Category Archives: Joseph

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

 

Open your heart, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you, just as you say he is. Hate evil, love good; maintain justice in the courts. Perhaps the Lord God Almighty will have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.”
(Amos 5:14-15)

This is Your Word through the prophet Amos, Jesus

to those who have sinned greatly.

I will do my best to follow it.

Fits me to a T.

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Exodus 9:27; Leviticus 5:5; Numbers 22:34; Judges 10:10; Luke 15:18; Romans 3:23; James 5:15

Sunday, January 14, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:

“When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord…and to offer a sacrifice in keeping with what is said in the Law of the Lord: ‘a pair of doves or two young pigeons.’”
(Luke 2:22, 24)

Joseph and Mary did what they knew to do for You, Jesus.

Such small things.

But they were obedient to Your Word

leaving the outcome in Your Father’s Hands.

That’s all I can do

but I had better make sure I do it!

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Zechariah 4:10; Matthew 25:21; Luke 12:48; Luke 16:10; 1 Corinthians 4:1; 1 Thessalonians 2:4; 1 Timothy 6:20

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unshakable belief:

“So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them.”
(Luke 2:16-18)

That’s what You want me to do, isn’t it, Jesus?

Spread the word concerning what has been told me about You

in Your holy Word

and in my own Deep, Daily, Moment-by-Moment

1on1 relationship with You.

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Jeremiah 20:9; Habakkuk 2:2; Matthew 10:27; Matthew 28:19-20; Luke 9:6; Acts 5:20; 2 Corinthians 5:20

Monday, April 10, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with bulldog faith:

“This is what the Lord says to Israel: ‘Seek me and live; do not seek Bethel, do not go to Gilgal, do not journey to Beersheba….Seek the Lord and live, or he will sweep through the tribes of Joseph like a fire; it will devour them, and Bethel will have no one to quench it.’”
(Amos 5:4-6)

When I’m in trouble, Jesus

why do I ever turn
to anyone, anywhere or anything than You?

All of my so-called “deliverers” will fail.

You alone have the power to rescue me!

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Exodus 20:3; Isaiah 37:20; Isaiah 44:8; John 5:44; 1 Corinthians 3:7; 1 Timothy 1:17; Jude 1:25

Saturday, February 18, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with lavish love:

“…Mary…was pledged to be married…and was expecting a child…the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.”
(Luke 2:5-7)

Just like then, Jesus

some of those You love so much
have no room for You in their hearts.

May my heart be so full of love for You

that it makes up the difference!

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Psalm 33:5; Psalm 130:7; Proverbs 8:21; John 3:16; Ephesians 3:19; Colossians 2:2; Titus 2:11-14

Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Pray this Lazaroo in awed faith:

“In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David.”
(Luke 2:1,4)

Did Joseph know that He was fulfilling Scripture, Jesus?

Whether or not he knew
that’s exactly what he was doing.

I love that You prompted Caesar Augustus to do his part, too!

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Genesis 35:19; Ruth 1:19; Ruth 4:11; Ruth 4:16-17; 1 Samuel 16:1; 1 Samuel 17:12-15; Micah 5:2; Matthew 1:1-16; Matthew 2:5-6

Friday, November 19, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul:

“Her mother-in-law asked her, ‘Where did you glean today? Where did you work? Blessed be the man who took notice of you! Then Ruth told her mother-in-law about the one at whose place she had been working. ‘The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz,’ she said. ‘The Lord bless him!’ Naomi said to her daughter-in-law.”
(Ruth 2:19-20)

Totally orchestrated by You, Jesus –

ancestors of Mary and Joseph…

and You!

Gotta love Grandpa Boaz and Grandma Ruth!

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Ruth 1:16-18; Ruth 4:13-22; Matthew 1:5-6; Matthew 22:42; Mark 10:47-48; Mark 12:35; Luke 3:31-32; Luke 18:38

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

 

See if you can keep track of this Lazaroo!

“Makir took a wife from among the Huppites and Shuppites.”
(1 Chronicles 7:15)

It’s fascinating to trace the ancestry of these people, Jesus!

Jacob and Rachel had two sons: Joseph and Benjamin.

Rachel died while giving birth to Benjamin
who was an ancestor of the Huppites and Shuppites.

Makir was the grandson of Benjamin’s other brother Joseph.

So when Makir chose a Huppite-Shuppite girl
he was marrying a many-times-removed cousin!

If that matters to You…

it matters to me.

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Genesis 35:16-18; Genesis 46:20; Genesis 48:14-20; Genesis 50:22-23; Numbers 32:39-40; 1 Chronicles 7:6-12; Romans 15:4

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

 

See if you can keep track of this Lazaroo!

“Makir took a wife from among the Huppites and Shuppites.”
(1 Chronicles 7:15)

It’s fascinating to trace the ancestry of these people, Jesus!

Jacob and Rachel had two sons: Joseph and Benjamin.

Rachel died while giving birth to Benjamin
who was an ancestor of the Huppites and Shuppites.

Makir was the grandson of Benjamin’s other brother Joseph.

So when Makir chose a Huppite-Shuppite girl
he was marrying a many-times-removed cousin!

If that matters to You…

it matters to me.

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Genesis 35:16-18; Genesis 46:20; Genesis 48:14-20; Genesis 50:22-23; Numbers 32:39-40; 1 Chronicles 7:6-12; Romans 15:4

Friday, September 6, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in marveling gratitude:

“…he went and lived in a town called Nazareth.”
(Matthew 2:23)

Your stepdad had no idea he was fulfilling Scripture, did he, Jesus?

He just picked out the town that seemed to be a safer place to live.

How many times do I unknowingly do the same thing with my choices –

the places I live
the vehicles I drive
the relationships I enjoy
the work I do?

Absolutely all of it fits perfectly –

into Your plan for the ages.

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Job 42:2; Psalms 42:8; Psalms 119:35; Psalms 119:133; Isaiah 26:12; Isaiah 48:17; Jeremiah 10:23; 2 Thessalonians 3:5; Ephesians 1:11