Tag Archives: God Is

Eternal Connection

Posted on April 7, 2014 by billtonnis

Psalm 23:4 Even when I walk through a dark valley, I fear no harm for you are at my side. When you feel rejected…buried in troubles…lost…remember that Jesus felt the same feelings in the most extreme way. The Son of … Continue reading →

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God Is with You

Posted on April 1, 2014 by billtonnis

Psalm 46:2-3 God is our refuge and our strength, an ever-present help in distress. Thus we do not fear, though earth be shaken and mountains quake to the depths of the sea. God is always here. God Is. When Moses … Continue reading →

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Holy Longing

Posted on March 24, 2014 by billtonnis

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. Each of us has a deep yearning inside…a yearning that longs to be satisfied. … Continue reading →

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Total Love

Posted on February 13, 2014 by billtonnis

Genesis 2:24-25 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, and the two of them become one body. The man and his wife were both naked, yet they felt no shame. This picture … Continue reading →

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In God We Trust

Posted on February 6, 2014 by billtonnis

Mark 6:8 He instructed them to take nothing for the journey but a walking stick–no food, no sack, no money in their belts. I once heard a financial adviser talking about how people need to have a million dollars saved … Continue reading →

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Incarnation

Posted on December 25, 2013 by billtonnis

John 1:1-5, 14 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through him, and without him nothing came to … Continue reading →

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Savior

Posted on December 17, 2013 by billtonnis

Psalm 34:7 In my misfortune I called, the Lord heard and saved me from all distress. Is there something you are struggling with? That very struggle can be the key to your salvation (wholeness). It is the very place where … Continue reading →

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Divine Deliverer

Posted on December 12, 2013 by billtonnis

Isaiah 41:13 For I am the LORD, your God, who grasp your right hand; It is I who say to you, “Fear not, I will help you.” The prophet Isaiah lived 700 years before Jesus but he made some incredibly … Continue reading →

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Amazing Love

Posted on November 13, 2013 by billtonnis

Titus 3:3-7 For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, deluded, slaves to various desires and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful ourselves and hating one another. But when the kindness and generous love of God our savior appeared, not … Continue reading →

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Life Changing News

Posted on November 7, 2013 by billtonnis

Luke 15:4-5 “What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one until he finds it? And when he does find it, he … Continue reading →

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