Monthly Archives: October 2016

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Tuesday, October 4, 2016

 

Open your heart in total trust, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“He takes it from me!”
(Micah 2:4)

There may be things more terrifying, Jesus –

but right now I can’t think of any.

When You take something precious from me –

something I thought You’d given me for keeps

I’m utterly helpless.

How can I quarrel – and win – with You?

But when I get over the shock of my loss, I rest in this:

When You take it from me

You will either give it back
or give me something better.

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Job 1:21; Job 12:20; Job 27:8; Job 42:12-17; Ezekiel 24:15-24; Matthew 19:27-30; John 1:29

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Monday, October 3, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with new clarity:

“When my life was ebbing away, I remembered you, LORD…”
(Jonah 2:7)

That’s a good time to remember You, Jesus.

How often have I called out to You in desperation
when I was going under for the third time?

But it’s not the best time to remember You, is it?

The preferred time to get close to You
to put You first in all I do

is before I make the horrendous decisions

that threaten to destroy my life.

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1 Chronicles 4:10; Nehemiah 9:34; Psalms 119:29; Proverbs 2:16; Jeremiah 17:18; 2 Corinthians 12:7; John 16:33

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Sunday, October 2, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo in dawning awareness:

“…the house of Esau will be stubble…”
(Obadiah 1:18)

Hard words, Jesus

though no less true.

I prefer soft words, myself

saying them and hearing them.

Sadly, soft words are often ignored.

I use them with others
others use them with me

to which we nod, smile, wave an acknowledgment…

and keep right on doing what we’re doing.

Hard words pack a punch because they carry a threat.

Y’know…I think I’d rather learn how to respond
to soft words.

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Exodus 32:14; Joshua 23:15; Nehemiah 4:9; Isaiah 40:2; Isaiah 63:15; Ezekiel 6:10; Luke 1:78

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Saturday, October 1, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with full attention:

“Hear this word the LORD has spoken against you, O people of Israel…”
(Amos 3:1)

That’s not a word I’d want to hear, Jesus

especially if I was an Israelite.

What a reminder that You discipline Your kids!

I’m Your kid, too.

You love me enough to discipline me –

not because You want to cause me pain

but because You will do whatever You have to do

to spare me from the consequences

of heading down the wrong path.

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Deuteronomy 8:5; Proverbs 3:12; John 1:12; Hebrews 12:5-6; Hebrews 12:10; 1 John 3:1; 1 John 3:10