Author Archives: billtonnis

Psalm 145:14 The Lord supports all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down. Our Creator is holding all things in a loving embrace…all things. God wants to transform everything into the fullness of being. God wants … Continue reading →

Psalm 30:12-13 You changed my mourning into dancing. With my whole being I sing endless praise to you. Let’s face it. When we are at the top of our game and everything is going our way we have no need … Continue reading →

Mark: 12:30-31 “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. The second is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no … Continue reading →

Jeremiah 7:23,25-26 Listen to my voice; then I will be your God and you shall be my people. From the day that your fathers left the land of Egypt even to this day, I have sent you untiringly all my … Continue reading →

Matthew 5:20 “I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter into the kingdom of heaven.” Jesus had just finished telling his followers that He would fulfill God’s law and “not the … Continue reading →

Psalm 25:4 Make known to me your ways, Lord; teach me your paths. Most people have no idea that their ego is running their lives until it is suggested to them. I had no idea until I started reading authors … Continue reading →

Psalm 42:2-3 As the deer longs for streams of water, so my soul longs for you, O God. My being thirsts for God, the living God. All of us are yearning for God…but I think most people are unaware. What … Continue reading →

Luke 1:37 “For nothing will be impossible with God.” Do you believe that? It’s what the angel Gabriel said to a virgin named Mary after she questioned how she would conceive the Son of God. And she said, “May it … Continue reading →

Jeremiah 17:5 Thus says the Lord: Cursed is the man who trusts in human beings, who seeks his strength in flesh, whose heart turns away from the Lord. We spend so much time trying to please other people or fit … Continue reading →

Psalm 31:6 Into your hands I commend my spirit; you will redeem me, Lord, faithful God. It seems that only when we experience the unmerited, unearned redemption of God that we are able to extend that same redemption to others … Continue reading →