Category Archives: opportunity

Thursday, January 19, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with over-the-top trust:

“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”
(1 Peter 2:10)

You blessed Your people, Jesus!

But You didn’t bless them
just to be blessing them.

You blessed them
to be a blessing.

May I never forget:

Every blessing I receive from You
creates an opportunity to be Your blessing
to somebody else!

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Genesis 12:2; Psalm 3:8; Psalm 37:26; Psalm 128:4; Romans 15:27; 1 Corinthians 9:23; Galatians 3:14

Thursday, December 1, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in devoted passion:

“Let everyone call urgently on God.”
(Jonah 3:8)

When do I pray like this, Jesus?

When do ask everyone I know to pray like this?

Sometime it’s when there’s an opportunity to do something great.

But most of the time
it’s when I’ve run out of options
and disaster is imminent.

Is that happening anywhere in my life right now?

Anywhere in the lives of others?

Always.

Time for me – for all of us – to call urgently on You!

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Psalm 17:6; Psalm 120:1; Romans 10:12; 1 Corinthians 1:2; 2 Corinthians 8:4; 2 Timothy 2:22; Titus 3:14

Saturday, July 17, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in peace-filled trust:

“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves…”
(Philippians 2:3)

This is so opposite of the world I live in, Jesus.

What an opportunity in this darkness
to allow Your Light to shine!

It begins with total trust in You, doesn’t it?

If I know You’re taking care of me every step of the way
I’m freed from thinking about myself all the time

and able to focus on blessing others.

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Psalms 45:4; Proverbs 11:2; Proverbs 15:33; Proverbs 22:4; Zephaniah 2:3; Colossians 2:18; James 3:13

Friday, June 12, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul:

“We who are Jews by birth…”
(Galatians 2:15)

Paul had that honored standing, Jesus.

But those who don’t have hope!

You’ve offered all who are not Jews by birth

the opportunity to become Jews

by rebirth.

In fact, every Jew by birth who desires to make heaven his home

has to become one by rebirth!

That’s hard for a natural-born Jew to accept, Jesus –

until she gratefully acknowledges You as her promised Messiah
in prophetic fulfillment of her Jewish heritage.

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Romans 11:1-2; Romans 11:7-8; Romans 11:11-12; Romans 11:17-21; Romans 11:28-32; Galatians 3:7-9; Galatians 3:26-29

Saturday, March 17, 2018

 

Hold nothing back, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“They will occupy the fields…”
(Obadiah 1:19)

That’s quite a promise, Jesus

or, depending on my perspective

quite a curse.

It’s stunning…humbling…to learn that You’ve given me someone else’s possessions

also stunning…humbling…to think You might give mine to someone else.

That goes for opportunities too, doesn’t it?

When You call me to do something
how many others first turned You down?

If I fail to obey Your calling
who will You raise up instead, to take my place?

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Exodus 4:11-14; 1 Kings 20:35-37; Isaiah 41:9; Isaiah 50:2; Isaiah 65:12; Jeremiah 7:13; Jeremiah 35:17; Acts 1:15-26

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

 

 Pray this Lazaroo overcome with gratitude: 

“Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”
(1 Corinthians 1:31)

Good advice, Jesus –

because everything I have comes from You.

Everything I’ve accomplished has been made possible by You:

You’re the one who breathed in me the breath of life.
Every skill, talent and ability I possess is a gift from You.

When an opportunity arises, You’re the one who creates it.

When the time is right to seize it
You, Holy Spirit, are the one who gives me the nudge.

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Genesis 2:7; Deuteronomy 31:8; 1 Chronicles 29:14; Psalms 31:15; Isaiah 26:12; John 17:7; James 1:17