Category Archives: Hope

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Friday, December 10, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in growing gratitude:

“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.”
(Philemon 1:25)

When my spirit is low, Jesus

it affects everything I think, say and do.

It dramatically and negatively affects

all the people who come
into contact with me
including those I love and need the most.

But when I realize I’m the recipient of Your loving, unmerited grace

my spirits begin to lift!
I have hope!

which in turn raises the spirits
of everyone around me.

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Ruth 3:7; 2 Kings 2:9; Psalm 78:8; Ecclesiastes 7:9; 1 Corinthians 14:32; Hebrews 12:9; Hebrews 12:23

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Wednesday, December 8, 2021

 

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

“…encourage the young men to be self-controlled.”
(Titus 2:6)

Of course, all of us need to be self-controlled, Jesus

not just young men

but also young women, older women, older men.

Perhaps that’s because it’s harder for a young man to learn…

not to mention so very important.

I love the word, “encourage,” though!

Not simply a gruff command

but using words that explain
offer helpful examples
give incentive
inspire hope

letting these young men know:

They can do this!

…and so can I.

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1 Samuel 2:17; 1 Kings 12:10; Job 30:9; Proverbs 7:7; Proverbs 20:29; Isaiah 9:17; Jeremiah 11:22; 1 John 2:13

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Monday, October 4, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with total transparency:

“What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What prospects, that I should be patient? Do I have the strength of stone? Is my flesh bronze? Do I have any power to help myself, now that success has been driven from me?”
(Job 6:11-13)

Thank You for sharing Job’s words, Jesus!

Knowing how You blessed him after all this
and how beautifully his life turned out

it sure helps me
when I’m able to identify with his discouraged words!

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Deuteronomy 1:21; Joshua 8:1; 1 Chronicles 28:20; Romans 15:4-5; Ephesians 3:13; 1 Thessalonians 5:11; 2 Timothy 4:2

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Friday, May 14, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in humble adulation:

“God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.”
(Colossians 1:27)

Absolutely, Jesus!

A rich, glorious, glory-anticipating total mystery
that I gladly embrace with all my heart

to the very marrow of my bones:

You!

The Creator of the universe and everything in it
King of kings and LORD of lords
Savior of everyone in the world who believes

living in me!

Oh, HALLELUJAH!

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Luke 1:15; Luke 1:41; Luke 1:67; John 14:17; Acts 2:4; Acts 4:8; Acts 4:31

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Wednesday, March 17, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in grateful humility:

“…if we are faithless, he will remain faithful, for he cannot disown himself.”
(2 Timothy 2:13)

This boggles my mind, Jesus.

When I deserve to be kicked to the curb
or tossed in the trash bin

You stay true to me
because warts and all
I belong to You!

First of all –

HALLELUJAH!

What love! What hope! What joy!
What a sense of security is mine!

And what an example You’ve set for me

to treat my disgraceful Christian brothers and sisters.

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2 Samuel 7:22; Psalms 92:5; Psalms 130:4; Matthew 6:15; Matthew 10:8; Ephesians 1:7; Colossians 1:13-14

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Sunday, February 28, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in appreciative wonder:

“May I continue to find favor in your eyes, my lord,” she said. “You have put me at ease by speaking kindly to your servant—though I do not have the standing of one of your servants.”
(Ruth 2:13)

Hope. Gratitude. Humility.

No wonder You chose this woman
to be Your great-great-many times removed grandmother, Jesus!

She wasn’t even a Jew.

She was one of the hated Moabites!

No matter.

You chose her!

Just as You have chosen me.

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2 Samuel 8:2; 1 Kings 11:33; Ezra 9:1; Proverbs 22:4; Matthew 1:5; Romans 4:18; Colossians 3:16

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Sunday, September 6, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:

“Christ is faithful as a son over God’s house. And we are his house, if we hold on to our courage and the hope of which we boast.”
(Hebrews 3:6)

I love being part of Your house, Jesus!

I long to be one of Your favorite reasons to remain faithful

as I hold on to my courage
during the worst times

and as I keep boasting about You
even on those occasions when my faith
has not yet become sight.

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2 Corinthians 4:7-11; 2 Corinthians 4:16-18; Hebrews 11:1; Hebrew 11:6; Hebrews 11:13-16; Hebrews 11:24-27; Hebrews 11:35-40

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Sunday, July 26, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo in wisdom, self-control and total trust:

“…forfeiting your life.”
(Habakkuk 2:10)

That seems incomprehensible, Jesus!

Why would anyone forfeit his life?
Why would she throw away something so precious?

But people do it all the time. Why?

Because Your gracious gift of life can become soiled, feel ruined

by sin…pain…sickness…fear…hatred…loss.

And in the darkness that our emotions and Satan himself brings

people can lose hope
abandon perspective
think irrationally

act hastily…foolishly.

But You’re the Giver of life!

My life is not my own to take.

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Genesis 12:13; 1 Samuel 26:24; Job 6:9; Job 7:7; Psalms 22:20; Psalms 35:17; Ezekiel 18:4; John 10:15; John 13:37; 1 Corinthians 6:19

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Wednesday, March 18, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with steely determination:

“Give careful thought to the day when the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid.”
(Haggai 2:18)

What a day that was, Jesus!

So much happiness, so much hope, so much rejoicing.

Times of beginning are glorious.

After all, most people never start!

Sadly, however, the rest of the story is this:

Far more people begin than finish.

I long to do both, Father!

A great start…all the way straight through to a great finish.

I’m in Your hands.

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Ruth 2:21; Ezra 5:3; Luke 14:29; Acts 20:24; 2 Corinthians 9:5; Galatians 3:3; Philippians 1:6; James 1:4

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Friday, March 13, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with God-inspired anticipation:

“On the first day…”
(Jonah 3:4)

First days are momentous, Jesus!

They’re full of excitement, promise, hope, new beginnings.

Sometimes.

Of course, I can also dread a first day.

It may represent the unknown.
It may remind me that this is only one step in a very long journey.

But ultimately, I have to keep undertaking first days, don’t I?

If I don’t begin, I’ll never finish.

But I beg You:

Don’t let me begin anything outside of Your will!

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Genesis 1:5; Genesis 8:13; Exodus 12:16; Leviticus 23:39; Ezra 3:6; John 20:1; 1 Corinthians 16:2