Swimming Upstream
by Dion Todd August 23rd, 2018
You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience. We also all once lived among them in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest....
The Remote Control
by Dion Todd August 22nd, 2018
The high priest, Ananias, commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth. Then Paul said to him, 'God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit to judge me according to the law, and command me to be struck contrary to the law?' Acts 23:2 WEBPaul did not appreciate being slapped in the face. Jesus had faced crucifixion without complaining or opening His mouth, but when Paul was...
How To Swallow A Camel
by Dion Todd August 21st, 2018
You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel! Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness. You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also. Matthew 23:24 WEBAs the chubby preacher sprinted for the elevator...
Bible Study: Acts, Chapter Nineteen
by Dion Todd August 19th, 2018
RHM Bible Study, Acts 19 from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo.
Transcript: Today we are going to study Acts chapter 19 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...
Go To Nineveh
by Dion Todd August 17th, 2018
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, according to Yahweh's word. Jonah 3:1 WEBWhen God told Jonah to go to Nineveh, he immediately went down to Joppa and then took a ship to Tarshish. Now Nineveh (in modern-day Iraq) was about five hundred miles east of his home...
The Lord Heard
by Dion Todd August 13th, 2018
For there were many in the assembly who had not sanctified themselves: therefore the Levites were in charge of killing the Passovers for everyone who was not clean, to sanctify them to Yahweh. For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the Passover other than the way it is written. For Hezekiah had prayed for them,...
Bible Study: Acts, Chapter Eighteen
by Dion Todd August 12th, 2018
Bible Study, Acts Eighteen from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo.
Transcript: Today we are going to study Acts chapter 18 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...
Bible Study: Acts, Chapter Seventeen
by Dion Todd August 5th, 2018
RHM Bible Study, Acts Chapter 17 from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo.
Transcript: Today we are going to study Acts chapter 17 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...
Bread from Heaven
by Dion Todd July 29th, 2018
Bread from Heaven from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo.
Transcript: Today I am going to be talking about: “Bread from Heaven”. When Moses led the Israelite slaves out of Egypt, they camped at various places and stopped at the oasis of Elim. That is where we begin today.
Exodus 16:1-31 “And they journeyed from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to...
Tobacco Fields Back Home
by Dion Todd July 27th, 2018
Now after these things, the Lord also appointed seventy others, and sent them two by two ahead of him into every city and place where he was about to come. Then he said to them, 'The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are few. Pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest, that he may send out laborers into his harvest.' Luke 10:1 WEBBy the early afternoon, we were covered up to our shoulders...
Please Send Someone Else
by Dion Todd July 25th, 2018
Moses said to Yahweh, 'Oh, Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.' Yahweh said to him, 'Who made man's mouth? Or who makes one mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Isn't it I, Yahweh? Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak.' He said, 'Oh, Lord, please send someone...
Bible Study: Acts, Chapter Sixteen
by Dion Todd July 22nd, 2018
RHM Bible Study, Acts 16 from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo.
Transcript: Today we are going to study Acts chapter 16 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...
Bad Company
by Dion Todd July 22nd, 2018
Blessed is the man who doesn't walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the way of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers; But his delight is in Yahweh's law; On his law he meditates day and night. He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper. Psalms 1:1 WEBThough it did not...
The Stress Test
by Dion Todd July 17th, 2018
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews...
Bible Study: Acts, Chapter Fifteen
by Dion Todd July 8th, 2018
RHM Bible Study, Acts 15 from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo.
Transcript: Today we are going to study Acts chapter 15 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...
Bible Study: Acts, Chapter Fourteen
by Dion Todd July 1st, 2018
RHM Bible Study, Acts 14 from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo.
Transcript: Today we are going to study Acts chapter 14 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...
Remember
by Dion Todd July 1st, 2018
David said, 'Yahweh who delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.' Saul said to David, 'Go! Yahweh will be with you.' 1 Samuel 17:37 WEBYoung David was probably around fifteen years old and was now facing the greatest challenge of his life, Goliath. He was a real giant of a man that was just over nine feet tall and...
Bible Study: Acts, Chapter Thirteen
by Dion Todd June 24th, 2018
RHM Bible Study, Acts, Chapter Thirteen from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo.
Transcript: Today we are going to study Acts chapter 13 in depth. You can follow along in your own Bible if you like. I will be reading from the World English Bible simply 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 Long Run
by Dion Todd June 24th, 2018
Behold, today I am going the way of all the earth. You know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one thing has failed of all the good things which Yahweh your God spoke concerning you. All have happened to you. Not one thing has failed of it. Joshua 23:14 WEBJoshua had served God his whole life. He grew up in the presence of the Lord, and as a young man he never departed from the tent...
God Is Good
by Dion Todd June 17th, 2018
Without 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." We used to pray this at school every morning when I was in the first grade. Still, somehow it is difficult...
Your Best Friend
by Dion Todd June 14th, 2018
A man of many companions may be ruined, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. Proverbs 18:24 WEBWhen the world has turned its back on you, Jesus 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 alone, because Jesus is there. When you are disappointed, He will sit right there with you. Jesus gave His life...
The Words of Life
by Dion Todd June 12th, 2018
Jesus 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 WEB.Peter had come to know Jesus as the source of all knowledge, grace, power, eternal life, and so much more. Jesus is the living, breathing,...
The Goodness of God
by Dion Todd June 11th, 2018
I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living. Psalms 27:13 WEBDavid was now a wanted man and on the run for his life. He was once a hero in the eyes of the people, but the ones that he had trusted now sought to kill him. David was on the run when he wrote Psalm 27, either from Saul when Doeg the Edomite reported him, or from his own son Absalom, who attempted...
Bible Study: Acts, Chapter Twelve
by Dion Todd June 10th, 2018
RHM Bible Study, Acts, Chapter Twelve from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo.
Transcript: Today we are going to study Acts chapter 12 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...
When the Glory Comes Down
by Dion Todd June 9th, 2018
it happened, when 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; that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of Yahweh, so that the priests could not stand...
The Poppin John
by Dion Todd June 6th, 2018
For land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it, and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God. But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned. Hebrews 6:7 ESVEach spring when we got ready to plant the garden, Dad would break out the old 1940s John Deere tractor we owned. We called...
Commotion
by Dion Todd June 5th, 2018
It 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 WEBAfter a busy morning of phone calls, texts, and a lot of emails, the inside of my head felt like I was standing in the middle of a busy intersection, and it was noisy in there....
David Had A Little Lamb
by Dion Todd June 4th, 2018
David 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. 1 Samuel 17:34 WEBAs a shepherd caring for the sheep, David knew each one of them. He was there when...
Bible Study: Acts, Chapter Eleven
by Dion Todd June 3rd, 2018
RHM Bible Study, Acts, Chapter Eleven from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo.
Transcript: Today we are going to study Acts chapter 11 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 a modern English translation that is copyright free. After the meeting today, or sometime this week, please take the matching quiz that I have...
Bible Study: Acts, Chapter Ten
by Dion Todd May 27th, 2018
RHM Bible Study, Acts, Chapter Ten from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo.
Transcript: Today we are going to study Acts chapter 10 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...