Category Archives: agenda

Friday, April 5, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo in humble adulation:

“I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered when I receive news about you.”
(Philippians 2:19)

That’s the way to hope, Jesus:

not in my own desires

in You.

When my hopes are dashed it’s not because You’ve failed me.

It’s because my hope was in my wishes, my plans, my agenda

not in You.

So now, from this day forward:

I put all my hope in You.

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Psalm 25:5; Psalm 25:21; Psalm 39:7; Psalm 62:5; Psalm 71:5; Psalm 119:74; Acts 26:6

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in holy fear:

“Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.”
(1 Timothy 2:15)

Oh, what a solemn, sacred trust, Jesus!

Help me to come to Your Word with an open mind and heart!

May I never approach with my own agenda
seeking to proof-text what I already believe.

Instead, may I open my Bible in true humility
eager to be taught.

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Proverbs 30:5; Isaiah 8:20; Matthew 15:6; Luke 8:11; Luke 11:28; John 10:35; Acts 6:2

Sunday, April 4, 2021

 

Christ is RISEN! Pray this Lazaroo with burning zeal:

“…show hospitality to such people so that we may work together for the truth.”
(3 John 1:8)

It’s not about merely working together, is it, Jesus?

It’s working together for the truth.

Your Word is truth.

People who don’t honor Your Word

by believing it
by obeying it

have a different agenda
a different purpose for the work they do.

It’s not my responsibility to judge them

nor is it wisdom for me to show them the same hospitality

You reserve for those who follow You.

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Matthew 7:1; John 12:47; John 17:17; Romans 12:13; Hebrews 13:2; 1 Peter 4:9; 1 John 2:19

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

 

Fully open your heart, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“If you have any…compassion…”
(Philippians 2:1)

Some people don’t, Jesus –

at least not that I can tell.

Of course, maybe they have it, but I’m not seeing it.

I might be expecting them to show it in one way
while they’re showing it in another.

Maybe I have such a focused agenda, such strong opinions

that I’m totally blind
to the different expressions of compassion in others

…as they may be to mine.

But You see.

That’s all that matters.

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Exodus 12:13; Exodus 33:19; Psalms 135:14; Psalms 145:9; Jeremiah 30:6; John 9:1-34; Ephesians 4:32