Tag Archives: consumerism

Be Free

Posted on October 22, 2018 by billtonnis

What are the attachments preventing you from being your true self? (Listen to my song “Turn Off the Noise” on YouTube by clicking HERE) +++ Luke 12:15 Then he said to the crowd, “Take care to guard against all greed, … Continue reading →

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Awaken

Posted on May 24, 2016 by billtonnis

A Zen master once asked, “What, at this moment, is lacking?” +++ Mark 10:29-30 Jesus said, “Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children … Continue reading →

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Let Go and Live

Posted on February 4, 2016 by billtonnis

What attachments are blinding you to true life? ~~~ Mark 6:8 Jesus instructed them to take nothing for the journey but a walking stick–no food, no sack, no money in their belts. ~ Just how obsessed are you with your … Continue reading →

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Reign of God

Posted on October 21, 2015 by billtonnis

Luke 12:48 “Much will be required of the person entrusted with much, and still more will be demanded of the person entrusted with more.” We read Jesus’ words but do we follow them? Our culture espouses a philosophy of grabbing more … Continue reading →

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Nothing Shall I Want

Posted on May 29, 2015 by billtonnis

Psalm 149:4 For the Lord takes delight in his people, honors the poor with victory. While the consumeristic culture honors the rich with victory…not so with God. While society urges us to add more to our lives…amass more and more wealth, power and prestige…the inner spirit urges us … Continue reading →

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Let Go and Live

Posted on March 4, 2014 by billtonnis

Mark 10:29-30 Jesus said, “Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake and for the sake of the gospel … Continue reading →

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Letting Go

Posted on May 28, 2013 by billtonnis

Mark 10:29-30 Jesus said, “Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake and for the sake of the gospel … Continue reading →

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Living Water

Posted on February 28, 2013 by billtonnis

Jeremiah 17:7-8 Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose hope is the Lord. He is like a tree planted beside the waters that stretches out its roots to the stream. God plants seeds in our hearts. They … Continue reading →

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