Category Archives: I will

Friday, October 20, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with steely determination:

“…save others by snatching them from the fire…”
(Jude 1:23)

I’m thinking of three ways to save people, Jesus:

1. Encourage them to develop a Deep, Daily, Moment-by-Moment 1on1 relationship with You.

2. Warn them not to sin.

3. Go after them and rescue them when they’re steeped in wrongdoing.

That last is the hardest.

People who are up to their ears in evil seldom want to hear about You.

But because You command me to do it

I will!

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Exodus 3:10; Exodus 4:12; Exodus 32:34; 1 Samuel 15:3; 2 Samuel 19:7; Ezekiel 2:5; Ezekiel 2:7; Ezekiel 3:11; Acts 22:21

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with bottomless trust:

“Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority…”
(1 Peter 2:13)

That’s a tall order, Jesus.

So many human authorities are corrupt.
Even more are completely in the wrong.

But You’ve commanded me to do it for Your sake.

I will.
For that reason only.

But this I know:

If human authorities require me to disobey You
You will be the first to tell me to disobey them

no matter what it costs
because I belong to You.

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Exodus 5:2; Numbers 27:20; Deuteronomy 13:4; Luke 11:28; Acts 5:29; Acts 5:32; Hebrews 5:9

Saturday, February 26, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unrestrained allegiance:

“Watch out…”
(2 John 1:8)

Warnings like these don’t exactly relax me, Jesus.

I wish I didn’t have to watch out.
I wish You’d do all my watching out for me.

And You would
if that’s what was best.

Actually, I know You do watch out for me, 24/7.

Only in heaven will I discover
what all You’ve protected me from.

But clearly, there’s real benefit in me keeping my eyes peeled, too.

So since You want me to
I will.

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Matthew 7:15; Matthew 24:4; Mark 8:15; Luke 12:15; Romans 16:17; Galatians 5:15; Philippians 3:2

Tuesday, August 20, 2019

 

Be warned, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says’…”
(Ezekiel 3:11)

I will, Jesus.

All I have to do is quote to them the words in the Bible –

being certain the passage I quote
applies to them.

But when it comes to claiming a message is from You that is not in the Bible?

I’d better be 100 per cent certain
I’m not speaking out of my own imagination.

You will not allow such arrogance to go unpunished.

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1 Samuel 15:1; 2 Kings 18:25; Isaiah 8:20; Jeremiah 23:30; Jeremiah 37:17; 1 Corinthians 7:25; 2 Corinthians 12:1

Saturday, February 16, 2019

 

Be filled with hope, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“From this day on…”
(Haggai 2:18)

That’s my rallying cry, Jesus:

“From this day on!”

There’s not one thing I can do to erase the past.

It’s done.

No matter how much I wish I could

I can’t undo it.

True, I can repent, apologize, repair –

and with Your help I will!

But what energizes me and gives me hope

is that the next chapter of my life hasn’t been written.

I’m collaborating with You on it

today.

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Proverbs 23:18; Isaiah 1:18; Isaiah 43:18; Isaiah 65:16; Jeremiah 29:11; Acts 17:30; Philippians 3:12-13; 1 Peter 4:3

Saturday, March 31, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo in unshakable faith:

“…my spirit rejoices in God my Savior…”
(Luke 1:47)

So does mine, Jesus!

2,000 years ago Your followers thought all was lost
because they saw You crucified, dead, buried.

This in spite of the fact that You told them in advance this would happen
and that on the third day You would be raised from the dead.

Then they saw You, ate with You, touched You

and believed!

I’ve done none of those things…yet.

But by faith

I will.

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1 Samuel 2:1; Psalms 5:11; Psalms 13:5; Psalms 64:10; Psalms 96:13; Matthew 16:21; John 20:24-29; Hebrews 11:1; Hebrews 11:6