Category Archives: show me

Sunday, December 26, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning emotion:

“But you, dear friends…”
(Jude 1:20)

You’re teaching by contrast, aren’t You, Jesus?

First, You describe the behavior of those who sin against You
then You show me how someone who loves You –

and who is loved by You –

behaves.

It’s supposed to give me the incentive I need to do what’s right.

As You can tell:

It’s working! 😉

Great God in Heaven, I beg You:

May it keep working this day, the next day and the next –

all the way Home.

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1 Chronicles 4:10; Psalm 16:1; Psalm 17:8; Psalm 27:5; Psalm 31:4; Psalm 119:29; 2 Corinthians 12:7

Friday, October 1, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with no-holds-barred surrender:

“Warn them before God against quarreling about words; it is of no value…”
(2 Timothy 2:14)

Okay, Jesus.

Quarreling about words is one.

How many other things I may be doing…or Satan is tempting me to do…

are of no value?

Please show me!

How dare I squander the moments, hours and days

of this precious life You’ve given me?

May I regard my time on this earth as sacred as You do

and act accordingly.

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Genesis 4:7; Psalms 4:4; Psalms 25:20; Psalms 26:4; Matthew 6:7; Romans 6:12; Philippians 4:6-9

Friday, June 25, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with no-holds-barred surrender:

“You weep and wail because [the LORD] no longer looks with favor on your offerings or accepts them with pleasure from your hands.”
(Malachi 2:13)

When You refuse to look with favor on what I’m offering You, Jesus

I need to quit crying and start changing my ways.

Show me, LORD!

Are my tithes and offerings acceptable to You?
Are my attempts to serve You bringing You pleasure?

If not, please make it clear to me:

Where did I take a wrong turn?

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Exodus 33:13; Numbers 14:8; Deuteronomy 33:11; 1 Chronicles 29:17; Psalms 5:4; 1 Corinthians 10:5; Hebrews 10:8

Monday, June 21, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with growing understanding:

“Has not the LORD Almighty determined…”
(Habakkuk 2:13)

I can stop the sentence right there, Jesus.

You’ve determined it all.

Everything that has happened, is happening, will happen –

has been decided by You.

Obviously, I don’t know most of what You’ve got cooking

except for those things You’ve spelled out in Your Word.

So for me

following You every step of the way

is the adventure of my lifetime!

Show me what You want me know!

No more…
and no less.

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Exodus 33:18; Job 6:24; Job 13:23; Psalms 17:7; Psalms 25:4; Psalms 39:4; Jeremiah 10:23; Lamentations 3:37-38; Acts 4:28; Ephesians 3:4-6

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with explosive feeling:

“Do nothing out of…vain conceit…”
(Philippians 2:3)

It would be helpful if you would show me how I end up with such an attitude, Jesus.

Everything I am, everything I have is from You.
How could I ever arrive at the conclusion that it originates with me?

Is it the praise of others – directed to me rather than You?

If so, when that happens, I need to be extremely diligent

about deflecting the praise to You
to set the record straight.

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Psalms 44:3-7; Jeremiah 10:23; Lamentations 3:37-38; Acts 4:28; Acts 14:8-18; Acts 17:25; 1 Corinthians 8:6

Sunday, March 28, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:

“…I looked for him but did not find him.”
(Song of Songs 3:2)

Frustrating, Jesus!

When there’s somebody I need to see
somebody I want to spend time with
somebody with whom I need to talk things through 

it’s truly upsetting not to know where they are.

But I’ve got to trust You, don’t I?

to show me if I need to look harder
or if the time to find them

hasn’t yet arrived.

Maybe what I really need

is to look to You.

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1 Chronicles 16:11; Psalms 34:5; Psalms 40:4; Psalms 123:2; Isaiah 17:7-8; Isaiah 22:11; Luke 2:41-52

Tuesday, February 9, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with deep concern:

“Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed…”
(Habakkuk 2:12)

Most of us haven’t built any cities with bloodshed, Jesus.

But what’s the principle here?

You’re telling us how much You hate it

when we tear others down
to build ourselves up

when we’re so focused on our own success
that we give no thought to its impact on others.

Am I doing that anywhere in my life, Jesus?

If so, show me!

So I can stop it.

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Matthew 5:16; Matthew 5:19; Matthew 6:15; Matthew 7:12; Matthew 10:32-33; Romans 13:8; 1 Corinthians 10:24

Monday, June 29, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with total transparency:

“What I feared has come upon me…”
(Job 3:25)

Why do You allow this to happen, Jesus?

Is it because You want to show me

that because I have You
I have nothing and no one to fear?

You don’t want me to live in fear, do You?

I don’t want me to live in fear, either!

So since we’re agreed

please deliver me from all fear

except the fear of displeasing You.

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Genesis 22:12; Exodus 18:21; Psalms 2:11; Psalms 3:6; Psalms 22:23; Isaiah 41:10; I Corinthians 13:1-13; 1 John 4:18

Sunday, April 19, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with righteous determination:

“…without anger…”
(1 Timothy 2:8)

There’s righteous anger, Jesus

but that’s not what You’re talking about, is it?

You’re telling me to worship You and serve You and interact with others

free of the caustic acid of unrighteous anger.

My anger.

Where do I allow that to creep in, Holy Spirit?

Show me!

So rise up within me in Your love and power

that You enable me to totally eradicate it from my life.

In Jesus’ Name!

Amen.

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Genesis 4:6-8; Exodus 11:18; Judges 14:19; 2 Samuel 12:5; Mark 3:5; Ephesians 4:26-27; James 1:19-21

Saturday, April 18, 2020

 

Hold nothing back, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“But many of the older priests and Levites and family heads…”
(Ezra 3:12)

The world doesn’t look the same to all of us, does it, Jesus?

My age and level of responsibility
significantly affect how I see what’s happening.

There’s a danger with that, isn’t there?

At each stage of life I’m tempted
to think my perspective is superior to others’.

In some instances, that may be true.

But show me how much of the time
it’s nothing but self-centered delusion.

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Leviticus 19:32; Job 12:12; Job 32:9; Proverbs 17:6; Proverbs 30:17; Titus 2:15; 1 Timothy 4:12