Tag Archives: live to love

Have Faith

Posted on July 15, 2014 by billtonnis

Isaiah 7:9 Unless your faith is firm you shall not be firm! How often do we think that we have to have our lives totally together before we’ll be ready to take a stand in faith? The truth is…it’s not … Continue reading →

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Resurrection Promised

Posted on May 29, 2014 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 his followers would grieve when he was killed…but he also knew that … Continue reading →

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Awaken

Posted on May 23, 2014 by billtonnis

Psalm 57:8-9 My heart is steadfast, God, my heart is steadfast. I will sing and chant praise. Awake, my soul; awake, lyre and harp! Is your soul awake? That might seem like a strange question…but it just might be the … Continue reading →

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Greatest Commandment

Posted on May 14, 2014 by billtonnis

John 15:12-13 This is my commandment: love one another as I love you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. Jesus commands us to love each other. It seems that we make … Continue reading →

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Be Your True Self

Posted on May 12, 2014 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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He Is Risen

Posted on April 22, 2014 by billtonnis

John 20:15-16 Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?” She thought it was the gardener and said to him, “Sir, if you carried him away, tell me where you laid him, and I … Continue reading →

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Savior

Posted on April 15, 2014 by billtonnis

John 13:21 Jesus was deeply troubled and testified, “Amen, amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” Before we look down on Judas and lay the blame on him…let us remember that we are all ‘Judas.’ We … Continue reading →

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Life-Giving Words

Posted on April 9, 2014 by billtonnis

John 8:31-32 “If you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” What would you give to be free? What about surrendering all the things … Continue reading →

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Keep the Faith

Posted on April 4, 2014 by billtonnis

Psalm 34:19 The LORD is close to the brokenhearted, saves those whose spirit is crushed. God is love and you are made in God’s image. You are a child of God…part of our Loving Creator’s grand plan from the beginning … Continue reading →

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God First

Posted on April 3, 2014 by billtonnis

Psalm 106:19-20 At Horeb they fashioned a calf, worshiped a metal statue. They exchanged their glorious God for the image of a grass-eating bull. When we hear what God’s people did after God had faithfully freed them from oppression through … Continue reading →

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