Apprentice 2 Jesus

Prayer

  • The Invitation to Audacity

    Definition: the quality or state of being audacious: as    a : intrepid boldness I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity[a] he will surely get up and give you as much as you need. (Luke 11:8, NIV) There… Read more

  • Scared Spitless

    That means really scared. Habakkuk had that experience. His small book is look inside his prayer journal. At first, he seems pretty ferocious. He’s upset with God. The wicked are getting away with murder, blah, blah, blah. “I’m just going to give God a piece of my mind and see what he does with that!”… Read more

  • Tenacious Waiting and Our Millisecond Attention Span

    I will take my post; I will position myself on the fortress. I will keep watch to see what the Lord says to me and how he will respond to my complaint. (Hab. 2:1, CEB) We often think we are just THE THING when it comes to walking with God. We’re smarter, faster, more “spiritual”… We… Read more

  • A prayer for my students

    Before a final exam I prayed, “Lord, what is there in their memory, let it be retained. What was never there in the first place, let it stay away.” Ironically, some students did not appreciate that prayer. Read more

  • Are We Faithful or Are We Drifting?

    Doom, obstinate one, the defiled one, the violent city. 2 She listened to no voice; she accepted no discipline. She didn’t trust in the Lord, nor did she draw near to her God. 3 The princes in her midst are roaring lions. Her judges are wolves of the evening; they leave nothing for the morning. 4 Her prophets are… Read more

  • Smith Wigglesworth on the Ministry of the Word

    “By the grace of God I want to impart the Word, and bring you into a place where you will dare to act upon the plan of the Word, to so breathe life by the power of the Word that it is impossible for you to go on under any circumstances without his provision. The… Read more

  • Mortality

    We’ve dealt with some heartbreaking losses over the weekend. A missionary’s father went to be with the Lord. A member of our church passed away Saturday. A pastor’s wife in our metro area went to be with the Lord on Sunday. Now, I read Chuck Colson is near death’s door. It seems to have come… Read more

  • Getting God to Change His Mind

    This isn’t a very good Calvinist post. Good thing I’m not a Calvinist.  I’m probably not an Arminian, either. I love Exodus because it messes with Calvinist and Armininian viewpoints. It brings the tension of the action of God and the action of humanity into sharp relief. In Exodus 32 Moses has been up on… Read more

  • Eating and Drinking in the Presence of God

    9 Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy elders of Israel went up, 10 and they saw Israel’s God. Under God’s feet there was what looked like a floor of lapis-lazuli tiles, dazzlingly pure like the sky. 11 God didn’t harm the Israelite leaders, though they looked at God, and they ate and drank. (Ex. 24:9-11, CEB) My… Read more

  • The Place of Authoritative Prayer

    20 Early in the morning, as Jesus and his disciples were walking along, they saw the fig tree withered from the root up. 21 Peter remembered and said to Jesus, “Rabbi, look how the fig tree you cursed has dried up.”  22 Jesus responded to them, “Have faith in God! 23 I assure you that whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted… Read more