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
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Tue, 05/31/2022 - 8:36am
1 John 5.13
An older gentleman and I were having a friendly religious banter. He was very religious, but his church taught that you couldn’t know for sure that you were going to heaven. I shared the above verse with him, saying that we can know for sure - right now - that we are saved, that we have eternal life, and that we can know that we’re going to heaven.
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Wed, 05/25/2022 - 8:51am
Romans 5:11
“At one”
We don’t use the word atonement much today, but it is a great Bible word! An easy way to remember what this word means is the think “at one”… “at-one-ment”. “And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.” (Romans 5:11)
A while ago a Pastor friend of mine, Greg Albright, noted that this thought of “at-one”, is an old English definition for the word atonement. What a great picture!
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Wed, 05/18/2022 - 11:27am
James 1:2-3
One morning recently I woke up discouraged. It was kind of like, I “got out on the wrong side of bed”!
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Thu, 05/12/2022 - 8:59am
Mark 4.24
“…unto you that hear…”
This is a very interesting statement. For those of us who are listening…
Listening to what?
Sometimes I have tried to study while an exercise class is going on in the Hall next to the office here at the church/community centre – I can hardly think - much less hear!
“…unto you that hear…”
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Mon, 05/02/2022 - 10:03am
Numbers 10.9
Do you have an alarm on your house?
We don’t. We do have a couple of fire alarms, but not an alarm like the above verse is talking about. Mainly because we live in a very quiet neighbourhood and a fairly peaceful country. If things changed we could get an alarm... on our physical house. But what about our spiritual houses?
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Mon, 05/02/2022 - 9:38am
John 14.15
In the verse above Jesus is saying, “If ye love me…”
The first thing I think is, “Who am I that I could love Him like He has loved me!?” But then I realize, Jesus expects me to address what He is saying. He is saying, “If ye love me…”.
“If ye love me” what? “If ye love me, keep my commandments.” The word “keep” here means, “to guard (from loss or injury, by keeping the eye upon)”.
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Tue, 04/12/2022 - 7:58am
Psalm136.1
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy…
Time for a quiz – multiple choice!
A.O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for a while, for people who are really good.
B. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for a lifetime! After that… well who knows.
C. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Tue, 04/05/2022 - 7:12am
Isaiah 51:22
When I read this recently, all I could think was – Thank You Lord!
Thinking about being unsaved, and without Christ, my hands held a “cup of trembling”! But when the nails went into the hands of Christ… no more “cup of trembling”
Thank You Lord for taking this fear and dread and worry – this “cup of trembling” away from me!
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Mon, 03/28/2022 - 10:05am
Job 7.17
What sort of question is this? “What is man…?”
Man is… well, man is…
Man is probably the most vulnerable of all of God’s creation, “vulnerable” meaning WEAK!
By himself, can man - run like a cheetah? Swim like a fish? Fly like an eagle? Or even a pigeon? Climb like cat? Drink like a camel? Eat like a grizzly – then sleep like one? If only!
Does man have claws, talons, fangs, poisonous venom or even a repulsing bad smell…? Well, you know what I mean.
