Category Archives: Reminder

Friday, April 19, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo in humble adoration:

“I pray that your partnership with us in the faith may be effective…”
(Philemon 1:6)

What an insight, Jesus.

I tend to think of faith as something totally personal
isolated from others.

But you’re showing me that it can be a partnership

with those who have put their trust in You!

Thank You, too, for the reminder

that my faith doesn’t exist merely for itself.

It has a purpose.

May You fulfill every purpose of Yours through us

as I partner with others in the faith!

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Proverbs 2:16-17; Malachi 2:14; 2 Corinthians 1:1; 2 Corinthians 8:23; Philippians 1:1; Philippians 1:5; 1 Peter 3:7

Tuesday, April 2, 2024

 

See it clearly, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“…they all came and urged David to eat something while it was still day; but David took an oath, saying, ‘May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!’ All the people took note and were pleased; indeed, everything the king did pleased them.”
(2 Samuel 3:35-36)

To be popular with the majority of people, Jesus?

Sure.
Sometimes.

But for everything David did to please them?

Only You.

That’s a good reminder:

My approval rating lies with You.

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Ezekiel 2:6; 1 Samuel 2:26; Psalm 49:18-19; Matthew 5:11-12; Matthew 10:25; Luke 2:52; Luke 6:26

Thursday, December 14, 2023

 

Admit it – as you pray this Lazaroo:

“…if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.”
(Ecclesiastes 4:11-12)

One more strong reminder, Jesus:

No matter how self-sufficient I feel
I’m not going to do as well all by myself.

No matter how antisocial my personality
sooner or later I’m gonna need somebody.

Please lead me to the right somebody.

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Exodus 18:14; Ecclesiastes 4:8; Isaiah 49:21; John 16:32; 1 Timothy 5:5; 2 Timothy 2:2; Hebrews 11:40

Sunday, April 30, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning zeal:

“Joshua set up the twelve stones that had been in the middle of the Jordan at the spot where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant had stood. And they are there to this day.”
(Joshua 4:9)

What an awesome reminder of that miracle, Jesus!

We need reminders.

Because too often
we forget.

That usually happens

when we ask You for something that isn’t best
and don’t get it.

Maybe I need to set up some physical reminders

of the things You’ve done for me!

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Exodus 13:9; Numbers 16:39-40; Ezekiel 29:16; John 14:26; Romans 15:15; 1 Corinthians 4:17; 2 Peter 3:1

Thursday, February 23, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with over-the-top trust:

“So the Israelites did as Joshua commanded them. They took twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites, as the Lord had told Joshua; and they carried them over with them to their camp, where they put them down.”
(Joshua 4:8)

What a powerful symbol and reminder of Your miracle, Jesus!

But there was something even more important that happened on that day:

They did exactly what You told them to do.

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Leviticus 26:2-4; 1 Samuel 15:22; Psalm 51:16-17; Psalm 103:17-18; Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 16:4; Romans 6:17

Wednesday, July 6, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in stunned recognition:

“…no lie comes from the truth.”
(1 John 2:21)

What a powerful reminder, Jesus!

Every lie comes from the pits of hell

from the father of lies:

Satan.

If I tell a lie, that’s where I went to get it.

That’s who I consorted with to produce it.

If someone else lies to me, they pulled it right out of the flames.

They buddied up with Satan – if only a moment –

to receive it from his dirty, filthy, deceiving

smelly, evil hands.

Kinda makes me wanna stick to the truth.

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Psalm 116:11; Proverbs 17:4; Proverbs 19:22; John 8:41-47; 1 John 2:22; 1 John 4:20; 1 John 5:10

Saturday, June 18, 2022

 

Hold nothing back, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope…”
(2 Thessalonians 2:16)

What a reminder, Jesus!

There’s more than one kind of hope.

There’s hope

bad hope

and good hope.

Some things I hope for are just “hope.”

They’re fine…but they don’t really make anything better.

Other things I hope for are “bad hope.”

If I get them, they’ll end up hurting me.

But You Are the Giver of Good Hope!

which is –

all good!

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Psalm 9:18; Psalm 25:3; Psalm 25:5; Psalm 25:21; Matthew 12:21; Acts 2:26; Romans 4:18

Friday, January 28, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul:

“The war between the house of Saul and the house of David lasted a long time. David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker. During the war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner had been strengthening his own position in the house of Saul.”
(2 Samuel 3:1,6)

Thank You for this reminder, Jesus!

Even while I’m enjoying Your favor
the enemy of my soul is plotting his next attack.

Keep me ever vigilant!

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1 Samuel 19:2; Malachi 2:15-16; Matthew 10:17; Matthew 16:6; Luke 12:15; Colossians 4:2; 2 Timothy 4:15

Saturday, May 22, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with dogged determination:

“Keep reminding them of these things.”
(2 Timothy 2:14)

Nobody likes to be harassed, Jesus.

However, everybody appreciates a reminder
of something important to them

that they are about to forget.

But what about those things that are far more important

to You, to Your kingdom and to us
than we realize?

Those are the reminders I may not appreciate

but most urgently require.

Don’t let me ignore them, LORD!

Please make me sensitive to even Your softest whisper!

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1 Kings 19:11-13; Job 26:14; Matthew 10:27; John 14:26; Romans 15:15; 1 Corinthians 4:17; 2 Peter 1:12

Sunday, April 25, 2021


Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:

“If someone brings a lamb as their sin offering, they are to bring a female without defect. They are to lay their hand on its head and slaughter it for a sin offering at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered.”
(Leviticus 4:32-33)

What an awful and powerful reminder

of the seriousness of my sin, Jesus!

That an innocent little lamb had to die because of what I did!

Especially because I don’t have to sin.

Great God Almighty!

Help me stop it!

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Matthew 6:13; Matthew 26:41; Luke 22:40; 1 Corinthians 10:13; Galatians 6:1; 1 Timothy 6:9; James 1:13