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Tuesday, April 21, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with never-say-die grit:

“If we endure…”
(2 Timothy 2:12)

That’s one big “if,” isn’t it, Jesus?

It’s one thing to start strong.
I’ve done that plenty of times.

But it’s another thing entirely to keep going through the slog of the middle

all the way to the finish line.

The initial burst of excitement wanes.
There’s pushback…there are setbacks.
My run slows to a walk…a trudge…a crawl.

I’ve started far more times than I’ve finished.

But by Your grace
not this time.

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1 Samuel 13:14; 2 Samuel 7:16; 1 Chronicles 16:34; Psalms 19:9; Psalms 69:7; John 6:27; Romans 15:4

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Friday, January 10, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your being:

“…to escape the clutches of ruin!”
(Habakkuk 2:9)

That’s certainly what I desire, Jesus!

Disappointments, losses, hard times and setbacks are one thing.
Ruin…hangs around a little longer.

However: Anyone who foolishly attempts to escape the clutches of ruin in their own strength

is cursed, marked, doomed to failure –

not only on this earth
but eternally.

There is only one way to escape the clutches of utter, total, permanent ruin:

Trust in You.
Trust in You.
Trust in You.

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Genesis 3:17; Genesis 9:25; Leviticus 20:9; 1 Chronicles 16:11; Psalms 34:4-5; Psalms 123:2; Galatians 3:13

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Thursday, September 20, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with over-the-top trust:

“God…led you in the way…”
(Jeremiah 2:17)

I spend a lot of time begging You to lead me, Jesus

while wondering how I got where I am.

Maybe because things didn’t turn out the way I had hoped.

Maybe because of the challenges I face every day.

I think to myself, “Did I miss Your voice, LORD?”

But when I get far enough out and look back
I realize with amazement:

You led me every step of the way.

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Nehemiah 9:12; Psalms 37:23-24; Psalms 43:3; Psalms 77:20; Psalms 119:105; Acts 17:24-28; Romans 8:29-30; Ephesians 1:5-11