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Teach a Man to Fish

by Dion Todd September 23rd, 2026

When I was young, I spent a lot of time navigating the waters near my home in South Carolina. The black water of the Waccamaw River was just a few miles...


Fly Like an Eagle

by Dion Todd September 22nd, 2026

When eagles have their young, they line the inside of the nest with feathers, fur, and other soft materials. The parents try to make the little ones comfortable...


Changing Our Minds

by Dion Todd September 21st, 2026

Changing Our Minds from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo. It can be difficult to break bad habits, or destructive...


Signs That Make You Wonder

by Dion Todd September 20th, 2026

One night, I was playing music at a party with our band. When the Lord suddenly presented me with an opportunity to tell them about Him. We went on break,...


The Master Carpenter

by Dion Todd September 19th, 2026

Wood, I grew up around it. My Dad was a carpenter for fifty-five years. I helped him at times, so there was a lot of carrying, sawing, nailing, and pulling...

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Comments by others:
  • Dion the messages that you have been writing have comforted me and helped me during the hardest time of my life.I do believe that many of these difficult days that God was speaking to me through you and I want to thank you although you don't know me I do believe you to be inspired and may God bless you and keep you all the days of your life .Thank you again my brother .

  • Your daily words have been so encouraging to me, and it is my habit to read your email every single morning and see what God has to say. Thank you for doing this and sharing so much of your own experience.

  • This is so true. In 2013 I lost a job, a home, and my self-esteem. My family, my wife and daughter our little dog and a big cat, had no where to live. I worried about everything. We had a motorhome that everyone told me to get rid of because is was an expense we didn't need - but I refused. Turned out it might have been one of the better decisions I made at the time. I found this devotional series and every morning I was uplifted by the message Pastor Dion gave. Each time I felt like giving up, I was given His word that was exactly pertinent to the situation. Pastor Dion seemed to be talking to me. God impressed one of our church families to give us a place to park the motorhome and we lived in a fruit orchard at tne end of a row of peaches for 22 months. He gave my wife a volunteer position in the church with the food pantry and while she helped feed over 100 families a week in the community, God gave us food to eat as well. When unemployment had run out, and I still had not found a job, He gave me a job working in a cemetary. Not my dream job, but just having a job boosted my spirit. Throughout all of this, I learned the importance of returning to God what is his. Whenever I gave my tithe, as pitiful as it was at times, we received special blessings of food or gasoline or clothing. Things have gotten much better. It was a season of my life that I needed to have - to be humbled - so that I could do what I do now. God knows what I need. I take what I am given with thanks and I have not been in need since. The two things I learned from that experience are humility and the absolute importance of tithing.