Tag Archives: false self

Becoming Your True Self

Posted on March 20, 2014 by billtonnis

Jeremiah 17:7-8 Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose hope is the Lord. He is like a tree planted beside the waters that stretches out its roots to the stream. God plants seeds in our hearts. They … Continue reading →

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Soul Satisfaction

Posted on March 6, 2014 by billtonnis

Luke 9:24-25 For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. What profit is there for one to gain the whole world yet lose or forfeit himself? What … Continue reading →

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Let Go and Live

Posted on February 27, 2014 by billtonnis

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Love Is the Answer

Posted on August 23, 2013 by billtonnis

Matthew 22:36-39 “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” He said to him, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and … Continue reading →

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The Way to Life

Posted on May 13, 2013 by billtonnis

John 16:32-33 “But I am not alone, because the Father is with me. I have told you this so that you might have peace in me. In the world you will have trouble, but take courage, I have conquered the … Continue reading →

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Dying and Rising

Posted on May 9, 2013 by billtonnis

John 16:20 “Amen, amen, I say to you, you will weep and mourn, while the world rejoices; you will grieve, but your grief will become joy.” Jesus knew that His followers would grieve when He was killed…but He also knew … Continue reading →

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True Life

Posted on April 22, 2013 by billtonnis

John 10:10 “I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly.” Jesus did not become human to give us an evacuation plan to heaven. He came that we might have life now and have it more … Continue reading →

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Source of Joy

Posted on February 1, 2013 by billtonnis

Psalm 37:4 Find your delight in the Lord who will give you your heart’s desire. That deep yearning inside you is the groaning of “your heart’s desire.” The trouble is…our egos want to satisfy that yearning with physical or material … Continue reading →

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Wake Up

Posted on January 17, 2013 by billtonnis

Hebrews 3:13 Encourage yourselves daily while it is still “today,” so that none of you may grow hardened by the deceit of sin. “Sin” is basically when we “turn away” from God’s desires…and choose our self-centered…ego-satisfying desires. It is choosing … Continue reading →

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Child of God

Posted on January 3, 2013 by billtonnis

1 John 3:2 Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. The … Continue reading →

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