Category Archives: I can identify

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

Tuesday, July 23, 2019

 

Be amazed, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“…the army had no more water…”
(2 Kings 3:9)

They were Your people, Jesus

but they failed to plan ahead.

They rushed off on their mission

but failed to think the whole thing through.

Sadly, I can identify.

How many times, LORD? How many times?

Still, You didn’t leave them hanging!

You came through for them – miraculously.

I deserve it less than they did, LORD…

but again and again and again
You still keep coming through for me.

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2 Kings 18:7; 2 Chronicles 31:21; 2 Chronicles 32:30; Psalms 91:1-2; Isaiah 41:10; Acts 12:11; 2 Timothy 3:10-11; 2 Peter 2:9

Tuesday, July 9, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with bottomless trust:

“…the little ones you said would be taken captive…”
(Deuteronomy 1:39)

The Israelites in the desert missed that prediction, Jesus.

They looked at their circumstances
concluding they knew where their steps were taking them.

But they were 100% wrong.

I’m ashamed to admit I can identify.

When will I stop looking behind me and around me
to guess the future?

The only direction I need to look is up –

straight to You –

the One who determines my every step.

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Psalms 37:23; Psalms 44:3; Psalms 44:6-7; Proverbs 16:4; Isaiah 26:12; Jeremiah 10:23; Lamentations 3:37-38; Acts 17:25

Sunday, June 23, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with overwhelming gratitude:

“Jonah obeyed the word of the LORD…”
(Jonah 3:3)

Finally, Jesus.

After he disobeyed You the first time.
After he ran from You.
After You had to scare the living daylights out of him.

Now he obeys.

Sadly, I can identify!

How many times have You had to correct me
turn me around?

You could say, “Too late, Bucko! I’m sick and tired of you.”

But You don’t.

With loving, forgiving arms open wide

You welcome me back home.

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Nehemiah 1:9; Isaiah 44:22; Jeremiah 4:1-2; Joel 2:12; Luke 15:1-7; Luke 15:8-10; Luke 15:11-32

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo buttressed by faith:

“This company of Israelite exiles who are in Canaan…”
(Obadiah 1:20)

That’s wild, Jesus.

They were exiles in the very land You had promised them.

Everybody looked at them like outsiders, intruders

not knowing they were looking down on people
to whom they would one day look up

not realizing these trespassers
would one day become the land’s owners.

I can identify.

Today I walk this land as a foreigner

but my Dad owns it all
and I’m Your heir.

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Psalms 105:12-15; Psalms 105:42-45; John 14:9; Acts 7:6-7; Romans 8:17; Hebrews 11:13; Hebrews 11:24-26

Saturday, April 7, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unrestrained allegiance:

“They were in great distress.”
(Judges 2:15)

Been there, Jesus.

But not, I hope, for the same reason they were.

You were fighting against them!

And of course, You were winning.
Every time.

Your people turned away from You to false gods and idols

provoking You to anger.

Not me, LORD! Never!

May all my great distress be caused by Satan
because I remain true to You.

I know You’ll fight my battles and utterly defeat him.

Every time.

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Genesis 14:20; Genesis 49:8; Exodus 15:12; Leviticus 26:7; Judges 2:10-14; Psalms 92:9; Acts 2:35