And They Became A Sign

Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Sun, 01/06/2019 - 11:00am
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“And they became a sign”

Numbers 26.10

 

Here in the Book of Numbers the Lord is reminding the children of Israel about some men who stood up against God.  They had decided that God got it wrong when He chose Moses and Aaron to be the leaders of Israel.  The whole verse says, “And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.”

 

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Whom Having Not Seen

Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Sun, 12/30/2018 - 11:00am
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“Whom having not seen, ye love;”

1 Peter 1.8

 

What a statement…  Could Peter be talking about me too?

 

It is nearly the New Year, the “Year of our Lord 2019”, and I must ask myself, “Do I love the Lord Jesus Christ?”

 

“Whom having not seen, ye love;”

 

Even though I have never seen Him, I can love Him.

 

“Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing…”

 

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Now Are We The Sons of God

Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Sun, 12/23/2018 - 11:00am
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“Beloved now are we the sons of God,

and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that,

when he shall appear, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.”

1 John 3:2

 

We are pilgrims in this world, and we need to keep that in mind.

 

We are only passing through.  But yet, right now – those who have been ‘born again’, - we are right now the sons of God!

 

“…now are we the sons of God”

 

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. . .In The Way. . .

Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Sun, 12/09/2018 - 11:00am
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“...in the way...”

Genesis 24.27

 

This is from an earlier bulletin and I often need this reminder!

 

Have you ever felt like you were just - “in the way”?

 

Life bustles this way and life bustles that way and you’re neither here nor there, you’re just “in the way”!

 

Sometimes that is exactly where we need to be - as born again Christians - “in the way”!

 

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Go to The Ant. . .

Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Sun, 11/25/2018 - 11:00am
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“Go to the ant...”

Proverbs 6.6

 

In Proverbs 30:25 we read this, “The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat 

in the summer;”.

 

It has been said that there are some 1 quadrillion ants in the world!

Here is what that number would look like:

1,000,000,000,000,000

 

So, some 1 quadrillion ants in the world, and all of them preparing for Winter, as the above verse leads us to believe - “ants... prepare their meat in the summer”.

 

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. . . After The Pattern

Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Sun, 11/18/2018 - 11:00am
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“According to all that I shew thee after the pattern…”

Exodus 25:9

 

People will soon be looking at what they want for Christmas.  Online, in the shops, the “junk mail” – so many things trying to “show us” what we want.  God also has blessings that He is trying to show us… “According to all that I shew thee after the pattern…” and what He shows us is settled in heaven!

 

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…they that seek the LORD understand all things.

Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Sun, 11/11/2018 - 11:00am
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Proverbs 28:5

What do we know?  And, what do we understand?  I was struck by this thought, these questions, recently while thinking about Elisha and the above verse.

First, there were things that Elisha, the man of God, did not know. “And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me. (2 Kings 4:27b)

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"For Christ's Sake"

Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Sun, 11/04/2018 - 11:00am
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“. . .for Christ’s sake. . .”

2 Corinthians 12.10

 

Why do we do what we do?

 

We should do what we do, and we should live the way we live – for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ, “for Christ’s sake”. 

 

Whenever I come across this phrase in 2 Corinthians I am amazed and humbled at how the Word of God can direct us.

 

If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man

Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Sun, 10/28/2018 - 11:00am
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Proverbs 29.9

Do we ever feel like we are just not getting anywhere with someone?

Do we think, that for all we may say – there is just no response?

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Have faith in God

Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Sun, 10/21/2018 - 11:00am
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“Have faith in God.”

Mark 11.22

 

In the context of this verse we see the failing of the nation of Israel, the cursed fig tree.  Then Jesus tells the disciples, “Have faith in God” to draw their attention away from the failings of man, to the everlasting, ever working, never failing will and work of the Lord.

 

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