Tag Archives: redeem

Live to Love

Posted on April 30, 2021 by billtonnis

“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” – Mary Oliver, The Summer Day +++ Listen to my song “Changed” on YouTube by clicking HERE. Support my ministry by purchasing my songs … Continue reading →

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Good News

Posted on August 8, 2018 by billtonnis

Love is our Source and Destination. (Listen to my song “God Is” on YouTube by clicking HERE) +++ Jeremiah 31:3-4 With age-old love I have loved you; so I have kept my mercy toward you. Again I will restore you, … Continue reading →

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Be Transformed

Posted on May 5, 2017 by billtonnis

Love changes everything for good. (Listen to my song “Changed” by clicking HERE) +++ Acts 9:1-2 Saul, still breathing murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues … Continue reading →

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Team Effort

Posted on March 7, 2016 by billtonnis

Each of us is invited to the great dance of creation. ~~~ Isaiah 65:17-18 Lo, I am about to create new heavens and a new earth; The things of the past shall not be remembered or come to mind. Instead, … Continue reading →

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Becoming Whole

Posted on February 8, 2016 by billtonnis

Let love transform your pain to gain. ~~~ Mark 6:56 Whatever villages or towns or countryside he entered, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged him that they might touch only the tassel on his cloak; and as … Continue reading →

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Let Go and Believe

Posted on March 4, 2015 by billtonnis

Psalm 31:6 Into your hands I commend my spirit; you will redeem me, Lord, faithful God. Sometimes there are no answers. There are times in life when we come to the jarring conclusion that we are clueless as to what … 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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Restorative Justice

Posted on August 5, 2014 by billtonnis

Matthew 15:14 Let them alone; they are blind guides (of the blind). If a blind person leads a blind person, both will fall into a pit.” We are sorely in need of leaders with both wisdom and compassion. These are … Continue reading →

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Unconditional Love

Posted on August 4, 2014 by billtonnis

Matthew 14:30-31 But when (Peter) saw how strong the wind was he became frightened; and, beginning to sink, he cried out, “Lord, save me!” Immediately Jesus stretched out his hand and caught him, and said to him, “O you of … Continue reading →

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All Is One

Posted on June 23, 2014 by billtonnis

Matthew 7:1-2 “Stop judging, that you may not be judged. For as you judge, so will you be judged, and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you.” Jesus tells us that before we address the … Continue reading →

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