Apprentice 2 Jesus

Common English Bible

  • The Rewards of Waiting

    Hope in the Lord!Be strong! Let your heart take courage!Hope in the Lord! (Psalm 27:14, CEB) No one likes to wait. “Hope” and “wait” are ways to translate the Hebrew word used in Psalm 27:14. The NIV uses “wait.” What is communicated is this: What you’re seeking from God isn’t coming at the click of… 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

  • The Secret is in the Response

    Come, my heart says, seek God’s face.Lord, I do seek your face! (Psalm 27:8, CEB) God wants everyone pursuing him. He is constantly pursuing each of us. All He has ever done for any of His children He will do for all of His children. The difference lies not with God but with us. (A.W.… Read more

  • The Hungry Heart

    The opportunity of worship is the opportunity to gaze on the power and beauty of the Lord. Coming into worship in a church isn’t about the “entertainment” value. It is the incredible opportunity to come face to face with the living God. Yes, I’ve seen you in the sanctuary;I’ve seen your power and glory. (Psalm… Read more

  • The EXPERIENCE of God

    Scripture invites us to the experience of God. Psalm 34:8 — Taste and see how good the Lord is! Psalm 45:8 — All your clothes have the pleasing scent of myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. John 10:27 — My sheep listen to my voice. I know them and they follow me. Psalm 63:2 — Yes, I’ve… Read more

  • Fire in Our Bones

    19 Brothers and sisters, we have confidence that we can enter the holy of holies by means of Jesus’ blood, 20 through a new and living way that he opened up for us through the curtain, which is his body, 21 and we have a great high priest over God’s house. 22 Therefore, let’s draw… Read more

  • At the End of Ourselves

    2 God said, “Take your son, your only son whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him up as an entirely burned offering there on one of the mountains that I will show you.” 3 Abraham got up early in the morning, harnessed his donkey, and took two of his… Read more

  • Repenting of Sin? Or Sorry You Got Caught?

    To fear the Lord is to hate evil.I hate pride and arrogance,the path of evil and corrupt speech. (Prov. 8:13, CEB) “Lukewarm people don’t really want to be saved from their sin; they want only to be saved from the penalty of their sin. They don’t genuinely hate sin and aren’t truly sorry for it;… Read more

  • God Waits to be Wanted

    15 Moses replied, “If you won’t go yourself, don’t make us leave here. 16 Because how will anyone know that we have your special approval, both I and your people, unless you go with us? Only that distinguishes us, me and your people, from every other people on the earth.” 17 The Lord said to… Read more

  • Thirst For God

    Just like a deer that craves streams of water, my whole being craves you, God. 2 My whole being thirsts for God, for the living God. When will I come and see God’s face? (Psalm 42:1-2, CEB) A.W. Tozer’s great book, The Pursuit of God, was one of the first Christian classics I was introduced… Read more