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As we men go about our everyday life, we forget that our present Western culture is a product of ideas that were planted centuries ago in Western consciousness. As these ideas grew and flourished, they brought forth their fruit over time. This fruit produced behavior that is present in culture t0day. One such idea is the individualism and hyper-individualism that pervades…
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Devotions from Gary Moon’s book Apprenticeship with Jesus We were made for Him! To become more like Him it takes vision, intention and means. ( VIM) Vision is “ the ability to see ourselves radically transformed and authentically living life a whole new way in God’s Kingdom on earth—head-over-heels in love with both the Creator…
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Devotions from Gary Moon’s book, Apprenticeship with Jesus Today our author talks about being well balanced in our approach to spiritual formation and uses 6 different groups. If we zero in on only one we end up having a “spiritual eating disorder”, so we need to partake of each of them. Contemplative: Spending time with…
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Devotions from Gary Moon’s book, Apprenticeship With Jesus for 11-2 Hurry is an expression of anxiety and the sign of a deeper problem. Dallas Willard said, “One of the greatest enemies to service to Jesus is service to Jesus. If you are not experiencing your yoke as easy and your burden as light, then you…
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Devotions from Gary Moon’s book Apprenticeship with Jesus John Calvin said, “For as the surest source of destruction to men is to obey themselves,, so the only haven of safety is to have no other will, no other wisdom, than to follow the Lord wherever He leads. Let this, then, be the first step, to…
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Like most men, Job struggled to understand the involvement of God in his life. His experience brought him to the place of humiliation, as he humbly surrendered in dependance to God. He made the following confession. “You asked, ‘Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorance?’ It is I – and I was talking about things I knew nothing about, things…
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Devotions from Gray Moon’s book Apprenticeship with Jesus Sometimes life gives us lots of painful shocks and we try to deaden the pain. The painkillers may take the form of certain patterns of behavior—like perfectionism, overachievement, approval seeking, avoidance, people pleasing, co-dependence, always being in control etc. Regardless of the form, these God-substitutes are idols…
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Devotions for 10-29 from Gary Moon’s book Apprenticeship with Jesus Joshua Kang said, “Abraham had to empty his heart….And when he did so he made room for God’s abundant blessing. He became a friend of God through surrender.” The ways of the kingdom of God are often at odds with those of the world. If…
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Devotions from Gary Moon’s book Apprenticeship with Jesus Jesus chose to invest his life in “lowbows” and “discards in the eyes of the world. Think of unlearned fisherman Peter, or the despised tax collector, Matthew etc. Have you ever thought that you are not good enough and that He might pick someone else but not…
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Devotions based on Gary Moon’s book, Apprenticeship with Jesus Lily Tomlin said,”Why is it that when we speak to God we are said to be praying but when God speaks to us we are said to be schizophrenic.” Many people ask if it is possible to live so close to God that you can hear…