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Tuesday, January 3, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in respectful awe:

“So when we could stand it no longer, we thought it best to be left by ourselves in Athens.”
(1 Thessalonians 3:1)

Paul longed to return to the believers in Thessalonica, Jesus

but Satan blocked him.

We don’t know how or why.

But You either let it happen or caused it to happen
because Satan can thwart no plan of Yours!

Was sending Timothy in his place second best?

No.

You’re Sovereign.

That was Your plan all along.

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Genesis 15:2; Psalm 71:5; Amos 3:6; Acts 4:28; 1 Corinthians 8:6; 1 Thessalonians 2:17-20; 1 Thessalonians 3:2

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Thursday, August 4, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with over-the-top trust:

“When you come to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them to war, for I will not give you possession of any land belonging to the Ammonites. I have given it as a possession to the descendants of Lot.”
(Deuteronomy 2:19)

Lot chose for himself what he thought was the best land, Jesus

leaving Abraham second-best.

His descendants were the offspring of incestual relations with his daughters

who took advantage of him when he was drunk.

And yet…You blessed them!

How great is Your love!

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Genesis 11:27; Genesis 12:1-4; Genesis 13:5-18; Genesis 18:16-33; Genesis 19:1-38; Luke 17:20-37; 2 Peter 2:4-10

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Sunday, December 15, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo all the way to the marrow of your bones:

“I hope…”
(Philemon 1:22)

So do I, Jesus!

I have hopes very similar to Paul’s, when he wrote those words.

Like Paul, I envision being able to do some things that seem good to me

but I’m not certain they’re in Your plan.

Of course, You know what’s best.

I don’t.

What seems good to me may be bad…or second-best.
What seems bad to me may turn out to be awesome.

Help me fully, thankfully embrace whichever You choose.

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Psalms 48:14; Proverbs 5:3-4; Proverbs 14:12; Proverbs 19:20; Isaiah 48:17; 2 Corinthians 8:10; Philippians 1:9-10

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Sunday, September 3, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with utter abandon:

“The LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob…though destroyers have laid them waste…”
(Nahum 2:13)

When I’ve been laid waste, Jesus

I’m tempted to think I’m done.

Without You perhaps that would be the case.

But with You, in You, through You, because of You –
I always have another chance.

And because of Your love, mercy and might

I’m not stuck with second-best!

You have a way of blessing me infinitely beyond

my highest prayers, desires, thoughts or hopes.

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Psalms 28:2; Psalms 30:8; Psalms 57:10; Psalms 66:3; Lamentations 3:23; Lamentations 3:56; Ephesians 3:20-21