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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…