Category Archives: able

Wednesday, July 19, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in Godly determination:

“The priests, who were heads of families, numbered 1,760. They were able men, responsible for ministering in the house of God.”
(1 Chronicles 9:13)

Make me like these, Jesus –

able…and responsible –
ministering in Your house.

Only You – the Giver of every good gift –

can make me competent to do Your Work!

Help me be truly responsible –

fulfilling my duties day after day, without fail.

And no matter where You place me in Your Church –

from the front to the back pew –

use me to minister to Your precious people!

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Numbers 12:6-7; Psalm 4:3; Romans 15:14; 1 Corinthians 4:2; 1 Corinthians 6:2; 2 Corinthians 3:5-6; Colossians 4:7-9; James 1:17

Saturday, May 27, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with humble understanding:

“Every high priest is selected from among the people and is appointed to represent the people in matters related to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray, since he himself is subject to weakness.”
(Hebrews 5:1-2)

Help me deal gently with the shortcomings of others, Jesus

since I, too, am subject to weakness.

May I deal with their issues

as tenderly as I want You to deal with mine.

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Psalm 41:1-4; Psalm 72:13; Psalm 82:3-4; Isaiah 40:29; Acts 20:35; Romans 14:1-4; Romans 15:1

Friday, March 24, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo…thoughtfully:

“We all stumble in many ways. Anyone who is never at fault in what they say is perfect, able to keep their whole body in check.”
(James 3:2)

Of the many ways I can sin, Jesus

it’s most likely to happen
when I open my mouth.

That makes me want to keep my mouth shut.

But the problem with that solution is this:

If I only think it,
it’s still a sin.

No one else may know it
but You do

because You read minds.

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Genesis 6:5; Psalm 139:2; Psalm 139:23; Proverbs 15:26; Isaiah 55:7; Matthew 9:4; Romans 2:15

Thursday, February 2, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in devoted passion:

“I will drive the northern horde far from you, pushing it into a parched and barren land; its eastern ranks will drown in the Dead Sea and its western ranks in the Mediterranean Sea. And its stench will go up; its smell will rise.”
(Joel 2:20)

What an amazing promise You made to Your people, Jesus!

I love knowing that’s who You Are.

Because when I’m facing overwhelming odds
I know I’m not alone.

You’re Able to do for me
what I could never do for myself.

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Isaiah 10:22; Isaiah 28:15; Isaiah 28:18; Daniel 11:22; Nahum 1:8; John 17:11-15; 2 Thessalonians 3:3

Saturday, January 7, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with laser-focused intensity:

“Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.”
(1 Timothy 3:2-3)

Those are a lot of requirements, Jesus.

No wonder some people see them
and back away from pursuing this holy office.

But these are the bare minimums!

Isn’t this the holy life to which You’ve called
absolutely every one of us?

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Deuteronomy 28:9; Psalm 16:3; Romans 1:7; 1 Corinthians 1:2; Ephesians 1:8; Philippians 1:1; Titus 2:11-14

Thursday, March 31, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in zealous love:

“That man is our close relative; he is one of our guardian-redeemers.”
(Ruth 2:20)

What an awesome gift You gave Your people, Jesus –

a guardian-redeemer

a close relative they could turn to for help –
someone willing and able to do extraordinary things
to rescue them from impossible circumstances.

You’re my guardian-redeemer!

With Your own life on the cross
You bought me back from the clutches of Satan.

I’m Yours for life!

There’s no one else
whose I’d rather be.

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Exodus 6:6-8; Leviticus 25:25; Leviticus 25:47-49; Deuteronomy25:5-10; Numbers 35:19-21; Isaiah 59:20; Jeremiah 32:6-25; Galatians 3:13; Titus 2:11-14