Category Archives: trusting God

Thursday, November 3, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo bursting with confidence:

“When Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became angry and was greatly incensed. He ridiculed the Jews, and in the presence of his associates and the army of Samaria, he said, ‘What are those feeble Jews doing’”
(Nehemiah 4:1-2)

To my enemies, Jesus

I may look feeble.

But if my enemies are Your enemies

my enemies are underestimating what You’re able to do

through one of Your feeble followers
who puts all my trust in You.

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Exodus 15:2; Psalm 38:8; Psalm 118:14; Isaiah 35:3; Zehariah 12:8; 2 Corinthians 12:10; Hebrews 12:2

Wednesday, August 10, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with earnest desire:

“…Ruth stayed close to the women of Boaz to glean until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.”
(Ruth 2:23)

This wasn’t the life Ruth thought You were going to give her, Jesus

but trusting You, she embraced it anyway –

and oh, the reward that was finally hers!

Help me follow her example

believing with everything in me that in Your way and time

every promise You’ve made to me
will come true.

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Joshua 23:14; Psalm 33:4; Isaiah 49:7; Joel 2:23; 1 Corinthians 1:9; 1 Corinthians 4:17; 1 Thessalonians 5:24

Thursday, October 1, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo in simple trust:

“…perhaps you will be sheltered…”
(Zephaniah 2:3)

As promises go, Jesus

this one leaves more than a little to be desired!

I like the definite promises that begin with words like, “You will!

Those that begin with the word, “perhaps” scare me.

What if I do everything You command

but don’t get what I want?

Oh.

You’re teaching me humility, aren’t You?
You’re also teaching me obedience for its own reward

while leaving the results
in Your loving hands.

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1 Samuel 15:22; Isaiah 49:4; Matthew 5:12; Luke 6:23; Luke 6:35; 1 Corinthians 9:18; Revelation 22:12

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo in holy fear:

“…without…disputing.”
(1 Timothy 2:8)

You’re not commanding Your Church to be only “yes people,” Jesus.

We’re allowed to disagree, to share alternative views
so long as they’re based on Your Word
and not mere opinion.

But what You forbid is disputing – argumentative disagreement –

the kind that is disrespectful, disruptive, disorderly.

Disputing destroys the unity of Your Church
which is so crucial to Your mission!

Show me how to respectfully offer a different view

while trusting You for the outcome.

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Genesis 26:20; Exodus 18:16; Deuteronomy 1:12; Deuteronomy 25:1; Proverbs 17:14; Proverbs 18:19; Luke 22:24; Acts 15:2

Monday, January 6, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with bulldog faith:

“…the exiles from Jerusalem…”
(Obadiah 1:20)

Exiles come from a lot of places, Jesus…

but none more holy than Jerusalem.

To not be permitted to return to this blessed land

had to leave an incurable ache in the heart of each exile.

Some of us who can’t go there aren’t exiles.

We just don’t have the money to afford the trip.

Others of us long to go

and are simply trusting You to provide the way

in Your time.

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Ezra 6:16; Ezra 9:4; Psalms 31:15; Psalms 137:1-8; Psalms 147:2; Isaiah 45:13; John 7:30

Thursday, June 13, 2019

 

Sell out totally to God as you pray this Lazaroo:

“All my enemies…rejoice at what you have done.”
(Lamentations 1:21)

Wow. Not only am I suffering at Your hands, Jesus

but those who hate me are jumping up and down with glee.

I could throw a fit. Give up. Quit.

Tempting.

But no.
You deserve better.

So I’ll humble myself, attempt to understand why You’re doing this

learn from it, take my lumps
trusting You in Your mercy to do something through me

that makes my enemies stop laughing.

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1 Samuel 2:1; 2 Samuel 5:20; 2 Samuel 22:4; 2 Samuel 22:49; Psalms 3:7; Psalms 7:6; 2 Corinthians 2:14