Category Archives: disobeying

Monday, November 6, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in awe:

“Afterward Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: “Let my people go, so that they may hold a festival to me in the wilderness.”’ Pharaoh said, ‘Who is the Lord, that I should obey him and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord and I will not let Israel go.’”
(Exodus 5:1-2)

Pharaoh would have been wise to learn Who You Are, Jesus

before disobeying You.

But since he did not

You proceeded to introduce Yourself.

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Exodus 6:1; Exodus 7:19-21; Exodus 8:5-8; Exodus 8:16-19; Exodus 8:20-24; Exodus 9:1-6; Romans 9:17

Tuesday, June 13, 2023

 

Take heed, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“When they celebrate their New Moon feasts, he will devour their fields. Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of reckoning. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain. Judah’s leaders are like those who move boundary stones. I will pour out my wrath on them like a flood of water.”
(Hosea 5:7, 9-10)

If I persist in disobeying You, Jesus

the day will come when You quit telling me what to do

and start telling me
what You’re going to do.

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Numbers 14:21-23; Nehemiah 9:36-37; Isaiah 50:2; Isaiah 66:4; Zechariah 7:13; 2 Timothy 4:3-4; Hebrews 10:26-31

Tuesday, May 2, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with eyes wide open:

“After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath, who struck down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad. He too saved Israel. Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord, now that Ehud was dead. So the Lord sold them into the hands of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor.”
(Judges 3:31-4:2)

You keep supplying Your people with helpers, Jesus.

They keep repaying Your kindness by disobeying You.

There are consequences for that kind of behavior –
consequences I don’t want to reap.

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Numbers 9:13; Numbers 18:22; Ezekiel 16:58; Ezekiel 23:49; Ezekiel 44:10; Ezekiel 44:12; Romans 13:2

Thursday, May 7, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with over-the-top trust:

“And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands.”
(2 John 1:6)

We’re not to obey everything, are we, Jesus?

Obedience – all by itself – is not the goal.

There are countless people issuing orders in my direction –

presidents, governors, mayors, bosses, doctors, experts, friends, family.

When should I obey them?

When their orders are in harmony with Your commands.

When should I wisely but staunchly disobey them?

When doing so would require me to disobey You.

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Deuteronomy 11:28; 2 Chronicles 24:20; Esther 3:3; Isaiah 8:12; Jeremiah 42:13-16; Romans 1:28-32; 1 Peter 2:8

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with explosive feeling:

“They displease God…”
             (1 Thessalonians 2:15)

How dare I, Jesus?

Unthinkable. Inexcusable. Indefensible.

But I have.

Dear God, I have displeased You –
more times than I can count.

That wasn’t my aim.

All I was doing…was what I wanted to do.

The reason I said what I did…
was that’s what I felt like saying.

I just wasn’t thinking.

No…that’s not quite right.
I was thinking, all right – about myself.

But not about You.

I’m truly sorry.

That changes.
Today.

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Numbers 11:11; Numbers 22:34; 2 Samuel 11:27; Psalms 85:4; Isaiah 59:15; Isaiah 65:12; Hebrews 3:18; 1 Peter 2:8

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