Category Archives: big deal

Sunday, March 10, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo with utter abandon:

LORD, I have heard of your fame; I stand in awe of your deeds, LORD.”
(Habakkuk 3:2)

You can do anything, Jesus.

Already, You’ve pretty much done everything.

Creating the heavens and earth was amazing.
So were Your virgin birth, healing the blind
walking on water, raising the dead
rising from Your tomb on the third day.

By comparison, my requests seem puny

but they’re a big deal to me.

I know You can.

With bated breath, I’m waiting and hoping

that You Will.

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Genesis 1:1; Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 8:2; Mark 1:34; Luke 7:22; John 2:22; John 6:19

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo in corrected awareness:

“…breaking faith with one another…”
(Malachi 2:10)

This is a big deal to You, isn’t it, Jesus?

To break faith with one another
is to break faith with You.

At first, it doesn’t look that way.

I’m tempted to think the way I treat others
is solely between them and me.

But then it I realize it isn’t:

Those “others” I’m breaking faith with
are Your kids.

Last time I checked

no dad likes it
when somebody mistreats His kid.

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Leviticus 6:2; Numbers 5:6; Numbers 31:16; Joshua 22:16; Ezra 10:2; Nehemiah 13:27; Mark 10:19

Monday, November 25, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in full awareness:

“…what I have forgiven…I have forgiven in the sight of Christ…”
(2 Corinthians 2:10)

Everything I do is done in Your sight, Jesus

…but it’s good for me to remember that.

When I’m making a major claim like Paul was

it’s not a bad idea for me to remind others of it. 😉

It’s hard enough to say I’ve forgiven someone.

But to actually, thoroughly, permanently forgive them?

That’s a pretty big deal.

Knowing You’re watching

helps me do it.

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Genesis 50:17; Psalms 32:1; Matthew 6:12; Matthew 6:14; Matthew 18:21-35; Mark 11:25; John 20:23

Friday, April 13, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul:

“The battle that day was very fierce…”
(2 Samuel 2:17)

I’ve been in some fierce battles myself, Jesus –

though not, I’m sure, of the same kind
as the armies of Joab and Abner.

Still, my battles were a big deal to me.

But even more importantly
I know they were a big deal to You, as well

because You love me.

I can’t tell You how much that means to me, LORD!

Thank You for Your amazing heart
for me.

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Genesis 26:3; Genesis 31:3; Exodus 3:12; Deuteronomy 20:1; Deuteronomy 31:8; Joshua 1:5; 2 Corinthians 13:11

Monday, February 19, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo in holy awe:

“Remember Jesus Christ…descended from David.”
(2 Timothy 2:8)

This is kind of a big deal, Jesus.

1,859 years before You were born, Your ancestor Jacob prophesied over his son Judah:

“The scepter will not depart from Judah
…until he to whom it belongs shall come
and the obedience of the nations shall be his.”

Jacob to Judah to King David

…all the way to You.

This isn’t “kind of” a big deal, is it?

It is a big deal.

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2 Samuel 7:18; 1 Chronicles 17:7-14; Matthew 1:17; Matthew 1:20; Mark 10:48; Mark 12:35; Luke 2:4

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with gratitude and respect:

“To Merari belonged the clans of the Mahlites and the Mushites; these were the Merarite clans.”
(Numbers 3:33)

Merari wasn’t famous, Jesus.

Most people have no idea who he was.
Few can pronounce his name.
Parents don’t name their sons after him.

But He was a big deal to You.

You gave him an important, behind-the-scenes job
which he carried out with diligence.

With all my heart, Father:

Thank you for the Merarites among us!

the true church heroes.

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1 Samuel 2:9; 2 Samuel 22:26; Psalms 4:3; Psalms 37:28; Matthew 24:45-47; 1 Corinthians 16:15-16; Colossians 1:2