Apprentice 2 Jesus

Spiritual hunger

  • Dare the devil

    Dorothy Sayers said this: The people who crucified Jesus never, to do them justice, accused him of being a bore — on the contrary, they thought him too dynamic to be safe. It has been left for later generations to muffle up that shattering personality and surround him with an atmosphere of tedium. We have… Read more

  • Testify

    “Hearing a testimony is the way I borrow faith from others. Sharing my testimony is the way I loan my faith to others”  — Mark Batterson, The Grave Robber (p. 150) Give life to someone today. Tell about the greatness of God. If you need a boost, listen to a story of faith. Let’s TESTIFY to the goodness of… Read more

  • Mark this week

    I am only thinking out loud on this post. I am trying to leave record everywhere I can think of today because… well… I don’t know why. But I marked it in my journal, which will only get stashed in some box after it’s used up and I’ll never get it out again. I can… Read more

  • To the mountain of the Lord

    Let us ALL be of the generation that seeks the Lord. Could we quit dividing this up? (THIS is the “generation” that seeks God. As if anyone over 25 is incapable?) Let us ALL be of the generation that seeks God! Let us go UP!  Who can ascend the Lord’s mountain?     Who can stand in… Read more

  • Do we settle for the dominion of the enemy?

    I can still remember parts of a sermon I heard many years ago from Loren Cunningham, founder of YWAM, on the passage Matthew 8:28-34. The message was called “Swine over the Savior.” The people of that region seemed to have “settled in” with the idea of the demoniac men running wild. They could at least… Read more

  • Question of the day — A sustained “move of God”

    My study in the life of Moses (looking at his prayer life) takes me to Numbers 10. It is Israel just before they are “ready” to move toward the Promised Land. They are truly people of the presence. When the cloud moves, they follow. When the cloud stops, they camp. The feasts are in place.… Read more

  • A fresh touch

    Sometimes it’s the weariness of allowing too much in. My thinking gets clouded. Mostly, it is not being as much in the presence of God as I need. There are those wonderful times when someone says a prayer, gives an encouraging word, and then clarity returns. The discipline is then to listen to the voice… Read more

  • Jesus is not your servant

    Live Dead Joy is not your typical “devotional.” You can read it every day, but you’ll end up on your face repenting every day. It’s not what you think of as “devotional.” But it IS necessary. Example from today: It is somewhat ludicrous to call Jesus a servant-king. The danger in reducing Jesus to this… Read more

  • The necessity of waiting on God

    Moses was called up to the mountain. There he was in the powerful presence of God 40 days and nights. Moses spent the forty days in the presence of God and received the blueprint for God’s heart concerning Israel. Israel “waited” at the bottom of the mountain and fell back to their old patterns from… Read more

  • Apprehended by Christ

    I’ve been home a week and have hit the ground running. It’s left me little time to reflect on the Ethiopia trip, as I had to dive right back into teaching here, getting up to speed on our church property and how the marketing of the property is progressing, etc. Preparing for Sunday, I’ve slowed… Read more