Category Archives: success

Monday, October 4, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with total transparency:

“What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What prospects, that I should be patient? Do I have the strength of stone? Is my flesh bronze? Do I have any power to help myself, now that success has been driven from me?”
(Job 6:11-13)

Thank You for sharing Job’s words, Jesus!

Knowing how You blessed him after all this
and how beautifully his life turned out

it sure helps me
when I’m able to identify with his discouraged words!

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Deuteronomy 1:21; Joshua 8:1; 1 Chronicles 28:20; Romans 15:4-5; Ephesians 3:13; 1 Thessalonians 5:11; 2 Timothy 4:2

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

Saturday, January 11, 2020

 

Hold nothing back, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land…”
(Zephaniah 2:3)

That’s what kind of person seeks You, isn’t it, Jesus?

The humble.

Proud people don’t look to You for strength, protection, success.

They think they’ve got everything they need
right there in themselves.

One reason they believe that is because of the strength, protection and success they’ve already enjoyed.

They never stop to ask: “Where did all these blessings come from?”

May I never fail to seek You.

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Deuteronomy 4:29; 1 Chronicles 16:10; Psalms 22:26; Psalms 34:10; Isaiah 55:6; Luke 14:11; James 4:6

Sunday, July 14, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning zeal:

“None of the rulers of this age understood it…”
(1 Corinthians 2:8)

What a good thing to keep in mind, Jesus.

Just because somebody has risen to power
doesn’t mean they can grasp Your wisdom.

Just because a person is wealthy
doesn’t mean they can successfully advise me.

Just because someone is popular
doesn’t mean I should follow in their footsteps.

The poorest, least powerful, least-liked person among us

can accomplish great things
with eyes fixed on You.

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Psalms 49:16-20; Proverbs 18:11;Ecclesiastes 4:13; Isaiah 14:30; Jeremiah 52:16; Jeremiah 52:24-27; 1 Corinthians 2:7

Thursday, August 18, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo in utter trust:

“They followed and worshiped various gods of the peoples around them.”
(Judges 2:12)

That’s the danger of hanging around the wrong people, isn’t it, Jesus?

That the gods they worship –

success, fame, money
sex, drugs, alcohol
sport, entertainment, popularity –

might entice me to follow them, rather than You.

Fool move?

Yup.

Their gods are no gods at all.

But the more time I spend in their world of smoke and mirrors

the deeper I sink into the quicksand of their lies.

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Deuteronomy 4:15-19; Deuteronomy 4:28; Deuteronomy 7:1-6; Acts 19:26; 1 Corinthians 15:33; 2 Corinthians 6:14-17; Galatians 5:9