Category Archives: Discernment

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Thursday, November 7, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with focused attention:

“Give careful thought…”
(Haggai 2:18)

I do give careful thought to some things, Jesus.

But I confess that I’m on automatic pilot with others.

Give me wisdom!

On the one hand, I don’t want to take anything for granted.
On the other hand, I don’t want to obsess on the obvious.

Please don’t let me skip over something that requires deeper consideration!

Neither allow me to spend one precious moment on time-wasters.

I’m so glad I have You!

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Exodus 15:26; 1 Chronicles 12:32; Esther 1:13; Psalms 31:15; Amos 5:13; Matthew 16:3; Mark 4:24

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Friday, February 23, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo in humility:

“I do wish, brother, that I may have some benefit from you in the Lord…”
(Philemon 1:20)

Sometimes I have to be that direct, Jesus.

When someone is dragging their feet
slow to do what they ought to do

give me the courage to say words that will light a fire under them!

Of course, that’s not always the case.

Sometimes they’re truly following You
and I’m being impatient.

O God!

Give me the wisdom to know the difference!

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Job 6:11; Proverbs 14:29; Proverbs 15:18; Proverbs 16:32; 1 Corinthians 13:4; Galatians 2:14; 2 Timothy 4:9

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Sunday, January 28, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with sharpened awareness:

“Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.”
(Acts 2:18)

Well, I guess that ends the debate about whether or not we still have prophets, Jesus.

Some of them are men
some of them are women.

That pretty much ends the sexism debate, too.

But it doesn’t end my need for discernment.

Not everyone who claims to be a prophet

is what they claim to be.

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Isaiah 8:3; Isaiah 44:24-26; Hosea 11:6; Matthew 7:15; Matthew 24:11; Acts 21:8-9; 1 Corinthians 12:28

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Friday, January 12, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your heart:

“Should it be said…”
(Micah 2:7)

Well…some things should be said, Jesus…

others not.

Much of the trouble I’ve endured over my lifetime

stems from getting those two mixed up.

Sometimes the need was there, along with the opening You provided

and I failed to speak up.

At other times…let’s just say it:

I should have kept my mouth shut.

Give me discernment in the moment, Holy Spirit!

with the courage to speak
or the self-control to shut up.

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Leviticus 5:1; Proverbs 17:28; Proverbs 18:7; Proverbs 31:8-9; Ecclesiastes 5:1; Isaiah 44:9; Isaiah 62:1; Jeremiah 4:19; James 1:19

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Saturday, October 14, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with laser-focused intensity:

“…not to mention…”
(Philemon 1:19)

Why do I say things like that, Jesus?

Yes, You gave those words to Paul
to gently chide those meeting in Philemon’s home.

Knowing You, it got their attention –

just as I hope it will when I use similar statements.

Sometimes the “one more thing”

is actually the whole point!

Please help me be attentive when others use such words with me, Father

so I don’t miss what You’re saying to me
through them.

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1 Samuel 11:6; Ezekiel 2:6; Matthew 12:25; Mark 2:8; Mark 12:15; Luke 6:8; Luke 24:11

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Monday, September 18, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unshakable belief:

“In the last days, God says…your old men will dream dreams.”
(Acts 2:17)

But they won’t be ordinary dreams, will they, Jesus?

They’ll be dreams given by You
to lead, teach and prepare Your people.

They’ll be given to saints who’ve walked with You

those graced with the gift of discernment.

I know this because You’ve made it clear:

You don’t give dogs what is sacred.
You don’t throw your pearls to pigs.

If You don’t
neither should I.

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Matthew 4:19; Matthew 7:6; Mark 8:34; Luke 5:27; John 10:27; 1 Corinthians 11:1; Philippians 3:17

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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

 

Fully open your heart, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“‘Very well,’ Bathsheba replied, ‘I will speak to the king for you.’”
(1 Kings 2:18)

Bathsheba was naïve, trusting, politically inexperienced, Jesus

She took the conniving Adonijah at his word

not knowing that if her son Solomon had granted his brother’s request

she and her son would soon be dead.

I want to take people at face value, Father…but I’ve learned the hard way

that isn’t always possible

O Holy Spirit:

Grant me Your priceless gift of discernment!

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Genesis 41:33; 1 Kings 3:5-15; Psalms 119:125; Proverbs 1:5; Proverbs 8:9; Proverbs 18:15; Proverbs 28:2; 1 Corinthians 11:31

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Friday, April 22, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with Godly understanding:

“Solomon took a census of all the aliens who were in Israel, after the census his father David had taken…”
(2 Chronicles 2:17)

What are the things I’m doing that my dad did, Jesus?

Are they all good?
Are some of them bad?

Were some of them good for him
but not for me?

Please grant me the wisdom to discern which I need to stay with

and which I need to drop

along with the courage to act.

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1 Kings 15:11; 1 Kings 22:53; 2 Kings 3:2; 2 Kings 14:3; 2 Kings 15:3; 2 Kings 15:34; John 5:19