
I love this verse! I just absolutely love it!
It’s kind of like in these long lists of people in the book of 1 Chronicles, in these lists of all the things that these people did – and there are a lot of people and they were doing a lot of things (and I realize that this is now probably a ‘run-on’ sentence)… so everyone was doing everything and all of that “…but Asaph made a sound with cymbals…”
KABANG!
I love it! He did one thing very well… KABANG!
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Mon, 03/06/2023 - 8:50am
Ephesians 2.8
Does baptism or christening have anything to do with getting to heaven?
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY? Many “Christian” denominations teach that baptism does play at least some part in Salvation. They teach it is important for a baby to be “baptised” or christened for them to go to heaven. This has to do with the false teaching of “Covenant Theology”, which is the doctrine that circumcision in the Old Testament was changed to baptism in the New Testament, that these physical acts, circumcision or baptism, do play some part in Salvation. But,
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Tue, 02/28/2023 - 11:39am
Proverbs 12:12
Sooner or later, whatever is down inside of us will come out!
“…for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.” Luke 6:43-45
It is my fervent prayer that my heart is right with God! The Bible tells me that my heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked, but the Bible also tells me that when I got saved, the Lord would give me a new heart! And now as a born again Christian I have a responsibility to keep my heart right with the Lord because… sooner or later, whatever is down inside of us will come out!
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Thu, 02/23/2023 - 9:54am
2 Timothy 2.7-8
I really needed this reminder on the Thursday morning when I read it! I’m not normally an anxious person, or very fearful, or “timid”, as the word “fear” here is defined. But it had been a long week. Since Sunday morning – the start of my “working week”, I had put in a lot of hours, and now I needed to prepare two sermons for Sunday, and the church bulletin. I also needed to visit a few people as well as text, email and call several others…
“God hath not given us the spirit of fear…”
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Tue, 02/14/2023 - 2:38pm
Hebrews 12.1
An out-of-towner drove his car into a ditch in a remote area. Fortunately, a local farmer came to help with his big strong horse named Buddy.
He hitched Buddy up to the car and yelled, "Pull, Nellie, pull!"
Buddy didn't move.
Then the farmer hollered, "Pull, Buster, pull!"
Buddy didn't respond.
Once more the farmer commanded, "Pull, Coco, pull!"
Nothing.
