Category Archives: for my good

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with growing understanding:

“…from this twenty-fourth day of the ninth month…”
(Haggai 2:18)

Sometimes You deliberately keep me in the dark, Jesus –

for my own good.

But at other times – like now – You nail the very day.

The ninth month You’re referring to is Kislev.

This year 24 Kislev falls on my December 22nd.
Last year it fell on my December 2nd.

That’s because the Jewish calendar is lunar
and my western calendar is solar.

But all time

belongs solely to You.

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning (812) 473-7729…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

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1 Samuel 26:10; 2 Kings 19:25; Psalms 31:15; Psalms 139:16; Jeremiah 25:34; John 16:22; 1 Peter 1:17

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with growing understanding:

“…from this twenty-fourth day of the ninth month…”
(Haggai 2:18)

Sometimes You deliberately keep me in the dark, Jesus –

for my own good.

But at other times – like now – You nail the very day.

The ninth month You’re referring to is Kislev.

This year 24 Kislev falls on my December 22nd.
Last year it fell on my December 2nd.

That’s because the Jewish calendar is lunar
and my western calendar is solar.

But all time

belongs solely to You.

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning (812) 473-7729…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

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1 Samuel 26:10; 2 Kings 19:25; Psalms 31:15; Psalms 139:16; Jeremiah 25:34; John 16:22; 1 Peter 1:17

Saturday, April 8, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unrestrained allegiance:

“…from Jesus Christ…”
(2 John 1:3)

I’ll take anything that comes from You, Jesus!

Anything.

You do all things well. Make that: perfectly.

You’re generous beyond all measure.
You’re the Giver of every good gift.

I know.

That includes some things I won’t like.
At the time.

But I trust You!

I know that anything You do to me or require of me that is hard, distasteful or even heartbreaking

is not only for Your good
but for mine.

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

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Psalms 9:10; Psalms 25:2; Psalms 31:14; Isaiah 26:3; Mark 7:37; Romans 8:28; James 1:17

Saturday, June 11, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unrestrained allegiance:

“…you let us down…”
(Joshua 2:18)

I’ve been let down before, Jesus.

Doesn’t feel good.

Unless, as in this case…

You’ve done it to save my life.

Rahab let these two men down from her window

so they could escape certain death.

You delight in doing the unexpected

for my good
because I love You
because You first loved me.

Please remind me that every time you allow someone to let me down

in reality
You’re lifting me up.

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

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Isaiah 55:8-9; John 3:16; Romans 8:28; Romans 8:38-39; Romans 11:33; Titus 3:3-7; 1 John 4:19

Thursday, April 28, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with excuseless humility:

“She was taken to King Xerxes in the royal residence in the tenth month…”
(Esther 2:16)

How demeaning, Jesus –

to be plucked from her home
deprived of her rights

trained for months in the King’s harem
delivered to the king for acceptance or rejection.

And You were working through all of it!

positioning her to become queen to save the lives of Your people

just as You are working through my hardships and humiliations

to accomplish Your eternal good.

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

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Genesis 50:20; Numbers 12:3; Proverbs 11:2; Proverbs 16:4; Proverbs 21:30; Zephaniah 2:3; Romans 8:28-30