Category Archives: hang in there

Friday, June 26, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with no-holds-barred surrender:

“If we endure, we will also reign with him.”
(2 Timothy 2:12)

I’m so thankful for that promise, Jesus!

You didn’t say I’d reign with You if I won.
You didn’t say I’d reign with You if I overcame.
You didn’t say I’d reign with You if I knocked it out of the park.

You said all I’d have to do to reign with You

is endure.

Why am I grateful?

Because some days
that’s all I can do.

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1 Chronicles 16:34; Job 14:2; Psalms 37:18; Psalms 69:7-10; Psalms 90:10; John 6:27; Romans 15:4-5; 1 Corinthians 4:12; 1 Corinthians 10:13

Monday, April 10, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with undying love:

“…you continue…”
(3 John 1:3)

Many people start, Jesus.

Few continue.

Continuing requires character.

It means I keep going no matter what.
It means I stay the course in spite of how I feel.

It means I set my jaw and refuse to be pushed off track

even when it appears what I’m doing
isn’t going to pay off.

To continue requires not only everything I’ve got

but forces me to lean on You
every moment of the day.

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Genesis 32:22-26; 2 Chronicles 15:7; Psalms 88:9; Luke 14:33; Luke 18:1; Galatians 6:9; Hebrews 10:36

Saturday, April 30, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with laser-focused intensity:

“May its morning stars become dark…”
(Job 3:9)

Because of his suffering, Jesus

Job curses the day of his birth.

Normally, birthdays are joyous occasions.

No more.
Not for Job.

His life has become too bitter.

Now he wants the day of his birth to become a bleak, dark day

a cause for mourning
the brightest stars extinguished.

But little does he know the happiness You have planned for him

if he will only hold on
a little longer.

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1 Corinthians 13:6-7; 1 Timothy 4:16; Hebrews 10:36; Hebrews 11:27; James 1:12; James 5:11; Revelation 2:3

Friday, January 8, 2016

 

 Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul: 

“You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name…”
 (Revelation 2:3)

A lot of people have persevered over a long period of time, Jesus.

Many have endured unimaginable hardships.

All for naught.

What I do doesn’t matter nearly as much

as why I do it.

Whatever I do for my fame, my comfort, my pleasure

has a very short shelf life.

But when I hang in there without quitting

when I go through hell on earth

for You

the rewards are eternal.

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

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Matthew 5:11-12; Matthew 5:46-48; Matthew 6:1-6; Matthew 10:41-42; Matthew 16:24-27; Matthew 19:27-30; Ephesians 6:7-8