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Thursday, May 16, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo with pure devotion:

“The Lord will be awesome to them when he destroys all the gods of the earth. Distant nations will bow down to him, all of them in their own lands. ‘You Cushites, too, will be slain by my sword.’”
(Zephaniah 2:11-12)

No matter who You use to punish the wicked, Jesus

the sword is Yours.

You’ve given us free will

but somehow, in Your brilliance,
we all end up doing exactly
what You want us to do.

No one can thwart Your Plan of the Ages

nor Your Plan of this Moment.

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Leviticus 23:30; Leviticus 26:30; Job 42:2; Psalm 2:12; Jeremiah 6:2; Jeremiah 14:12; Habakkuk 3:2; Acts 17:24-28

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Friday, April 23, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with wholehearted adoration:

“…I will make the Egyptians favorably disposed toward this people, so that when you leave you will not go empty-handed.”
(Exodus 3:21)

You’re amazing, Jesus.

Not only do You steer the hearts of kings like a watercourse
wherever You please

but You do the same thing with every single one of us
whenever it’s best.

Absolutely nothing can thwart Your plan of the ages!

Do we have free will?

Most of the time, yes.

Except when You say otherwise.

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

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Exodus 9:12; Joshua 3:5; Judges 13:19-20; Job 38:2; Psalms 33:10-11; Proverbs 21:1; Jeremiah 10:23; Jeremiah 29:11; Romans 9:11-12

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Sunday, June 24, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo all the way to the marrow of your bones:

“…the first lot was for them…”
(1 Chronicles 6:54)

Were the descendants of Aaron lucky, Jesus?

After all, they were casting lots.

No. It wasn’t luck.

Yes, the lot was cast into the priest’s lap
but its every decision came straight from You.

To this very moment, no one says or does anything

unless you order it
or allow it.

That doesn’t remove the responsibility of my free will.

It just reminds me that my will

can’t thwart Yours.

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

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Psalms 44:3; Psalms 44:6-7; Psalms 75:6-7; Proverbs 16:33; Isaiah 26:12; Lamentations 3:37-38; Acts 17:26; Hebrews 2:10

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Sunday, October 1, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo in deepened understanding:

“But after Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.”
(2 Kings 3:5)

When someone is forced, Jesus

it never lasts.

First chance they get to skedaddle – BOOM! They’re gone.

Free will is messy, uncontrollable, sometimes takes forever

but when freely given, at least has a chance

to survive the hard blows of life.

You could force every last one of us to bow before You

but if You did
it wouldn’t mean a thing.

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

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Genesis 49:15; Exodus 1:11; Deuteronomy 20:11; Joshua 16:10; Judges 1:28; 1 Kings 12:18; Job 30:11; Psalms 2:3; Isaiah 14:3-8; Jeremiah 34:16; Mark 15:21; Hebrews 12:1

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Thursday, February 4, 2016

 

 Pray this Lazaroo in flabbergasted amazement: 

“Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem…”
(Ruth 2:4)

That was no accident, Jesus.

But, then…nothing is.

You’ve given us free will

but while we’re all out here doing what we think we desire
You keep right on orchestrating the whole shebang.

Only You could pull this off –

allowing each of the seven billion people on this planet
to choose our own path

while insuring that every step brings us that much closer

to the exact fulfillment of Your sovereign will.

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

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Genesis 13:8-17; Joshua 24:15; Proverbs 16:4; Proverbs 21:30; Luke 12:6-7; Philippians 3:15; James 4:2