Category Archives: life on earth

Thursday, February 15, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo with pure devotion:

“During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with fervent cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission. Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered…”
(Hebrews 5:7-8)

In spite of Your sinless perfection, Jesus

if the suffering You endured was necessary for you to learn obedience

who am I to think I’m going to learn obedience

without suffering?

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Genesis 22:18; Deuteronomy 26:14; Joshua 5:6; Psalm 119:67; Zechariah 6:15; John 14:23; 1 Peter 4:1

– Wednesday, September 6, 2017

 

Let your thoughts run deep, as you pray this Lazaroo:

 “When anyone came to a heap of twenty measures, there were only ten.”
(Haggai 2:16)

That’s the definition of disappointment, Jesus:

Expect a lot
get a little

think I’m about to receive something nice
discover it’s not nearly as good as I thought

eagerly anticipate
only to have my hopes dashed.

In a very real sense

that’s life on earth
jinxed by sin.

But this one exception I’ve discovered:

When I reach for You
You surpass all my expectations.

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Genesis 48:11; Haggai 1:9; Matthew 20:10; Acts 16:13; Acts 25:18; Acts 28:6; Ephesians 3:20-21

Thursday, October 20, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo in reasonable trust:

“These men are not drunk, as you suppose. It’s only nine in the morning!”
(Acts 2:15)

Peter’s absolutely right, Jesus

Most people aren’t drunk at that hour.

Even so, it’s technically possible –

which is a favorite excuse of those who refuse to believe.

When You heal someone’s disease, they attribute it to natural causes.
When You reconcile a marriage, they praise the counselor.
When evidence mounts that You created us

they suggest life on earth was seeded by aliens.

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Psalms 19:1-4; Jeremiah 9:6; Matthew 23:37; Luke 14:16-21; John 15:22; Romans 1:18-21; 2 Corinthians 4:4