The summer before my senior year of college I worked as an apprentice butcher. If you know me you’re laughing right now: Bill a butcher! But if you were in the meat market with me for those three months when I was 21 years old you would not have laughed — you would’ve cried for me. It was…
On Palm Sunday, Jesus wept over Jerusalem because the people didn’t recognize him (Luke 19:41). Later in Holy Week, Jesus cried out for us all: “O how I have longed to gather you as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings!” (Matthew 23:37, paraphrase). Do you desire to be that close to Christ? Can…
The way to life and freedom is to trust in the name of the Lord. The wise man says: “The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe” (Proverbs 18:12). But what does it mean to trust in the name of the Lord? In my personal life…
Psalm 42 is a psalm of lament and longing for God. We pray it and feel God’s waves of love, like a waterfall, wash over us, in us, and through us. It’s the Spirit of Jesus.
In the Bible David is called a man after God’s own heart (Acts 13:22). What does it mean that David had a heart for God? David longed to draw closer to the Lord. He devoted his whole heart to God. His Psalms are filled with this holy longing of his soul for more of God.…
“The Morning Psalm” of the Psalter has helped me to start my day in stillness, prayer and intercession many times. One morning, I stayed in silence with Psalm 5 most of the day: I lived in it and it in me. I waited before the Lord at my prayer altar and holy fire descended from…
Fasting is one of the most transforming spiritual disciplines that I have used. Jesus made important use of fasting and when we fast it is a special way to be with our Lord and become more like him. Using my “Fasting is Feasting Prayer” will help. Denying myself food for a period of time helps…
Distracting thoughts are great enemies of prayer. They can be like buzzing bees that drive us crazy! Today I enjoyed Sabbath time with Jesus. With My Psalms Prayer Book in hand and candles lit at the altar in my prayer room I kneeled and prayed from Psalm 118. The Word of God helped inflame the…
It was fun for me last year to win a medal for finishing the “Surf City” marathon in Huntington Beach, CA and to do this with my family watching me. I thank God that he helped me to run the 26.2 miles in under 4 hours. It was actually the 5th marathon that I’ve completed and…
First thing every morning, as part of offering The Apprentice Prayer, I say, “I love you Jesus!” It’s a simple prayer, but said with a smile from my heart it makes a big difference. It reminds me to make all that I say and do that day as an expression of love for my Lord…