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The Bad Note Blues
by Dion ToddFor I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, Don't be afraid; I will help you. Isaiah 41:13 WEBWe have a proverb we live by when performing live music: "If you hit a bad note, hit it good." Yes, it should be "hit it well," but that's the phrase I grew up hearing in South Carolin...comments -
Free Falling
by Dion ToddBecause he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name. He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him. I will satisfy him with long life, and show him my salvation.' Psalm 91...comments -
The Secret Admirer
by Dion ToddI have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? Psalms 56:11 WEBI walked down the aisle at Church to the offering basket and dropped in my tithes for the week. It had been a few awful weeks in a row now, and it was starting to show at home. My tithe was ten percent of almos...comments -
Walk a Mile in Their Shoes
by Dion ToddTherefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things. Romans 2:1 WEBThe congregation listened quietly as the elder finished his speech on judging others. He said each time that he had...comments -
Jericho
by Dion ToddYahweh said to Joshua, "Get up! Why have you fallen on your face like that?" Joshua 7:10 WEB.Joshua lay prostrate before the ark of the Lord all that evening. Yesterday, he had been a mighty warrior. Now Israel had lost the battle at Ai, all because one of the men with him had become greedy and brok...comments -
Hot Pursuit
by Dion ToddNow the king of Syria had commanded the captains of his chariots, saying, "Don't fight with small nor great, except only with the king of Israel." When the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, "It is the king of Israel!" Therefore they turned around to fight against him. But Jehoshap...comments -
Walk This Way
by Dion ToddBut Naaman was angry, and went away and said, "Behold, I thought, 'He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of Yahweh his God, and wave his hand over the place, and heal the leper.'" 2 Kings 5:11 WEBNaaman looked over his new skin with amazement after he came up from the muddy ...comments -
The Servant King
by Dion ToddSo when he had washed their feet, put his outer garment back on, and sat down again, he said to them, 'Do you know what I have done to you? You call me, 'Teacher' and 'Lord.' You say so correctly, for so I am.If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one anot...comments -
The Mountain of God
by Dion ToddBrothers, 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. Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. Galatians 6:1'2 WEBPicture us all climbing a mountain together,...comments -
The Last Minute
by Dion ToddWhen the men of Israel saw that they were in trouble (for the people were distressed), then the people hid themselves in caves, in thickets, in rocks, in tombs, and in pits. Now some of the Hebrews had gone over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; but as for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all...comments -
Blessings and Curses
by Dion ToddI have been young, and now am old, Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his children begging for bread. All day long he deals graciously, and lends. His seed is blessed. Psalms 37:25 WEB.Today is the tomorrow you were so worried about yesterday, and it is not as bad as you thought. Many t...comments -
Seasons Change
by Dion ToddFor everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: A time to be born, And a time to die; A time to plant, And a time to pluck up that which is planted; Ecclesiastes 3:1 WEB.Springtime is so beautiful when the flowers and trees begin blooming, then come summer and fall. The ...comments -
This is the Way
by Dion ToddAnd 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 his sheep along a path does not have to interact with them much. He just follows behind them, watching. He doesn't h...comments -
Shark Bait
by Dion ToddBrothers, 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. Not one of us on Earth has lived a perfect life except Jesus. Yet we tend to compare o...comments -
Trust Me
by Dion ToddTherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong. 2 Corinthians 12:10 WEBThe Apostle Paul learned to be content in whatever situation that he found himself. He saw beyond his physical circums...comments -
A Christmas Story
by Dion ToddGive, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you. Luke 6:38 WEBOne year as Christmas approached, we felt like doing something special. Looking back, I am sure ...comments -
Satisfaction
by Dion ToddFor he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good Psalms 107:9 WEBTemporary pleasures offer temporary satisfaction but often come with longterm repercussions. There are so many things in our lives that promise or would appear to provide satisfaction, but they all fall short of it...comments -
Wearing Out the Saints
by Dion ToddFor our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world's rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withst...comments -
When Out of Answers
by Dion ToddI have said these things to you, while still living with you. But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.' John 14:25'27 WEBOne of the most challenging and rewarding things you will ever undert...comments -
The Giant Killers
by Dion ToddDavid therefore departed there, and escaped to the cave of Adullam: and when his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there to him. Everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented, gathered themselves to him; and he became captain...comments