Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Mon, 10/12/2020 - 12:13pm
Proverbs 3:25
What does that mean?
“Be not afraid of sudden fear…”
It simply means stop being afraid and anxious about things that surprise us, things that seem like “the end of the world”.
It means we are better off having a fear of God than being afraid of anything in this life – even the unexpected things. (By the way, this article was in our church bulletin one year ago, in October 2019, before the Australian bushfires… before the Pandemic…)
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Thu, 10/08/2020 - 10:01am
Isaiah 53.7
In the Gospels we are told the story of the people who caused our Lord to suffer. The true account of the pain He felt for us is recorded, but it is done without anything bad said, about the people who caused the pain.
Judas is called a “traitor”, but that is all.
Did Jesus make any accusations toward these people? At his trial? On the cross? After His resurrection?
Did Jesus lead any of the Gospel writers to record vengeful words against those who caused his suffering?
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Wed, 09/30/2020 - 8:47am
Isaiah 19.14
That is about the last thing anyone would want. Wouldn’t you say? When it comes to all that the Lord does, He does so much to bless us. God wants to bless us! But I wouldn’t want Him to do that.
Do what? “The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst...”
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Mon, 09/21/2020 - 9:08am
1 Timothy 1.15
Three little words…
When we see it like that, and read it like that, it sounds like this person thinks a lot of himself to make such a claim… “I am chief.”
But actually the opposite was true. It is the Apostle Paul and he is telling us what he thinks of himself, “This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners…”
“of whom I am chief.”
Like the song says, “Only a sinner… saved by grace”
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Mon, 09/14/2020 - 10:35am
1 Peter 2:2-3
The above is an illustration. It is an illustration which reminds us that all newborn babies are hungry! Parents, especially mothers, know that.
As born again Christians we are encouraged to be like “newborn babes” and “desire” - go looking for - that good nutritious spiritual food – the Word of God!
There is nothing in this world like the Bible. Nothing that is so satisfying, so filling as the Word of God, and I am so thankful that I still have that desire for the Bible after 40 years of reading it.
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Mon, 09/07/2020 - 8:56am
Psalms 103:2-3
“all”
One little word in our Bible, and it only has three letters… yet it is the gospel… three little letters, what do they say to you?
“all”
Three letters, kind of like three crosses at Calvary.
“all”
Calvary, where Jesus shed His blood and died for my… iniquities… “all” of them… every single last one of them… “all” of my sins… and there were many, and there will be more… but Jesus paid it… “all”.
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Tue, 09/01/2020 - 8:56am
Psalm 119.18
What a great prayer! David gives us some very good words here when it comes to the Bible, or “thy law” as he calls it here. “Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.”
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Mon, 02/17/2020 - 5:50pm
“shall attain unto wise counsels:”
Proverbs 1.5
What does “shall attain” mean? The whole verse says, “A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:”.
The word attain basically means to buy. It gives us the idea that people will pay for good counsel… and yet, one of the greatest blessings we have, as being born-again Christians, is the access to good information/counsel and Jesus paid for it! By that I mean we have the best counsel and advice available in this world today and it’s free!
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Sun, 08/11/2019 - 11:00am
“These things have I written unto you
that believe on the name of the Son of God;
that ye may know that ye have eternal life,
and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.”
1 John 5:13
Thinking about the time and the events surrounding the day I was saved, I sometimes consider the following questions and I am blessed when I do. God saved me but: Why? How? Where was I? What happened in me?
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Sun, 08/04/2019 - 11:00am
“Love your enemies”
Matthew 5.44
Do you have any enemies?
Seriously, do you have any enemies?
Do you love them? How would you know? How would it show?
Jesus was speaking to the church He was starting, and others gathered around, when He said things that were different than anything people had heard before, things like, “I say unto you, Love your enemies”.
There have been times that I wasn’t sure who was my friend and who was my enemy… so, worse case scenario? “Love your enemies”!
