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Prayerful Patience

Posted on June 16, 2014 by billtonnis

Psalm 5:3-4 To you I pray, O Lord; at dawn you will hear my cry; at dawn I will plead before you and wait. I know what I want…but what does God want? What if God wants something different than … Continue reading →

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Presence

Posted on June 13, 2014 by billtonnis

Psalm 27:13-14 But I believe I shall enjoy the Lord’s goodness in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord, take courage; be stouthearted, wait for the Lord! Following Jesus is not about trying to make the cut for … Continue reading →

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Give Praise and Thanks

Posted on June 12, 2014 by billtonnis

Psalm 65:12-13 You adorn the year with your bounty; your paths drip with fruitful rain. The untilled meadows also drip; the hills are robed with joy. God lavishly pours out unconditional Love into creation…giving from an endless reservoir of Grace. … Continue reading →

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Celebrate

Posted on June 11, 2014 by billtonnis

Psalm 98:4 Shout with joy to the Lord, all the earth; break into song; sing praise. From subatomic particles, to the atom, to the earth and the moon and all the planets and galaxies…creation is still unfolding and expanding. How … Continue reading →

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All Is One

Posted on June 5, 2014 by billtonnis

John 17:22 “And I have given them the glory you gave me, so that they may be one, as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may be brought to perfection as one, that the … Continue reading →

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Greatest Commandment

Posted on May 30, 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.” That’s it in a nutshell. That’s the message. Love one another as … Continue reading →

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Unconditional Love

Posted on May 22, 2014 by billtonnis

John 15:9 “As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love.” God is Love. It’s beyond our understanding…but God is constantly giving unconditional love because that is Who God Is. That means God expects nothing … 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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You Are a Child of God

Posted on May 8, 2014 by billtonnis

John 6:45 “Everyone who listens to my Father and learns from him comes to me.” It’s not what we do that brings us closer to God but what we let be done to us by God. It is not an … 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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