Apprentice 2 Jesus

Lent

  • Praying for an outpouring of the Spirit

    We truly need a fresh touch of the Spirit in our land. We pray for our city today. We pray for the Spirit to work in power. May those who are spiritually thirsty find fresh water for their souls in our churches! Let our churches be a place of refreshing in the Spirit! For I will… Read more

  • I hate fasting

    There. I said it. People used to think I actually liked it. But it’s been so long since I’ve walked in intentional fasting, or a modified fast like this one for Lent, I now remember why I have let this practice slip. I hate fasting. When I step into this discipline with purpose there is… Read more

  • Praying for harvest

    In this Lent season, we want to continue to pray for a spiritual harvest. We want people touched with the light of the gospel! Let’s not get so focused on where the Lord is leading us months from now that we forget to look at those right around us today! Pray for people you interact… Read more

  • What we’re giving up for Lent

    This collage represents top “tweets” of what people are giving up for Lent. A lot of people are giving up Twitter… and tweeting about it. (Including me, because this post still feeds through my Twitter account.) Read more

  • Not our normal Lent

    First of all, Lent isn’t “normal” in our tradition. It has become “normal” for us in the past few years in our congregation. We have commemorated Ash Wednesday these past few years and we have focused our ministry on preparation for Easter. But this Lent is not “normal” for us even in that way this… Read more

  • Why Lent

    From the Orthodox perspective: For Spiritual Exercise Frederica Mathewes-Green “Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable …. I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified” (1 Cor. 9:25, 27, ESV). Lent is… Read more

  • Prayer going into Lent

    Going into Lent, we pray for harvest. We pray for our own souls to be prepared, but we also pray for OTHERS. We pray they may see the greatness of our God. We pray for harvest. Turn to me and be saved,     all you ends of the earth;     for I am God, and there is… Read more

  • An invitation to dialogue here

    One of the challenges for Lent this year is “giving up” social media. I need to break myself of this addiction in my life. However, I will still be blogging. And I tie my blog to my Twitter and Facebook accounts so more people have an opportunity to see what I post. I also realize… Read more

  • Fear and trembling

    This Sunday we have a Sacred Assembly in our church. We are preparing for Lent, but as never before. We are preparing for a period of fasting and prayer as we want to hear God regarding our church property. We are in a major time of transition and really need to hear him regarding a… Read more

  • Good Friday

    Good Friday is not just one day of the year. It is a day relived in every day of the world, and of our lives in the world. In the Christian view of things, all reality turns around the “paschal mystery” of the death and resurrection of Christ. As Passover marks the liberation from bondage… Read more