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Thursday, May 11, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with undiluted sincerity:

“Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, ‘children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.’”
(Philippians 2:14-15)

There’s a payoff for doing life Your way, Jesus!

There’s always a payoff.
A very good payoff.

It seldom happens when or how or where I imagined it would

but when it does, I’m blown away.

Still the greatest payoff of all for doing things Your way

is the certain knowledge that I’m putting a smile on Your face.

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1 Chronicles 29:17; Ezra 6:10; Psalm 5:4; Ecclesiastes 2:26; Ecclesiastes 7:26; Romans 12:1; Colossians 1:10

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Friday, June 24, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with true understanding:

“In your teaching show…seriousness…”
(Titus 2:7)

Yes, Jesus! Absolutely.

A good bit of teaching Your Word has to show seriousness.

This isn’t just life or death.
It’s eternal life or death!

The reality of heaven and hell is as serious as it gets.

But a teacher can use serious humor to make a point
as You did so many times in Your teaching.

A sourpuss who can’t crack a smile
and who has no sense of humor

will find it very hard
to hold their listeners’ attention.

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Genesis 21:6; Job 8:21; Psalm 126:2; Proverbs 17:22; Ecclesiastes 3:1-4; Matthew 7:1-6; Matthew 19:24

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Thursday, August 5, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with deep satisfaction:

“To the person who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God.”
(Ecclesiastes 2:25)

What a relief this is, Jesus!

When I see evil people prospering, I can smile.

It doesn’t need to bother me.

They’re not getting away with anything.

They’re simply piling it up for those who – like I –
are determined to please You.

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Proverbs 15:8; Ecclesiastes 7:26; Isaiah 56:4-5; John 8:29; Ephesians 5:10; Colossians 3:20; 1 Timothy 2:1-4; 1 John 3:21-22

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Sunday, October 2, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo in dawning awareness:

“…the house of Esau will be stubble…”
(Obadiah 1:18)

Hard words, Jesus

though no less true.

I prefer soft words, myself

saying them and hearing them.

Sadly, soft words are often ignored.

I use them with others
others use them with me

to which we nod, smile, wave an acknowledgment…

and keep right on doing what we’re doing.

Hard words pack a punch because they carry a threat.

Y’know…I think I’d rather learn how to respond
to soft words.

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Exodus 32:14; Joshua 23:15; Nehemiah 4:9; Isaiah 40:2; Isaiah 63:15; Ezekiel 6:10; Luke 1:78