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Sunday, December 6, 2015

 

 Pray this Lazaroo with burning emotion: 

“ ‘I have one request’…’You may make it,’ she said.”
(1 Kings 2:16)

It’s one thing to let someone make a request, Jesus

quite another to grant it.

The moment Bathsheba allowed Adonijah to make his request, she felt obligated to say yes.

Needlessly.

In this case, foolishly.

Please remind me to separate the two!

Please give me the wisdom to discern among

good
better
best.

along with the courage to reject

every request
that isn’t best.

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1 Kings 2:17-25; 1 Kings 4:29; 2 Chronicles 1:10; Job 28:28; Psalms 37:30; Proverbs 3:13; James 1:5

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Sunday, December 6, 2015

 

 Pray this Lazaroo with burning emotion: 

“ ‘I have one request’…’You may make it,’ she said.”
(1 Kings 2:16)

It’s one thing to let someone make a request, Jesus

quite another to grant it.

The moment Bathsheba allowed Adonijah to make his request, she felt obligated to say yes.

Needlessly.

In this case, foolishly.

Please remind me to separate the two!

Please give me the wisdom to discern among

good
better
best.

along with the courage to reject

every request
that isn’t best.

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning 212-LAZAROO…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

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1 Kings 2:17-25; 1 Kings 4:29; 2 Chronicles 1:10; Job 28:28; Psalms 37:30; Proverbs 3:13; James 1:5

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Saturday, December 5, 2015

 

 Pray this Lazaroo with full-on ardor: 

“…God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions…”
(Ephesians 2:4-5)

It’s hard for me to get this straight, Jesus

because – except for Your love, mercy, forgiveness and power –
it’s too good to be true.

But let me see if I understand this –
except that it’s beyond my understanding!

You swooped down and transformed me from death to life

while I was still wallowing helplessly in my sin.

Wow.
Wow.
Oh, wow!

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Romans 3:10; Romans 7:18; 1 Corinthians 6:9-11; Ephesians 2;8-9; Ephesians 3:8; 1 Timothy 1:15; James 2:13

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Friday, December 4, 2015

 

 Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul: 

“Meanwhile, Abner…had taken…”
(2 Samuel 2:8)

There’s always a “meanwhile,” isn’t there, Jesus?

No matter how many victories You give me

somebody isn’t pleased
was fervently hoping I’d lose

while Satan is always there
plotting to take back the ground I won.

It’s good to celebrate every victory, praising Your great Name

but I never want to take it to the point where I brag and gloat

because there’s always a “meanwhile”
lurking just around the corner.

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2 Samuel 5:20; 2 Samuel 22:4; 2 Samuel 22:41; 2 Samuel 22:49; Psalms 5:8; Psalms 143:9: Psalms 143:12

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Thursday, December 3, 2015

 

 Pray this Lazaroo in trusting contentment: 

“…they saw that I had been entrusted with the task of preaching the gospel to the Gentiles, just as Peter had been to the Jews.”
(Galatians 2:7)

What a fulfilling moment, Jesus…

to finally recognize why You’ve put me on this earth

and at the same time

to be able to celebrate the fact that someone else
has a different mission.

So many mistakenly attempt to clone the mission of someone they view as successful

and risk missing out on the calling You’ve given to them.

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Exodus 20:17; Job 5:2; Proverbs 3:31; Proverbs 14:30; Ecclesiastes 4:4; 1 Corinthians 13:4; Philippians 1:15

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Thursday, December 3, 2015

 

 Pray this Lazaroo in trusting contentment: 

“…they saw that I had been entrusted with the task of preaching the gospel to the Gentiles, just as Peter had been to the Jews.”
(Galatians 2:7)

What a fulfilling moment, Jesus…

to finally recognize why You’ve put me on this earth

and at the same time

to be able to celebrate the fact that someone else
has a different mission.

So many mistakenly attempt to clone the mission of someone they view as successful

and risk missing out on the calling You’ve given to them.

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning 212-LAZAROO…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

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Exodus 20:17; Job 5:2; Proverbs 3:31; Proverbs 14:30; Ecclesiastes 4:4; 1 Corinthians 13:4; Philippians 1:15

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Wednesday, December 2, 2015

 

 Pray this Lazaroo with earnest desire: 

“She who was barren has borne seven children…”
(1 Samuel 2:5)

Well…not everyone would like to give birth to seven children, Jesus

…except maybe someone who can’t give birth to one.

Seven kids might be a heap of hassle, challenge, expense and trouble

but it beats none.

If you want children.

Where am I hopelessly barren, LORD?

Where have I given up in total defeat?

Do You want to work through me to create life?

If so…

bring on the seven.

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Leviticus 4:6; Joshua 6:15-20; 1 Kings 18:41-46; 2 Kings 4:32-35; 2 Kings 5:10; Proverbs 24:16; Luke 17:4

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Wednesday, December 2, 2015

 

 Pray this Lazaroo with earnest desire: 

“She who was barren has borne seven children…”
(1 Samuel 2:5)

Well…not everyone would like to give birth to seven children, Jesus

…except maybe someone who can’t give birth to one.

Seven kids might be a heap of hassle, challenge, expense and trouble

but it beats none.

If you want children.

Where am I hopelessly barren, LORD?

Where have I given up in total defeat?

Do You want to work through me to create life?

If so…

bring on the seven.

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning 212-LAZAROO…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

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Leviticus 4:6; Joshua 6:15-20; 1 Kings 18:41-46; 2 Kings 4:32-35; 2 Kings 5:10; Proverbs 24:16; Luke 17:4

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Tuesday, December 1, 2015

 

 Plan with humility as you pray this Lazaroo: 

“I wrote as I did so that when I came I should not be distressed…”
(2 Corinthians 2:3)

Sometimes that helps, Jesus.

Sometimes I can fix things from afar
prepare the way without being there.

When it works, it’s a real time-saver.

But there are times when I have to leave where I am

and go where they are.

Long distance has its benefits

and its limitations.

But which to use when?

Oh, how I need Your wisdom, Father!
Every day.

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Proverbs 27:10; Isaiah 33:13; Jeremiah 23:23; Zechariah 6:15; 1 Corinthians 5:3; 1 Corinthians 16:12; 2 Corinthians 12:18

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Monday, November 30, 2015

 

 Pray this Lazaroo in grateful acknowledgment: 

“…she found herself working in a field belonging to Boaz…”
(Ruth 2:3)

We human beings behave as though these things in our possession belong to us, don’t we, Jesus?

But they don’t.
They’re Yours.

All of it.

You’ve entrusted these fields, houses, cars, electronics, tools, buildings, toys, friends, neighbors, family members into my care.

You’ve made me responsible for them.
You expect me to do something useful with them and for them.

Something that brings glory
to their Owner.

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Genesis 31:43; Exodus 19:5-6; Exodus 22:9; Leviticus 25:23; Numbers 8:17; Psalms 50:10; John 17:10