RHM Newsletter 33: 2018 Year-end Wrap-up
by Dion Todd December 27th, 2018
RHM Newsletter #33, 2018 Year-end Wrap-up from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo.
(For those interested, there are quite a few more photos in the video version of this newsletter :))
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be on his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6 WEB
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Spiritual Bullies
by Dion Todd December 23rd, 2018
RHM Devotional: Spiritual Bullies from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo.
Today I want to talk about the heart of Jesus towards the lost sheep, compared to the heart of the religious leaders that should have been taking care of them. Luke chapter 15 reads:
Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man...
Hearing The Shepherd
by Dion Todd December 23rd, 2018
and your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way, walk you in it; when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left. Isaiah 30:21 WEBA shepherd herding sheep down a path does not have to interact that much, he just follows behind them watching. His presence is there, but he does not have to say anything. However if they come to a fork in the road, or a path leading off...
Sharks That Wear Suits
by Dion Todd December 22nd, 2018
Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren't tempted. Galatians 6:1 WEBBrothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren't tempted. Galatians 6:1 WEBWe all make mistakes...
Heroes and Monsters
by Dion Todd December 9th, 2018
RHM Devotional: Heroes and Monsters from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo.
Today I want to talk about the potential of being a Hero, or a Monster, that exists inside each one of us. We get to choose. Once when Jesus was preaching from a boat, He told a parable about a man that sowed wheat in His field, but an enemy came along and sowed weeds behind him. We pick this up in Matthew 13:24 and following:
He...
Facetime
by Dion Todd December 6th, 2018
Don't lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don't destroy his resting-place: For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again; But the wicked are overthrown by calamity. Proverbs 24:15 WEBYour journey ends when you will no longer get up. Many times in my life, I began to feel that I had let God down, made the wrong decision, and wrecked His plan for my life. Then...
Bible Study: Acts, Chapter Twenty-Four
by Dion Todd December 2nd, 2018
RHM Bible Study, Acts Chapter Twenty-four from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo.
Transcript: Today we are going to study Acts chapter 24 in depth. You can follow along in your own Bible if you like. I will be reading from the World English Bible because it is the only modern English translation that is copyright free, and I can read the entire Bible on video without any legal drama or breaking...
Fire and Ice
by Dion Todd December 2nd, 2018
Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, 'So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I don't make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time!'
When he saw that, he arose, and ran for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there....
Making up for Lost Time
by Dion Todd December 1st, 2018
For you bless the righteous, O LORD; you cover him with favor as with a shield. Psalm 5:12 ESVOnce while at church on a Sunday night, the pastor's wife said that she felt the Lord wanted me to get my G.E.D. as I had left school early to join the work force. I told her that I would look into it and Monday morning I went to the Adult Education Center. I went in and explained that I had been out of school...
Face Against the Glass
by Dion Todd November 25th, 2018
RHM Devotional: Face Against the Glass from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo.
Today I want to talk about Jesus choosing Matthew the tax collector as one of His twelve Apostles, and why that would have been unthinkable at the time.
Mark 2:13–17 ESV He went out again beside the sea, and all the crowd was coming to him, and he was teaching them. And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son...
He Understands
by Dion Todd November 25th, 2018
Have you not known? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; His understanding is unsearchable. Isaiah 40:28 ESVTired and in a bad mood, we arrived home. We had worked at the church all day once again, and a new tax bill came while we were gone. We now owed five hundred dollars for additional taxes. Angrily I said, "If...
Climbing God's Mountain
by Dion Todd November 18th, 2018
RHM Devotional: Climbing God's Mountain from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo.
Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. Galatians 6:1–2 ESV
Today I want you to picture us all climbing a mountain:...
A Beautiful Mess
by Dion Todd November 17th, 2018
You have ravished my heart, my sister, my bride. You have ravished my heart with one of your eyes, With one chain of your neck. How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine! The fragrance of your perfumes than all manner of spices! Song 4:9 WEBIt is refreshing to see people who are truly in love. When a person first falls in love, they can see nothing but...
A New Identity
by Dion Todd November 10th, 2018
Behold, Yahweh stood above it, and said, 'I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon you lie, to you will I give it, and to your seed. Your seed will be as the dust of the earth, and you will spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. In you and in your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed. Behold, I am with...
Bible Study: Acts, Chapter Twenty-three
by Dion Todd November 3rd, 2018
RHM Bible Study, Acts Chapter Twenty-three from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo.
Transcript: Today we are going to study Acts chapter 23 in depth. You can follow along in your own Bible if you like. I will be reading from the World English Bible because it is the only modern English translation that is copyright free, and I can read the entire Bible on video without any legal drama or breaking...
The Monument
by Dion Todd November 3rd, 2018
But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. Genesis 19:26 WEBWhen God told Abram to leave his country, he brought along his nephew Lot. In time, they both prospered so much that they had to separate from each other. Lot and his family moved to Sodom. It became an extremely wicked, prideful city, and when God had enough, He destroyed it.Because of Abraham, angels visited...
Wineskins
by Dion Todd October 28th, 2018
RHM Devotional: Wineskins from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo.
No one puts new wine into old wine skins, or else the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed. But new wine must be put into fresh wine skins, and both are preserved. Luke 5:37-38 WEB (Paralleled in: Matthew 9:17, Mark 2:22)
The most radical change recorded in the Bible was the...
Entrapment
by Dion Todd October 28th, 2018
I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, 'Now is come the salvation, the power, and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ; for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night. Revelation 12:10 WEBIn a United States supreme court case in 1932, Sorrells vs United States, a prohibition officer repeatedly tried to get a factory worker to...
A Custom Home
by Dion Todd October 24th, 2018
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end. You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You shall seek me, and find me, when you shall search for me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:11 WEBI used to work with my Dad building custom homes. He was a lifelong carpenter. When he...
Can You Hear Me Now
by Dion Todd October 21st, 2018
RHM Devotional: Can You Hear Me Now from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo.
For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence firm to the end, while it is said, “Today if you will hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts, as in the rebellion.” For who, when they heard, rebelled? Wasn’t it all those who came out of Egypt led by Moses? ...
Gone With The Wind
by Dion Todd October 18th, 2018
Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the clothing and the horse, as you have said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that you have spoken. Then took Haman the clothing and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and caused him to ride through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king...
So Good To Me
by Dion Todd October 16th, 2018
Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act. Psalms 37:4 ESVWhen the man tossed the cable on the desk, I started laughing. I could hardly believe it. I have always been drawn to technical things like a moth to a bug light and I like tinkering with them. I wanted to hook a computer up to my television and needed...
RHM Newsletter 32 and Video Devotional
by Dion Todd October 14th, 2018
RHM News and Devotional: Time to Shine from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo.
Hurricane Michael blew past us this week. Here there was only a little rain, a little wind and things are returning to normal. We are still cut off from our town of Conway as the road is flooded out. My heart goes out to those in the Florida Panhandle who endured a category 4 hurricane coming onshore. May the Lord give...
Bible Study: Acts, Chapter Twenty-two
by Dion Todd October 7th, 2018
RHM Bible Study, Acts 22 from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo.
Transcript: Today we are going to study Acts chapter 22 in depth. You can follow along in your own Bible if you like. I will be reading from the World English Bible because it is the only modern English translation that is copyright free, and I can read the entire Bible on video without any legal drama or breaking anyone’s...
The Faith Of A Child
by Dion Todd September 28th, 2018
Now they were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them. And when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. But Jesus called them to him, saying, Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. Luke 18:15 ESVAt church one night, a visiting speaker called my six-year-old son up front and told him that the Lord had heard his prayer about the dog,...
Long Time Coming
by Dion Todd September 26th, 2018
Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness. He came into all the region around the Jordan,...
The God of Seventh Chances
by Dion Todd September 24th, 2018
for the righteous falls seven times and rises again Proverbs 24:16 ESVOnce again, I found that it was I standing in the need of prayer. I was the man who promised he would never do it again, and then went and did it again. I had slowly drifted away, one more time. I have found that it is easy to make God promises, but it is often difficult to keep them. While laying on the floor in tears, and asking...
RHM News Update, September 2018
by Dion Todd September 23rd, 2018
RHM News Update, September 2018 from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo.
RHM News: Since we have not had a RHM Live service for the last couple of weeks because of Hurricane Florence and other matters, we thought we would catch you up this week. Lord willing, we plan to carry on with the Bible Study next week.
Dental:
Here is some news that is happening at Refreshing Hope. Recently I had a dental...
RHM Music: Sonshine
by Dion Todd September 22nd, 2018
Sonshine from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo.
This is a song that I wrote based on john 8:12 (WEB) 'Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”' Perry Robertson is playing guitar with me on it, though we live 1,100 miles apart. Hope you enjoy. You can find more...
RHM Music: I Am Yours
by Dion Todd September 20th, 2018
I Am Yours from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo.
This is a song that I wrote based on Psalm 119:94. Save me, for I am yours. It is the cry of my heart. As the song goes, my life has been broken and I feel that I will never measure up or be good enough for *every day there is something new*. But what I do have, belongs to Him, and I hope that is enough. You can find more...