Apprentice 2 Jesus

Spiritual hunger

  • Where renewal arises

    From Prophetic Lament by Soong-Chan Rah Read more

  • The hardest prayer

    Sometimes the only thing to pray is, “Lord, break me.” It is incredibly hard. It grates against our pride and ego and sense of “victorious living”, etc. But this may be the best prayer. And as a result, our lack of willingness to pray it is probably what holds back genuine outpouring of the Spirit.… Read more

  • The essence of revival: raise the dead

    He thought he came to preach a nice sermon, collect a small check, have a nice lunch, and then go home. He didn’t know the assignment that day was “raise the dead.” Read more

  • The new journey we begin

    I can beat myself up over past failures to pray and press in. But the Spirit presses me on! Read more

  • What measure do I WANT to use when it comes to Kingdom power?

    What measure I am using to pursue the Kingdom? Read more

  • I need to know thirst

    A teacher of the Word I highly admired shared a story from early in his ministry. He was leading a student group while finishing up his post-grad studies. God had brought favor on his ministry and good things were happening. He had a radical dependence on the Spirit through all the work. One night late… Read more

  • Are we MOVED?

    40 A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his knees, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.”41 Jesus was indignant. He reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” (Mark 1:40-41) Indignant. Other translations choose “moved with compassion.” Early in Mark’s gospel we see… Read more

  • Favorite passages

    If there is any passage I could wear out in any physical Bible, it would be (and is, by the way I look in different translations and see I’ve already been there and marked it up incessantly) Ex. 33:13-23. Almost every day I have a prayer: Seek the favor of God. Moses leads the way… Read more

  • Prayers for today

    Pray for thirst in the knowledge of Christ today that will not quit. Read more

  • The church that is… and is to come

    On a hike through a state park on Madeline Island (part of the Apostle Islands in Lake Superior) I took a couple of pictures where the Lord spoke specifically to me about the American Church and our spiritual condition. This blown down tree came from a huge wind storm in 1991. Winds reached 100 mph… Read more