Category Archives: exactly

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with bottomless trust:

“The Jews then responded to him, ‘What sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?’ Jesus answered them, ‘Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.’”
(John 2:18-19)

You Are God, Jesus.

You proved it by Your teaching and miracles.

But when You were publicly executed and buried –

then rose from the dead exactly as You promised?
More than 500 witnesses?

That seals the deal.
Case closed.

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Matthew 28:1-10; Mark 16:1-7; Luke 24:1-45; John 20:1-29; 1 Corinthians 15:3-8; 1 Corinthians 15:12; 1 Corinthians 15:20

Friday, July 8, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with deep reverence:

“Watch out that you do not lose what you have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully.”
(2 John 1:8)

You deserve my obedience Jesus.

If I serve You perfectly in every way
You owe me nothing.

But You love me so much that You long to reward me anyway!

if only I don’t blow it by disobeying You.

You don’t owe me any incentive whatsoever to stay true to You

but that’s exactly what You just gave me.

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Genesis 15:1; Ruth 2:12; Matthew 5:11-13; Mark 9:41; Luke 6:35; 1 Corinthians 3:8; 1 Corinthians 9:17

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with faith in the God of true wisdom:

“There is a time for everything…a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing, a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away…”
(Ecclesiastes 3:1, 4-6)

Jesus, some people insist

that winners never mourn, scatter
stop embracing, throw away…

and of course, they never, ever give up!

But that’s not Godly wisdom, is it?

Sometimes, that’s exactly what I have to do.

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Genesis 35:2; Exodus 5:12; Numbers 20:29; 2 Kings 2:15-18; Proverbs 3:3-4; Luke 21:19; 1 Corinthians 7:5

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with explosive feeling:

“’You will overthrow every fortified city and every major town. You will cut down every good tree, stop up all the springs, and ruin every good field with stones.’ The next morning, about the time for offering the sacrifice, there it was—water flowing from the direction of Edom! And the land was filled with water.”
(2 Kings 3:19-20)

That didn’t make sense, Jesus!

Water? They hadn’t asked for water!

But water was exactly what they needed.

Like I, so often…

they just didn’t know it.

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Genesis 31:32; Exodus 16:15; Joshua 8:14; Judges 14:4; Nehemiah 2:16; John 1:31-33; Hebrews 11:8

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with passionate rejoicing!

“I will surely gather all of you, Jacob; I will surely bring together the remnant of Israel. I will bring them together like sheep in a pen, like a flock in its pasture; the place will throng with people.”
(Micah 2:12)

You’ve done it, Jesus!

Exactly as You promised.

You brought back Your people to their homeland!

You reestablished the nation of Israel!

The place now throngs with people –

not only with descendants of Abraham
but with all who come to marvel.

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Isaiah 14:1; Jeremiah 31:23; Ezekiel 36:37-38; Zechariah 8:4; Romans 11:1-5; Romans 11:11-12; Romans 11:25-27

Wednesday, April 7, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with earnest desire:

As for me, this mystery has been revealed to me, not because I have greater wisdom than anyone else alive, but so that Your Majesty may know the interpretation and that you may understand what went through your mind.”
(Daniel 2:30)

You gave Daniel the ability to interpret dreams, Jesus.

That could have gone to his head.

But it didn’t.

He gave all the glory to You.

Though I’m no dream interpreter
that’s exactly what I intend to do!

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Genesis 40:8; Proverbs 11:2; Daniel 5:12; Romans 11:29; Romans 12:6; 1 Corinthians 12:1-4; 1 Corinthians 12:30

Friday, July 31, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo in stark realization:

“Then the Lord God said to the woman, ‘What is this you have done?’”
(Genesis 3:13)

I know that feeling, Jesus –

I know it well –

the sick stomach that comes when You confront me
when the Holy Spirit removes the blinders
when I see exactly how much I have hurt You.

Because that’s the worst of it.

Not the guilt, though it’s terrible.
Not the consequences, which are either here or on the way.

But how I’ve betrayed You.

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Exodus 10:16; Deuteronomy 1:41; Deuteronomy 9:16; Joshua 7:20; Judges 10:10; Zephaniah 1:17; Luke 15:21