Category Archives: way

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

 

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

“…show that they can be fully trusted, so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive.”
(Titus 2:10)

That’s extra incentive to live the way you had in mind

when You gave Your life for me on the cross, Jesus!

Not only to please You

but also to inspire others to believe in You
and give their lives to You.

So now the question:

Am I living in every way to make the teaching about You attractive?

If not, please show me!
So I can correct it.
Now.

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Leviticus 19:5; Psalm 69:30-32; 1 Corinthians 7:32; 1 Corinthians 9:24; Colossians 1:20; 1 Timothy 6:19; 1 Peter 2:24

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo in holy fear:

“’I see a flying scroll, twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.’ And he said to me, ‘This is the curse that is going out over the whole land; for according to what it says on one side, every thief will be banished, and according to what it says on the other, everyone who swears falsely will be banished.’”
(Zechariah 5:2-3)

What a dramatic way to reveal this timeless truth, Jesus:

You hate thievery and lying.

Therefore, those who engage in those behaviors

will be banished from Your Presence.

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Exodus 20:15-16; Psalm 5:10; Psalm 63:11; Jeremiah 8:3; Zechariah 5:1-2; John 10:10; Revelation 21:8

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Pray this Lazaroo in fervency of spirit:

“If thieves came to you, if robbers in the night—oh, what a disaster awaits you!—would they not steal only as much as they wanted?”
(Obadiah 1:5)

What a scary warning, Jesus!

Those who blatantly ignore Your love, goodness and mercy
will receive punishment beyond the norm.

Is there any way, shape or form in which I have committed this grievous sin?

If so, please forgive me!
In Your Might, help me turn around!

out of love and gratitude
not only from fear of punishment.

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Numbers 26:10; Ecclesiastes 4:13; Isaiah 8:11; Isaiah 8:16; Isaiah 8:20; Jeremiah 6:8; 2 Corinthians 6:14

Friday, January 26, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul:

“The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise. For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on the promise; but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise.”
(Galatians 3:17-18)

You keep Your promises, Jesus –

no matter what happens in the meantime
no matter how long I have to wait.

Help me not to miss it!

when You keep Your promise
in a way and time I didn’t expect.

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Numbers 23:19; Joshua 23:10; Joshua 23:14; 2 Kings 5:8-13; Isaiah 55:8-13; Ezekiel 18:25; 2 Peter 3:9

Monday, January 8, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unshakable belief:

“I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come,” says the Lord Almighty.”
(Malachi 3:1)

All those years, decades, centuries and millennia of waiting, Jesus

and then suddenly!
it happened.

May I never become impatient with Your timing.

I know.

Easier prayer to pray
than in faith to obey.

But this I also know:

You always do what’s best.

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Numbers 14:18; Deuteronomy 7:10; Nahum 1:3; Psalm 31:15; Isaiah 55:8-9; Isaiah 64:5; 2 Peter 3:8-9

Tuesday, December 12, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with bottomless trust:

“…the way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble. My son, pay attention to what I say; turn your ear to my words. Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart; for they are life to those who find them and health to one’s whole body.”
(Proverbs 4:19-22)

What a contrast, Jesus!

I get to choose:

be clueless about what caused
my last face plant

or live an overcoming life
in the Light of Your Word.

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Leviticus 26:37; Psalm 9:3; Psalm 17:5; Psalm 27:2; Psalm 37:24; Proverbs 4:12; James 2:10

Sunday, November 5, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:

“Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called them, and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.”
(Matthew 4:21-22)

That’s who I want to be, Jesus!

Every time You call

I want to be willing to drop what I’m doing –

no matter who I’m doing it with –

and follow You every step of the way!

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Genesis 22:11; Exodus 3:4; 1 Samuel 3:10; Matthew 19:27; Luke 5:28; Acts 9:1-22; 1 Corinthians 7:20

Friday, November 3, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in humble gratitude.

“I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple…”
(Malachi 3:1)

You told us the name of that messenger, Jesus:

John the Baptist.

You Yourself are the Lord they were seeking who came to Your temple.

Though You came to Your own
they didn’t believe in You.

But there were some who believed in You.

To this day, all who do
have become Yours –

heart, mind, body and soul.

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Malachi 4:5-6; Matthew 3:1; Matthew 11:11; Matthew 17:12-13; John 1:11-13; Acts 4:11; 1 Peter 2:7

Thursday, September 28, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with determination:

“In the same way, deacons are to be worthy of respect, sincere, not indulging in much wine, and not pursuing dishonest gain. They must keep hold of the deep truths of the faith with a clear conscience. They must first be tested; and then if there is nothing against them, let them serve as deacons.”
(1 Timothy 3:8-10)

All these things really matter to You, don’t they, Jesus?

That’s why they matter to me.

May I live out each day
the holy life to which I’m called!

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1 Kings 1:52; Jeremiah 15:19; Matthew 3:11; Matthew 10:38; Acts 5:41; Ephesians 4:1; Philippians 1:27

Tuesday, August 29, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with bottomless trust:

“I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me.”
(Malachi 3:1)

You gave this revelation to Malachi, Jesus –

more than 400 years before it was fulfilled
in your cousin John the Baptist.

Your Way. Your Time.

Always perfect.

My way. My time.

Usually flawed!

May I always remember how much You know

and how little I know

how much You see
how little I see.

So when You do it differently than I would

on a different schedule

Help me trust You

completely.

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Psalm 31:15; Psalm 39:1; Psalm 81:13; Psalm 95:10; Psalm 119:5; Psalm 119:59; Isaiah 55:8-11; Hebrews 3:10