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Sunday, May 16, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in submissive recognition:

“…when we were torn away from you…”
(1 Thessalonians 2:17)

Clearly, that was a painful time, Jesus

but You allowed it.
It’s entirely possible that You caused it!

Why would You allow something so painful to happen to one of Your own?

It’s because not everything that’s painful is bad, isn’t it?
Sometimes pain is useful, instructive, essential, eye-opening.

No greater example of that hard truth exists

than the suffering You endured on the cross

for those you love.

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Psalms 119:67; Ezekiel 24:13; Colossians 1:20; Hebrews 2:9-10; Hebrews 5:8; 1 Peter 2:23-24; 1 Peter 4:1

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Sunday, November 24, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in humble gratitude:

“…a foreigner…”
(Ruth 2:10)

Ruth isn’t the only one, Jesus.

I, too, am a foreigner.

This world is not my home!

Just about the time I forget that
behaving as though this world is it

You allow it
to rear its perverse, unfair, twisted head.

In deepest gratitude I lift my eyes back to You

my longing for heaven increased…doubled…tripled.

Only with You will I finally be at home.
Only with You will I know lasting rest, happiness, peace.

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Job 16:19; Psalms 73:25; Psalms 123:1; Proverbs 10:2; Jeremiah 14:13; Hebrews 10:34; Hebrews 11:24-26

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Thursday, April 11, 2019

 

Sell out totally to God as you pray this Lazaroo:

“…spoken against him.”
(Jude 1:15)

My tongue is a hard thing to control, Jesus.

Just about the time I think I’ve learned how
I learn the hard way that I haven’t.

I would never intentionally speak against You!

Never!
Never!
Never!

But when I complain

that’s exactly what I’m doing.

Nothing occurs unless You make it happen or allow it.

You’re in charge. You own it all.
And You’re no absentee landlord.

No matter what!

Please help me remember.

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Psalms 24:1; Psalms 44:3; Psalms 44:6-7; Psalms 75:6-7; Isaiah 26:12; Jeremiah 10:23; Amos 3:6; Acts 4:27-28; Acts 13:48

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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.

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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