Category Archives: teacher

Monday, April 29, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo with discerning wisdom:

“I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray. As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you.”
(1 John 2:26-27)

It would be so easy to take this out of context, Jesus!

True, Your Holy Spirit is my teacher.

But John is warning them not to listen
to those trying to lead them astray.

The gift of teaching Your Word accurately

is still in effect today

and is needed more than ever!

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Psalm 25:4; Psalm 86:11; Luke 12:12; John 14:26; Acts 2:42; Acts 18:11; Romans 12:7; Hebrews 5:12

Saturday, November 11, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with an eagerly waiting heart:

“‘The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.’ ‘How can this be?’ Nicodemus asked. ‘You are Israel’s teacher,’ said Jesus, ‘and do you not understand these things?’”
(John 3:8-10)

So much of Your Word, Jesus

I cannot understand on my own.

Teach me, Holy Spirit!

I long to see through Your eyes
and hear with ears You’ve opened!

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2 Kings 6:20; Psalm 119:18; Luke 24:27; Luke 24:30-32; Luke 24:45; John 14:26; John 15:26

Friday, August 11, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul:

“If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take them into your house or welcome them.”
(2 John 1:10)

This sounds rude, Jesus…

but it isn’t.
It’s life-saving.

I shouldn’t welcome a child-molester into a home with small children, either.

As bad as that would be
a spirit-molester would be infinitely worse.

When a heretical teacher leads people astray

it’s not just life and death that are at stake.
The stakes are eternal life and death.

Heaven…and hell.

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Leviticus 18:5; Leviticus 19:31; Deuteronomy 32:47; Nehemiah 9:29; Psalm 19:7-11; Psalm 119:93; Romans 10:5

Thursday, April 27, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with over-the-top trust:

“Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. He came to Jesus at night and said, ‘Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.’”
(John 3:1-2)

What courage this man exhibited, Jesus –

willing to stand against all his peers
because he could see what You were doing.

May I be courageous, LORD

even when I don’t see.

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Matthew 21:22; John 1:50; John 3:12; John 20:29; Hebrews 11:1; Hebrews 11:6; 1 John 4:20

Monday, August 29, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with total transparency:

“In your teaching show…soundness of speech…”
(Titus 2:7-8)

You’re not talking about the rules of grammar, are You, Jesus?

You’re telling me not to present speculation as fact.
You’re telling me to be kind toward others.
You’re telling me to speak with humility.
You’re telling me to stick to the truth.

I may not be the best speaker in the world.

What I have to say may not always be interesting.

But with Your help
I can do that.

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1 Samuel 30:24; Ecclesiastes 5:6; 1 Corinthians 1:10; Ephesians 4:29; Colossians 4:6; 1 Thessalonians 5:14; 1 Timothy 5:13

Thursday, June 2, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with humility:

“…if you rely on the law and boast in God; if you know his will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law; if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in the dark, an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of little children…”
(Romans 2:17-20)

You’re kind of hard on those of us who think we’re “all that,” aren’t You, Jesus?

as well You should be.

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Leviticus 26:19; 2 Kings 19:22; 2 Chronicles 26:16; 2 Chronicles 32:26; Psalm 10:4; Romans 11:13; 2 Corinthians 5:12

Tuesday, April 19, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with white-hot fervor:

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

There are a lot of ways to teach, Jesus

even if I don’t consider myself to be a teacher.

The most powerful is by my example, isn’t it?

May everyone who watches my life be able to see that

I live for You
I live according to Your Word
I long to be a true blessing to others
I do not turn from Your Word to the right or to the left.

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Deuteronomy 5:32; Joshua 1:7; 1 Samuel 12:3-4; 2 Kings 22:2; Proverbs 10:9; Isaiah 8:20; 2 Corinthians 1:12

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with pedal-to-the-metal commitment:

“So, as the Holy Spirit says: ‘Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts…’”
(Hebrews 3:7-8)

That’s a big “if,” Jesus.

Most people haven’t heard Your voice.

Except…if I’ve read the Bible

or heard a preacher or teacher proclaiming Your Word

I guess I have heard from You.

So I’m not off the hook, am I?

Looks like I’d better not harden my heart. Smile

O God!

Help me make my heart totally responsive to You!

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Exodus 4:21; Joshua 11:20; Proverbs 28:14; Isaiah 63:17; Mark 6:52; Romans 11:25; Hebrews 3:13

Friday, October 18, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with deep reverence:

“…these teachers will exploit you…”
(2 Peter 2:3)

That’s not what they’re supposed to do, Jesus

not even teachers who don’t know You
let alone those who claim they do.

Teachers are supposed to dispense information

at the very least enable us to regurgitate it
at best…equip us to lead better, more productive lives

maybe even Godly lives.

So when a teacher sells out to exploit their students?

My guess is:

In Your perfect way and time
You’ll step in.

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Psalms 119:99; Matthew 5:20; Matthew 7:29; Matthew 9:3; Mark 8:31; Luke 23:10; 1 Timothy 1:3

Friday, October 4, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in head-shaking amazement:

“…a teacher of the true faith to the Gentiles.”
(1 Timothy 2:7)

We’re talking nothing short of a miracle, Jesus!

…that You called Paul, a passionate, Gentile-despising Jew
to be the apostle to the Gentiles.

When Paul announced to his people that You had sent him to the Gentiles

they immediately tried to kill him.

But today, Gentile believers passionately love and support the Jews

and demand that their leaders defend Israel
against all who want to annihilate them.

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Esther 3:13; Esther 8:11; Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 49:6; Acts 9:15; Acts 11:18; Acts 22:21-22