Tag Archives: life

God Saves

Posted on August 23, 2018 by billtonnis

As long as you are breathing…you are being transformed by Love. (Listen to my song “I Will Give You Rest” on YouTube by clicking HERE) +++ Psalm 51:12 A clean heart create for me, O God, and a steadfast spirit … Continue reading →

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Homeward Bound

Posted on August 22, 2018 by billtonnis

A Great Compassion is leading us safely to new life and wholeness. (Listen to my song Love Will Always Lead You Home on YouTube by clicking HERE) +++ Psalm 23:4 Even when I walk through a dark valley, I fear no … Continue reading →

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New Life in Progress

Posted on August 7, 2018 by billtonnis

The storms of life beckon us on a transforming journey. (Listen to my song “Heal Me” on YouTube by clicking HERE) +++ Matthew 14:29-31 Jesus said, “Come.” Peter got out of the boat and began to walk on the water … Continue reading →

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The Great “I Am”

Posted on June 13, 2018 by billtonnis

Be in the now and truly live. (Listen to my song “Take the Road Less Traveled” on YouTube by clicking HERE) +++ Psalm 16:11 You will show me the path to life, abounding joy in your presence, the delights at … Continue reading →

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Becoming Whole

Posted on November 25, 2016 by billtonnis

When we live to love…new life and unity are in progress. (Listen to my song “Shall We Sing” by clicking HERE) +++ Luke 21:29-31 Jesus told his disciples a parable. “Consider the fig tree and all the other trees. When … Continue reading →

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Death Leads to Life

Posted on August 29, 2014 by billtonnis

1 Corinthians 1:17-18 For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with the wisdom of human eloquence, so that the cross of Christ might not be emptied of its meaning. The message of … Continue reading →

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Designed by God

Posted on November 15, 2013 by billtonnis

Luke 17:33 “Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses it will save it.” Statements like this one from Jesus really make us think. What things in our lives do we hold on to and become … Continue reading →

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Endure

Posted on July 12, 2013 by billtonnis

Matthew 10:21-22 Brother will hand over brother to death, and the father his child; children will rise up against parents and have them put to death. You will be hated by all because of my name, but whoever endures to … Continue reading →

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Paschal Mystery

Posted on June 14, 2013 by billtonnis

2 Corinthians 4:8-10 We are afflicted in every way, but not constrained; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the … Continue reading →

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Be Present

Posted on June 5, 2013 by billtonnis

2 Corinthians 6:2 Behold, now is a very acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation. We are surrounded by God’s blueprint for life…plants, creatures and the very seasons themselves. It’s a continuous cycle of dying and rising. Our … Continue reading →

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