Tag Archives: God

Divinely Inspired

Posted on January 28, 2014 by billtonnis

Psalm 40:2, 4 I waited, waited for the Lord; who bent down and heard my cry, and put a new song in my mouth, a hymn to our God. This Psalm is very powerful and meaningful to me because it … Continue reading →

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Have Faith

Posted on January 27, 2014 by billtonnis

2 Timothy 1:8 …bear your share of hardship for the gospel with the strength that comes from God. If you follow Jesus you are called to make the Good News of God’s unconditional love, mercy, forgiveness, and compassion the motivations … Continue reading →

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Reason for Hope

Posted on January 21, 2014 by billtonnis

Hebrews 6:11-12 We earnestly desire each of you to demonstrate the same eagerness for the fulfillment of hope until the end, so that you may not become sluggish, but imitators of those who, through faith and patience, are inheriting the … Continue reading →

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Love Wins Now and Always

Posted on January 15, 2014 by billtonnis

Hebrews 2:18 Because he himself was tested through what he suffered, he is able to help those who are being tested. What is testing you now? What trial are you going through? Whatever it is…Jesus has already walked through greater … Continue reading →

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Let Go and Let God

Posted on January 14, 2014 by billtonnis

Mark 1:23-25 In their synagogue was a man with an unclean spirit; he cried out, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are–the Holy One of God!” … Continue reading →

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Contemplative Prayer

Posted on January 10, 2014 by billtonnis

Luke 5:15-16 The report about him spread all the more, and great crowds assembled to listen to him and to be cured of their ailments, but he would withdraw to deserted places to pray. Jesus modeled how to live our … Continue reading →

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Perfect Love

Posted on January 8, 2014 by billtonnis

1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear because fear has to do with punishment, and so one who fears is not yet perfect in love. God has no intention to punish you … Continue reading →

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True Freedom

Posted on December 31, 2013 by billtonnis

1 John 2:15 Do not love the world or the things of the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. The world’s (popular culture’s) way of love is the self-gratifying, self-centered, ego-centric … Continue reading →

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The Way the Truth and the Life

Posted on December 30, 2013 by billtonnis

1 John 2:5-6 But whoever keeps Jesus’ word, the love of God is truly perfected in him. This is the way we may know that we are in union with him: whoever claims to abide in him ought to live … 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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