Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Thu, 02/05/2015 - 9:16am
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature:
old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” - 2 Corinthians 5.17
Is there anything about my life that a person who is not a Christian – not a born again Christian – might want?
Not money, or job, or house etc., but something that has to do with “old things” passing away, and “all things” becoming new?
Is my Attitude something people might like to have?
Or maybe my Patience?
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Sun, 01/25/2015 - 11:50am
“I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day…” - Revelation 1.10
I thank the Lord for the “Lord’s Day”!
We call it by that name because it is the day Jesus rose from the dead, the first day of the week, Sunday by our modern calendar.
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Fri, 01/16/2015 - 2:16pm
“That which was from the beginning,
which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes,
which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled,
of the Word of life;”
1 John 1.1
The Apostle John once again gives us some pretty incredible thoughts here: He had the amazing opportunity to KNOW the Lord Jesus while our Lord was on this earth! He knew the living, breathing Jesus in the flesh. He never really “got over it” - Amen!
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Fri, 01/16/2015 - 2:10pm
“Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am;” - John 17.24
These are the words Jesus prayed the night He was crucified. I think of them often because I am amazed and humbled that the Lord Jesus Christ wants us to be with Him!
“I will that they also... be with me”
Jesus is praying to His heavenly Father to let us be with Him!
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Fri, 01/16/2015 - 2:08pm
“????????????????” - ???
What’s missing???
Does it matter???
If we wanted to know… if we wanted to know something… if we wanted to know anything… an answer – The Answer – to anything and everything, where would we look???
Can God help??? How can God help us find the answer??? All of the answers we need for the new year, for this life and the life hereafter???
Sometimes it may take some spiritual unscrambling with a prayerful heart looking into a the Bible...
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Fri, 01/16/2015 - 2:06pm
“As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous, therefore, and repent.” - Revelation 3.19
Only God knows what the New Years hold, but one thing is true –
HE LOVES US!
Sometimes it’s good for us to realize that God’s love for us will not always seem pleasant, but it does not change the fact that He does love us!
Consider some example regarding the words of Christ in Revelation 3:19. When did the Lord Jesus Christ ever rebuke and chasten those He loved?
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Sun, 12/21/2014 - 4:46pm
“What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?” - Psalm 116.12-13
God has been so good to me for another year! What can I do for the LORD because He has been so good to me?!
This is the question in the verse above.
When we see all that God has done for us, when we focus on Him and His work in our lives and count our many blessings – we may also find ourselves asking, “What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?”
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Mon, 12/15/2014 - 6:17am
“...all... all... all...” - Genesis 39.5,22 &41.41
There are three times in the life of Joseph when he was put in a position of responsibility of “all” of something.
Genesis 39:5 “And it came to pass from the time that he (Potiphar) had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.”
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Sat, 12/06/2014 - 1:44pm
“When pride cometh...” - Proverbs 11.2
Can we imagine… when we were very little… and we knew (!) that sooner or later… no matter how tightly we closed our eyes, or how firmly we put our fingers in our ears… “The Monster” would eventually come out from under the bed and get us?!?!
“When… pride… cometh…”
We have a saying that goes like this: “Not IF, but WHEN…”
“When… pride… cometh…, then cometh shame:”
“When pride cometh, then cometh shame:
Submitted by Pastor Tottingham on Sat, 12/06/2014 - 1:33pm
“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” - Psalm 119.105
Someone has well said,
