Category Archives: Gold

Monday, June 28, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with total transparency:

“Every woman is to ask her neighbor and any woman living in her house for articles of silver and gold and for clothing, which you will put on your sons and daughters. And so you will plunder the Egyptians.”
(Exodus 3:22)

You had a plan, Jesus.

You saw how ruthlessly the Egyptians treated your people.
So when the time came, You gave Your people a little payback.

I have no right to exact revenge on anyone.

But You do.

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Leviticus 19:18; Judges 16:28; Proverbs 24:29; Jeremiah 5:9; Lamentations 3:64; Ezekiel 25:11-13; Matthew 5:43-44; Romans 12:19

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with pedal-to-the-metal commitment:

“Blessed are those who find wisdom, those who gain understanding, for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold. She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her. Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.”
(Proverbs 3:13-16)

To find wisdom and understanding, Jesus…

I’d better be searching for it!

Always putting You and Your ways first

promises that every good thing will follow.

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Psalms 62:10; Psalms 112:3; Psalms 119:14; Proverbs 11:28; Luke 8:14; Romans 11:33; Philippians 4:18-19

Monday, March 15, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with a strong desire to please God:

“I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes…”
(1 Timothy 2:9)

I know some women who would be offended by this, Jesus.

They’re all about elaborate hairstyles, expensive jewelry and designer clothing.

It’s not really about those things, though, is it?

When she has a passionate heart for You

a Godly woman can make a gunny sack
look like a million dollars.

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Genesis 12:11-15; Genesis 24:15-24; Genesis 29:16-18; Deuteronomy 29:11; 1 Samuel 25:2-42; 1 Kings 1:3-4; Luke 1:26-38; 1 Peter 3:3-5

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in amazed admiration:

“For the Most Holy Place he made a pair of sculptured cherubim and overlaid them with gold. The total wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long and touched the temple wall, while its other wing, also five cubits long, touched the wing of the other cherub.”
(2 Chronicles 3:10-11)

Solomon had his artisans create stunning figures, Jesus – encompassing 35 feet in all!

May I, too, offer You my very best!

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Genesis 3:24; Exodus 25:18-22; Exodus 26:1; Numbers 7:89; Isaiah 37:16; Ezekiel 28:14; Hebrews 9:5

Sunday, June 21, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with utter abandon:

“He overlaid the inside with six hundred talents of fine gold.”
(2 Chronicles 3:8)

That’s a lot of gold, Jesus.

23 tons.
Wow.

And no ordinary gold.
Fine gold.

The current price of gold is $1,683 per ounce

There are 32,000 ounces in a ton.

So Solomon overlaid the inside of Your Most Holy Place

in Your Temple in Jerusalem with

with 1 billion
238 million
688 thousand dollars worth of gold.

A little chintzy…but I guess that’s the best he could do.

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Genesis 2:11-12; Genesis 13:2; Exodus 25:3; Psalms 12:6; Psalms 19:9-10; Psalms 119:72; Haggai 2:8; 1 Peter 1:7

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in humble awareness:

“He overlaid the ceiling beams, doorframes, walls and doors of the temple with gold…”
(2 Chronicles 3:7)

Well…not exactly, Jesus.

Solomon ordered the work done.
It wouldn’t have happened without him.

But he didn’t personally overlay anything.
It was the workers who performed that golden task.

Leaders are essential…

…but so are workers.

Neither can succeed without the other.

Sometimes I’m the leader
sometimes I’m a worker.

But in whichever role I serve You

remind me to respect the other.

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Exodus 28:3; 1 Chronicles 4:14; 2 Chronicles 34:12; Isaiah 1:26; Luke 10:2; Hebrews 13:7; Hebrews 13:17

Saturday, July 27, 2019

 

Hold nothing back, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“…the gold he used was gold of Parvaim.”
(2 Chronicles 3:6)

No one today knows the location of Parvaim, Jesus.

But it’s telling that when it came time to decorate Your temple
Solomon refused to use whatever gold was easily available.

Instead, he sought out the finest, purest gold
and paid whatever price necessary
to give You the best.

That’s the desire of my heart, Father!

You deserve the very best
because You give Your very best to me.

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Exodus 23:19; Numbers 18:29-32; Deuteronomy 6:6; Ezekiel 44:30; Ezekiel 48:14; Malachi 1:6-9; Mark 12:30

Thursday, January 10, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in grateful recognition:

“He paneled the main hall with pine and covered it with fine gold…”
(2 Chronicles 3:5)

This was for Your temple, Jesus.

As I picture that golden hallway…

wow!

But right now I’m thinking about the pine.

That’s what went up first.
That’s what held up the gold.

First comes the pine

then the gold.

If there’s no pine

there’s no gold.

Which season am I in, LORD?

Pine or gold?

Please remind me:

Both have equal value.

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Deuteronomy 23:7; Psalms 51:17; Proverbs 23:22; Matthew 18:10; Zechariah 4:10; James 4:10; 1 Peter 5:6

Monday, October 23, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo in solemn assessment:

“Their land is full of silver and gold…”
(Isaiah 2:7)

But since when has that been enough, Jesus?

We work long hours for money and the things it will buy

then come to the end of the day

exhausted, empty, dissatisfied.

So we work even harder, longer

thinking the solution will be found in more

but it isn’t.

Sadly, only then do we stop, look around

and turn to You

the only one who can satisfy
my longing soul.

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Numbers 22:18; Deuteronomy 7:25; Deuteronomy 8:10-14; Deuteronomy 17:17; Joshua 6:19; 2 Kings 16:8; Haggai 2:8; Acts 3:6