Tag Archives: contemplation

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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Shades of Gray

Posted on February 10, 2015 by billtonnis

Mark 7:8-9 “You disregard God’s commandment but cling to human tradition.” Jesus went on to say, “How well you have set aside the commandment of God in order to uphold your tradition!” Jesus was quite at home with all people … Continue reading →

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All Are One

Posted on February 9, 2015 by billtonnis

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 many as touched it were healed. Jesus’ mission … Continue reading →

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Saved by Grace

Posted on February 6, 2015 by billtonnis

Hebrews 13:5 Let your life be free from love of money but be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never forsake you or abandon you.” Are you consumed with striving to make more money and … Continue reading →

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Kingdom of God

Posted on February 5, 2015 by billtonnis

Mark 6:8 He instructed them to take nothing for the journey but a walking stick—no food, no sack, no money in their belts. I once heard a financial adviser on the radio talking about how people need to have a … Continue reading →

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Love Overcomes

Posted on February 4, 2015 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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Salvation

Posted on February 3, 2015 by billtonnis

Hebrews 12:3-4 Consider how he endured such opposition from sinners, in order that you may not grow weary and lose heart. In your struggles against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood. Sometimes life is … Continue reading →

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Let Go and Live

Posted on February 2, 2015 by billtonnis

Hebrews 2:14-15 Through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and free those who through fear of death had been subject to slavery all their life. By becoming human Jesus showed … Continue reading →

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Good News

Posted on January 30, 2015 by billtonnis

Mark 4:26-27 Jesus said, “This is how it is with the kingdom of God; it is as if a man were to scatter seed on the land and would sleep and rise night and day and the seed would sprout … Continue reading →

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Happy Faults

Posted on January 29, 2015 by billtonnis

Mark 4:21-22 He said to them, “Is a lamp brought in to be placed under a bushel basket or under a bed, and not to be placed on a lampstand? For there is nothing hidden except to be made visible; … Continue reading →

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