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The Yoke
by Dion ToddThe Yoke from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo. People often make promises with no intention of keeping them, but God is not like that. When He makes a promise, it will come to pass. Joshua, the son of Nun, lived forty years as a slave in Egypt, forty years wandering in the wilderness, and thi...comments -
The Little Shepherd Boy
by Dion ToddIt happened, when they had come, that he looked at Eliab, and said, Surely Yahweh's anointed is before him. But Yahweh said to Samuel, "Don't look on his face, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for Yahweh sees not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but ...comments -
God Is Good
by Dion ToddWithout faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him. Hebrews 11:6 WEB."God is great, God is good, let us thank Him for our food. By His hands we all are fed, give us Lord our daily bread, Amen...comments -
Silence In The Classroom
by Dion ToddHezekiah prospered in all his works. However, concerning the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him to test him, that he might know all that was in his heart. 2 Chronicles 32:30'31 WEB.Hezekiah was a great king in Judah...comments -
Face Down
by Dion ToddNow the Philistines had taken God's ark, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. The Philistines took God's ark, and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon. When the people of Ashdod arose early on the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before Yahweh's ...comments -
The Okidata
by Dion ToddDon't seek what you will eat or what you will drink; neither be anxious. For the nations of the world seek after all of these things, but your Father knows that you need these things. But seek God's Kingdom, and all these things will be added to you. Luke 12:29-31 WEB.The Lord once doubled some of o...comments -
Align with the Divine
by Dion ToddThen Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land. Yahweh's word came to Jonah the second time, saying, "Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I give you." So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh Jonah 2:10'3:3 WEB.Jonah plopped on the sand and sh...comments -
The Delusion of Easy Street
by Dion ToddThe Delusion of Easy Street from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo. During the life of the Apostle Paul, a comfortable, soft life, living on easy street, was considered a sure sign of a righteous man. You were living in God's favor. That is why when Jesus Christ said that it is easier for a cam...comments -
Your Best Friend
by Dion ToddA man of many companions may be ruined, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. Proverbs 18:24 WEB.When the world has turned its back on you, Jesus Christ is there. When your best friend has let you down, Jesus is there. When all of your companions have left you behind, you are not a...comments -
The Words of Life
by Dion ToddJesus said therefore to the twelve, "You don't also want to go away, do you?" Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and know that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God." John 6:67'69 WEB.The Apostle Peter had come to...comments -
Behind The Scenes
by Dion ToddThen Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward. The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread." But he answered, "It is written, 'Man sh...comments -
The Sudden Stop
by Dion ToddDon't be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that will he also reap. For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption. But he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we ...comments -
The Goodness of God
by Dion ToddI am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living. Psalms 27:13 WEB.David was now a wanted man and on the run for his life. He was once a hero in the eyes of the people. Now the ones who David had trusted sought to kill him. David was on the run when he wrote ...comments -
I Have Made You Worthy
by Dion ToddJesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through Me." John 14:6 WEB.Years ago, when people around me started praying for someone, I would shy away or stand quietly by. If they really had their eyes closed and were praying the way they should have,...comments -
26 Letters
by Dion Todd26 Letters from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo. The King James Bible is written using only twenty-six letters, for that's how many letters are in the English alphabet. There are about forty-four major sounds in the English language. Yet, we can write a series of novels within those constrain...comments -
When the Glory Comes Down
by Dion ToddWhen the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking Yahweh; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised Yahweh, saying, "For he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever!" then the hous...comments -
The Long Cold Winter
by Dion ToddFor as the rain comes down and the snow from the sky, and doesn't return there, but waters the earth, and makes it grow and bud, and gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater; so is my word that goes out of my mouth: it will not return to me void, but it will accomplish that which I please, and...comments -
The Poppin John
by Dion ToddWoe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men's bones and of all uncleanness. Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. Matthew 23:27'...comments -
Commotion
by Dion ToddIt happened in these days, that he went out to the mountain to pray, and he continued all night in prayer to God. When it was day, he called his disciples, and from them he chose twelve, whom he also named apostles Luke 6:12'13 WEB.My mind was in chaos after a morning filled with phone calls, texts...comments -
David Had a Little Lamb
by Dion ToddDavid said to Saul, Your servant was keeping his father's sheep; and when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock, I went out after him, and struck him, and delivered it out of his mouth; and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and struck him, and killed him. ...comments