Author Archives: billtonnis
Main Motivation
1 Timothy 6:7, 9, 11 For we brought nothing into the world, just as we shall not be able to take anything out of it. Those who want to be rich are falling into temptation and into a trap and … Continue reading
Share Your Talent
1 Timothy 4:14, 16 Do not neglect the gift you have. Attend to yourself and to your teaching; persevere in both tasks, for by doing so you will save both yourself and those who listen to you. What is your … Continue reading
Empty Yourself
Philippians 2:5-8 Have among yourselves the same attitude that is also yours in Christ Jesus, Who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Rather, he emptied himself, taking the … Continue reading
Love Leads to Justice
Psalm 101:1-2 I sing of love and justice; to you, Lord, I sing praise. I follow the way of integrity. If I love God with all my heart, mind and soul and if I love my neighbor as myself…it will … Continue reading
Inner Anchor
Psalm 28:7 The Lord is my strength and my shield, in whom my heart trusted and found help. To whom do I run when I need help? Do I look to God during my daily struggles? Jesus healed and restored … Continue reading
Change Me
Luke 6:42 “How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me remove that splinter in your eye,’ when you do not even notice the wooden beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! Remove the wooden beam from your eye … Continue reading
Love Wins
Romans 8:28 We know that all things work for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose. Be reluctant to label anything as “good” or “bad” because what seems “good” or “bad” may end up … Continue reading
Dying to Self
Colossians 3:3-4 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ your life appears, then you too will appear with him in glory. Whatever most people think is their identity…it usually isn’t. Your true … Continue reading
God of Healing
Luke 6:17-18 A great crowd of his disciples and a large number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and … Continue reading
Christ Centered
Colossians 1:16-17 All things were created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. We all start our lives believing we are at the center of the universe. Unfortunately, some never … Continue reading
