Tag Archives: Make Me a Channel

Be You

Posted on February 19, 2015 by billtonnis

Psalm 40:7 Sacrifice and offering you do not want; but ears open to obedience you gave me. The prophet Hosea made a similar statement as this psalm: “For it is love that I desire, not sacrifice” (Hosea 6:6). Jesus said, … Continue reading →

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Love Transforms

Posted on February 11, 2015 by billtonnis

Psalm 104:30 When you send forth your breath, they are created, and you renew the face of the earth. All things belong to God. All things have their being in God. God breathes and life comes forth. Everything is sustained … Continue reading →

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Unconditionally Loved and Accepted

Posted on August 27, 2014 by billtonnis

Matthew 23:27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of filth.” Most of Jesus’ words were kind … Continue reading →

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Love Your Neighbor

Posted on June 6, 2014 by billtonnis

John 21:17 Jesus said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was distressed that he had said to him a third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, you … Continue reading →

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Life Changing

Posted on May 6, 2014 by billtonnis

Acts 7:58 They threw Stephen out of the city, and began to stone him. The witnesses laid down their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul. Stephen, the first martyr, was wrongly accused…thrown-out and murdered by the … Continue reading →

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Following Jesus

Posted on April 17, 2014 by billtonnis

John 13:14-15 If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another’s feet. I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do.” … Continue reading →

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Called to Love

Posted on April 10, 2014 by billtonnis

Genesis 17:3-4 Abram fell face down and God said to him: For my part, here is my covenant with you: you are to become the father of a multitude of nations. God makes a covenant with each of us. God … Continue reading →

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Love Unites

Posted on March 17, 2014 by billtonnis

Luke 6:36-37 “Be merciful, just as [also] your Father is merciful. Stop judging and you will not be judged. Stop condemning and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven.” The world has not changed. Humans continue … Continue reading →

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Make Me a Channel

Posted on February 19, 2014 by billtonnis

Psalm 116:12 How can I repay the Lord for all the good done for me? Think back on all the people who made a difference in your life by allowing the Spirit of Christ to flow through them. Maybe it … Continue reading →

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All Is One

Posted on February 5, 2014 by billtonnis

Hebrews 12:14 Strive for peace with everyone, and for that holiness without which no one will see the Lord. It seems like there is so much cynicism and dissension in the world. Do we respond with more of the same? … Continue reading →

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