Category Archives: I don’t like

Sunday, November 15, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:

“…rid yourselves of all…slander of every kind.”
(1 Peter 2:1)

Got it, Jesus.

You don’t want me to say anything false and harmful.

About anyone.

But why would I want to?

Only if I’m tempted to do so by Satan –

to harm someone I don’t like
to get back at someone who’s hurt me
by passing along a rumor I think is true.

O God! Don’t let me sow that seed!

I sure don’t want to reap it.

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Leviticus 19:16; Deuteronomy 22:13-21; 2 Samuel 19:27; Psalms 15:1-3; Matthew 12:31; 1 Timothy 5:14

Saturday, July 4, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with lavish love:

“Love your neighbor as yourself…”
(James 2:8)

Easy to say, Jesus…

harder to do.

Some people are easy to love, even to sacrifice for.

Other people are a challenge-and-a-half.

Nor are You saying I should love them the way I like to be loved.

You’re saying I should love them
the way they want to be loved.

Wow.

What if they want to be loved in a way I don’t like?

You sure do stretch a person.

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John 13:34-35; Romans 13:8; 1 Peter 1:22; 1 Peter 3:8; 1 John 3:11; 1 John 3:23; 1 John 4:7

Friday, December 13, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with no-holds-barred surrender:

“…not to be…addicted to much wine…”
(Titus 2:3)

You don’t like any addiction, do you, Jesus?

I shouldn’t like them, either.

If I’m addicted to something – even a good thing, a blessing from You –

I’m surrendering control to it
rather than to You.

What are my addictions, LORD?

Don’t let me hide behind denial.

Help me face them and deal with them

no matter what it costs.

I refuse to allow anything or anyone to control me

except You.

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Proverbs 23:29-35; Romans 8:5-8; 1 Timothy 3:2; Titus 1:8; Titus 2:2; Titus 2:5-6; Titus 2:12; Jude 1:8

Monday, September 16, 2019

 

Act wisely, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“…they disobey their parents…”
(Romans 1:30)

Some parents ought to be disobeyed, Jesus –

anytime they tell a child to do something
You tell them not to do.

Your Word trumps parental authority.

But when it’s anything else –

even if it’s something the child doesn’t like –

that child would be very wise to obey mom or dad.

You’re watching.

Children who honor their fathers and mothers
tend to live a long time.

Those who don’t?
Not so much.

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Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16; Matthew 15:4; Matthew 19:19; Mark 10:19; Acts 5:29; Ephesians 6:2; Colossians 3:20