Category Archives: all my heart

Tuesday, June 15, 2021

 

Open your heart, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“Return to the LORD your God…”
(Joel 2:13)

Why would any of us ever leave You, Jesus?

You’re loving, kind, merciful, forgiving, all-wise, all-powerful –

the Only God!

How could any of us who has touched Your greatness

stray from Your loving arms?

But we do.

There’s no excuse. None.

My only hope when I commit the unthinkable
and cave in to Satan’s temptation

is to repent with every fiber of my being
and return to You with all my heart!

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning (812) 473-7729…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

_________
Nehemiah 1:9; Isaiah 44:22; Jeremiah 3:7; Jeremiah 3:10; Jeremiah 4:1-3; Jeremiah 24:7; Malachi 3:7; Matthew 3:8; Acts 2:38

Friday, May 14, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in humble adulation:

“God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.”
(Colossians 1:27)

Absolutely, Jesus!

A rich, glorious, glory-anticipating total mystery
that I gladly embrace with all my heart

to the very marrow of my bones:

You!

The Creator of the universe and everything in it
King of kings and LORD of lords
Savior of everyone in the world who believes

living in me!

Oh, HALLELUJAH!

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning (812) 473-7729…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

_________
Luke 1:15; Luke 1:41; Luke 1:67; John 14:17; Acts 2:4; Acts 4:8; Acts 4:31

Sunday, December 27, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo in steadfast faith:

“…we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by observing the law, because by observing the law no one will be justified.”
(Galatians 2:16)

I keep forgetting this, Jesus!

Should I obey You?
Absolutely!

But You don’t want me living in fear when I sin

as though my place in heaven with You is in jeopardy.

Do I believe in You with all my heart?

Yes!!!

Then…

I’m in.

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning (812) 473-7729…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

_________
Romans 3:24; Romans 3:28; Galatians 2:17; Galatians 3:13; Galatians 5:4; 2 Timothy 2:11-13; James 3:2; 1 John 1:9

Thursday, December 17, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo in utter awe:

“’How do you know me?’ Nathanael asked. Jesus answered, ‘I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.’”
(John 1:48)

Boom.

Just like that, Jesus –
You proved who You Are to Nathanael.

You don’t do that every time.

Often, You cut back on the miracles
revealing Yourself more subtly

though – for those seeking You with all their hearts –
no less convincingly.

I’m one who seeks You with all my heart!

And I’m convinced.

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning (812) 473-7729…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

_________
Luke 16:31; Acts 1:3; Acts 19:26; Acts 28:24; Romans 8:38; 2 Corinthians 5:14; 2 Timothy 1:12

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with white-hot fervor:

“Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding…”
(Proverbs 3:5)

It’s impossible to trust You with all my heart, Jesus…

while leaning on my own understanding.

My understanding trips me up because it’s woefully incomplete.

I don’t have the whole picture.
My brain’s not that big.

One day in heaven I’ll be like You.
Maybe then I’ll see it for what it is.

But that day is not yet.

Help me trust!

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning (812) 473-7729…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

_________
Numbers 20:12; 2 Kings 17:14; Psalms 22:8; Psalms 28:7; Psalms 112:7; 1 Corinthians 13:9-13; 1 John 3:2

Monday, July 8, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unshakable belief:

“Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida.”
(John 1:44)

The Jewish people living there witnessed Your amazing miracles, Jesus

but many refused to believe –
even though three of Your disciples were from there!

You told them if the pagans living in Tyre and Sidon had seen those same miracles

they would have repented and believed.

You don’t need to do anything more than You already have, Father

for me – with all my heart – to believe.

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning (812) 473-7729…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

_________
Mark 6:45; Mark 8:22; Luke 9:10; Luke 10:13; Luke 19:37; John 1:40-43; John 12:21

Friday, May 31, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with outrageous adoration:

“…more than I ask.”
(Philemon 1:21)

Who does that, Jesus?

Really good people
powered by You.

Most people do less

attempting to gauge the minimum it takes to get by.

Doesn’t matter how much I ask.

They have their margins, their schedules, their limits.

Frankly, so do I.

But when I feel Your inner prompt, Holy Spirit

when You rise up within me
flooding me with conviction

I’m able to rise above myself
and be better than my best.

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning (812) 473-7729…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

_________
Genesis 24:17-19; Exodus 36:5; Psalms 86:11; Psalms 138:1; Matthew 22:37; Luke 6:38; Colossians 3:23

Monday, May 22, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with every fiber of your being:

“…urging you to live lives worthy of God…”
(1 Thessalonians 2:12)

Now, how am I going to do that, Jesus?

No matter how hard I try
no matter how much good I do

the life I live will never be worthy of You.

But this is You, Holy Spirit, telling me through Paul

no, urging me through Paul!

So I have to conclude that what You’re talking about is

wholehearted
no-holds-barred
giving it all I’ve got

living for You.

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

_________
Deuteronomy 4:29; Deuteronomy 6:5; Deuteronomy 10:12; Deuteronomy 26:16; Deuteronomy 30:10; Joshua 22:5; Joshua 23:14; Mark 12:30; Colossians 3:23