Category Archives: Discipline

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Thursday, August 29, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in devoted passion:

“You drive the women of my people from their pleasant homes.”
(Micah 2:9)

You love the women You’ve created, Jesus –

especially those descended from Abraham.

But when they sin again and again –

rejecting You, following other gods –

they’ll pay for their disobedience
and their detestable idolatry.

Though You’ve blessed me time after time beyond measure

If I reject You and put other things and people before You
You’ll do the same to me

because You discipline those You love.

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Genesis 27:46; Joshua 8:35; 1 Samuel 2:22; Psalms 68:11; Isaiah 3:16; Acts 1:14; 1 Timothy 3:11

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Saturday, August 24, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with a willing heart:

“Afterward the Israelites will return and seek the LORD their God…”
(Hosea 3:5)

Sometimes You have to run me through the ringer, Jesus

to get my obedient attention.

I don’t like to admit that.

I wish it wasn’t true about me.

I much prefer to think like You want me to

say what You want me to

do what You want me to

…without needing negative reinforcement.

Come to think of it…

that’s absolutely what You long for, too.

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Exodus 35:21; Psalms 38:18; Psalms 51:12; Psalms 78; Proverbs 26:3; Luke 13:34; 1 Peter 5:2

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Saturday, August 4, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo in sobriety of mind:

“So I have caused you to be despised and humiliated before all the people…”
(Malachi 2:9)

To be despised – if it’s only by one or two people –

is painful, Jesus.

To be humiliated with somebody watching

is awful.

But to be despised and humiliated before everybody?

Family, friends, total strangers?
Pretty close to unbearable.

What would cause You to do something like that to a person?

Maybe because they’ve tried to make everyone they know
despise and humiliate You.

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

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1 Samuel 2:30; 2 Samuel 12:10; 2 Kings 19:21; Psalms 22:6; Isaiah 54:4; Jeremiah 31:19; 1 Corinthians 1:28; Galatians 6:7-9

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Thursday, August 2, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with recognition:

“I struck all the work of your hands with…hail…”
(Haggai 2:17)

Discipline like that ought to be obvious, Jesus

unless the person You’re correcting
doesn’t believe in You –

or doesn’t believe You’re willing to use extreme measures
to turn around someone You truly care about.

They might chalk up the hailstorm to “natural causes”

ignoring the fact that every so-called “natural cause” out there
comes from Your hand.

I know better, LORD!

Now I need to act like it.

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Psalms 24:1; Psalms 119:91; Proverbs 3:12; Isaiah 6:10-11; Jeremiah 14:22; Amos 3:6; Hebrews 2:10

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Tuesday, January 16, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with every fiber of your being:

“I struck all the work of your hands…”
(Haggai 2:17)

How could You, Jesus?

All that work done by Your people
ruined not by their enemies

but by their God.

Why?

Out of love.

You’ll do whatever’s necessary to get my attention and turn me around

before it’s too late.

The destruction of all my work is a small price to pay

for the salvation of my life.

It’s tough love, LORD!

But sometimes…
it’s the love I need.

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

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Deuteronomy 8:5; Psalms 94:10; Proverbs 3:12; Romans 8:39; Romans 11:22; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Titus 3:3-7; Hebrews 12:4-10

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Saturday, October 1, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with full attention:

“Hear this word the LORD has spoken against you, O people of Israel…”
(Amos 3:1)

That’s not a word I’d want to hear, Jesus

especially if I was an Israelite.

What a reminder that You discipline Your kids!

I’m Your kid, too.

You love me enough to discipline me –

not because You want to cause me pain

but because You will do whatever You have to do

to spare me from the consequences

of heading down the wrong path.

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

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Deuteronomy 8:5; Proverbs 3:12; John 1:12; Hebrews 12:5-6; Hebrews 12:10; 1 John 3:1; 1 John 3:10

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Thursday, May 19, 2016

 

Sell out totally to God as you pray this Lazaroo:

“Yet I hold this against you…”
(Revelation 2:4)

Woah, Jesus…

not the words I want to hear from You.

I love Your countless words of encouragement, blessing and hope

Your promises – so many, so amazing, so true.

But when You have to call me in, sit me down and rebuke me?

Not so much.

It terrifies me.

It also saddens me – because You deserve so much better.

Still…I know there’s only reason You do that:

You love me.

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

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Deuteronomy 8:5; I Kings 8:56; Psalms 145:13; Proverbs 3:12; 2 Corinthians 1:20; Hebrews 12:6; Hebrews 12:10

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Thursday, May 19, 2016

 

Sell out totally to God as you pray this Lazaroo:

“Yet I hold this against you…”
(Revelation 2:4)

Woah, Jesus…

not the words I want to hear from You.

I love Your countless words of encouragement, blessing and hope

Your promises – so many, so amazing, so true.

But when You have to call me in, sit me down and rebuke me?

Not so much.

It terrifies me.

It also saddens me – because You deserve so much better.

Still…I know there’s only reason You do that:

You love me.

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

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Deuteronomy 8:5; I Kings 8:56; Psalms 145:13; Proverbs 3:12; 2 Corinthians 1:20; Hebrews 12:6; Hebrews 12:10

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Sunday, January 17, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with utter abandon: 

“I will bring distress on the people…”
(Zephaniah 1:17)

May I never be among the people on whom You bring distress, Jesus!

Something tells me Yours would be worse
than the distress I’ve sometimes brought on myself.

Seeing what You’ve done to others who’ve dared to defy You

has given me a healthy fear of deliberately crossing You.

I have absolutely no doubt that You love me.
Passionately.

But I’m also aware
that You discipline those You love.

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

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Exodus 1:21; Nehemiah 7:2; Job 1:1; Proverbs 3:12; Hebrews 12:7-11; 1 Peter 2:17; Revelation 14:7