Apprentice 2 Jesus

Prayer

  • Prayer and Waiting

    Solid advice from Richard Foster and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Read more

  • Prayer from a restless heart

    Today, my prayer (from Dag Hammarskjold, printed in Richard Foster’s book, Sanctuary of the Soul): Give me a pure heart — that I may see Thee, A humble heart — that I may hear Thee, A heart of love — that I may serve Thee, A heart of faith — that I may abide in Thee. Read more

  • Walking on Water

    We’re not spiritual toddlers any more. It’s time to stop thinking that our 30 seconds of prayer is moving mountains. Read more

  • The rest that waits for us

    The boldness I can have in prayer, and in my life, comes from the understanding that ALL THINGS have been handed to Jesus… and he then invites me to come to him! Read more

  • Prayer for the Day – Hunger

    Deepen my hunger for you, O Lord. Let deep call to deep. Allow my heart to find new depths and new heights in you. Day by day. Let my heart be famished for holy knowledge. Then, let it be ravaged by your love. Day by day. Hear my prayer, O Lord. Read more

  • A prayer of A. W. Tozer

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  • Worship intimately

    Three thoughts for day from my message: 1. Practice stillness 2. Practice spiritual reading 3. Practice Lectio Divina Do I hold his presence PRECIOUS? Worship is not just about the song we sing. It is about our listening to his words to us. Read more

  • One vocation

    I am finishing Merton’s autobiography, The Seven Storey Mountain.  His call was ultimately to the monastic life. He became a Cistercian monk and led the way in contemplative life that has served as example for generations of believers following him. His writing has paved the way. The simplicity of vocation isn’t about giving up everything and… Read more

  • Let us weep and mourn

    This is what the Lord says: “A voice is heard in Ramah,     mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children     and refusing to be comforted,     because they are no more.” (Jer. 31:15) Read more

  • The hurt in our hearts

    2 How long, Lord, must I call for help,     but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, “Violence!”     but you do not save? 3 Why do you make me look at injustice?     Why do you tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me;     there is strife, and conflict abounds. 4 Therefore the law is paralyzed,     and… Read more