Devotions from Gary Moon’s book, Apprenticeship with God “There is a sense in which the secret to Jesus’ ministry is hidden in the lonely places where He goes to pray—often before dawn.” Henri Nouwen In that lonely place, Jesus finds the courage to follow God’s will and not his own; to speak God’s words and…

Devotions  from Gary Moon’s book Apprenticeship with God Today’s devotion is on celebrating our differences. “For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ…..Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.”  St…

.   Devotions for 10-23 from Gary Moon’s book, Apprenticeship with Jesus Richard Foster wrote, “Think of the millions of people who say, sincerely, that the Bible is the guide to life, but who still starve to death in the presence of its spiritual feast.” The average person owns 9 Bibles and is looking for…

Devotions from Gary Moon’s book, Apprenticeship with Jesus Brian McLaren’s words touched me. “What if, instead of reading the Bible, you let the Bible read you?…What would happen if we approached the text less aggressively but more energetically and passionately? I wonder what would happen if we honestly listened to the story and put ourselves…

Devotions from Gary Moon’s book, Apprenticeship with Jesus Robert Duvall said we must accept weaknesses in good people or we have to tear pages out of the Bible. Most members of the Holy Hall of Fame were broken.  Jacob was a deceiver, Moses a murderer, David and adulterer and a murderer etc. We may be…

I. .Devotions from Gary Moon’s book on Apprenticeship with Jesus for 10-20 Dallas Willard said, “In the purpose of God’s redemptive work communication advances into communion and communion into union.  When the progression is complete we can truly say, ‘It is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me’. (…

Devotions from Gary Moon’s book, Apprenticeship with Jesus “All Christian power springs from communion with God and from the indwelling of divine grace.”  James Aughey As the author speaks of communion I am grateful that at our new church we receive communion each Sunday. Communion  literally means, “Thanksgiving”.  Even though Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection…

  Devotions from  Apprenticeship with Jesus by Gary Moon Does our journey with the Lord sometimes become mechanical? Have we exchanged salvation from being an exciting journey towards union with God into a legal transaction?  Have we substituted the Four Spiritual Laws for the 2 supreme laws? What about loving God, self, and neighbor?  We…

Devotions from Gary Moon’s book, The Apprenticeship with Jesus  A Quote from Anthony Hoekema ‘s book, Created in God’s Image: “To be human in the truest sense, therefore, means to love God above all, to trust and obey Him, to pray to Him, and to thank Him. Man is bound to God as a fish…

Devotions for Gary Moon’s book, Apprenticeship to Jesus Regardless of appearances, there is something amazing at the very center of each human being. It is marvelous for each of us has a seed of divinity planted inside, the image of God. Being created in the image of God refers to all the God-like qualities that…