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Pastor Stephen Schwambach
Pray this Lazaroo with Holy Spirit confidence:
“The Lord, the God of Israel, commands you: ‘Go, take with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun and lead them up to Mount Tabor. I will lead Sisera, the commander of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his troops to the Kishon River and give him into your hands.’”(Judges 4:6-7)
If it had been anyone else, Jesus
Barak might have responded:
“Yeah, right.”
But this was the prophet Deborah, Your chosen leader of Israel!
She spoke Your words, not her own.
Like You –
I’d be wise to do the same.
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Exodus 7:17; Judges 4:4; Isaiah 8:20; Zechariah 1:16; John 7:16; John 14:24; 2 Peter 1:21; 2 Peter 3:16
The post Lazaroo – Monday, September 11, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in total repentance:
“Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin. As it is written: ‘There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God. All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.’”(Romans 3:9-12)
This breaks my heart, Jesus!
I know it breaks Yours.
Somehow, someway…
through the infilling power of Your Holy Spirit
may this no longer be true of me.
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Exodus 32:7; Deuteronomy 9:12; Job 8:4; Romans 1:24-28; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:23; James 3:2
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, September 10, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo humbled with gratitude:
“…as soon as all of them had crossed, the ark of the Lord and the priests came to the other side while the people watched. That day the Lord exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they stood in awe of him all the days of his life, just as they had stood in awe of Moses.”(Joshua 4:11, 14)
When You give me a job, Jesus
You grant me the power – and when necessary –
the respect from others
required to achieve it.
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Genesis 41:40; Leviticus 19:3; 1 Samuel 12:18; 1 Kings 3:28; 2 Kings 1:13; Romans 13:7; Ephesians 5:33…
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, September 9, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in deepest gratitude:
“…he went with them into the temple courts, walking and jumping, and praising God. When all the people saw him walking and praising God, they recognized him as the same man who used to sit begging at the temple gate called Beautiful, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.”(Acts 3:8-10)
As You perform most of my miracles Jesus –
You remain unseen.
But every once in a while
You display Your power in a way
that even doubters cannot deny!
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1 Chronicles 16:12; Nehemiah 9:17; Job 5:9; Psalm 77:11; Matthew 11:20-23; Acts 4:13-16; Galatians 3:5; James 1:17
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Pray this Lazaroo in no-matter-what trust:
“…the livestock and the plunder from the towns we had captured we carried off for ourselves. From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the gorge, even as far as Gilead, not one town was too strong for us. The Lord our God gave us all of them.”(Deuteronomy 2:35-36)
Thank You for giving us seasons like this Jesus!
Please help us remember them
when You lead us through the dark valleys of loss.
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Job 2:9-10; Psalm 23:1-6; Psalms 31:15; Psalm 34:1; Ecclesiastes 11:7-10; Isaiah 45:7; 2 Corinthians 9:8
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, September 7, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in steadfast faith:
“Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’”(John 3:5-7)
I can do all the good within my power to do, Jesus
but I can’t save myself.
I’m looking to You alone to save me
as I trust in Your death, burial and resurrection.
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Isaiah 53:3-5; Romans 4:25; Romans 8:23; 1 Corinthians 2:7; 1 Corinthians 15:1-8; Galatians 1:3-5; Hebrews 7:16
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, September 6, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in deep respect:
“The Lord said to Moses, ‘Say to the Israelites: “Any man or woman who wrongs another in any way and so is unfaithful to the Lord is guilty and must confess the sin they have committed. They must make full restitution for the wrong they have done, add a fifth of the value to it and give it all to the person they have wronged.”’”(Numbers 5:5-7)
I’ve gotta believe, Jesus…
if we followed Your rule today
a lot fewer of us
would choose to wrong another.
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Job 31:3; Psalm 5:5; Proverbs 28:21; Ecclesiastes 8:11; Romans 13:3-4; 1 Corinthians 6:8; 1 Peter 2:13-15…
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, September 5, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with unshakable belief:
“Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, ‘Glory to God in the highest heaven and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests’…the shepherds said to one another, ‘Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.’”(Luke 2:13-15)
Oh, to have been there in that stunning moment, Jesus –
when the heavens opened!
But the Day is coming
when You will show me far more than that.
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Psalm 103:20; Zechariah 12:10; 2 Corinthians 12:2-4; 1 Thessalonians 4:17; 1 John 3:2; Revelation 7:1; Revelation 7:11
The post Lazaroo – Monday, September 4, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:
“The fire on the altar must be kept burning; it must not go out. Every morning the priest is to add firewood and arrange the burnt offering on the fire and burn the fat of the fellowship offerings on it. The fire must be kept burning on the altar continuously; it must not go out.”(Leviticus 6:12-13)
Why was it so important to You that the fire didn’t go out, Jesus?
Was it because You want the fire You’ve lit in my heart
to keep burning ever hotter until You call me home?
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Job 18:5; Jeremiah 20:9; Zechariah 3:2; Matthew 10:22; Matthew 24:13; Mark 13:13; 1 Corinthians 1:8
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, September 3, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in stunned recognition:
“…he had healed many, so that those with diseases were pushing forward to touch him. Whenever the impure spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, ‘You are the Son of God.’ But he gave them strict orders not to tell others about him.”(Mark 3:10-12)
It’s so sad, Jesus
that demons can recognize who You Are
but millions of people cannot.
Clearly, only those whom the Father draws to You
will ever bow at Your feet.
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Jeremiah 1:5; John 6:44; John 10:14; Romans 8:29-30; Romans 9:16; Ephesians 1:5; Ephesians 1:11
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, September 2, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with wholehearted adoration:
“Moses and Aaron brought together all the elders of the Israelites, and Aaron told them everything the Lord had said to Moses. He also performed the signs before the people, and they believed. And when they heard that the Lord was concerned about them and had seen their misery, they bowed down and worshiped.”(Exodus 4:29-31)
I bow down and worship You too, Jesus!
When I’m in misery, You see it.
You’re concerned about me.
And You have the loving power to do something about it.
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Genesis 16:11; Genesis 29:32; Exodus 3:7; Exodus 3:17; Psalm 56:8; Hosea 5:15; 1 Peter 5:7
The post Lazaroo – Friday, September 1, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with pure devotion:
“As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. ‘Come, follow me,’ Jesus said, ‘and I will send you out to fish for people.’ At once they left their nets and followed him.”(Matthew 4:18-20)
When You call me, Jesus
I want to do what Peter and Andrew did when You called them:
Leave whatever I’m doing
and come running.
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Isaiah 22:12; Isaiah 41:9; Isaiah 42:6; John 1:48; 1 Corinthians 1:9; Ephesians 1:18; 1 Peter 2:9…
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, August 31, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in deeper understanding:
“Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord. And Abel also brought an offering—fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering, but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry…”(Genesis 4:3-5)
When You correct me, Jesus
may I never react defensively.
Help me respond with a humble, passionate desire
to please You in everything I think, say and do.
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Psalm 69:30-31; Proverbs 20:23; Proverbs 21:1; 1 Corinthians 7:32; 2 Corinthians 5:9; Colossians 1:10; 1 Timothy 2:1-4…
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, August 30, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
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…
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, August 29, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with unshakable belief:
“‘What are you, mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground. Then he will bring out the capstone to shouts of “God bless it! God bless it!’” Then the word of the Lord came to me: “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this temple; his hands will also complete it.”’”(Zechariah 4:7-9)
No one can
turn the tables
flip the script
upend the status quo
like You can, Jesus!
That’s what I need You to do right now.
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Deuteronomy 20:4; 2 Samuel 8:6; Job 42:2; Psalm 44:7; Proverbs 21:30; 1 Corinthians 15:57; Philippians 4:13…
The post Lazaroo – Monday, August 28, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with total focus:
“This is what the Lord Almighty says…”(Haggai 1:2)
Those seven words, Jesus
should make every person on the planet come to attention.
We’re sick to death of hearing the opinions of human beings.
We’ve got to hear from You!
Human beings guess…suppose…surmise…assume…speculate.
You Know.
When You explain something
That’s the way it is.
When You say something is going to happen
it does.
When You make a promise
You keep it.
When You say, “You’re forgiven!”
I am.
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Joshua 23:14; Nehemiah 9:13; Isaiah 48:3; Isaiah 55:10-11; Daniel 2:22; Matthew 6:8; Luke 7:48…
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, August 27, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Tremble in Awe, as you pray this Lazaroo:
“…‘as surely as I live,’ declares the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, ‘surely Moab will become like Sodom, the Ammonites like Gomorrah’…”(Zephaniah 2:9)
When You say, “…as surely as I live,” Jesus
it’s a done deal!
because You are more Alive
than all the rest of us put together.
You’re the Living One!
You’ve Always Been
You Are
You’ll Always Be.
Everything and everyone who draws a breath on this planet –
or anywhere else in Your vast creation
received their life from You.
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Genesis 18:20-21; Genesis 19:24; Deuteronomy 32:32; Isaiah 1:9; Isaiah 3:9; Jeremiah 23:14; Luke 17:28-30…
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, August 26, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with no-holds-barred surrender:
“Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Come to life!’ Or to lifeless stone, ‘Wake up!’ Can it give guidance? It is covered with gold and silver; there is no breath in it.”(Habakkuk 2:19)
Is anything more important to me than You, Jesus?
If so, that’s an idol.
The thing is
I can claim You’re most important in my life
while putting someone or something
ahead of You.
If I’m lying to myself about this, please show me!
‘cause You smash idols.
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Exodus 20:3; Exodus 34:14; Deuteronomy 5:7; Joshua 24:19; Ezekiel 16:32; Hosea 4:17; Matthew 6:33…
The post Lazaroo – Friday, August 25, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Shudder as you pray this Lazaroo:
“Woe to the city of blood, full of lies…”(Nahum 3:1)
Which is worse, Jesus –
a city full of blood
or a city full of lies?
They’re both horrible…
but the worst has to be a city full of lies.
Even when there’s blood
if people tell the truth
you know where you stand.
But with lies
you know nothing.
You don’t know which end is up
who to trust – if anyone.
Great God Almighty!
Make me a person of truth!
Please spare me
from those whose mouths
are full of lies.
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Psalm 63:11; Micah 6:12; John 8:44; 1 Timothy 1:9-11; 1 Timothy 4:2; Revelation 3:9; Revelation 21:8…
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, August 24, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with growing anticipation:
“He will judge between many peoples and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.”(Micah 4:3)
What a promise, Jesus!
Certain, in the last days to come true.
Oh, not because there’s even a hint now that such a thing can happen
but because when You declare it
it’s as good as done.
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2 Kings 22:19; Isaiah 46:11; Ezekiel 5:9; Ezekiel 12:26-28; Daniel 8:26; Micah 4:1; 2 Timothy 1:12…
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, August 23, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in Holy Spirit-inspired hope:
“Let them give up their evil ways and their violence. Who knows? God may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we will not perish.”(Jonah 3:8-9)
I don’t want to die, Jesus!
At least, not for that reason.
I mean, I know I’m going to die sometime –
unless You return for Your own before I do.
But may I never be so stubborn and pigheaded
that You have to take me out
to rid the earth of me.
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Leviticus 26:21; Numbers 17:5; Judges 10:16; 1 Kings 15:12; Psalm 103:10; Zechariah 11:8; Hebrews 6:1…
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, August 22, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with growing understanding:
“The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rocks…”(Obadiah 1:3)
I might think I’ve found a little hidey-hole, Jesus
a place where I can do what I want to do
unseen by others
safe from all harm.
But if I think that, I don’t know You.
You. See.
You. Know.
There isn’t anywhere I can go to hide from You.
So next time I head to my hideout
help me think, say and do
only what brings honor to You!
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Genesis 16:13; Deuteronomy 32:36; Psalm 138:6; Psalm 139:1-12; Jeremiah 12:3; John 5:19; 1 John 3:20…
The post Lazaroo – Monday, August 21, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with rock-solid confidence:
“With a blinding flash he destroys the stronghold and brings the fortified city to ruin. There are those who hate the one who upholds justice in court and detest the one who tells the truth.”(Amos 5:9-10)
You see what’s going on, Jesus!
To us, it feels like You refuse to do anything about it.
It does, that is…
until in one moment
You utterly ruin the wicked!
Help me to trust Your perfect way and time.
You alone know
WhenHowWhy!
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Psalm 31:15; Psalm 37:13; Psalm 40:17; Daniel 9:19; Habakkuk 2:3; Malachi 4:1; Hebrews 10:37…
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, August 20, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Be filled with joy, as you pray this Lazaroo:
“He sends you abundant showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before. The threshing floors will be filled with grain; the vats will overflow with new wine and oil. ‘I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten…my great army that I sent among you.’”(Joel 2:24-25)
I cling to this promise, Jesus!
I know it was made to the people of Judah.
But it’s also Who You Are!
I rest in the certain knowledge
that You always treat me better
than my sins deserve.
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Deuteronomy 30:3; Joel 2:21; Job 42:10; Psalm 103:6-14; Matthew 12:13; Acts 15:16; 2 Corinthians 13:9…
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, August 19, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your heart:
“…Ephraim turned to Assyria, and sent to the great king for help. But he is not able to cure you, not able to heal your sores. For I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a great lion to Judah. I will tear them to pieces and go away; I will carry them off, with no one to rescue them.”(Hosea 5:13-14)
May I never turn to anyone else for help Jesus –
not for my relationships, my finances, my health.
You alone are my Deliverer, my Supplier, my Healer.
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Exodus 15:26; Judges 3:15; 2 Samuel 22:2; 1 Chronicles 29:14; Psalm 18:2; Philippians 4:19; James 5:14-16…
The post Lazaroo – Friday, August 18, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in devoted passion:
“Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth. I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”(Revelation 3:10-11)
Thank You for this promise to the Church of Philadelphia, Jesus!
According to Your will, may we be that Church!
Make me increasingly, passionately faithful to You
during every remaining day You have ordained for me
on planet earth.
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2 Samuel 7:16; Psalm 37:18; Psalm 69:7; Psalm 72:5; Psalm 139:16; 1 Corinthians 4:12; 2 Timothy 2:12…
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, August 17, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in fervency of spirit:
“Nebuchadnezzar said to them “…if you are ready to fall down and worship the image I made, very good. But if you do not worship it, you will be thrown immediately into a blazing furnace. Then what god will be able to rescue you from my hand?”(Daniel 3:14-15)
He was about to find out, wasn’t he, Jesus?
I don’t know how many Christians have died under similar circumstances.
But this time, You had enough of his disrespect.
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Exodus 32:34; 1 Samuel 17:26; Isaiah 3:8; Jeremiah 5:12; Habakkuk 2:3; Zephaniah 1:12; Hebrews 10:37…
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, August 16, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Open your heart, as you pray this Lazaroo:
“Be merciful to those who doubt…”(Jude 1:22)
Why wouldn’t I be, Jesus?
I too have doubts.
Oh, not doubts that You exist
that You died for my sins
that You rose from the dead
that You’re coming back for me.
I believe every bit of that.
100%
But I have doubts about me
the way I think, speak and act
the way I interact with others.
So by all means:
I’ll be merciful to those who doubt.
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Matthew 7:12; Matthew 18:17; Matthew 18:35; Romans 14:3; Romans 14:10; 1 Thessalonians 5:20; James 1:6…
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, August 15, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in submissive faith:
***“‘…measure out a sixth of a hin of water and drink it at set times. Eat the food as you would a loaf of barley bread; bake it in the sight of the people…The Lord said, ‘In this way the people of Israel will eat defiled food among the nations where I will drive them.’”
(Ezekiel 4:11-13)***
You were making a spectacle of your prophet, Jesus
to warn Your sinning people.
If that’s what You need to do with me
I’m Yours.
Do with me as You will.
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2 Chronicles 30:8; Nehemiah 5:12; Job 22:21; Psalm 81:11; Proverbs 3:6; Romans 8:7; Hebrews 12:9…
The post Lazaroo – Monday, August 14, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with a transparent heart:
“Anyone who does what is good is from God.”(3 John 1:11)
That’s…quite a statement, Jesus.
There are a lot of people out there
who don’t accept You as Savior
who do good.
Oh, but wait a minute.
A deed is truly good
only when it’s done from pure motives –
and pure motives
originate with You.
When I do a so-called good deed
to win the approval of others
I’m serving myself –
not You or them
and the deed is soiled.
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1 Samuel 16:7; Matthew 5:16; Matthew 6:1-5; 1 Timothy 5:25; 1 Timothy 6:18; James 1:17; 1 Peter 2:12…
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, August 13, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Beg God for deliverance, as you pray this Lazaroo:
“Arise, cry out in the night, as the watches of the night begin; pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children, who faint from hunger at every street corner.”(Lamentations 2:19)
If You see we won’t obey You for our own sakes, Jesus
you motivate us to obey You
for the sake of our children
knowing full well that when we’re listening to Satan
even that may not be enough.
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John 8:31-34; John 8:42-45; Romans 6:16; Romans 7:14-20; 2 Timothy 2:25-26; James 1:14; 1 Peter 5:8-10…
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, August 12, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
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…
The post Lazaroo – Friday, August 11, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Sell out totally to God as you pray this Lazaroo:
“‘In spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to me with all her heart, but only in pretense,’ declares the Lord. The Lord said to me, ‘Faithless Israel is more righteous than unfaithful Judah. ‘”(Jeremiah 3:10-11)
No matter what words I utter
You can tell when I’m half-hearted, Jesus.
But that’s not what I ever want to be with You!
I want to give You everything I’ve got
because on the cross
that’s how much You gave me.
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Deuteronomy 4:29; Deuteronomy 6:5; Joshua 22:5; Matthew 22:37; Mark 12:30-33; Colossians 3:23; Revelation 3:15-16…
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Pray this Lazaroo with catalytic dedication:
“In that day the Branch of the Lord will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of the survivors in Israel. Those who are left in Zion, who remain in Jerusalem, will be called holy, all who are recorded among the living in Jerusalem.”(Isaiah 4:2-3)
You’re the Branch, Jesus –
the promised Messiah!
You came, You taught, You worked miracles
then gave Your life on the cross
that all who trust You will have eternal life!
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Isaiah 11:1; Isaiah 60:21; Jeremiah 23:5-6; Jeremiah 33:15; Zechariah 3:8; Zechariah 6:12-13; 1 Peter 1:3-5…
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Pray this Lazaroo with undying love:
“…these people blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like unreasoning animals, creatures of instinct…”(2 Peter 2:12)
It’s hard to believe there are people like this, Jesus!
You’ve created us all in Your Image.
Some of us act like it most of the time.
Others seldom act like it.
But sadly, none of us acts like it all of the time.
Please forgive me for the times
when I’ve acted like an animal!
and may I increasingly
reflect Your likeness.
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Genesis 1:26; Job 23:11; Philippians 3:10; 2 Timothy 2:3; 1 Peter 2:21; 1 John 3:2; 1 John 4:17 …
The post Lazaroo – Monday, August 7, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with burning zeal:
[The man:] “’You are a garden fountain, a well of flowing water streaming down from Lebanon.’ [The woman:] ‘Awake, north wind, and come, south wind! Blow on my garden, that its fragrance may spread everywhere. Let my beloved come into his garden and taste its choice fruits.’”(Song of Songs 4:15-16)
The man praises her, Jesus…
the woman responds in kind.
Give me Your words to brighten someone’s day!
And when they brighten mine
help me respond in kind.
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Psalm 19:14; Ecclesiastes 12:11; Matthew 7:24; John 14:24; Ephesians 6:19; 1 Thessalonians 4:18; 2 Peter 3:2…
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Pray this Lazaroo with unrestrained allegiance:
“Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.”(1 Peter 2:12)
Pagans are going to accuse me of doing wrong, Jesus.
When I stand against sin and for righteousness
it will violate their heathen standards.
But because You’re the Creator of us all
some values remain constant for everyone.
Help me knock it out of the park with those!
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Genesis 1:26-27; Proverbs 22:2; Proverbs 29:13; Matthew 5:47; Acts 2:44; 1 Corinthians 5:1; 2 Corinthians 6:14-15…
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Pray this Lazaroo with deep reverence:
“There was a man all alone; he had neither son nor brother. There was no end to his toil, yet his eyes were not content with his wealth. ‘For whom am I toiling,’ he asked, ‘and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?’”(Ecclesiastes 4:8)
I suspect this man’s work was his enjoyment, Jesus!
Some people like to play games.
Others like to watch shows.
Still others enjoy visiting with friends.
But some people get the most pleasure from their work.
Help me enjoy whatever You’ve called me to do!
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Ecclesiastes 9:9; Numbers 14:31; Deuteronomy 6:2; Judges 19:6; Nehemiah 8:10; John 5:35; Romans 16:23…
The post Lazaroo – Friday, August 4, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in desperate need:
“…the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark.”(James 3:5)
It’s true, Jesus.
I can make great plans
but only You can make them come true.
I can say something unwise or unkind
and burn down a wonderful relationship.
I surrender my tongue to You!
Teach me what to say.
Teach me how to say it.
And teach me when to say nothing.
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2 Samuel 23:2; Psalm 10:7; Psalm 12:3; Psalm 15:3; Psalm 34:13; Acts 2:26; 1 Corinthians 14:9…
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, August 3, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with faith in the God who can:
“Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; guard it well, for it is your life. Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers. Avoid it, do not travel on it; turn from it and go on your way.”(Proverbs 4:13-15)
As instructions go, Jesus
this is one of the best:
protecting me from horrific consequences
on earth…and eternally.
Help me hold on to this instruction and never let it go!
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Exodus 24:12; Galatians 6:6; Ephesians 6:4; 1 Thessalonians 5:21; 2 Timothy 1:14; Revelation 2:25; Revelation 3:11…
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, August 2, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with bottomless trust:
“Every high priest…is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray, since he himself is subject to weakness. This is why he has to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people. And no one takes this honor on himself, but he receives it when called by God…”(Hebrews 5:1-4)
You are amazing, Jesus!
You deliberately choose flawed people to honor
by calling them to do Your perfect work –
which means You can also work through me!
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Genesis 32:10; Job 40:4; Psalm 6:9; Matthew 20:31; Luke 17:10; Romans 9:15; 1 Timothy 1:15-16…
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, Aug 1, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in heart-pounding love:
“But God will never forget the needy; the hope of the afflicted will never perish. Arise, Lord, do not let mortals triumph; let the nations be judged in your presence. Strike them with terror, Lord; let the nations know they are only mortal.”(Psalm 9:18-20)
All too often, Jesus
the powerful trample on the needy.
But You see what they’re doing.
Everyone You’ve created is precious to You –
especially the poor, the hurting, the downtrodden.
It is You who are their Defender
who will take up their case.
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Exodus 22:25;Deuteronomy 15:9; 1 Samuel 2:8; Job 5:15; Psalm 12:5; Matthew 6:2-3; Acts 4:33-35…
The post Lazaroo – Monday, July 31, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with a heart full of gratitude:
“I always thank my God as I remember you in my prayers…”(Philemon 1:4)
Thank You for reminding me to pray for the people I’m thankful for, Jesus.
Bless them richly for making such a difference in my life
and in the lives of so many others.
Cause others to be a blessing to them
as they are being a blessing to me.
Thank You, too, for reminding me to thank You for those on my prayer list
even if it’s only to give me
one more reason to talk with You.
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1 Chronicles 16:34; Psalm 7:17; Psalm 9:1; Psalm 100:4; Psalm 106:1; 2 Corinthians 1:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:18…
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Pray this Lazaroo in faith-filled anticipation:
“As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so one who goes down to the grave does not return. He will never come to his house again; his place will know him no more. Therefore I will not keep silent; I will speak out in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.”(Job 7:9-11)
This is the great Job at the lowest point of his life, Jesus…
before You lifted him out of the depths of despair
and put a new song in his heart!
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Job 1:1-22; Job 2:1-10; Job 19:26-27; Psalm 23:1-6; Psalm 39:4; Psalm 89:47; 1 Corinthians 15:50-58…
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, July 29, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with enlightened understanding:
“Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything, to try to please them…”(Titus 2:9)
In today’s world, Jesus
we’d be hard-pressed to find a single public figure
who would affirm this passage of Scripture.
But that’s because we just don’t get it, do we?
Paul wanted slave masters to be blown away
by the amazing difference there was in slaves who follow you
contrasted with everyone else.
He knew that would bring glory to You
and a better life to those trapped
in the evil of slavery.
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Psalm 123:2; Ecclesiastes 2:7; John 8:31-36; 1 Corinthians 7:21; Galatians 4:8-11; Ephesians 6:5-9; Philippians 1:17-18…
The post Lazaroo – Friday, July 28, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with pure devotion:
“When Esther’s eunuchs and female attendants…told her about Mordecai, she was in great distress. She sent clothes for him to put on instead of his sackcloth, but he would not accept them. Then Esther summoned…one of the king’s eunuchs…and ordered him to find out what was troubling Mordecai and why.”(Esther 4:4-5)
Help me not judge the actions of others, Jesus.
I don’t know what they’re going through!
May I show them the same compassion I want to be shown
when my actions are offensive to others.
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Isaiah 11:3; Matthew 6:15; Matthew 7:1; Luke 6:37; John 12:47; Romans 14:3; 1 Corinthians 2:11…
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, July 27, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with pedal-to-the-metal commitment:
“…God’s solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: ‘The Lord knows those who are his,’ and, ‘Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness.’”(2 Timothy 2:19)
Yes, I’m Yours, Jesus – You know it!
But that doesn’t mean I can continue in these old sins.
In Your power, help me overcome them!
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
May my life bring You honor, dear LORD!
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1 Samuel 12:10; Jeremiah 2:35; Luke 9:62; Acts 2:38; Acts 3:19; 2 Peter 2:21-22; 1 John 1:9-10…
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, July 26, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with fair warning:
“Here is a trustworthy saying: Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task. Now the overseer…must also have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil’s trap.”(1 Timothy 3:1-2, 7)
Evil people love to tear down Your leaders, Jesus.
It’s not hard to do.
Try though they might, leaders are imperfect people.
Guard the reputation of the sincere shepherds of Your flock!
May all their faults be minor
and their devotion to You shine for all to see.
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Numbers 6:25; Psalm 4:6; Psalm 19:12-12; Psalm 31:16; Psalm 67:1; Daniel 12:3; Matthew 5:16…
The post Lazaroo – Monday, July 24, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo all the way to the marrow of your bones:
“At that time Tattenai, governor of Trans-Euphrates, and Shethar-Bozenai and their associates went to them and asked, ‘Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and to finish it?’ They also asked, ‘What are the names of those who are constructing this building?’”(Ezra 5:3-4)
Intimidation tactics, Jesus.
Evil people are full of them.
Help me see their wicked strategies a mile away!
Help me deal with their threats and manipulations
with the supernatural wisdom that comes only from You.
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Esther 8:3; Psalm 10:2; Psalm 21:11; Psalm 35:20; Psalm 64:6; Proverbs 21:30; Isaiah 8:10; Matthew 28:12…
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, July 23, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with laser-focused intensity:
“…pray for us that the message of the Lord may spread rapidly and be honored…”(2 Thessalonians 3:1)
Those two don’t always go together, Jesus.
When the good news about You spreads rapidly
people who prefer to remain in their sins get upset!
You tend to mess with their status quo.
On the other hand, when all those people are finding You
they testify!
They tell of Your wonders
sing your praises
and that brings due honor to You.
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Psalm 22:23; Psalm 50:15; Psalm 50:23; Psalm 91:15; Psalm 149:5; Matthew 15:8; 1 Corinthians 6:20 …
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, July 22, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with no-holds-barred surrender:
“There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites after they came out of Egypt.”(2 Chronicles 5:10)
At one time, Jesus, the gold jar of manna and Aaron’s staff that had budded were inside the ark.
You don’t tell us why or how these precious items disappeared.
If I’m missing something in our relationship that used to be precious
restore it, dear LORD!
I beg You!
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Exodus 16:33-34; Numbers 17:8-10’; Psalm 80:18; Psalm 85:6; Jeremiah 30:21; Hosea 6:2; Hebrews 9:4…
The post Lazaroo – Friday, July 21, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in brokenness and trust:
“We sent Timothy…to strengthen and encourage you in your faith, so that no one would be unsettled by these trials. For you know quite well that we are destined for them.”(1 Thessalonians 3:2-3)
Destined for them?
You know I don’t like to hear this, Jesus!
When I’m wholeheartedly following You
I wish You would reward me
by sparing me from the heartaches of life!.
So why don’t You?
Because the testing of my faith produces perseverance
which enables me to fully mature in You.
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Psalm 119:50; 2 Corinthians 12:8-10; 2 Thessalonians 1:3-5; Hebrews 5:8-10; James 1:2-4; 1 Peter 1:6-7; 1 Peter 4:1; 2 Peter 2:9…
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, July 20, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in Godly determination:
“The priests, who were heads of families, numbered 1,760. They were able men, responsible for ministering in the house of God.”(1 Chronicles 9:13)
Make me like these, Jesus –
able…and responsible –
ministering in Your house.
Only You – the Giver of every good gift –
can make me competent to do Your Work!
Help me be truly responsible –
fulfilling my duties day after day, without fail.
And no matter where You place me in Your Church –
from the front to the back pew –
use me to minister to Your precious people!
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Numbers 12:6-7; Psalm 4:3; Romans 15:14; 1 Corinthians 4:2; 1 Corinthians 6:2; 2 Corinthians 3:5-6; Colossians 4:7-9; James 1:17…
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, July 19, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with honest self-assessment:
“For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit and delight to see how disciplined you are…”(Colossians 2:5)
Would anyone who knows my life delight to see how disciplined I am, Jesus?
Thanks to You, I am disciplined!
…in some areas.
But to my shame, not in all.
My discipline in one part of my life
doesn’t excuse the lack of it in another, does it?
Help me, LORD Jesus!
Help me.
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Proverbs 5:3-12; Proverbs 10:17; Proverbs 12:1; Proverbs 13:18; 2 Timothy 1:7; Titus 1:8; 2 Peter 1:5-7…
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, July 18, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with every fiber of your being:
“Gehazi said, ‘She has no son, and her husband is old.’ Then Elisha said, ‘Call her.’ So he called her, and she stood in the doorway. ‘About this time next year,’ Elisha said, ‘you will hold a son in your arms.’ ‘No, my lord!’ she objected. ‘Please, man of God, don’t mislead your servant!’”(2 Kings 4:14-16)
Some of us can’t believe how good You’re willing to be to us, Jesus!
But You’ve already given Your life for me.
Why wouldn’t You do amazing things for me…
and through me!
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Matthew 7:11; John 17:26; Romans 8:35-39; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Ephesians 3:18; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 4:16…
The post Lazaroo – Monday, July 17, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with passionate intent:
“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.’ Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky as you hold firmly to the word of life.”(Philippians 2:14-16)
If I want to shine like a star in this darkened world, Jesus
I’ve got to stop my grumbling and arguing.
The only chance I have to do that
is to hold firmly to Your Word of life!
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Numbers 6:25; Psalm 31:16; Psalm 37:6; Isaiah 60:1; Daniel 12:3; Matthew 13:43; 1 Corinthians 15:2…
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, July 16, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Hold nothing back, as you pray this Lazaroo:
“The king went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices, for that was the most important high place, and Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.”(1 Kings 3:4)
Big whoop.
Gibeon may have been the most important high place, Jesus
but Solomon was supposed to destroy all these high places –
not worship You on them.
May I never sin in the most important area of my life
in a badly mistaken notion that what I’m doing
honors You!
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Leviticus 26:30; Numbers 33:52; 1 Kings 3:2-3; 2 Kings 17:9; 2 Chronicles 14:2-4; 2 Chronicles 21:11; Matthew 4:10…
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, July 15, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in humble adulation:
“I ask you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.”(Ephesians 3:13)
It’s hard not to be discouraged by suffering, Jesus
especially when it’s happening to me, personally.
But that wasn’t why Paul was suffering.
He was suffering for others!
O God.
Grow me up in my faith.
Give me Paul’s compassion for others!
Correction: That’s not Paul’s compassion.
That kind of compassion
comes straight from You
proven 2,000 years ago
on the cross.
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Exodus 22:27; Exodus 34:6; Psalm 51:1; Matthew 9:36; Mark 8:2; Luke 15:20; Ephesians 4:32…
The post Lazaroo – Friday, July 14, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with holy caution:
“…Joab went to the king and said, ‘What have you done? Look, Abner came to you. Why did you let him go? Now he is gone! You know Abner son of Ner; he came to deceive you and observe your movements and find out everything you are doing.”(2 Samuel 3:24-25)
That wasn’t what Joab feared, Jesus.
He was afraid Abner would replace him.
How many times do the people around me disguise their true intent?
Only You know.
Great God!
Protect me!
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Genesis 37:8; Exodus 32:12; Numbers 35:20-24; 1 Samuel 20:12-13; Matthew 2:7-8, 16; Matthew 22:17-18; Acts 12:4…
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, July 13, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with explosive feeling:
“Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: ‘Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.’”(Galatians 3:13)
You loved us that much, Jesus!
You love me that much.
Me.
Totally unworthy, sin-plagued, mistake-ridden me.
Incomprehensible.
At my best, I’m barely tolerable.
At my worst, I’m unlovable.
I’m at my best so seldom.
I’m at my worst too often.
And still, You love me!
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
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Psalm 5:7; John 3:16-17; Romans 5:8; Romans 6:23; Romans 8:28-30; Romans 8:39; Romans 9:16; Romans 10:9-10; 1 Timothy 1:15-17…
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, July 12, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Fully open your heart, as you pray this Lazaroo:
“The boy Samuel ministered before the Lord under Eli. In those days the word of the Lord was rare; there were not many visions.”(1 Samuel 3:1)
My guess, Jesus?
Most of us can identify.
In these days, there aren’t many visions.
Some, yes. But not many.
The question is: Why?
It’s certainly not because You have nothing to say.
Could it be because You’re waiting for us to obey Your Word in its written form
before there’s any reason to tell us something else?
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Genesis 26:5; Exodus 12:24; Deuteronomy 11:13-14; Deuteronomy 28:2; Joshua 23:6; Matthew 28:19-20; 2 Thessalonians 1:8…
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, July 11, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with locked-in faith:
“For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.”(2 Corinthians 4:5-6)
May my words and actions point people to You, Jesus
rather than to myself.
To exalt myself
is the work of Satan
which got him kicked out of heaven.
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1 Kings 1:5; Isaiah 14:14; Ezekiel 28:15; Matthew 20:25; 2 Corinthians 1:24; Philippians 2:3; Revelation 12:7-12…
The post Lazaroo – Monday, July 10, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with eyes riveted on Jesus:
“In the middle of the night something startled the man; he turned—and there was a woman lying at his feet!”(Ruth 3:8)
Ruth had broken protocol, Jesus.
It was not their custom to allow women in the threshing floor.
But Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi told her to do it
and as far as Ruth was concerned, that trumped their customs.
You honored it!
Naomi was right.
Give me the wisdom to know when to do what’s expected
and when You’ve called me
to take the road less traveled.
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Micah 6:16; Mark 7:4; Mark 7:8-9; Acts 6:14; Acts 28:17; 1 Corinthians 11:2; Galatians 1:14…
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, July 9, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with single-minded determination:
“This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the mysteries God has revealed. Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.”(1 Corinthians 4:1-2)
What have You entrusted to me, Jesus?
Whom have You entrusted to me?
Don’t allow me to overlook even one of Your assignments!
I long to have You look on me one day and say:
“You have proven faithful.”
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Numbers 12:7; Deuteronomy 33:8; 1 Samuel 2:9; 2 Samuel 22:26; 2 Chronicles 31:20; Nehemiah 9:8; Psalm 4:3; Ephesians 6:21 …
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, July 8, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Rejoice! as you pray this Lazaroo:
“Because he had nine hundred chariots fitted with iron and had cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years, they cried to the Lord for help. Now Deborah, a prophet, the wife of Lappidoth, was leading Israel at that time. She held court under the Palm of Deborah…and the Israelites went up to her to have their disputes decided.”(Judges 4:3-5)
Jabin’s army commander Sisera didn’t know it yet, Jesus
but his nine hundred iron chariots were like straw before You.
May I never forget:
The Power is with me
when I’m with You!
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2 Samuel 22:30; Psalm 44:3, 6-7; Psalm 75:6-7; Psalm 108:12; Proverbs 21:30; Matthew 19:26; Philippians 4:13…
The post Lazaroo – Friday, July 7, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in zealous love:
“Someone might argue, ‘If my falsehood enhances God’s truthfulness and so increases his glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?’ Why not say—as some slanderously claim that we say—’Let us do evil that good may result’? Their condemnation is just!”(Romans 3:7-8)
Through Paul, You brilliantly dismantle this attack on Your gift of grace, Jesus!
Anyone who knows You
knows You would never condone willful sin!
Help me take my stand for truth
and against all who would pervert it!
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John 1:16; Acts 4:33; Acts 20:24; Romans 3:24; Romans 11:6; 2 Corinthians 8:9; Ephesians 2:8-9…
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Pray this Lazaroo with earnest desire:
“Now the priests who carried the ark remained standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything the Lord had commanded Joshua was done by the people, just as Moses had directed Joshua. The people hurried over…”(Joshua 4:10)
It’s incredibly hard to stand still, Jesus –
especially when everybody else is hurrying past
under the shadow of a towering wall of water!
But may I move when You say move
and stay put when You so command.
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Genesis 26:2; Exodus 3:10; Exodus 4:12; Exodus 32:34; Judges 7:4; Proverbs 1:15; Matthew 24:26; Matthew 28:19…
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, July 5, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Take a second look, as you pray this Lazaroo:
“Then Peter said, “‘Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.’ Taking him by the right hand, he helped him up, and instantly the man’s feet and ankles became strong. He jumped to his feet and began to walk.”(Acts 3:6-8)
What Peter had sure beat silver and gold, Jesus!
How many times have I, like that beggar
wanted so much less than You were willing to give?
O God!
Increase my faith!
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Isaiah 7:9; Matthew 8:26; Matthew 9:2; Luke 17:5; Acts 3:16; Romans 1:17; 1 Corinthians 13:2…
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, July 4, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in totally trusting love:
“When Sihon and all his army came out to meet us in battle at Jahaz, the LORD our God delivered him over to us and we struck him down, together with his sons and his whole army. We completely destroyed them – men, women and children. We left no survivors.”(Deuteronomy 2:32-34)
Our modern sensibilities can’t fathom this, Jesus –
the ruthless extermination of a whole nation of people.
But You – the God of love, forgiveness and mercy – ordered it!
So like it or not
that means it had to be done.
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Joshua 11:20; Joshua 23:6-8; 1 Kings 9:21; Ezekiel 25:7; 2 Corinthians 6:17; Galatians 4:11; Hebrews 10:29…
The post Lazaroo – Monday, July 3, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with burning zeal:
“Jesus declared, ‘I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.’ ‘How can a man be born when he is old?’ Nicodemus asked. ‘Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb to be born!’”(John 3:3-4)
The New Life You grant to all who put their faith in You, Jesus
is a fresh, brand-new start
even more profound
than the miracle
of a baby’s first breath
on this earth.
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John 1:10-13; John 1:29; John 1:33-34; John 1:50-51; John 4:10; John 4:23-24; Galatians 2:20…
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, July 2, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in total allegiance:
“The Lord said to Moses, ‘Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone who has a defiling skin disease or a discharge…or who is ceremonially unclean because of a dead body. Send away male and female alike…outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.’”(Numbers 5:1-3)
Back then…
that was the cost of living in Your Presence.
If I want to live in deep, daily, moment-by-moment 1on1 relationship with You, Jesus
there’s a cost.
But You’re worth it!
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Matthew 8:18-22; Luke 14:7-14; Luke 7:16-24; Luke 7:26-34; 1 Corinthians 3:16-17; 2 Corinthians 6:14-18; Titus 3:10-11…
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, July 1, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in heartfelt gratitude:
“Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”(Luke 2:11-12)
Was there ever a day this great, Jesus?
Well, there was the day You died for the sins of the world
including mine.
And then, three days later…
the day when You rose from the dead
defeating death, hell and the grave
for all who believe!
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Psalm 103:10; Isaiah 53:5; Micah 7:19; John 19:17-18; Acts 2:24; Romans 6:4; Galatians 6:14…
The post Lazaroo – Friday, June 30, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with holy passion:
“The Lord said to Moses: ‘Give Aaron and his sons this command: “These are the regulations for the burnt offering: The burnt offering is to remain on the altar hearth throughout the night, till morning, and the fire must be kept burning on the altar.”’”(Leviticus 6:8-9)
You’ve made it clear, Jesus:
Everything You did back then serves as an example for us.
O God!
Keep Your fire burning within me –
morning, noon and night!
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Romans 15:4; 1 Corinthians 10:6; 1 Corinthians 10:11; 1 Corinthians 11:1; Philippians 3:17; 2 Thessalonians 3:7; 1 Peter 2:21…
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, June 29, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in steadfast faith:
“…the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus. Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lake, and a large crowd from Galilee followed. When they heard about all he was doing, many people came to him…”(Mark 3:6-8)
In the face of these threats, Jesus
You didn’t stay and fight.
You simply went somewhere else and stayed on mission.
Please show me when that is exactly the response
You want me to have.
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Psalm 101:4; Matthew 10:14; Mark 6:11; Luke 10:11; Acts 13:51; 2 Timothy 3:5; Titus 3:10…
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, June 28, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in the holy fear of the LORD:
“…the Lord met Moses and was about to kill him. But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin and touched Moses’ feet with it. ‘Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,’ she said…referring to circumcision.”(Exodus 4:24-26)
Had Moses refused to obey You because of his wife, Jesus?
Putting anyone or anything ahead of you is idolatry.
You weren’t about to send an idolater to Egypt to free your people!
Is there anything or anyone with whom I’m committing idolatry, Holy Spirit?
If You were that tough on Moses…
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Exodus 20:4-6; Deuteronomy 4:15; 1 Samuel 15:23; 2 Kings 9:22; Ezekiel 23:49; 1 Corinthians 10:14; 1 Peter 4:3…
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, June 27, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with unshakable belief:
“…to fulfill what was said through the prophet Isaiah: ‘…the people living in darkness have seen a great light’…Jesus began to preach, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.’”(Matthew 4:14, 16-17)
That wasn’t the only Old Testament prophecy You fulfilled, Jesus!
There are at least 323 others.
Mathematician Peter Stoner calculated the probability
of one person fulfilling just 48 of them.
The odds against that?
One in 10, followed by 157 zeros!
Oh, yeah.
You’re the Messiah.
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Joshua 21:45; 1 Kings 8:15; Jeremiah 1:12; Jeremiah 39:16; Matthew 2:15; Matthew 2:17-18; Matthew 2:23; Matthew 13:35; Matthew 26:56…
The post Lazaroo – Monday, June 26, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in mounting anticipation:
“Adam made love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, ‘With the help of the Lord I have brought forth a man.’ Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil.”(Genesis 4:1-2)
And so the stage is set, Jesus.
It begins with joy
and ends with tragedy.
Two very different boys
two very different outcomes.
Only You know why life sometimes works this way
but one day, You’ll explain it all!
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Genesis 29:23; 1 Kings 17:20; Ecclesiastes 3:1-8; Matthew 16:23; Romans 3:4; 1 Corinthians 13:12; Galatians 5:22…
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, June 25, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with deepened understanding:
“You have wearied the Lord with your words. ‘How have we wearied him?’ you ask. By saying, ‘All who do evil are good in the eyes of the Lord, and he is pleased with them’ or ‘Where is the God of justice?’”(Malachi 2:17)
So let me get this straight, Jesus:
You’re sick to death of our whining that life isn’t fair!
We’re making our judgments
based on three or four factors
while You know what’s really going on
with literally trillions of factors.
We’re trying to track what’s happening
with our tiny circle of family and friends
while You’re tracking the 24/7 lives
of all eight billion people on this planet
while laying groundwork
for the billions about to be born.
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Deuteronomy 4:3-4; 1 Samuel 16:7; 2 Chronicles 16:9; Isaiah 38:17; Jeremiah 10:23; Ephesians 1:11; Philippians 2:13…
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, June 24, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with no-holds-barred surrender:
“So he said to me, ‘This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel:”‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,”’ says the Lord Almighty’.”(Zechariah 4:6)
Those are Your precious words to me, Jesus!
It’s not how strong I am.
It’s not how smart I am.
It’s not how much money I have.
It’s not how well-connected I am.
It’s not the sophistication of my tools.
It’s not how many degrees I’ve earned..
It’s You!
Always and forever:
It’s You!
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Psalm 44:3,6-7; Psalm 75:6-7; Jeremiah 10:23; Acts 4:28; Acts 17:25; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Hebrews 3:4…
The post Lazaroo – Friday, June 23, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with excuseless humility:
“In the second year of King Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest…”(Haggai 1:1)
Oh, Jesus!
Is there any warning from You I’ve been missing
because it’s come from an unexpected source?
O God!
May I always be on the lookout
for anything You want to say to me!
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2 Samuel 12:25; 1 Kings 14:18; 1 Kings 16:7; 1 Kings 16:12; 1 Kings 22:8; 2 Kings 3:11; Matthew 1:22…
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, June 22, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Be greatly encouraged as you pray this Lazaroo:
“I have heard the insults of Moab and the taunts of the Ammonites, who insulted my people and made threats against their land.”(Zephaniah 2:8)
That’s all I need to know, Jesus.
When somebody targets me, I’m not alone.
You know the ins and outs of their insidious plans.
I’m not the best of Your people.
Not by a long shot.
But I belong to You – with every fiber of my being.
That means You take their actions against me Personally.
That being the case
I like my chances.
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Exodus 3:7; Exodus 5:1; Exodus 9:13-15; Deuteronomy 7:23-24; 2 Chronicles 7:14; Psalm 14:4-7; Isaiah 41:10; Matthew 2:6; Romans 9:25…
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, June 21, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in corrected gratitude:
“Of what value is an idol carved by a craftsman? Or an image that teaches lies? For the one who makes it trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.”(Habakkuk 2:18)
I’ve never carved an idol, Jesus.
I would never do such a thing.
But am I trusting anything I’ve created?
Anything some other human has created?
Do I think they have the power to
heal me
make me happy
put food on my table?
I know better than that!
Only You, LORD!
Only You.
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Psalm 44:3; Psalm 44:6-7; Philippians 2:13; Proverbs 16:4; Lamentations 3:37-38; Ephesians 1:11; James 1:17…
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, June 20, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with growing understanding:
“Woe to the city of blood…”(Nahum 3:1)
Again, Jesus?
Again?
A scant 63 years before, You sent the prophet Jonah
to warn them that in 40 days You would destroy them.
They listened to You!
They repented!
You relented!
But now, within the span of one lifetime, they’re right back at it –
worse than ever.
They had their chance.
Their one chance is now gone
and they don’t care.
O God!
When You warn me
help me repent –
and stick with it.
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1 Kings 8:47; Job 34:33; Job 36:10; Proverbs 1:23; Isaiah 59:20; Acts 2:38; 2 Peter 2:22…
The post Lazaroo – Monday, June 19, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with utter abandon:
“Many nations will come and say, ‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the temple of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.’ The law will go out from Zion, the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.”(Micah 4:2)
May that day come soon, Jesus!
Sadly, in my day,
more and more nations
are turning away from You,
refusing to be taught Your ways,
straying from Your righteous paths.
Great God!
Send revival!
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Psalm 119:176; Jeremiah 2:5; Jeremiah 31:19; Hosea 7:13; Matthew 3:3; Acts 2:28; Hebrews 12:13…
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, June 18, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Hold nothing back, as you pray this Lazaroo:
“Let everyone call urgently on God. Let them give up their evil ways and their violence. Who knows? God may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger…”
(Jonah 3:8-9)
The king of Ninevah was right, Jesus!
That’s exactly what You did.
How many times have You done that very thing
down through the years?
When I humble myself, turn from my wicked ways
and cast myself on Your mercy
You look into my heart
see the sincerity there
and relent.
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Exodus 32:12; 2 Chronicles 33:1-16; Psalm 7:12; Psalm 86:15; Jeremiah 18:8; Joel 2:14; Luke 7:48-50…
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, June 17, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your heart:
“The pride of your heart has deceived you…”(Obadiah 1:3)
Pride will do that, Jesus.
The moment I get to thinking it’s all me
and forget that everything I have is from You
I’ve committed the same fatal mistake as Your angel Lucifer
who lost his place in heaven.
“Pride goes before destruction,
a haughty spirit before a fall.”
May I never forget:
You’re the Giver of every good and perfect gift!
I’m the totally, wholly, utterly
unworthy recipient.
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Proverbs 16:18; Isaiah 26:12; Matthew 3:11; Luke 17:10; John 1:27; Acts 17:25; Ephesians 2:8-10; James 1:17…
The post Lazaroo – Friday, June 16, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in devoted passion:
“There are those who turn justice into bitterness and cast righteousness to the ground. He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns midnight into dawn and darkens day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out over the face of the land—the Lord is his name.”(Amos 5:7-8)
Yes, bitter, unrighteous people are out there, Jesus.
But You’re the One who turns darkness into light!
They’re only spitting into the wind.
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Numbers 12:14; Job 17:6; Job 20:15; Isaiah 50:6; Matthew 26:67; Matthew 27:30; Mark 10:33-34…
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, June 15, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with a fervent heart:
“Be glad, people of Zion, rejoice in the Lord your God, for he has given you the autumn rains because he is faithful.”(Joel 2:23)
Yes, You Are, Jesus!
You always keep Your promises.
You gave Your life for me on the cross
I, on the other hand, haven’t always been faithful to You.
It hurts me to admit that.
I know it hurts You even more.
Well, that’s got to change.
Not sometime in the future.
Starting now.
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Deuteronomy 7:9; Psalm 25:10; Psalm 31:5; Psalm 33:4; Psalm 43:3; 1 Corinthians 1:9; 2 Timothy 2:13…
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, June 14, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Take heed, as you pray this Lazaroo:
“When they celebrate their New Moon feasts, he will devour their fields. Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of reckoning. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain. Judah’s leaders are like those who move boundary stones. I will pour out my wrath on them like a flood of water.”(Hosea 5:7, 9-10)
If I persist in disobeying You, Jesus
the day will come when You quit telling me what to do
and start telling me
what You’re going to do.
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Numbers 14:21-23; Nehemiah 9:36-37; Isaiah 50:2; Isaiah 66:4; Zechariah 7:13; 2 Timothy 4:3-4; Hebrews 10:26-31…
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, June 13, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with informed faith:
“I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews though they are not, but are liars—I will make them come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you.”(Revelation 3:9)
Only You can do something like that, Jesus.
You can make any of us do anything –
anytime You please.
Of course, most of the time You give us information
leaving it up to us to make the right choice.
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Exodus 17:9; Deuteronomy 1:15; Joshua 24:15; 2 Samuel 24:12; Psalm 25:12; John 15:16; Acts 15:22…
The post Lazaroo – Monday, June 12, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with burning emotion:
“…astrologers came forward and…said to King Nebuchadnezzar, ‘…Your Majesty has issued a decree that…whoever does not fall down and worship will be thrown into a blazing furnace. But there are some Jews …who…neither serve your gods nor worship the image of gold you have set up.’”(Daniel 3:8-12)
These conniving enemies of Yours thought they had it all figured out, Jesus.
But they were wrong!
You were about to turn their schemes back on them.
I’d sincerely appreciate it if You’d do the same
to all my unrepentant enemies.
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Psalm 69:24; Isaiah 47:13; Hosea 6:1; Matthew 11:20; Romans 2:5; Romans 2:8; 2 Thessalonians 1:6…
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, June 11, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with a heart full of love:
“Be merciful…”(Jude 1:22)
I’ve got a question, Jesus:
Why is it so hard for me to be merciful to others
while being the grateful recipient
of all this mercy I’m receiving from You?
I know what I deserve –
and it ain’t peaches and cream.
I deserve dismemberment, humiliation and hell.
Instead, You’ve given me life, golden opportunities and heaven.
Surely, I can muster up a little of Your mercy toward others!
You’ve made it pretty clear:
If I don’t
my own mercy could come to a halt.
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Genesis 19:16; Psalm 6:2; Proverbs 28:13; Matthew 5:7; Matthew 6:15; Matthew 9:13; Galatians 6:7-9…
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, June 10, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul:
“Take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and spelt; put them in a storage jar and use them to make bread for yourself. You are to eat it during the 390 days you lie on your side. Weigh out twenty shekels of food to eat each day and eat it at set times.”(Ezekiel 4:9-10)
My guess, Jesus?
When You called Ezekiel to be one of Your prophets
he couldn’t have imagined it would be to do something like this.
When You called me to be one of Your followers
same here.
But I wholeheartedly embrace
everything You have in store for me.
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Psalm 37:23; Psalm 56:13; Psalm 119:105; Proverbs 4:8; Ecclesiastes 3:5; Micah 3:1; Hebrews 11:17…
The post Lazaroo – Friday, June 9, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Sell out totally to God as you pray this Lazaroo:
“Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good.”(3 John 1:11)
Okay, Jesus.
I’m absolutely done with evil!
Show me the good You want me to imitate.
There are the awesome examples in Your Word.
The Bible’s chock full of them!
Then there are the Godly people walking this earth.
May I be inspired by those You’ve placed in my life!
It would be pretty cool
if one day I could be that kind of example to others.
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Ecclesiastes 9:13; John 13:15; Romans 6:19; 1 Corinthians 11:1; Ephesians 5:1; Philippians 3:15; Philippians 3:17…
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, June 8, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with desperate desire:
“He has overthrown you without pity, he has let the enemy gloat over you, he has exalted the horn of your foes. The hearts of the people cry out to the Lord. You walls of Daughter Zion, let your tears flow like a river day and night; give yourself no relief, your eyes no rest.”(Lamentations 2:17-18)
It’s hard to see You like this, Jesus
but absolutely essential.
You’re giving me a clear picture of the horror of sin.
May I hate and reject the sin in my life
as much as You do.
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Psalm 36:2; Psalm 69:14; Ezekiel 35:6; Hosea 9:15; Acts 2:38; Romans 12:9; 2 Peter 3:9…
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, June 7, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with determination:
“If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take them into your house…”(2 John 1:10)
The people who enter my home influence me, Jesus
for good or bad.
They can encourage me in the right direction
or hinder me from following You with my whole heart.
The people I permit to enter my home
also send a message to everyone on the outside.
Rightly or wrongly, my acceptance of them
causes people to conclude I agree with them.
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Psalm 16:8; Psalm 25:15; Psalm 71:2; Psalm 101:4; Psalm 101:6; Psalm 119:37; Psalm 141:8; 2 Timothy 3:5: Titus 3:10
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, June 6, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with undying love:
“I gave faithless Israel her certificate of divorce and sent her away because of all her adulteries. Yet I saw that her unfaithful sister Judah had no fear; she also went out and committed adultery. Because Israel’s immorality mattered so little to her, she defiled the land and committed adultery with stone and wood.”(Jeremiah 3:8-9)
Spiritual adultery, Jesus –
Your people worshiping idols instead of You
betraying the covenant You made with them
as an adulterous violates her marriage vows.
May I never put anyone or anything ahead of You!
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Exodus 20:14; Leviticus 20:10; Proverbs 6:32; Jeremiah 5:7; Ezekiel 16:38; Matthew 6:33; Romans 2:22
The post Lazaroo Monday, June 5, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with laser focused intent:
“As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you.”(1 John 2:24)
It doesn’t do much good, Jesus
to hear the great, life-changing truths of Your Word
then fail to remember them
not build every aspect of my life upon them.
You’ve told me to see to it that I don’t let that happen.
That means I’m the one responsible.
If I don’t do it
I have no one to blame but myself.
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Psalm 42:4; Psalm 42:6; Psalm 63:6; Romans 9:19-20; 2 Corinthians 9:6; 1 Timothy 5:7; 1 Timothy 6:14
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Awake! as you pray this Lazaroo:
“In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, ‘We will eat our own food and provide our own clothes; only let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!’”(Isaiah 4:1)
Sin doesn’t end in triumph, Jesus
but in humiliation.
Satan packs all his pleasures into the first moments of my disobedience
then leaves me hurting, disgraced, bankrupt.
How many times do I have to see this outcome of temptation
before I reject it?
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Psalm 36:4; Psalm 119:118; Isaiah 7:15-16; Isaiah 31:7; Isaiah 33:14-16; Hosea 4:6; Romans 2:8
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Pray this Lazaroo in reverent humility:
“…these people blaspheme in matters they do not understand.”(2 Peter 2:12)
Am I doing that, Jesus?
I don’t think so…
but if it’s in an area I don’t understand
I could very well be guilty and not know it.
I have to face it:
There’s a whole lot I don’t understand!
You’re the one who gives understanding.
You know what I need to know
and what I don’t.
Help me grasp what I need
and respond exactly as You desire!
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Exodus 31:3; Deuteronomy 29:4; Judges 13:18; 1 Kings 4:29; Proverbs 1:2-6; Isaiah 5:13; Matthew 13:15
The post Lazaroo – Friday, June 2, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in supernatural awareness:
“You are a garden locked up, my sister, my bride; you are a spring enclosed, a sealed fountain. Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates with choice fruits, with henna and nard, nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of incense tree, with myrrh and aloes and all the finest spices.”(Song of Songs 4:12-14)
Solomon had a way with words, Jesus
and no wonder:
You’re the one who gave them to him!
Please give me the words I need to
bless
encourage
uplift
strengthen
those You’ve placed in my life!
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Exodus 4:15; Deuteronomy 18:18; Psalm 19:14; Ecclesiastes 12:11; Ephesians 6:19; Hebrews 10:25; 2 Peter 3:2
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, June 1, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with faith in the God who can:
“Dear friends, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul.”(1 Peter 2:11)
I can sense it, Jesus:
Whatever wrong I do with my body
harms my soul, my spirit, my 1on1 relationship with You.
So why do I cave in to these earthly temptations?
It’s because I fail to keep foremost in my mind
that this world is not my home.
Help me live like a citizen
of where I’m going to spend eternity!
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Proverbs 23:2; John 4:34; John 14:23; Acts 15:20; 1 Thessalonians 4:17; Hebrews 11:25-27; 1 Peter 2:10; 1 Peter 2:12…
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, May 31, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with wiser eyes:
“…all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. Fools fold their hands and ruin themselves. Better one handful with tranquillity than two handfuls with toil and chasing after the wind.”(Ecclesiastes 4:4-6)
So there’s a balance, isn’t there, Jesus?
Work to accomplish what You’ve called me to do
not to keep up with someone else.
But even so, You want me to work –
and not make others do my job.
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Proverbs 12:11; Proverbs 14:23; Proverbs 16:26; Proverbs 18:9; Matthew 9:37-38; Matthew 21:28-32; John 4:34
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Pray this Lazaroo in renewed dedication:
“When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal. Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go.”(James 3:3-4)
You’re talking about my tongue, Jesus.
It’s a tiny part of me
but because it’s like the bit in a horse’s mouth
or the rudder on a huge ship
I surrender my tongue to You!
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2 Samuel 23:2; Job 27:4; Psalm 5:9; Psalm 15:1-5; Psalm 39:1; Romans 3:13; James 3:5-12
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Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:
“Listen, my son, accept what I say, and the years of your life will be many. I instruct you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths. When you walk, your steps will not be hampered; when you run, you will not stumble.”(Proverbs 4:10-12)
These were Your words through King David to his son, the future King Solomon.
But they’re also Your words to me, Jesus.
You call me to walk in the way of wisdom
to make these promises come true in my life.
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Exodus 35:31; Deuteronomy 34:9; Micah 6:9; Matthew 11:9; Matthew 12:42; Acts 6:3; Romans 11:33
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, May 28, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with humble understanding:
“Every high priest is selected from among the people and is appointed to represent the people in matters related to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray, since he himself is subject to weakness.”(Hebrews 5:1-2)
Help me deal gently with the shortcomings of others, Jesus
since I, too, am subject to weakness.
May I deal with their issues
as tenderly as I want You to deal with mine.
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Psalm 41:1-4; Psalm 72:13; Psalm 82:3-4; Isaiah 40:29; Acts 20:35; Romans 14:1-4; Romans 15:1
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, May 27, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in sober reflection:
“The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden. The Lord is known by his acts of justice; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. The wicked go down to the realm of the dead, all the nations that forget God.”(Psalm 9:15-17)
They will suffer, Jesus
but it’s their own doing.
When their punishment befalls them
they’ll cry out against You
but they’ll have only themselves to blame.
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Nehemiah 9:29; Jeremiah 5:24; Acts 2:40; Romans 9:18-20; 1 Timothy 5:7; 1 Timothy 6:14; Hebrews 12:25
The post Lazaroo – Friday, May 26, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with pure devotion:
“I always thank my God as I remember you…”(Philemon 1:4)
Who are these people in my life, Jesus?
Those who spark feelings of gratitude
every time I think of them?
In fact, You are the one
who placed them in my life!
Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!
Now comes the most personal question:
Is there anyone out there
who can say the same of me?
O God! Make me the kind of person
for whom others thank You
every time they remember me!
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Genesis 30:27; Romans 16:19; 1 Corinthians 16:17; 2 Corinthians 11:9; Philippians 4:18; 1 Thessalonians 1:2; 1 Thessalonians 3:9
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, May 25, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with pedal-to-the-metal commitment:
“Remember, O God, that my life is but a breath; my eyes will never see happiness again. The eye that now sees me will see me no longer; you will look for me, but I will be no more.”(Job 7:7-8)
This is absolutely how Job felt, Jesus
but what he felt was absolutely wrong.
He spoke out of the pain and bitterness of his immense suffering
supposing they would continue till the day he died.
They didn’t.
You stepped in and rescued him!
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Job 19:25-27; Job 42:10-16; Psalm 17:13; Psalm 41:1-3; Psalm 103:2-3; Romans 2:7; 2 Peter 2:9
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, May 24, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with white-hot fervor:
“Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything…”(Titus 2:9)
This isn’t a pro-slavery command, Jesus
it’s a pro-obedience command.
The law required slaves to obey their masters.
You were telling them to obey the law.
Yes, you told slaves to obtain their freedom when possible
but while they remained slaves
You wanted the slaves who bore Your Name
to be the best slaves possible
in order to win their masters and everyone else
to You.
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Psalm 123:2; Matthew 20:25-28; Romans 6:16; 1 Corinthians 7:21; Galatians 5:13; 1 Timothy 1:9-11; 1 Peter 2:16
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, May 23, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in stunned gratitude:
“In every province to which the edict and order of the king came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping and wailing. Many lay in sackcloth and ashes.”(Esther 4:3)
Horrible news does that to us, Jesus!
For the Jews, this news was about as bad as it gets.
The king had issued a decree
that made it legal to destroy their entire nation.
But as You do again and again for Your hurting people
You were about to turn that bad news upside down!
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Esther 3:13-15;Psalm 18:17; Psalm 107:20; Isaiah 25:9; Jeremiah 33:3; 2 Timothy 1:9; Titus 3:5
The post Lazaroo – Monday, May 22, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo all the way to the marrow of your bones:
“…God’s solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: ‘The Lord knows those who are his…’”(2 Timothy 2:19)
Your Word is that foundation, Jesus
not because it’s in writing
not because it’s the Bible
but because it’s You.
You Are The Word.
That’s
Solid.
But what means the world to me is knowing I belong to You!
You know me.
You chose me.
You saved me.
I’m Yours.
Not merely for my time on this earth
but through all eternity!
You’re right:
That seals it!
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Isaiah 43:1; Malachi 2:15; Mark 9:41; John 1:1-4; Galatians 3:29; 2 Timothy 2:11-13; James 2:7
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, May 21, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with locked-in faith:
“Abner said to David, ‘Let me go at once and assemble all Israel for my lord the king, so that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires.’ So David sent Abner away, and he went in peace.”(2 Samuel 3:21)
Abner did the right thing for the wrong reason, Jesus.
Soon after speaking these words
it cost him his life.
May I always do what’s right – and for the right reason:
to please You.
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Judges 5:11; 2 Samuel 3:6-11; Proverbs 16:2; 1 Corinthians 4:5; Philippians 1:18; 1 Thessalonians 2:3; James 4:3
The post Lazaroo – Monday, May 8, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with burning emotion:
“The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, it says, ‘The person who does these things will live by them.’”(Galatians 3:12)
If I was counting on my obedience to Your law to save me, Jesus
I’d be doomed to hell.
To say I fall short is not only to state the obvious.
It’s the understatement of the century.
It’s not because I don’t care.
I try with all my might to please You…
and then I don’t.
Thank You from the bottom of my heart
for Your gift of faith!
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Deuteronomy 32:47; Psalm 119:116; Ezekiel 18:9; Romans 1:17; 2 Corinthians 5:7; Hebrews 11:1; Hebrews 11:6
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, May 7, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Set your goals, as you pray this Lazaroo:
“I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who will do according to what is in my heart and mind. I will firmly establish his priestly house, and they will minister before my anointed one always. Then everyone left in your family line will come and bow down before him…”(1 Samuel 2:35-36)
You’re big on faithfulness, Jesus.
You greatly value obedience, too.
You reward those who are faithful and obedient
and punish those who aren’t.
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Genesis 5:22-24; Deuteronomy 11:13-14; 1 Samuel 15:22; Nehemiah 9:7-8; Proverbs 2:8; Jeremiah 7:23; Hebrews 5:9
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, May 6, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in sobered understanding:
“…if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.”(2 Corinthians 4:3-4)
That explains so much, Jesus –
why some people instantly respond to the good news about You
and others in the same room at the same time reject Your love.
With everything in me:
Thank You for lifting the veil from my mind!
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Exodus 34:33-35; Lamentations 3:65; Ezekiel 13:21; John 9:39-41; John 12:40; 2 Corinthians 3:13-16; 1 John 2:11
The post Lazaroo – Friday, May 5, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in gratitude and awe:
“When Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits, he went over to lie down at the far end of the grain pile.”(Ruth 3:7)
If Boaz thought he was in good spirits then, Jesus
You were about to take him to a whole ‘nuther level!
He was about to get a new wife and a new life.
Moreover, You were adding him to the bloodline
from which You would one day be born –
and by Your blood shed on the cross
I’ve been born again!
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Ruth 4:21-22; Matthew 9:27; Acts 20:28; Romans 3:25; Romans 5:9; 1 Corinthians 11:25; Ephesians 1:7; Colossians 1:20
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, May 4, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in grateful perspective:
“So then, no more boasting about human leaders! All things are yours, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours, and you are of Christ, and Christ is of God.”(1 Corinthians 3:21-23)
It’s okay for us to be grateful for the leaders You’ve so gifted, Jesus
but not to put them on a pedestal of worship.
You’ve gifted us all…even me!
May I never forget that.
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Genesis 12:3; Matthew 7:11; Romans 11:29; Romans 12:6; 1 Corinthians 12:1-9; 1 Corinthians 12:28-31; 1 Corinthians 14:1; Ephesians 4:8; Hebrews 2:4
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, May 3, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with eyes wide open:
“After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath, who struck down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad. He too saved Israel. Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord, now that Ehud was dead. So the Lord sold them into the hands of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor.”(Judges 3:31-4:2)
You keep supplying Your people with helpers, Jesus.
They keep repaying Your kindness by disobeying You.
There are consequences for that kind of behavior –
consequences I don’t want to reap.
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Numbers 9:13; Numbers 18:22; Ezekiel 16:58; Ezekiel 23:49; Ezekiel 44:10; Ezekiel 44:12; Romans 13:2
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, May 2, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in ardent love:
“…it is written: ‘So that you may be proved right when you speak and prevail when you judge.’ But if our unrighteousness brings out God’s righteousness more clearly, what shall we say? That God is unjust in bringing his wrath on us? (I am using a human argument.) Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world?”(Romans 3:4-6)
You are Perfect, Righteous and Just, Jesus.
In our flawed, unrighteous, injustice
how dare we impugn Your judgments?
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Psalm 36:6; Psalm 72:1; Jeremiah 12:1; Jeremiah 12:5-6; Romans 3:23; Romans 5:8; Romans 6:23; Romans 9:20
The post Lazaroo – Monday, May 1, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with burning zeal:
“Joshua set up the twelve stones that had been in the middle of the Jordan at the spot where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant had stood. And they are there to this day.”(Joshua 4:9)
What an awesome reminder of that miracle, Jesus!
We need reminders.
Because too often
we forget.
That usually happens
when we ask You for something that isn’t best
and don’t get it.
Maybe I need to set up some physical reminders
of the things You’ve done for me!
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Exodus 13:9; Numbers 16:39-40; Ezekiel 29:16; John 14:26; Romans 15:15; 1 Corinthians 4:17; 2 Peter 3:1
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, April 30, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with unrestrained allegiance:
“Now a man who was lame from birth…asked them for money. Peter looked straight at him, as did John. Then Peter said, ‘Look at us!’ So the man gave them his attention, expecting to get something from them.”(Acts 3:2-5)
He was about to get something all right, Jesus…
but it wasn’t from Peter and John.
It was from You!
He wanted money, but what he needed was to be healed.
That’s what I desire, Father!
Not what I think I want
but what You know I need.
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Exodus 14:14; Matthew 5:37; Matthew 6:8; Matthew 6:32; 2 Corinthians 8:14; Philippians 4:18-19; Hebrews 10:36
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, April 29, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with deep reverence:
“…the Lord your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate in order to give him into your hands, as he has now done. The Lord said to me, ‘See, I have begun to deliver Sihon and his country over to you. Now begin to conquer and possess his land.’”(Deuteronomy 2:30-31)
When You’re ready to do something, Jesus
You don’t have to wait for a person to cooperate.
You can make them do it.
Great God!
I’m cooperating!
Make me what You want me to be!
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Exodus 9:12; Joshua 11:20; 2 Samuel 24:1; Proverbs 21:1; Ezekiel 18:25; John 12:40; Romans 9:16-18
The post Lazaroo – Friday, April 28, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
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
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, April 27, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in steadfast faith:
“Moses, Aaron and the leaders of the community counted the Kohathites by their clans and families. All the men from thirty to fifty years of age who came to serve in the work at the tent of meeting, counted by clans, were 2,750. This was the total of all those in the Kohathite clans who served at the tent of meeting. Moses and Aaron counted them according to the Lord’s command through Moses.”(Numbers 4:34-37)
You instruct us to count Your people, Jesus
because people count.
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Genesis 16:10; Exodus 30:12; Numbers 1:3; Numbers 1:49; Numbers 3:15; Numbers 3:40; Revelation 7:9
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, April 26, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with bottomless trust:
“…there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people.’”(Luke 2:8-10)
Sometimes when You show up I’m afraid, Jesus
because I mistake what You’re doing for something bad.
But it isn’t.
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Genesis 18:15; Genesis 28:17; Exodus 3:6; 1 Samuel 3:15; 2 Samuel 6:9; Isaiah 41:10; Acts 24:25
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, April 25, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with unshakable belief:
“…as a penalty they must bring to the priest, that is, to the Lord, their guilt offering, a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value. In this way the priest will make atonement for them before the Lord, and they will be forgiven for any of the things they did that made them guilty.”(Leviticus 6:6-7)
When they brought their offering to the priest, Jesus
in reality, they were offering it to You.
When I give my tithes and offerings to my church
in reality, I’m offering them to You.
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Numbers 18:28; Deuteronomy 12:6; Nehemiah 13:12; Isaiah 53:12; Malachi 3:8-10; 2 Corinthians 8:5; 2 Corinthians 9:5
The post Lazaroo – Monday, April 24, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in chastened awareness:
“…Jesus asked them, ‘Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?’ But they remained silent. He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, Stretch out your hand.’ He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored.”(Mark 3:4-5)
That’s how You work nearly every miracle, Jesus –
in spite of our animosity, doubt and outright disbelief.
True, some miracles are granted to those who have faith
which comes directly from You
as a gift.
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Psalm 77:11; Psalm 106:7; Matthew 13:58; Acts 19:11; Ephesians 2:8-9; Hebrews 11:1; Hebrews 11:6
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, April 23, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in humble trust:
“I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go. Then say to Pharaoh, ‘This is what the Lord says: Israel is my firstborn son, and I told you, “Let my son go, so he may worship me.” But you refused to let him go; so I will kill your firstborn son.’”(Exodus 4:21-23)
To us, this seems unjust, Jesus
But no!
You are Just!
This side of heaven, we don’t have the ability to grasp
the mind-bogglingly vast number of factors
that inform Your righteous actions.
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1 Samuel 16:7; Job 36:26; Psalm 139:17; Ezekiel 18:25; Romans 9:14; 1 Corinthians 3:20; 1 Corinthians 13:9-12; Hebrews 6:1
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, April 22, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Take notes, as you pray this Lazaroo::
“Jesus said to him, ‘Away from me, Satan! For it is written: “Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.”’ Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.”(Matthew 4:10-11)
You’re teaching me how to successfully battle the devil, Jesus:
- Tell him to get away.
- Quote the Word to him.
- Make it clear that I will serve no one but You.
That kind of encounter with the enemy of my soul can be exhausting.
But when needed
You’ll send Your angels to attend me!
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Exodus 20:3; Zechariah 3:2; Luke 10:17-19; John 6:68; James 4:7: 1 Peter 5:8; 1 John 4:4
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Pray this Lazaroo in happy anticipation:
“So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.”(Genesis 3:23-24)
What a heartbreak, Jesus!
We’ve been mourning that loss ever since.
But in heaven –
for those of us who’ve placed our trust in You –
that longing will be fulfilled!
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Psalm 23:6; Romans 5:12; Romans 5:14; Philippians 3:14; Philippians 3:20; 1 Timothy 2:14; Revelation 21:4
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, April 20, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in holy fear:
“You have wearied the Lord with your words. ‘How have we wearied him?’ you ask. By saying, ‘All who do evil are good in the eyes of the Lord, and he is pleased with them…’”(Malachi 2:17)
To forgive me, Jesus
is a totally different thing
than being pleased with me.
The first happens after I’ve sinned and confessed it.
The second happens when I’ve refused to sin
and remain faithful.
I’m grateful beyond words for Your forgiveness!
But I’d rather You be pleased.
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Exodus 33:13-17; Numbers 14:8; Deuteronomy 33:11; 2 Samuel 15:26; 1 Chronicles 29:17; 1 Corinthians 10:5; Hebrews 10:8
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, April 19, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with undisguised yearning:
“I asked the angel who talked with me, ‘What are these, my lord?’ He answered, ‘Do you not know what these are?’ ‘No, my lord,’ I replied.”(Zechariah 4:4-5)
There are a lot of things I don’t understand, Jesus!
That doesn’t mean I don’t trust You.
I do.
I also acknowledge there are some things
I won’t have the capacity to grasp
until I get to heaven.
Even so…
if You could help me understand a little better
I sure would appreciate it.
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1 Kings 18:37; Job 23:1-17; Psalm 4:1; Psalm 27:7; Psalm 139:6; Daniel 12:8-10; 1 Corinthians 8:1; 1 Corinthians 13:9-12; Ephesians 4:12-14
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, April 18, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with growing understanding:
“In the second year of King Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel…”(Haggai 1:1)
I would love to experience that kind of specificity, Jesus
when You give a message to me.
Not that I deserve it.
I don’t.
But oh, would it be nice!
I spend so much time trying to figure out
exactly how to apply Your Word.
Come to think of it…
that’s exactly what You intend.
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Deuteronomy 18:21-22; Joshua 5:14; Judges 3:19-21; Matthew 8:8; Mark 1:7; Romans 10:8-10; 1 John 3:11
The post Lazaroo – Monday, April 17, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in grateful anticipation:
“The Lord their God…will restore their fortunes.”(Zephaniah 2:7)
When things were going well for me, Jesus, I loved it.
I thought it was always going to be that way.
Then I discovered:
It wasn’t.
My sins caused some of it – maybe all of it.
But it might have simply been
that You needed me to fight some of Your battles.
If my suffering is caused by sin, I’ve got to repent!
Either way, I long to live once more
under the spout
where Your glory comes out!
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Genesis 40:13; Deuteronomy 30:3; 2 Samuel 9:7; Matthew 9:30; Matthew 12:13; Acts 3:21; Galatians 6:1
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, April 16, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Better think twice, as you pray this Lazaroo:
“…your destruction of animals will terrify you.”(Habakkuk 2:17)
Seriously, Jesus?
Who cares that much about animals?
You do.
That means I’d be wise to care about them, too.
But a whole lot of people don’t.
They forget:
You’re their Creator!
which makes it a dangerous thing to ignore.
When You create
You’re invested.
You intend to fulfill Your purpose.
It would be a very good idea for me
to discover Your purpose for Your creation
and do my best to honor it.
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Proverbs 12:10; Isaiah 14:24; Isaiah 46:10-11; Jonah 4:11; Luke 7:30; Acts 13:36; Romans 9:11; Romans 12:2
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, April 15, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your being:
“The voices of your messengers will no longer be heard.”(Nahum 2:13)
You sent Jonah to warn Ninevah of their impending doom, Jesus.
But when they repented
You relented!
Not this time.
Not long after You granted them a stay of execution
they went right back to their detestable sins.
They stopped sinning to avoid punishment
not because they hated and rejected what they had done.
Nahum was the last prophet You sent to them.
O God!
May I never cross that line!
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Psalm 7:12; Jeremiah 4:28; Amos 1:3; Amos 1:6; Amos 1:9; Amos 1:11; Hebrews 10:26-27
The post Lazaroo – Friday, April 14, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with mounting excitement:
“In the last days the mountain of the Lord’s temple will be established as the highest of the mountains; it will be exalted above the hills, and peoples will stream to it.”(Micah 4:1)
Are these the last days, Jesus?
Because what You predicted
what many once thought to be unthinkable
is happening.
People are indeed streaming to the mountain of Your temple!
By the millions they’re coming from the four corners of the earth
to walk that sacred ground in full awareness
that You have exalted it above the hills.
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Hosea 3:5; Micah 4:1; Zechariah 1:16; Acts 2:17; 2 Timothy 3:1; James 5:3; 2 Peter 3:3
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, April 13, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in fervency of spirit:
“Who knows? God may yet relent…”(Jonah 3:9)
Even after the prophet Jonah delivered Your declaration of doom, Jesus
Ninevah’s king rallied his people with the hope of Your mercy.
For good reason:
Your mercy is legendary!
Yes, You punish willful, stubbornly repetitive sin.
But it breaks Your heart when You have to do it.
You give us chance after chance after chance to repent.
Even after You pronounce judgment
there’s always hope that You will relent
if we change our wicked ways.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
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Genesis 32:20; Deuteronomy 32:36; 1 Samuel 6:5; 2 Samuel 14:15; 1 Kings 20:31; Psalm 90:31; James 2:13
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, April 12, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Take warning, as you pray this Lazaroo:
“…you will be utterly despised.”(Obadiah 1:2)
Whew! That’s a tough one, Jesus!
But that was the punishment You meted out against Edom
the people descended from Jacob’s older brother.
Why?
Because of the calloused cruelty they exhibited
toward Your hurting, chosen people.
No matter how low one of Your flawed believers sinks
may I never pile on while You’re disciplining them
and risk becoming one of the “utterly despised.”
It’s not my place to add to their misery
lest some of their misery becomes mine.
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Exodus 3:7; Deuteronomy 32:35; Obadiah 1:10-12; Matthew 7:1; Romans 2:4; Romans 12:19; Hebrews 10:30
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, April 11, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with bulldog faith:
“This is what the Lord says to Israel: ‘Seek me and live; do not seek Bethel, do not go to Gilgal, do not journey to Beersheba….Seek the Lord and live, or he will sweep through the tribes of Joseph like a fire; it will devour them, and Bethel will have no one to quench it.’”(Amos 5:4-6)
When I’m in trouble, Jesus
why do I ever turn
to anyone, anywhere or anything than You?
All of my so-called “deliverers” will fail.
You alone have the power to rescue me!
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Exodus 20:3; Isaiah 37:20; Isaiah 44:8; John 5:44; 1 Corinthians 3:7; 1 Timothy 1:17; Jude 1:25
The post Lazaroo – Monday, April 10, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with burning emotion:
“Surely he has done great things! Do not be afraid, land of Judah; be glad and rejoice. Surely the Lord has done great things! Do not be afraid, you wild animals, for the pastures in the wilderness are becoming green. The trees are bearing their fruit; the fig tree and the vine yield their riches.”(Joel 2:20-22)
It’s all about You, Jesus
not my circumstances.
It doesn’t matter that my present landscape is barren.
You’re faithful.
You’re on Your way.
As I keep my eyes fixed on You
my desert will blossom!
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Isaiah 27:6; Isaiah 35:1; Hosea 14:5; Hosea 14:7; Joel 2:25; Habakkuk 3:17-19; Hebrews 12:2; 1 Peter 5:10
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, April 9, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with determination:
“Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; the Israelites, even Ephraim, stumble in their sin; Judah also stumbles with them. When they go with their flocks and herds to seek the Lord, they will not find him; he has withdrawn himself from them. They are unfaithful to the Lord; they give birth to illegitimate children.”(Hosea 5:5-7)
When we keep sinning – especially when we know better, Jesus –
You withdraw from us.
I can’t afford that, LORD!
I need You too desperately.
Please help me stay faithful to You.
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Deuteronomy 31:8; Psalm 138:8; Isaiah 59:2; Amos 5:21; John 9:31; James 4:8; 1 John 5:14
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, April 8, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul:
“I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.”(Revelation 3:8)
When You’re the one who opens the door, Jesus
no one can shut it in my face.
Even when my strength wanes
may I always keep Your Word
and glorify Your Name.
So long as that’s true of me
may You keep opening doors.
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Hosea 2:15; Matthew 7:7; Matthew 24:33; Matthew 25:11; Acts 12:13-16; Acts 14:27; Acts 18:7
The post Lazaroo – Friday, April 7, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Sell out totally to God as you pray this Lazaroo:
“‘Whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace.’ Therefore, as soon as they heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp and all kinds of music, all the nations and peoples of every language fell down and worshiped the image of gold that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.”(Daniel 3:6-7)
That was a no-brainer for everyone, Jesus.
Well…almost everyone.
There were a handful of Your people
who knew better.
May I always be numbered among that handful!
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Exodus 18:11; Exodus 20:3; Deuteronomy 5:7-9; Daniel 3:16-18; Daniel 3:24-29; Luke 4:8; John 6:66-68
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, April 6, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with recognized desire:
“…keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.”(Jude 1:21)
Paul said it, Jesus:
“If only for this life we have hope in Christ,
we are of all people most to be pitied.”
To paraphrase C.S. Lewis:
I find in myself a desire
that nothing in this world can satisfy.
Clearly, I’m meant for another world.
Send your angels to bring me there to You, Father
when my time has come.
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Psalm 23:6; Proverbs 10:25; 1 Corinthians 15:19; 1 Corinthians 15:50-56; 1 Thessalonians 4:17; Hebrews 11:26; 1 John 2:17
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, April 5, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in growing understanding:
“Turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem and with bared arm prophesy against her. I will tie you up with ropes so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have finished the days of your siege.”(Ezekiel 4:7-8)
Just as You did with Ezekiel, Jesus
so You sometimes do with me.
You had given him a difficult task –
one he might have been tempted to abandon.
So You tied him to it.
That explains a whole lot of what’s happening in my life.
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Psalm 139:5; Jonah 1:1-2; Jonah 1:12; Jonah 1:17; Jonah 2:7-10; Jonah 3:1-3; John 6:66-68
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, April 4, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with your eyes fixed on Jesus:
“Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil…”(3 John 1:11)
At first glance, Jesus
that seems like a no-brainer
like something You wouldn’t have to say.
Sadly, there’s a reason You have to say it –
a very sad, disgraceful, inexcusably awful reason:
We keep imitating what’s evil.
Monkey see…monkey do.
What are we thinking?
Maybe we’re thinking they got away with it…
so can I.
But they’re not going to get away with it!
Nor will I.
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Deuteronomy 32:41; Psalm 149:6-8; Isaiah 34:8; Isaiah 59:17; Jeremiah 11:20; Ezekiel 16:38; Roman 12:19
The post Lazaroo – Monday, April 3, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in holy awe:
“All your enemies open their mouths wide against you; they scoff and gnash their teeth and say, ‘We have swallowed her up. This is the day we have waited for; we have lived to see it.’ The Lord has done what he planned; he has fulfilled his word, which he decreed long ago.”(Lamentations 2:16-17)
Nothing gets by You, Jesus!
Nothing.
There’s a very good reason for that:
You know the future.
There’s a very good reason for that, too:
You make the future.
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Isaiah 26:12; Jeremiah 10:23; Amos 3:6; Acts 1:7; Acts 4:28; Acts 17:25; 1 Corinthians 8:6
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, April 2, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with unending allegiance:
“…whoever continues in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.”(2 John 1:9)
That’s the key, isn’t it, Jesus?
I’ve got to continue what I started.
Correction.
I’ve got to continue what You started in me!
And of course, if it was indeed You who started it
I will continue.
It’s when people have a form of godliness
but deny Who You really Are
that they don’t continue.
The proof today that I’m on my way to heaven through faith in You?
I’m still here.
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Exodus 33:13; John 17:26; Acts 13:43; Romans 11:22; Galatians 3:10; Philippians 2:12; Colossians 1:22-23
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, April 1, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Feel God’s pain to the bone, as you pray this Lazaroo:
“During the reign of King Josiah, the Lord said to me, ‘Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every spreading tree and has committed adultery there. I thought that after she had done all this she would return to me but she did not, and her unfaithful sister Judah saw it.”(Jeremiah 3:6-7)
When we turn to other gods, Jesus –
anything or anyone we value ahead of You –
in Your eyes
it’s adultery
and Your eyes are the only eyes that matter.
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Exodus 20:14; Proverbs 6:32; Jeremiah 23:14; Ezekiel 16:38; Romans 2:22; 2 Peter 2:14; Revelation 2:22
The post Lazaroo – Friday, March 31, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in eye-opened trust:
“…whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.”(1 John 2:23)
Right, Jesus –
…because anyone who sees You
has seen the Father.
There aren’t millions of gods, three gods, two gods.
Just One.
You.
You’re the Father of all
the Savior of my soul
my indwelling Best Friend!
You’re the Creator of heaven and earth
of all that is
or ever will be.
You Are Father, Son, Holy Spirit.
Three in One.
One in Three.
The only time it’s grammatically correct to say:
“They Is…He Are.”
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Genesis 1:26; Luke 4:12; John 14:8-10; Colossians 1:15-20; Titus 2:13; Jude 1:25; Revelation 17:14
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, March 30, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with fiery determination:
“Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a sash, a rope; instead of well-dressed hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; instead of beauty, branding. Your men will fall by the sword, your warriors in battle. The gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.”
(Isaiah 3:24-26)
So this is what a curse looks like, Jesus
Your punishment –
doled out not upon the heathen
but upon Your people, who’ve forsaken You.
Keep me true, Jesus!
May Your curse never fall on me.
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Exodus 32:34; Leviticus 26:18; 2 Samuel 7:14; Psalm 89:32; Acts 7:7; 1 Corinthians 4:21; 1 Corinthians 11:32
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, March 29, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Be humbly forewarned, as you pray this Lazaroo:
“…those who follow the corrupt desire of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and arrogant, they are not afraid to heap abuse on celestial beings; yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not heap abuse on such beings when bringing judgment on them from the Lord.”(2 Peter 2:10-11)
What a lesson, Jesus!
Even though You command me to resist the demonic work
of those powerful angels who followed Satan
because You created them
I’m to treat them with respect
as I do my earth-bound enemies.
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Psalm 21:8; Psalm 74:23; Matthew 5:44; Matthew 22:44; Matthew 25:41; James 4:7; Revelation 12:7-12
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, March 28, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Go to school as you pray this Lazaroo:
“How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much more pleasing is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume more than any spice! Your lips drop sweetness as the honeycomb, my bride; milk and honey are under your tongue. The fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.”(Song of Songs 4:10-11)
Such over-the-top language may embarrass us, Jesus.
But unless I miss my guess
Solomon’s Shulammite bride
loved every word of it!
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1 Kings 4:29-34; Song of Songs 1:1-4; Song of Songs 2:3; Song of Songs 3:1; Song of Songs 5:8; Song of Songs 6:13; Song of Songs 7:10-12
The post Lazaroo – Monday, March 27, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:
“Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.”(1 Peter 2:10)
Once I was lost, Jesus
but now I’m found.
by You.
Of course, You knew me the whole time – even before I was born
even before You created the world.
I was the clueless one.
I was the one who was lost and on my way to hell
because I didn’t have You.
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Psalm 139:13-16; Matthew 18:12-13; Luke 19:10; Romans 8:29; Romans 10:20; Romans 11:2; 1 Corinthians 15:19; Ephesians 1:4-5
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, March 26, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in grateful anticipation:
“And I declared that the dead, who had already died, are happier than the living, who are still alive. But better than both is the one who has never been born, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.”(Ecclesiastes 4:3-4)
And so we’re blessed with another uplifting word from Solomon, Jesus.
For somebody so wise
he sure was in a snit of depression.
But he was almost right about one thing:
People in heaven are definitely happier
than those of us still on earth!
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Isaiah 57:1; Luke 16:19-24; 1 Corinthians 13:12; Philippians 1:22-23; Hebrews 12:22; Revelation 2:17; Revelation 21:4
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, March 25, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo…thoughtfully:
“We all stumble in many ways. Anyone who is never at fault in what they say is perfect, able to keep their whole body in check.”(James 3:2)
Of the many ways I can sin, Jesus
it’s most likely to happen
when I open my mouth.
That makes me want to keep my mouth shut.
But the problem with that solution is this:
If I only think it,
it’s still a sin.
No one else may know it
but You do
because You read minds.
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Genesis 6:5; Psalm 139:2; Psalm 139:23; Proverbs 15:26; Isaiah 55:7; Matthew 9:4; Romans 2:15
The post Lazaroo – Friday, March 24, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with pure devotion:
“Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding. Cherish her, and she will exalt you; embrace her, and she will honor you. She will give you a garland to grace your head and present you with a glorious crown.”(Proverbs 4:7-9)
It doesn’t do a whole lot of good to have opportunities, tools and ability, Jesus
if I don’t know how or when or why or where or with whom
to use them.
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Deuteronomy 4:5-6; 1 Kings 4:29; 2 Chronicles 1:11-12; Psalm 37:30; Psalm 90:12; Matthew 11:19; 1 Corinthians 1:19
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, March 23, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with joy and gratitude!
“For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.”(Hebrews 4:15-16)
You know firsthand what I’m going through, Jesus!
You’re not judging me harshly.
With compassion and total understanding
You’re helping me make it through.
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Psalm 34:18; Psalm 86:15; Psalm 103:7-14; Isaiah 61:1; Matthew 11:28; Colossians 2:23; James 3:2
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, March 22, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with white-hot fervor:
“Sing the praises of the Lord, enthroned in Zion; proclaim among the nations what he has done. For he who avenges blood remembers; he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted. Lord, see how my enemies persecute me! Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death…”(Psalm 9:11-13)
I’ve got to know this, Jesus!
When I see the atrocities being committed, it breaks my heart!
Thank You for letting me know You will intervene for them
and me.
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Deuteronomy 32:41; Psalm 149:6-8; Isaiah 34:8; Isaiah 47:3; Isaiah 61:1-3; Luke 6:35; Romans 12:19
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, March 21, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with total transparency:
“Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.”(Philemon 1:3)
When I live in the wonder of Your grace, Jesus
I experience Your peace.
So long as I believe I have to earn my way to heaven
there is no peace
because I know I’ll never be good enough.
But when I trust what You did for me on the cross
as payment in full for my sins
I’m filled with Your peace
that surpasses all understanding.
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Proverbs 8:19; Jonah 2:8; Ephesians 1:7; Ephesians 3:19; Philippians 4:7; Colossians 3:15; 2 Timothy 1:9
The post Lazaroo – Monday, March 20, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo all the way to the marrow of your bones:
“When I lie down I think, ‘How long before I get up?’ The night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn. My body is clothed with worms and scabs, my skin is broken and festering. My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and they come to an end without hope.”(Job 7:4-6)
We need good sleep, Jesus.
We need good health.
But under Satan’s attack we may enjoy neither.
It’s so easy to feel hopeless like Job.
But I trust in You to rescue me!
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Psalm 17:13; Psalm 22:21; Psalm 25:20; Romans 7:24; Galatians 1:3-5; 2 Timothy 4:18; 1 Peter 5:8
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, March 19, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with laser-focused intensity:
“In your teaching show integrity, seriousness and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.”(Titus 2:7-8)
Paul didn’t want people saying bad things about Titus, Jesus
but he also didn’t want them saying bad things about him!
He knew whatever Titus said and did
was a reflection on him
just as what I say and do
is a reflection on those
who’ve built into my life.
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Proverbs 1:8; Matthew 10:25; Matthew 13:52; Luke 6:40; Philippians 3:10-11; 2 Timothy 2:2; Titus 1:4
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, March 18, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with no-holds-barred surrender:
“…Mordecai…tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the city, wailing loudly and bitterly. But he went only as far as the king’s gate, because no one clothed in sackcloth was allowed to enter it.”(Esther 4:1-2)
The king didn’t want to see anybody who was sad, Jesus.
He wanted everything to appear happy.
Thank You for being the King of kings
who invites me to come close to You
when my heart is breaking.
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Exodus 33:14; Psalm 34:18; Psalm 42:4; Psalm 147:3; Isaiah 61:1; Matthew 11:28; 1 Peter 5:7
The post Lazaroo – Friday, March 17, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in grateful obedience:
“They say that the resurrection has already taken place, and they destroy the faith of some. Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm…”(2 Timothy 2:18-19)
False teachers can do a lot of harm, Jesus.
But may their misunderstanding, lies and deception
never budge me one inch
from the rock-solid certainty of Your Word!
Show me which of those led astray You’re calling me to help!
I know I can’t fix every wrong
but with Your guidance, Holy Spirit
I long to make a difference.
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Deuteronomy 13:13; 1 Kings 11:3; 2 Kings 21:9; Psalm 58:3; Isaiah 53:6; 2 Corinthians 11:3; Philippians 3:10-11
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, March 16, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Passionately call on God as you pray this Lazaroo:
“Hear us, our God, for we are despised. Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity. Do not cover up their guilt or blot out their sins from your sight, for they have thrown insults in the face of the builders.”(Nehemiah 4:4-5)
You hear the prayer of Your desperate followers who are doing Your will, Jesus!
I qualify as desperate.
Now I just need to make sure I’m following You
and doing exactly what You’ve called me to do.
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Psalm 37:5; Psalm 79:8; Psalm 119:56; Psalm 142:6; John 15:15; Acts 13:22; 1 John 5:14-15
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, March 15, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Lean heavily on God as you pray this Lazaroo:
“Now the overseer… must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full respect. (If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?)(1 Timothy 3:2,4-5)
What a challenge for this man You’ve called into Your service, Jesus!
You know how Satan attacks him, his wife
and every member of his family.
Protect them, LORD!
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Acts 20:28; Philippians 1:1; 1 Timothy 3:1-2; Titus 1:5; Titus 1:7; 1 Peter 2:25; 1 Peter 5:2; 1 Peter 5:8-9
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, March 14, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with every fiber of your being:
“As soon as the copy of the letter of King Artaxerxes was read…they went immediately to the Jews in Jerusalem and compelled them by force to stop. Thus the work on the house of God in Jerusalem came to a standstill…”
(Ezra 4:23-24)
That doesn’t seem right, Jesus!
All because of a letter?
No.
You’re in Total Control.
You’re Sovereign!
Never let me forget that when something happens or doesn’t happen
it’s because You caused it
or allowed it.
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Genesis 15:2; Exodus 23:17; Deuteronomy 3:24; Psalm 71:16; Proverbs 21:30; Isaiah 7:7; Acts 4:24
The post Lazaroo – Monday, March 13, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with utter abandon:
“May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word.”(2 Thessalonians 2:16-17)
I want all my words to be good, Jesus
not just some of them.
But my only hope to achieve that lofty goal
is to stay constantly in tune with You, Holy Spirit!
May every word I speak be fulfilled
because it originates with You!
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Deuteronomy 8:3; 1 Samuel 25:12; Psalm 19:14; Psalm 51:10-12; Proverbs 30:5; Ecclesiastes 7:21; Matthew 4:4
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, March 12, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Hold nothing back, as you pray this Lazaroo:
“…the Levites took up the ark…and the tent of meeting and all the sacred furnishings in it…and King Solomon and the entire assembly of Israel that had gathered about him were before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and cattle that they could not be recorded or counted.”(2 Chronicles 5:4-6)
Oh, Jesus.
I’m so glad I don’t have to kill a bunch of animals
to worship You.
You sacrificed Yourself for me!
In grateful devotion for the rest of my days
I sacrifice myself in passionate service for You.
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Isaiah 58:5; Ephesians 5:2; Hebrews 7:27; Hebrews 9:23; Hebrews 10:1; Hebrews 10:8; Hebrews 13:16
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, March 11, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in humble adulation:
“We sent Timothy, who is our brother and co-worker in God’s service in spreading the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith…”(1 Thessalonians 3:2)
I know it’s my responsibility to stay focused on You, Jesus
to grow in You and to please You
in everything I think, say and do.
But when You send someone along with the gift of encouragement –
someone themselves strong in You who models it for me –
that’s nothing less than fire in my heart
and wind beneath my wings!
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Deuteronomy 1:38; Deuteronomy 3:28; Judges 7:11; Job 16:5; Acts 15:32; Acts 16:40; Acts 20:2; 2 Corinthians 13:11
The post Lazaroo – Friday, March 10, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with mounting anticipation:
“Now the first to resettle on their own property in their own towns were some Israelites, priests, Levites and temple servants.”(1 Chronicles 9:2)
There’s nothing like coming home, Jesus.
Well…that’s true if home is a good place.
Many people have had bad experiences growing up.
So for them, returning home would be painful.
But here’s the beautiful thing I’ve got to keep in mind:
This world is not my home!
My home is with You, in heaven.
Oh, what a joy it will be
to go home.
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Psalm 17:14; Isaiah 40:23; John 8:23; John 12:25; John 16:33; Romans 12:2; 1 Corinthians 7:31; 2 Corinthians 5:1; 2 Corinthians 5:6-9
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, March 9, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with explosive feeling:
“I tell you this so that no one may deceive you by fine-sounding arguments.”(Colossians 2:4)
As hard as it is to imagine, Jesus
there are so many people out there
who enjoy deceiving others.
That’s the work of Satan, isn’t it?
They don’t believe in You.
They couldn’t!
If they believed in a God who sees and hears and knows all
there’s no way in this world
they would practice this kind of deceit.
I’m begging You, Father:
Protect me!
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Genesis 3:13; Job 11:11; Job 12:16; Psalm 49:5; Jeremiah 9:4; Micah 2:11; 2 John 1:7
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, March 8, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Fully open your heart, as you pray this Lazaroo:
“She said to her husband, ‘I know that this man who often comes our way is a holy man of God. Let’s make a small room on the roof and put in it a bed and a table, a chair and a lamp for him. Then he can stay there whenever he comes to us.’”(2 Kings 4:9-10)
When I take care of those You have called into Your service, Jesus
You see.
You approve.
And oh, my LORD!
You bless.
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1 Kings 17:11-14; 1 Kings 11:17-24; Matthew 10:41-42; Matthew 25:40; Mark 9:41; Mark 11:4-6; Luke 19:31-34
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, March 7, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in total submission:
“Do everything without grumbling or arguing…”(Philippians 2:14)
Seriously, Jesus?
“Everything?”
Okay. I know You’re serious about this
but it’s quite clear:
I haven’t been taking this command seriously enough.
When I don’t like what’s going on I tend to grumble.
When I don’t like what somebody’s saying, I tend to argue.
But You want me to cut that out.
All of it.
Okay. I’ll try.
But You know me!
I’m going to need a ton of help from You to pull this off.
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Exodus 16:7; Exodus 16:12; Psalm 106:25; Mark 9:34; John 6:43; Acts 16:9; Romans 3:7
The post Lazaroo – Monday, March 6, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with burning emotion:
“Solomon made an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt and married his daughter. He brought her to the City of David until he finished building his palace and the temple of the Lord, and the wall around Jerusalem. The people, however, were still sacrificing at the high places…”(1 Kings 3:1-2)
And so it starts to unravel, Jesus…
Solomon enters a forbidden marriage
the people worshiping where they shouldn’t.
The more disobedience I incorporate in my life
the more swiftly my downfall arrives.
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Leviticus 26:30; 1 Kings 3:3; 1 Kings 11:1-3; 1 Kings 13:34; 2 Chronicles 26:16; 1 Thessalonians 3:5; James 1:13-14
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, March 5, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in confidence and respect:
“…for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things. His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms, according to his eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.”(Ephesians 3:9-11)
You’ve got a plan, Jesus.
It’s a beautiful, perfect, awesome plan.
And nothing in this world or the next has the power to thwart it!
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Job 5:12; Job 42:2; Psalm 33:10; Proverbs 10:3; Proverbs 21:30; Isaiah 8:10; Isaiah 14:27; Matthew 16:18
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, March 4, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul:
“Abner… said, ‘For some time you have wanted to make David your king. Now do it! For the Lord promised David, “By my servant David I will rescue my people Israel from the hand of the Philistines and from the hand of all their enemies.”…Then he went to Hebron to tell David…”(2 Samuel 3:17-19)
Since Abner knew it was Your will to make David king, Jesus
why had he fought so long against him?
Or put another way:
Since I know what You want me to do
why don’t I do it?
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1 Samuel 15:22; Malachi 1:6; Matthew 21:28-37; John 15:14; James 1:22-25; James 2:14-17; James 4:17
The post Lazaroo – Friday, March 3, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in zealous love:
“For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, as it is written: ‘Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.’ Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God, because ‘the righteous will live by faith.’”(Galatians 3:10-11)
I keep trying to do good, Jesus
and so I should.
But not to earn my salvation!
I give my all to please You
In gratitude for your gift of faith.
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Romans 3:24; Romans 4:16; 1 Corinthians 1:4; 1 Corinthians 15:10; Galatians 2:20; Ephesians 2:8-9; Hebrews 4:16
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, March 2, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in the fear of God:
“Every one of you that I do not cut off from serving at my altar I will spare only to destroy your sight and sap your strength, and all your descendants will die in the prime of life. And what happens to your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, will be a sign to you—they will both die on the same day.”(1 Samuel 2:33-34)
You’re longsuffering, Jesus.
For such a very long time You refrain from punishing.
But when we despise Your patience as weakness…
oh, dear God!
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Exodus 34:6; Nehemiah 9:30; Psalm 37:10-11; Jeremiah 6:26; Romans 2:4; 1 Peter 3:20; 2 Peter 3:9
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, March 1, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in renewed dedication:
“…we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God.”(2 Corinthians 4:2)
That’s exactly who I want to be, Jesus!
Nothing under the table
Nothing shameful.
No deception.
Distortion-free.
A plain truth-teller of Your Word.
What others think matters
but the one I most want to please
is You.
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Psalm 12:2; Proverbs 14:8; Romans 1:26-27; Romans 15:8; 1 Corinthians 4:4; 1 Corinthians 8:12; 2 Peter 3:16
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, February 28, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in ardent love:
“’When he lies down, note the place where he is lying. Then go and uncover his feet and lie down. He will tell you what to do.’ ‘I will do whatever you say,’ Ruth answered. So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law told her to do.’”(Ruth 3:4-6)
Naomi – the ultimate matchmaker, Jesus.
Worked out pretty well, too –
since Ruth became
Your many times removed great-grandmother.
Put me with the right people, Jesus!
so I and they
can become everything You’ve created us to be.
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Psalm 38:11; Psalm 55:12-14; Proverbs 13:30; Proverbs 28:7; Proverbs 29:3; Romans 11:1-13; 1 Corinthians 15:33; Revelation 1:9
The post Lazaroo Monday, February 27, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in chastened humility:
“Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise by the standards of this age, you should become ‘fools’ so that you may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: ‘He catches the wise in their craftiness’ ; and again, ‘The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.’”(1 Corinthians 3:18-20)
So let me get this straight, Jesus:
If I brag that I’m “so wise…”
I might actually be a –
Got it.
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Genesis 3:6; Exodus 31:3; Deuteronomy 34:9; Psalm 37:30; Psalm 90:12; Proverbs 27:2; Matthew 11:19; Acts 6:3
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, February 26, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with unrestrained allegiance:
“…they allowed no one to cross over. At that time they struck down about ten thousand Moabites, all vigorous and strong; not one escaped. That day Moab was made subject to Israel, and the land had peace for eighty years.”(Judges 3:28-30)
What an amazing victory, Jesus!
But the Israelites were not that superior to the Moabites.
It wasn’t them.
It was You.
Do I need to work on my skills and improve in every way possible?
Sure.
But to truly win?
Only You.
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Job 42:2; Psalm 44:3, 6-7; Proverbs 21:30; Lamentations 3:37-38; Acts 4:28; Acts 17:25; 1 Corinthians 8:6
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, February 25, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with deep reverence:
“What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision? Much in every way! First of all, the Jews have been entrusted with the very words of God. What if some were unfaithful? Will their unfaithfulness nullify God’s faithfulness? Not at all! Let God be true, and every human being a liar.”(Romans 3:1-4)
You made some promises to Abraham, Moses and David, Jesus.
You intend to keep them.
You’ve made promises to me, too
all of which You will fulfill.
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Genesis 15:1-16; Joshua 21:45; Joshua 23:14; 2 Samuel 7:8-16; 1 Kings 8:25; 1 Kings 8:56; Psalm 145:13; 2 Corinthians 7:1; Galatians 3:22; 2 Peter 3:9
The post Lazaroo – Friday, February 24, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with over-the-top trust:
“So the Israelites did as Joshua commanded them. They took twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites, as the Lord had told Joshua; and they carried them over with them to their camp, where they put them down.”
(Joshua 4:8)
What a powerful symbol and reminder of Your miracle, Jesus!
But there was something even more important that happened on that day:
They did exactly what You told them to do.
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Leviticus 26:2-4; 1 Samuel 15:22; Psalm 51:16-17; Psalm 103:17-18; Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 16:4; Romans 6:17
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, February 23, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in steadfast faith:
“One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer—at three in the afternoon. Now a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts.”(Acts 3:1-2)
Peter and John thought they were there to pray, Jesus.
The lame man thought he was there to beg.
All three were about to discover:
You had a little something else in mind!
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Proverbs 16:4; Isaiah 6:10-11; Lamentations 3:37-38; Acts 1:7; Acts 3:3-10; Acts 4:28; Ephesians 1:11
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, February 22, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with bottomless trust:
“I sent messengers to Sihon king of Heshbon offering peace and saying, ‘Let us pass through your country. We will stay on the main road; we will not turn aside to the right or to the left. Sell us food to eat and water to drink for their price in silver.’ But Sihon…refused to let us pass through.”(Deuteronomy 2:26-28; 30)
There are going to be days like that, Jesus.
I’ve experienced a few of them.
But it helps to remember
it happened in accordance with Your perfect plan.
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Deuteronomy 2:30-36; Psalm 21:11; Psalm 83:5; Proverbs 23:11; Matthew 5:11; Matthew 6:14; Luke 17:3-4; Acts 4:28; Romans 8:28-30
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, February 21, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with unshakable belief:
“…many people saw the signs he was performing and believed in his name. But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people. He did not need any testimony about mankind, for he knew what was in each person.”(John 2:23-25)
I wouldn’t blame You for not entrusting Yourself to me, Jesus.
You know exactly what’s in me.
But You did!
You gave Yourself for me on the cross!
to purify me until inside and out
I think, speak and behave
like one of Your own.
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Genesis 39:4; 2 Kings 22:5; Ezra 7:19; Matthew 25:14; Luke 12:48; 2 Timothy 1:14; Titus 2:11-14
The post Lazaroo – Monday, February 20, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:
“Count all the men from thirty to fifty years of age who come to serve in the work at the tent of meeting…Assign to each man the specific things he is to carry.”(Numbers 4:30, 32)
They had to carry the frames of the tabernacle, Jesus –
along with its crossbars, posts and bases.
They had to carry the posts of the surrounding courtyard
with their bases, tent pegs, ropes, all their equipment
and everything related to their use.
Show me, LORD
what You’ve assigned to me.
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Genesis 40:4; Numbers 4:31-32; Psalm 104:8; Ezekiel 4:5-6; Mark 13:34; Acts 22:10; 1 Corinthians 3:5
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, February 19, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with lavish love:
“…Mary…was pledged to be married…and was expecting a child…the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.”(Luke 2:5-7)
Just like then, Jesus
some of those You love so much
have no room for You in their hearts.
May my heart be so full of love for You
that it makes up the difference!
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Psalm 33:5; Psalm 130:7; Proverbs 8:21; John 3:16; Ephesians 3:19; Colossians 2:2; Titus 2:11-14
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, February 18, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with wholehearted adoration:
“…when they…realize their guilt, they must return what they have stolen or taken by extortion, or what was entrusted to them, or the lost property they found, or whatever it was they swore falsely about. They must make restitution in full, add a fifth of the value to it and give it all to the owner on the day they present their guilt offering.”(Leviticus 6:4-5)
You not only show me how to repent, Jesus
but You give me extra incentive
to never do wrong again.
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1 Samuel 19:4-5; Job 31:3; Psalm 5:5; Ecclesiastes 8:11; Acts 2:38; Acts 3:19; Romans 13:4
The post Lazaroo – Friday, February 17, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in renewed devotion:
“…Jesus went into the synagogue, and a man with a shriveled hand was there. Some of them were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath. Jesus said to the man with the shriveled hand, ‘Stand up in front of everyone.’”(Mark 3:1-3)
You didn’t hide the miracle You were about to perform, Jesus!
You stood against them boldly
in behalf of the hurting.
O God!
Rise up within me
as I do the same.
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Psalms 34:18; Psalms 147:3; Isaiah 58:5-9; Isaiah 61:1; Matthew 5:1-12; Galatians 2:10; James 2:16
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, February 16, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo – overwhelmed with gratitude:
“Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey and started back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand. The Lord said to Moses, ‘When you return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders I have given you the power to do.’”(Exodus 4:20-21)
You not only sent Moses on a mission, Jesus
but You equipped him with everything he needed to succeed –
just as You’ve done for me.
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1 Kings 19:7; Isaiah 41:10; Jeremiah 29:11; Hosea 13:9; 2 Corinthians 9:8; 2 Timothy 3:16-17; Titus 2:11-14
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, February 15, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with white-hot fervor:
“Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. ‘All this I will give you,’ he said, ‘if you will bow down and worship me.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Away from me, Satan! For it is written: “Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.”’”(Matthew 4:8-10)
Satan threw his best at You, Jesus
and every time You answered with Scripture.
What an example You’ve set for me:
For every Satanic attack
Your Word is the answer.
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Isaiah 55:9-11; Isaiah 66:2; Jeremiah 1:12; Jeremiah 23:29; Matthew 4:1-7; John 5:24; John 8:51; 2 Timothy 3:15-17
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, February 14, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with total transparency:
“So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.”(Genesis 3:23-24)
It doesn’t sound like we’re getting back in there, Jesus.
Certainly not here on this earth.
But there’s a better place than the Garden of Eden, isn’t there?
Heaven!
And for all who put their faith and trust in You
Angels won’t keep us out.
They’ll usher us in.
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Psalm 23:6; Luke 16:22; Romans 5:12-14; 1 Corinthians 15:22; 1 Corinthians 15:44; Ephesians 2:6; 1 Peter 1:4
The post Lazaroo – Monday, February 13, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:
“You have wearied the Lord with your words. ‘How have we wearied him?’ you ask. By saying, ‘All who do evil are good in the eyes of the Lord’…”(Malachi 3:17)
That’s like saying You don’t care, Jesus!
…that Your Word doesn’t matter
that we can live any old way we like
while You shrug with a half-smile on Your face
and say, “Oh, well, that’s cool.”
But it isn’t.
For those who deliberately flaunt Your loving laws
one day they will discover to their horror:
it’s very, very hot.
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Matthew 5:22; Matthew 5:29-30; Matthew 10:28; Matthew 23:33; Mark 9:47-49; Luke 12:5; 2 Peter 2:4-9
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, February 12, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in dumfounded awe:
“Then the angel who talked with me returned and woke me up, like someone awakened from sleep.”(Zechariah 4:1)
Up to now, Jesus, the angel had been speaking to Zechariah at night, in a vision.
But no longer.
As if to underscore the reality of all You sent him to tell the prophet
the angel he had seen in his vision
woke him up…
and there he was!
visible to the naked eye
in the same room with Zechariah.
Wow.
You can do anything, LORD.
Absolutely anything.
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Deuteronomy 6:22; Job 42:2; Zechariah 1:8; Matthew 17:20; Matthew 19:26; Luke 18:27; Romans 15:19
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, February 11, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with no-holds-barred surrender:
“In the second year of King Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai…”(Haggai 1:1)
It’s not every day that You speak out loud to someone on earth, Jesus.
If You spoke like that to me
I’d mark the date too.
I’d probably make a note of the time, as well.
How often I’ve wished You would tell me exactly what You want me to do!
Though I don’t in any way, shape or form deserve it,
I know You can.
But there’s a reason You don’t.
Probably many reasons.
One of which is You’re waiting on me
to pay attention to what You’ve already spoken to me
through Your Word.
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Genesis 18:33; Exodus 6:28; Exodus 20:18-19; Exodus 33:11; Numbers 4:12-9; Deuteronomy 5:24; 1 Samuel 3:1; Acts 18:9; Acts 22:17-18; 1 Corinthians 12:3; 1 Corinthians 14:21
The post Lazaroo – Friday, February 10, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in peaceful trust:
“In the evening they will lie down in the houses of Ashkelon. The Lord their God will care for them…”(Zephaniah 2:7)
Ashkelon was one of the most secure, well-defended cities of its day, Jesus.
Those who lived there could sleep soundly
knowing they were protected by a huge wall on the land side
and by a high natural bluff on the side facing the sea.
But may I always remember:
Without Your protection, nobody is safe.
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Psalm 3:5; Psalm 4:8; Psalm 16:1; Psalm 27:5; Psalm 140:4; Psalm 141:9; 1 Thessalonians 5:3
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, February 9, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in holy fear:
“The violence you have done to Lebanon will overwhelm you…”(Habakkuk 2:17)
So what they sowed, Jesus
You’re going to make sure they reap.
They treated Lebanon violently
and with violence they will be treated.
I’ve sowed some bad seed myself, Father
seed I most assuredly do not wish to reap!
But I’ve forsaken my past sins.
I’ve repented, turned to You with all my heart
trusting in Your incomparable love, mercy and forgiveness.
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1 Kings 8:46-50; Job 42:6; Proverbs 1:23; Isaiah 43:25; Hosea 14:1; Acts 2:38; 2 Corinthians 7:10; James 2:13
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, February 8, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Watch it happen! as you pray this Lazaroo:
“‘I am against you,’ declares the Lord Almighty. ‘I will burn up your chariots in smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will leave you no prey on the earth.’”(Nahum 2:13)
What happens to a carnivore when there’s no longer any prey, Jesus?
If they have nothing to kill
they can’t eat.
If they have nothing to eat
they’ll die.
You’re slow to anger, abounding in love.
But when Your patience is met by unrelenting, vicious behavior
You pronounce sentence.
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Genesis 15:11; Genesis 49:9; Genesis 49:27; Job 4:11; Job 24:21; Psalm 17:12; Revelation 18:21
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, February 7, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with growing understanding:
“Hear this, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of Israel, who despise justice and distort all that is right…because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, the temple hill a mound overgrown with thickets.”(Micah 3:9,12)
Your gift and call to be a leader is a staggering responsibility Jesus.
It gives to a human being the ability to sway others
for right
or for wrong
and then to face the consequences.
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Deuteronomy 31:2; 2 Kings 21:9; Jeremiah 50:6; Micah 6:4; Romans 11:29; Romans 12:8; 1 John 2:26
The post Lazaroo – Monday, February 6, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with utter abandon:
“Let everyone call urgently on God. Let them give up their evil ways and their violence.”
(Jonah 3:8)
Why do we find it so hard, Jesus
to give up the things that break Your heart?
You’re not trying to cheat us out of having a good time!
You’re protecting us from the thoughts, words and behaviors
that will destroy our lives.
Forgive me, LORD
for being so slow to give up
what will take me down.
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Judges 2:19; 2 Samuel 2:23; Ecclesiastes 3:6; Ezekiel 23:8; Ezekiel 45:9; Daniel 3:28; Luke 14:33
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, February 5, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Hold nothing back, as you pray this Lazaroo:
“See, I will make you small among the nations…”(Obadiah 1:2)
That’s no threat to a small nation, Jesus.
It’s not much of a threat to one medium sized.
But if they thought it was the truth
if they knew Who was speaking –
the One Who can make good on His every Word –
that would scare the fire out of a big nation
like mine.
And given the increasing godlessness I see all around me
so it should.
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Psalm 44:13; Psalm 106:5; Proverbs 18:3; Jeremiah 24:9; Ezekiel 5:14-15; Ezekiel 36:12-15; Hebrews 10:38-39
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, February 4, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your heart:
“He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind, and who reveals his thoughts to mankind, who turns dawn to darkness, and treads on the heights of the earth—the Lord God Almighty is his name.”(Amos 4:13)
You Are Awesome, Jesus!
To think that You, the Creator of Everything
want to spend 1on1 time with me
sharing Your thoughts
transforming my life
giving me hope and a future.
Great and Mighty One!
You’re my Best Friend.
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Psalm 50:1; Proverbs 18:24; John 15:15; Matthew 26:64; Luke 1:49; John 21:5; Revelation 18:8
The post Lazaroo – Friday, February 3, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in devoted passion:
“I will drive the northern horde far from you, pushing it into a parched and barren land; its eastern ranks will drown in the Dead Sea and its western ranks in the Mediterranean Sea. And its stench will go up; its smell will rise.”(Joel 2:20)
What an amazing promise You made to Your people, Jesus!
I love knowing that’s who You Are.
Because when I’m facing overwhelming odds
I know I’m not alone.
You’re Able to do for me
what I could never do for myself.
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Isaiah 10:22; Isaiah 28:15; Isaiah 28:18; Daniel 11:22; Nahum 1:8; John 17:11-15; 2 Thessalonians 3:3
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, February 2, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Beg God for a clean heart, as you pray this Lazaroo:
“I know all about Ephraim; Israel is not hidden from me. Ephraim, you have now turned to prostitution; Israel is corrupt. Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God. A spirit of prostitution is in their heart; they do not acknowledge the Lord.”(Hosea 5:3-4)
The thing is, Jesus
You know exactly what’s going on inside each of us.
When it’s good
You reward us.
When it’s diabolical
You respond accordingly.
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Deuteronomy 5:29; 1 Samuel 16:7; 1 Kings 18:37; Psalm 12:2; Matthew 13:15; Matthew 15:8; Acts 11:23
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, February 1, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
In faith and trust, deal with it – as you pray this Lazaroo:
“To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.”(Revelation 3:7)
We don’t respond very well to that initially, Jesus.
We like to appeal decisions we don’t like.
We like to feel we have some measure of control.
But we don’t.
You do hear every prayer I pray according to Your will!
But when I ask for something not best
may I truly be grateful
that Your answer is no.
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1 Kings 2:13-25; Job 7:13-21; Matthew 16:21-23; Matthew 26:39; 2 Corinthians 12:6-10; Hebrews 11:39-40; 1 John 5:14
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, January 31, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in total awareness:
“King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon. He then summoned the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates and all the other provincial officials to come to the dedication of the image he had set up.”(Daniel 3:1-2)
King Nebuchadnezzar got a bit full of himself, didn’t he, Jesus?
He thought he had made himself great.
He hadn’t.
As with every one of my accomplishments
it’s all You.
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Exodus 20:3; Deuteronomy 5:7; Isaiah 44:8; Isaiah 65:16; Daniel 3:28; John 14:1-9; Acts 17:24-31
The post Lazaroo – Monday, January 30, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with burning emotion:
“…keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ…”(Jude 1:21)
We may have to wait a while for Your ultimate mercy to be revealed, Jesus
but we don’t have to wait long to experience Your mercy
in a thousand ways – small and large –
through the passage of our days.
You are so good to us!
You take care of Your own.
You watch over us like a mother with her newborn.
No…even better.
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2 Samuel 24:14; Psalm 123:2; Luke 1:50; Luke 1:78; Romans 9:23; Romans 15:9; Titus 3:5
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, January 29, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pay extremely close attention, as you pray this Lazaroo:
“…take an iron pan, place it as an iron wall between you and the city and turn your face toward it…This will be a sign to the people of Israel. Then lie on your left side and put the sin of the people of Israel upon yourself.”(Ezekiel 4:3-4)
How many times, Jesus
have You called on Your prophets, preachers and pastors
to be a sign to Your sinning people
to repent, change their hearts and their evil ways
before it’s too late?
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Exodus 13:9; Joshua 4:6; 1 Samuel 2:34; 1 Kings 13:3; Psalm 71:7; Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 16:4
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, January 28, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Determine to take action, as you pray this Lazaroo:
“…he even refuses to welcome other believers. He also stops those who want to do so and puts them out of the church.”(3 John 1:10)
What kind of person behaves in this way, Jesus?
Certainly not someone led by Your Holy Spirit.
I suspect they’re being led by none other than Satan himself.
But why would they allow that?
Maybe they’re a Christian in name only
planted by Satan to disrupt the love in Your Church.
Thankfully, You’ve given us the proper way
to deal with such people.
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Psalm 27:12; Psalm 35:20; Psalm 41:6; Isaiah 8:20; Matthew 13:18-23; Matthew 18:15-17; 2 Peter 2:1
The post Lazaroo – Friday, January 27, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Never give up! as you pray this Lazaroo:
“All who pass your way clap their hands at you; they scoff and shake their heads at Daughter Jerusalem: ‘Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of the whole earth?’”(Lamentations 2:15)
People love to attack a fallen hero, Jesus.
Why is that?
Were they jealous of the blessings You bestowed on them?
Are they delighted, now that Your discipline
has brought them down to their level?
What a shock it will be
when You restore the blessings
of Your repentant loved ones!
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2 Samuel 1:25; Psalm 9:15; Psalm 57:6; Proverbs 24:16; Isaiah 9:10; Micah 7:8; Romans 11:1-5
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, January 26, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with earnest desire:
“Anyone who…does not continue in the teaching of Christ does not have God…”(2 John 1:9)
That explains a lot, Jesus!
I often wonder how in the world someone who
attended church
served in ministries
donated to causes
seemed to be a Christian brother or sister
could suddenly abandon everything they supposedly stood for.
Now I know:
They had religion
but they didn’t have You.
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2 Timothy 2:13; Hebrews 8:9; Hebrews 12:27; 1 John 2:19; 1 John 2:24; 1 John 2:27; 1 John 3:9; 1 John 3:14
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, January 25, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in passionate dedication:
“…you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to blush with shame. Have you not just called to me: ‘‘My Father, my friend from my youth, will you always be angry? Will your wrath continue forever?’ This is how you talk, but you do all the evil you can.”(Jeremiah 3:3-5)
You never were much for empty words, were You, Jesus?
Weren’t then
aren’t now.
Nor am I.
I’ve heard too many broken promises
to make any to You.
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Ecclesiastes 5:1-7; Matthew 21:28-32; Ephesians 5:6; James 1:19; James 2:15-17; James 3:1-12; 2 Peter 2:18
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, January 24, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with undying love:
“No one who denies the Son has the Father…”(1 John 2:23)
There aren’t millions of Gods, Jesus.
There aren’t two Gods or three Gods.
There’s just One:
You.
You and the Father Are One.
Anyone who has seen You has seen the Father.
You live within me
in the Person of the Holy Spirit.
God created the heavens and the earth.
Everything that exists was made by You.
I have the Father
because I have You!
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Genesis 1:1; Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 9:6; John 8:19; John 10:30; John 14:9; John 14:16-18; John 17:11; John 17:22; John 20:27-29; Colossians 1:15-16
The post Lazaroo – Monday, January 23, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with burning zeal:
“In that day the Lord will snatch away their finery: the bangles and headbands and crescent necklaces, the earrings and bracelets and veils, the headdresses and anklets and sashes, the perfume bottles and charms, the signet rings and nose rings, the fine robes and the capes and cloaks, the purses and mirrors, and the linen garments and tiaras and shawls.”(Isaiah 3:18-23)
And some people think You don’t see, Jesus?
You will not tolerate our prancing around
in utter defiance of Your loving laws.
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Genesis 16:13; Deuteronomy 32:36; Job 11:11; Job 28:24; Job 34:21; Psalm 10:11; Matthew 6:4
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, January 22, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with unrestrained allegiance:
“…those who follow the corrupt desire of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and arrogant, they are not afraid…”(2 Peter 2:10)
Lack of fear can be a good thing, Jesus…
but not in this case.
Fear of doing wrong, knowing full well You’re watching
is the beginning of wisdom.
Most of us don’t have that fear nearly enough.
For some, it’s a lack of belief.
But for others of us
it’s knowing how much You love us!
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Exodus 1:21; Psalm 36:1; Psalm 55:19; Psalm 111:10; Romans 8:39; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Revelation 1:5-6
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, January 21, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in deepest gratitude:
“You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace.”(Song of Songs 4:9)
You have stolen my heart, Jesus!
with one Promise from Your Word
followed by a thousand more
with Your death on the cross for me
followed by Your resurrection
and the certainty that because You live
I will live forever with You also.
Correction:
You didn’t steal my heart.
It was Yours before time began.
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Joshua 21:45; Psalm 119:140; John 11:25; Romans 6:5; 2 Corinthians 1:20; 2 Corinthians 7:1; Colossians 3:1
The post Lazaroo – Friday, January 20, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with over-the-top trust:
“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”(1 Peter 2:10)
You blessed Your people, Jesus!
But You didn’t bless them
just to be blessing them.
You blessed them
to be a blessing.
May I never forget:
Every blessing I receive from You
creates an opportunity to be Your blessing
to somebody else!
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Genesis 12:2; Psalm 3:8; Psalm 37:26; Psalm 128:4; Romans 15:27; 1 Corinthians 9:23; Galatians 3:14
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, January 19, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with faith in the God who can:
“I looked and saw all the oppression that was taking place under the sun: I saw the tears of the oppressed—and they have no comforter; power was on the side of their oppressors—and they have no comforter.”(Ecclesiastes 4:1)
Oh, but Solomon was looking at the world
only under the sun, Jesus.
Viewing life without You.
You are the Comforter of the hurting, the downtrodden, the oppressed!
And You, dear LORD…oh, You, dear LORD!
are my Comforter.
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Psalm 23:4; Psalm 69:20; Psalm 71:21; Jeremiah 8:18; Matthew 5:4; 1 Corinthians 14:3; 2 Corinthians 1:3-7
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, January 18, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in sober reflection:
“Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.”
(James 3:1)
There’s a simple reason for this, isn’t there, Jesus?
Those to whom You give the holy honor of teaching Your Word
owe You and those they teach
the privilege of seeing someone
who practices what they teach.
True, no teacher will ever do everything perfectly
but that had blessed well be their daily goal.
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Isaiah 30:20; Matthew 5:20; Matthew 10:25; Matthew 23:13; Luke 8:21; Philippians 4:9; 1 Timothy 1:7
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, January 17, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in heart pounding love:
“Take hold of my words with all your heart; keep my commands, and you will live. Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn away from them. Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you.”(Proverbs 4:4-6)
Look and see, Jesus!
I’m taking hold of Your words with all my heart
doing my best – always and forever –
to obey Your Word.
Give me wisdom!
Give me understanding!
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Psalm 90:12; Psalm 111:10; Proverbs 2:6; Proverbs 3:13; 1 Corinthians 1:25; Colossians 1:9; James 1:5
The post Lazaroo – Monday, January 16, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:
“Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account. Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.”(Hebrews 4:13-14)
You see what’s going on, Jesus.
It’s not like I have to inform You.
With everything in me
I’m counting on You to do what only You can do
as I hold firmly to the faith I profess.
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Psalm 19:9; Psalm 33:11; Psalm 37:23; Psalm 40:2; Psalm 93:5; Psalm 119:89; Hebrews 3:6; Hebrews 3:14; Hebrews 6:19
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, January 15, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with lavish love:
“The Lord reigns forever; he has established his throne for judgment. He rules the world in righteousness and judges the peoples with equity. The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.”(Psalm 9:7-10)
You’re my Refuge, Jesus!
My Stronghold!
I know Your Name, JEHOVAH RAPHA!
You will not forsake us
for we seek You with all our hearts.
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Psalm 22:26; Psalm 27:4; Psalm 27:8; Psalm 40:16; Psalm 105:3; Matthew 6:33; Hebrews 11:6
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, January 14, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in wholehearted adoration:
“…to the church that meets in your home…”(Philemon 1:2)
That’s how it started, isn’t it, Jesus?
In addition to gathering in the temple courts
small groups of Your people
met together in one another’s homes.
There they ate together
studied Your Word together
prayed together.
Certainly, we have awesome electronic tools at our disposal
to facilitate those two ways of meeting as Your Church.
But can we possibly improve on that simple plan today?
No.
We can’t.
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Acts 2:46; Acts 5:42; Acts 20:7; ! Corinthians 3:17; 1 Corinthians 11:17-24; Philippians 1:27; Hebrews 10:25
The post Lazaroo – Friday, January 13, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with pure devotion:
“Do not mortals have hard service on earth? Are not their days like those of hired laborers? Like a slave longing for the evening shadows, or a hired laborer waiting to be paid, so I have been allotted months of futility, and nights of misery have been assigned to me.”(Job 7:1-3)
Job was telling the truth, Jesus.
That’s exactly how he felt.
He didn’t know it
but that wasn’t how his story would end.
You restored and blessed him with more than before!
No matter what I’m going through now
I trust the beautiful end You have in store for me!
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Deuteronomy 30:1-4; 1 Samuel 7:14; 2 Samuel 16:12; Matthew 9:29-31; Matthew 17:11; 2 Corinthians 13:9; 1 Peter 5:10
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, January 12, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with pedal-to-the-metal commitment:
“In everything set them an example by doing what is good…so that those who oppose you may be ashamed…”(Titus 2:7-8)
So that‘s what does it, Jesus?
Just living the life You’ve called me to live
leaving my reputation to You?
I can do that.
Correction: With Your help, I can do that.
My tendency is to try to fix what others think of me.
But every time I try, I only end up looking worse.
Best leave that to You.
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2 Samuel 13:13; Esther 9:4; Psalm 35:15; Psalm 54:5; Luke 6:22-23; 1 Timothy 3:7; Revelation 3:1
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, January 11, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with white-hot fervor:
“When Mordecai learned of all that had been done, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the city, wailing loudly and bitterly.”(Esther 4:1)
Mordecai felt exactly the way most of us would feel, Jesus
when confronted with horrific, disastrously unacceptable news.
He was right.
The threatened annihilation of all the Jews was catastrophic.
But He was also wrong.
Because You were about to turn this unthinkable situation
into stunning victory.
Help me remember that
next time I’m tempted to lose it over bad news.
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Genesis 50:19-21; 2 Kings 19:31; Isaiah 7:7; Jeremiah 20:11; Amos 7:3; Amos 7:6; Romans 8:28-30
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, January 10, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with total transparency:
“…Hymenaeus and Philetus…have departed from the truth.”(2 Timothy 2:17-18)
Why would they do that, Jesus?
Truth is a beautiful thing.
It creates crystal clarity
shedding brilliant light in the darkness.
Even when the truth reveals what we don’t want to hear or see
it dispels lies, wishful thinking, illusion
showing us how to respond appropriately.
Your Word is Truth.
You Are Truth.
Make me a lover of the Truth
all the days of my life.
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Psalm 52:3; John 14:6; 1 Corinthians 13:6; 2 Thessalonians 2:10; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; 1 Peter 1:22; 2 John 1:3
The post Lazaroo – Monday, January 9, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
May the Hope of God rise within you, as you pray this Lazaroo:
“‘What are those feeble Jews doing? Will they restore their wall? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day? Can they bring the stones back to life from those heaps of rubble—burned as they are?’…’What they are building—even a fox climbing up on it would break down their wall of stones!’”(Nehemiah 4:2-3)
Maybe those Jews were feeble, Jesus.
Maybe they couldn’t restore the broken down wall of Jerusalem
in a single day.
But how about in 52 days!!!
They stunned the world
because you were with them.
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Deuteronomy 31:6; Joshua 10:42; Joshua 23:3; 1 Kings 8:57; Nehemiah 6:15; Matthew 28:19-20; 1 Corinthians 1:8
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, January 8, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with laser-focused intensity:
“Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.”(1 Timothy 3:2-3)
Those are a lot of requirements, Jesus.
No wonder some people see them
and back away from pursuing this holy office.
But these are the bare minimums!
Isn’t this the holy life to which You’ve called
absolutely every one of us?
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Deuteronomy 28:9; Psalm 16:3; Romans 1:7; 1 Corinthians 1:2; Ephesians 1:8; Philippians 1:1; Titus 2:11-14
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, January 7, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with rock-solid confidence:
“Jerusalem has had powerful kings ruling over the whole of Trans-Euphrates, and taxes, tribute and duty were paid to them. Now issue an order to these men to stop work, so that this city will not be rebuilt until I so order…Why let this threat grow, to the detriment of the royal interests?”(Ezra 4:20-22)
The men who wrote this letter were Your enemies, Jesus.
They knew exactly how to get the king to halt the rebuilding of Your temple.
Paused? Yes.
Stopped? Never!
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Joshua 4:24; Judges 2:15; 1 Samuel 14:6; Job 9:12; Isaiah 14:27; Isaiah 41:20; Romans 11:33-36
The post Lazaroo – Friday, January 6, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with growing eagerness:
“May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed…”(2 Thessalonians 2:16-17)
May I pray that prayer over others, Jesus
and may others pray it over me.
Oh, how we need You to encourage and strengthen us
as in Your Name we perform good deed after good deed!
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Psalm 34:14; Matthew 5:16; 1 Timothy 2:9-10; 1 Timothy 5:9-10; 1 Timothy 5:25; 1 Timothy 6:18; Hebrews 10:24; 1 Peter 2:12
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, January 5, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with growing understanding:
“…Solomon summoned to Jerusalem the elders of Israel, all the heads of the tribes and the chiefs of the Israelite families, to bring up the ark of the Lord’s covenant from Zion, the City of David. And all the Israelites came together to the king at the time of the festival in the seventh month.”(2 Chronicles 5:2-3)
They obeyed the king, Jesus.
But why?
Billions of people have disobeyed kings’ commands.
Very simply, You put it in their hearts to obey Solomon.
So they did.
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1 Samuel 2:35; Nehemiah 2:12; Psalm 36:1; Psalm 119:11; Proverbs 21:1; Jeremiah 20:9; Acts 4:28
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, January 4, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in respectful awe:
“So when we could stand it no longer, we thought it best to be left by ourselves in Athens.”(1 Thessalonians 3:1)
Paul longed to return to the believers in Thessalonica, Jesus
but Satan blocked him.
We don’t know how or why.
But You either let it happen or caused it to happen
because Satan can thwart no plan of Yours!
Was sending Timothy in his place second best?
No.
You’re Sovereign.
That was Your plan all along.
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Genesis 15:2; Psalm 71:5; Amos 3:6; Acts 4:28; 1 Corinthians 8:6; 1 Thessalonians 2:17-20; 1 Thessalonians 3:2
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, January 3, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with every fiber of your being:
“All Israel…were taken captive to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.”(1 Chronicles 9:1)
That’s where unfaithfulness leads, isn’t it, Jesus?
Captivity.
Ironic. The reason anyone disobeys You
is to get out from under Your commands
opting for freedom to go their own way
not realizing that Your laws
are safeguards.
Once “free” of the umbrella of protection Your statutes afford
they become sitting ducks
for everything Satan wants to do to them
hastening the day
when they’ll be manacled
staring hopelessly through bars.
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Leviticus 26:13; Pslm 107:16; Psalm 119:31; Psalm 119:45; Isaiah 45:2; Jeremiah 34:17; Ezekiel 34:27; John 8:36; 2 Peter 2:19
The post Lazaroo – Monday, January 2, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with utter abandon:
“…the mystery of God, namely, Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.”(Colossians 2:2-3)
When I have You, Jesus
I’ve got it all.
Everything God has, You have –
because You’re God
and God has everything.
Speaking of which:
You have me!
I’ve given myself to You, body and soul
past, present and future
nothing held back!
Which means I will always have everything I need
because I will always, always, always have You.
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Matthew 6:25-34; Mark 13:11; John 1:16; 2 Corinthians 6:10; Ephesians 1:22-23; Ephesians 3:19; Ephesians 4:13; 1 John 5:20
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, January 1, 2023 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Hold nothing back, as you pray this Lazaroo:
“They brought the jars to her and she kept pouring. When all the jars were full, she said to her son, ‘Bring me another one.’ But he replied, ‘There is not a jar left.’ Then the oil stopped flowing.”(2 Kings 4:5-6)
When does Your miraculous oil stop flowing, Jesus?
When I quit bringing You jars.
With Your help, I’m not going to be like that widow’s son.
I’ll scour heaven and earth
to find another jar.
Here, LORD!
Please fill it.
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Psalm 16:11; Psalm 65:4; Psalm 71:8; Psalm 126:2; Matthew 5:6; Acts 2:28; Ephesians 3:19; Ephesians 5:18
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, December 31, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in humble adulation:
“…it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.”
(Philippians 3:13)
That’s what I’ve asked You to do, Jesus!
I don’t want anything but what You want.
By myself…
I don’t know enough
I don’t understand enough
I don’t love enough.
But You do!
You’ve saved my life.
Therefore I trust You with my life.
Did I say, “my” life?
No.
My life is Yours!Forever and ever and ever.
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Psalm 116:6; Psalm 147:5; Psalm 119:94; Romans 8:38-39; 2 Corinthians 5:15; Galatians 2:20; Ephesians 4:17
The post Lazaroo – Friday, December 30, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in the fear of God:
“…the king gave the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck Shimei down and he died. The kingdom was now established in Solomon’s hands.”(1 Kings 2:46)
As politically incorrect as it is to say it, Jesus
if there is to be peace
sometimes someone has to
leave
be kicked out
or die.
Whenever possible, You want us to work things out with each other.
But some people are nothing but hell on earth
until the day they draw their last, divisive breath.
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Exodus 17:4; Exodus 32:9; Numbers 14:11; Isaiah 29:13; Hosea 4:17; Mark 7:6; 1 Corinthians 7:15; Titus 3:10-11; 2 Peter 2:17
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, December 29, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with explosive feeling:
“…make plain to everyone the administration of this mystery…”(Ephesians 3:9)
This isn’t only Paul’s assignment, Jesus
it’s mine, too.
Your good news isn’t hard to tell.
But it is hard to explain.
Why would the God of heaven come to earth as a man
and give Your life on the cross to save a wretch like me?
There’s one explanation and one explanation only:
You love us with a depth, passion and ferocity
that none of us can begin to comprehend.
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Luke 11:42; John 3:16; John 5:42; Romans 8:39; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Titus 3:4-6; 1 John 3:17
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, December 28, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Fully open your heart, as you pray this Lazaroo:
“…David sent messengers…demanding, ‘Give me my wife Michal’…So Ish-Bosheth gave orders and had her taken away from her husband Paltiel…Her husband, however, went with her, weeping behind her all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, ‘Go back home!’ So he went back.”(2 Samuel 3:14-16)
Paltiel knew King Saul gave him Michal to spite David, Jesus.
Did he surrender her to do what was right
or because he was afraid of Abner?
May no one have to threaten me, Father!
to make me do what’s right.
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Genesis 4:7; Genesis 18:19; Exodus 15:26; Deuteronomy 6:18; Acts 10:34-35; Romans 12:17; Romans 13:3
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, December 27, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with locked-in faith:
“Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: ‘All nations will be blessed through you.’ So those who rely on faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.”(Galatians 3:8-9)
I have an earthly dad, Jesus.
Above all, there’s my Heavenly Father.
But because I have the faith of Abraham
he has become my spiritual father!
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Genesis 12:3; Genesis 18:18; Genesis 22:18; 2 Samuel 7:19; Romans 4:12-18; Romans 8:18; Romans 8:38; 1 Corinthians 3:22
The post Lazaroo – Monday, December 26, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with burning emotion:
“The time is coming when I will cut short your strength and the strength of your priestly house, so that no one in it will reach old age, and you will see distress in my dwelling. Although good will be done to Israel, no one in your family line will ever reach old age.”(1 Samuel 2:31-32)
Eli honored his sinning sons over You, Jesus.
Bad mistake.
You’ve commanded me to care for my family
but never if it dishonors You.
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Exodus 12:42; Ezra 10:11; Proverbs 3:9; Mark 7:9-13; John 8:49; Romans 2:23; 2 Corinthians 8:19
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, December 25, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with full-on ardor:
“…we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. Therefore, since through God’s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart.”(2 Corinthians 3:18-4:1)
Keep the transformation coming, Jesus.
I have such a long way to go!
But I trust You. I believe in You. I know You Are God and I know You are Good.
I will not lose heart.
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Psalm 4:5; Psalm 9:10; Psalm 20:7; Psalm 25:2; Psalm 119:68; John 3:16; John 20:28
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, December 24, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul:
“Now Boaz, with whose women you have worked, is a relative of ours. Tonight he will be winnowing barley on the threshing floor. Wash, put on perfume, and get dressed in your best clothes. Then go down to the threshing floor, but don’t let him know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.”(Ruth 3:2-3)
Naomi had it all planned out for her widowed daughter-in-law, Jesus.
It worked.
Boaz and Ruth became husband and wife.
But never let me forget:
It works
only when You work it.
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Proverbs 21:1; Jeremiah 10:23; Amos 3:6; Acts 4:28; Acts 13:48; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Hebrews 3:4
The post Lazaroo – Friday, December 23, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in zealous love:
“Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple.”(1 Corinthians 3:16-17)
I don’t take this seriously enough, do I, Jesus?
This is real.
We together – Your Church – are Your temple.
Help us at least begin to grasp the honor You have bestowed on us!
Rise up within us, Holy Spirit
to live accordingly.
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2 Samuel 22:7; 1 Kings 6:38; Ezra 1:2; Psalm 11:4; Nahum 1:14; Matthew 21:12-13; 2 Corinthians 6:16; Ephesians 2:21
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, December 22, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with desperate desire:
“…he blew a trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went down with him from the hills, with him leading them. ‘Follow me,’ he ordered, ‘for the Lord has given Moab, your enemy, into your hands.’ So they followed him down and took possession of the fords of the Jordan that led to Moab…”(Judges 3:27-28)
Ehud told the truth, Jesus.
There are others who want us to follow them, however, who are lying.
You haven’t sent them..
Give us holy discernment to tell the difference!
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Genesis 41:39; Deuteronomy 32:29; 1 Kings 3:9-12; Psalm 19:12; Psalm 119:125; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Philippians 1:9-11
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, December 21, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in humble gratitude:
“A person is not a Jew who is one only outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical. No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a person’s praise is not from other people, but from God.”(Romans 2:28-29)
Wow.
You’re saying I’m not a Jew because my parents were Jews.
I’m a Jew
because I believe in You, Jesus –
the King of the Jews
the Root and Offspring of David.
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Genesis 3:15; Micah 5:2; Matthew 2:2; Matthew 27:11; John 19:19; Romans 2:27; Revelation 22:16
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, December 20, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in ardent love:
“In the future, when your children ask you, ‘What do these stones mean?’ tell them that the flow of the Jordan was cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones are to be a memorial to the people of Israel forever.”(Joshua 4:6-7)
O Jesus!
Help me build into the fabric of my life
memorials to the wonderful times
when You intervened in my life!
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Genesis 28:11-22; Joshua 4:1-5; 1 Samuel 7:12; Psalm 106:29-31; Isaiah 59:16; Acts 15:14; 2 Peter 1:15
The post Lazaroo – Monday, December 19, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with burning zeal:
“Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.”(Acts 2:46-47)
What a happy, glorious time this was for Your Church, Jesus!
Tough times lay ahead
but You gave them this season first.
For every happy season, Father
I thank You from the bottom of my heart!
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1 Kings 4:20; 1 Kings 10:8; Psalm 68:3; Psalm 113:9; Proverbs 15:13; Ecclesiastes 7:14; 2 Corinthians 7:13
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, December 18, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with unrestrained allegiance:
“See, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his country. Begin to take possession of it and engage him in battle. This very day I will begin to put the terror and fear of you on all the nations under heaven. They will hear reports of you and will tremble and be in anguish because of you.”(Deuteronomy 2:24-25)
Nothing happens, Jesus
unless You make it happen
or let it happen
which means my total focus
needs to be on You.
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Exodus 21:13; 2 Samuel 7:21; Psalm 71:5; Daniel 4:25; Matthew 6:10; Matthew 26:42; Hebrews 10:7
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, December 17, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with growing anticipation:
“Jesus answered them, ‘Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.’ But the temple he had spoken of was his body. After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.”(John 2:19, 21-22)
You’ve made it clear, Jesus:
my body, too, is a temple.
And though the ravages of life on this earth can destroy it
in Your power I will be raised
to live with you forever!
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Job 19:27; Psalm 23:6; 1 Corinthians 6:19-20; 1 Corinthians 9:25; 1 Thessalonians 4:17; Hebrews 10:13; 1 John 2:17
The post Lazaroo – Friday, December 16, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with over-the-top trust:
“The Gershonites are to do all that needs to be done with these things…carrying or doing other work…This is the service of the Gershonite clans at the tent of meeting. Their duties are to be under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron, the priest.”(Numbers 4:26-28)
Somebody had to do it, Jesus.
The Gershonites were it.
My guess?
To carry all those heavy items they had to be pretty strong.
When You assign me a job
You always equip me to do it.
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Numbers 3:25; Numbers 7:7; 1 Chronicles 6:71; 2 Chronicles 14:8; Acts 22:3; Ephesians 1:11; 2 Timothy 3:16-17
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, December 15, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in awed faith:
“In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David.”
(Luke 2:1,4)
Did Joseph know that He was fulfilling Scripture, Jesus?
Whether or not he knew
that’s exactly what he was doing.
I love that You prompted Caesar Augustus to do his part, too!
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Genesis 35:19; Ruth 1:19; Ruth 4:11; Ruth 4:16-17; 1 Samuel 16:1; 1 Samuel 17:12-15; Micah 5:2; Matthew 1:1-16; Matthew 2:5-6
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, December 14, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Be duly warned, as you pray this Lazaroo:
“If anyone sins and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands, even though they do not know it, they are guilty and will be held responsible. They are to bring to the priest as a guilt offering a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value…and they will be forgiven.”(Leviticus 5:17-18)
This answers one of my questions, Jesus:
Ignorance of Your Law is no excuse.
If I refuse to study Your Word to learn Your commands
I will pay the consequences.
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Ezekiel 45:20; Acts 3:17; Acts 17:30; Ephesians 4:18; 1 Timothy 1:13; Hebrews 9:7; 1 Peter 1:14
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, December 13, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with unshakable belief:
“Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?…he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which is lawful only for priests to eat…The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath…So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”(Mark 2:25-28)
You’re the One who makes the rules, Jesus.
I’m not about to question You when You change them.
My job is real simple:
Obey.
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Exodus 20:8; Deuteronomy 5:12; 1 Samuel 21:5-6; Matthew 12:1; Matthew 12:9-13; Matthew 17:24-27; Colossians 2:16
The post Lazaroo – Monday, December 12, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:
“…Moses went back to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, ‘Let me return to my own people in Egypt to see if any of them are still alive.’ Jethro said, ‘Go, and I wish you well.’” Now the Lord had said to Moses… ‘Go back to Egypt, for all those who wanted to kill you are dead.’”(Exodus 4:18-19)
Egypt was the last place Moses wanted to go, Jesus.
But that didn’t matter.
When You tell me to do something
that settles it.
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Genesis 2:16-17; Genesis 3:17; Genesis 6:22; 1 Samuel 12:14; Psalm 19:8; Matthew 1:24; Acts 13:22
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, December 11, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in steadfast love:
“Jesus answered him, ‘It is also written: ”‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.”’”(Matthew 4:7)
You were battling Satan at the beginning of Your public ministry, Jesus.
He tried to get You to jump off the temple
to prove You’re the Son of God.
You’ve proved that over and over again!
But not in that foolish way.
I have no right to demand anything from You.
You’ve already proved Yourself to me and the world
times beyond counting.
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Exodus 17:7; Numbers 14:22; Deuteronomy 6:16; Malachi 3:10; Psalm 91:11-12; Proverbs 3:5-6; Acts 14:23
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, December 10, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in growing understanding:
“And the Lord God said, ‘The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.’ So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden…”(Genesis 3:22-23)
You want us to live forever, Jesus
but not on this earth.
The longer we live on this planet
the way it is
the more we understand why!
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Deuteronomy 32:40; 1 Kings 1:31; Job 7:16; Psalm 22:26; Zechariah 1:5; John 6:51; John 6:58
The post Lazaroo – Friday, December 9, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with excuseless humility:
“You have wearied the Lord with your words.”(Malachi 2:17)
I don’t want to do that to You, Jesus!
In fact, I didn’t think I could.
I didn’t think You ever grew tired or weary.
But You don’t become weary from the mighty miracles You perform.
What wearies You is when I don’t do
what I say I’ll do.
You’re sick to death of empty words.
O God! Forgive me!
May I always – in Your strength –
keep my word to You.
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Psalm 116:11; Isaiah 1:14; Isaiah 40:28; Matthew 21:28-31; John 8:44; Ephesians 5:6; 1 John 2:4
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, December 8, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with an open heart:
‘In that day each of you will invite your neighbor to sit under your vine and fig tree,’ declares the Lord Almighty.”(Zechariah 3:10)
That is a day, Jesus! A very special day.
It’s one thing to have enough for my family, my friends and myself.
But it’s a new day
when I have enough to share with my neighbors
some of whom, perhaps, I hardly know.
You love generosity.
But there’s a reason for that:
Unimaginable Generosity is who You Are!
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Deuteronomy 15:10; Psalm 37:21; Proverbs 11:25; 2 Corinthians 8:2; 2 Corinthians 9:6; 2 Corinthians 9:11; 2 Corinthians 9:13
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, December 7, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in passionate gratitude:
“’…I have chosen you,’ declares the Lord Almighty.’”(Haggai 2:23)
To be chosen for something good is gratifying, Jesus.
But to be chosen by You?
Priceless.
Before You ever chose me
You knew me
because You made me.
You knew the countless sins I would commit
the mistakes I’d make
and still You chose me!
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
No matter what I face
no matter what trials You take me through
may I never forget that eternally life-changing fact!
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1 Samuel 2:28; 1 Kings 11:34; Ezekiel 20:5; John 15:16; Romans 8:28-30; Romans 9:22-24; Ephesians 1:4-6
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, December 6, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with soul-satisfying confidence:
“The land by the sea…will belong to the remnant of the people of Judah; there they will find pasture.”(Zephaniah 2:6-7)
This was no small promise, Jesus.
If Your people were shepherding 100,000 sheep
they needed 10,000 acres of pasture!
You’ve promised to provide for my needs, too.
I can rest assured:
You know exactly what I need
when I need it.
When You enable me to get where I’m going
there it will be
waiting for me.
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Exodus 14:14; Isaiah 58:11; Matthew 6:7-8; Matthew 6:31-33; 2 Corinthians 9:8; Philippians 2:25; Philippians 4:19
The post Lazaroo – Monday, December 5, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Be comforted! as you pray this Lazaroo:
“You will be filled with shame instead of glory. Now it is your turn! Drink and let your nakedness be exposed! The cup from the Lord’s right hand is coming around to you, and disgrace will cover your glory.”(Habakkuk 2:16)
This is Your promise, Jesus:
The day is coming
when You will repay every unrepentant, evil person
for the devastation they have caused!
When I see one of them getting away with it
please remind me:
They aren’t.
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Deuteronomy 7:10; Deuteronomy 32:35; 1 Kings 2:32; Romans 2:6; Romans 12:19; 2 Timothy 4:14; Hebrews 10:30…
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, December 4, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Hold nothing back, as you pray this Lazaroo:
“‘I am against you,’ declares the Lord Almighty. ‘I will burn up your chariots in smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions.’”(Nahum 2:13)
The young lions are the future, Jesus.
If You punish a nation by destroying the best of their youth
You doom that country to become increasingly weak
eventually to disappear
which is exactly what happened in 637
to the once great city of Nineveh.
O God!
I beg You: Spare our young lions!
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Deuteronomy 32:25; 2 Chronicles 36:17; Psalms 34:10; Isaiah 5:29; Jeremiah 51:38; Titus 2:6; 1 John 2:13…
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, December 3, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your heart:
Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets tell fortunes for money. Yet they look for the Lord’s support and say, ‘Is not the Lord among us? No disaster will come upon us.’”(Micah 3:11)
There’s a difference, isn’t there, Jesus –
between leaders who have a heart
to do Your work
and those who refuse to do Your work
unless they’re paid.
Give us leaders whose sole motivation
is to please You!
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Exodus 18:25; Numbers 27:18; Matthew 20:25-28; 1 Corinthians 16:15-16; 2 Corinthians 1:24; 1 Timothy 5:17-18; Hebrews 13:17; 1 Peter 5:1-3…
The post Lazaroo – Friday, December 2, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in devoted passion:
“Let everyone call urgently on God.”(Jonah 3:8)
When do I pray like this, Jesus?
When do I ask everyone I know to pray like this?
Sometimes it’s when there’s an opportunity to do something great.
But most of the time
it’s when I’ve run out of options
and disaster is imminent.
Is that happening anywhere in my life right now?
Anywhere in the lives of others?
Always.
Time for me – for all of us – to call urgently on You!
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Psalm 17:6; Psalm 120:1; Romans 10:12; 1 Corinthians 1:2; 2 Corinthians 8:4; 2 Timothy 2:22; Titus 3:14…
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, December 1, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in fervency of spirit:
“See, I will make you small…”(Obadiah 1:2)
Yes, Jesus.
I’ve seen.
You can make me very, very small.
But that’s a good thing, right?
It is, if I accept Your discipline
humble myself
and totally surrender to You.
May I never rebel
when You do what You have to do
to correct me.
Keep me small in my own eyes, Father!
even if You bless me in the future
recognizing 100% of the time:
every good thing comes from You.
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Psalm 16:2; Psalm 34:10; Psalm 84:11; Romans 8:18; 1 Thessalonians 5:17; Philemon 1:6; James 1:17…
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, November 30, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Ask God to fill you with fiery passion, as you pray this Lazaroo:
“‘I overthrew some of you as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. You were like a burning stick snatched from the fire, yet you have not returned to me,’ declares the Lord. ‘Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel, and because I will do this to you, Israel, prepare to meet your God.’”(Amos 4:11-12)
I’m a burning stick You’ve snatched from the fire, Jesus!
But hallelujah, I’m burning with new fire –
blazing with love for You!
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Psalm 18:28; Psalm 118:12; Proverbs 25:22; Zechariah 3:2; Mark 12:26; Luke 12:35; Luke 24:32…
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, November 29, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with consistent faith:
“Then the Lord was jealous for his land and took pity on his people. The Lord replied to them: ‘I am sending you grain, new wine and olive oil, enough to satisfy you fully; never again will I make you an object of scorn to the nations.’”(Joel 2:18-19)
That’s Your heart, Jesus!
When we repent, You bless us!
But when we return to our wicked ways – as Your people did –
You reluctantly withdraw Your blessings
knowing only then will we return to You.
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Joshua 24:7; 1 Samuel 12:8; Psalm 107:13; Psalm 107:19; Psalm 118:5; Acts 2:38; Acts 3:19…
The post Lazaroo – Monday, November 28, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with burning emotion:
“Hear this, you priests! Pay attention, you Israelites! Listen, royal house! This judgment is against you: You have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor. The rebels are knee-deep in slaughter. I will discipline all of them.”(Hosea 5:1-2)
What we think is hidden, Jesus
isn’t.
What we think we do in secret
is fully known by You.
So when we hide things and do them in secret
may they only be good and not evil
to be showered with blessings from above!
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Genesis 16:13; Job 11:11; Job 28:24; Psalm 33:13; Psalm 138:6; Matthew 6:4; Matthew 6:6; Matthew 6:18…
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, November 27, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in humble anticipation:
“…you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes. They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy. The one who is victorious will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life…”(Revelation 3:4-5)
Unlike those in Sardis, Jesus…
I’ve soiled my clothes.
I’ve sinned.
But I’ve cried out to You!
I’ve confessed, repented
put all my trust in You.
Great God of mercy:
Clothe me in white!
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Ecclesiastes 9:8; Matthew 17:2; Matthew 28:3; 2 Corinthians 5:19; 1 John 1:9; Revelation 3:18; Revelation 7:9-14…
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, November 26, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul:
“…the king placed Daniel in a high position and lavished many gifts on him. He made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and placed him in charge of all its wise men…at Daniel’s request the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego administrators over the province of Babylon…”(Daniel 2:48-49)
You’re the one who made the king promote Daniel, Jesus.
Then You laid it on Daniel’s heart
to take his fellow Jews along for the ride.
Take me wherever You desire, LORD!
even if You have to move heaven and earth to do it.
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Genesis 12:1; Ezra 7:27; Proverbs 21:1; 1 Samuel 10:6; Daniel 4:24-37; Acts 20:22; 1 Corinthians 15:51…
The post Lazaroo – Friday, November 25, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Beg God for patience, as you pray this Lazaroo:
“…keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait…”(Jude 1:21)
Waiting is so hard, Jesus!
I long to experience the full measure of what You have in store for me.
I confess my impatience.
I want it all now!
But I trust that You know best.
Each stage of life You’ve brought me through
has prepared me for the next.
Now is no exception.
When I’m fully ready –
and only then!
will Your next adventure for me be revealed.
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Genesis 8:10; Numbers 9:8; Ruth 3:18; Psalm 5:3; Psalm 27:14; Psalm 130:6; Acts 1:4; Romans 8:19…
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, November 24, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Go on high alert, as you pray this Lazaroo:
“Now, son of man, take a block of clay, put it in front of you and draw the city of Jerusalem on it. Then lay siege to it: Erect siege works against it, build a ramp up to it, set up camps against it and put battering rams around it.”(Ezekiel 4:1-2 )
You weren’t telling Ezekiel to play toy soldiers, Jesus.
You were creating an object lesson
to warn Your people of what was coming.
What’s my object lesson, Father?
Give me eyes that see!
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Exodus 18:20; Jeremiah 13:1-11; Ezekiel 4:3; Ezekiel 24:27; Matthew 16:4; 1 Corinthians 14:22; Philippians 1:27-29…
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, November 23, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with courageous discernment:
“…he even refuses to welcome other believers. He also stops those who want to do so…”(3 John 1:10)
What kind of person behaves like this in Your Church, Jesus?
He’s a plant, isn’t he?
Slipped in by Satan.
Perhaps he’s someone with money or social prominence.
Maybe he holds an office in the church
or simply has been there a long time.
He may be a sinning believer.
He may only pretend to be a believer.
But either way, he’s got to stop
or go.
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Leviticus 19:17; Matthew 13:24-30; Romans 15:14; 1 Corinthians 5:12-13; 1 Timothy 5:1; Titus 1:10-14; Titus 3:10-11…
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, November 22, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with repurposed love:
“To what can I liken you, that I may comfort you, Virgin Daughter Zion? Your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can heal you? The visions of your prophets were false and worthless; they did not expose your sin to ward off your captivity. The prophecies they gave you were false and misleading.”(Lamentations 2:13-14)
I’m tempted to tell people what they want to hear, Jesus
instead of what they need to hear.
But when I hide the truth
to make them like me
I deserve the fate that overtakes them.
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Exodus 19:21; Numbers 16:26; 1 Kings 2:42; Jeremiah 22:21; Micah 2:11; 1 Corinthians 4:14; 2 Thessalonians 3:6; 2 Timothy 4:3…
The post Lazaroo – Monday, November 21, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with re-burning zeal:
***“Anyone who…does not continue in the teaching of Christ…
(2 John 1:9)***
I gave my life to You, Jesus
because You gave Your life for me.
I was determined to obey You from that moment forward.
But I haven’t.
I’ve sinned.
A lot.
I’ve confessed my sins.
I’ve forsaken them.
Only to pick them back up again.
I have no excuse – but You see it, LORD:
within the heart of my being
is a desire to continue in Your teaching.
Forgive me!
Fill me!
Save me!
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2 Samuel 12:13; 2 Samuel 24:10; 2 Samuel 24:17; Job 7:20; Psalm 41:4; Psalm 51; James 3:2…
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, November 20, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with unrestrained allegiance:
“Look up to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been ravished? By the roadside you sat waiting for lovers, sat like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness. Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen.”
(Jeremiah 3:2-3)
You liken Your people to a brazen prostitute, Jesus
making it clear how You view our continual sins.
O God!
Keep me pure before You –
in my thoughts, words and deeds.
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Exodus 34:15; Leviticus 17:7; Numbers 15:39; Deuteronomy 31:16; Psalm 106:39; Jeremiah 3:6-20; Romans 3:3…
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, November 19, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with deep reverence:
“Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist—denying the Father and the Son.”(1 John 2:22)
You’re the Promised One, Jesus!
The Christ.
The Messiah.
The Savior of all who believe.
All who reject this truth are not only liars, but they’re the antichrist.
To deny You is to deny the Father
because You and the Father are One!
There’s a place for compromise.
This isn’t it.
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Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:1; Matthew 1:22-24; Mark 1:1; Luke 24:45-47; John 1:41; John 10:30; Romans 5:14; 1 John 5:1…
The post Lazaroo – Friday, November 18, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Go to school, as you pray this Lazaroo:
“The Lord says, ‘The women of Zion are haughty, walking along with outstretched necks, flirting with their eyes, strutting along with swaying hips, with ornaments jingling on their ankles. Therefore the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the women of Zion; the Lord will make their scalps bald.”(Isaiah 3:16-17)
You hate haughtiness, Jesus.
Absolutely hate it.
As a result, You punish it.
Every time.
May I never allow a hint of haughtiness to enter my thoughts, words, actions…
or the way I walk. 😉
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2 Samuel 22:28; Psalm 18:27; Psalm 101:5; Proverbs 16:18; Zephaniah 3:11; James 4:6; 1 Peter 5:5…
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, November 17, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with faith in the God who can:
“Bold and arrogant…”(2 Peter 2:10)
Bold is good, Jesus –
provided it’s accompanied by total dependence on You.
But when coupled with arrogance?
Bold is always bad –
sometimes immediately
sometimes later.
There are times when bold arrogance appears to work
but that’s only when there’s a long fuse
leading to the moment
when it blows up in their face.
Which is not to say timidity is the answer!
Why be timid
when humbly following You
enables me to be bold as a lion?
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Proverbs 21:29; Proverbs 28:1; Mark 15:43; Acts 4:29; Acts 4:31; Acts 9:28; 2 Timothy 1:7…
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, November 16, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with redeemed perspective:
“Your breasts are like two fawns, like twin fawns of a gazelle that browse among the lilies. Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, I will go to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of incense. You are altogether beautiful, my darling; there is no flaw in you.”(Song of Songs 4:5-7)
Actually, she did have flaws, Jesus.
I don’t know what they were
but every person has them.
Solomon, however, saw her as flawless –
perfect…because that was how You created her.
Awesome Father:
Help me see everyone through Your eyes!
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Genesis 18:3; Deuteronomy 15:21; Ruth 2:10; 2 Samuel 22:31; Job 11:4; Song of Songs 5:2; Matthew 5:48; Philippians 2:20; James 3:2…
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, November 15, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in heart pounding love:
“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood…”(1 Peter 2:9)
It’s awesome to hear this, Jesus!
But it’s also hard to hear.
I don’t feel worthy.
Why would You choose the likes of me?
I don’t feel like royalty.
When I look in the mirror, I see a commoner.
Who am I to function as a priest?
I’ve got my hands full with my sinning self.
But praise Your holy Name!
I don’t have to feel it
for it to be 100% true.
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Genesis 32:10; Job 40:4; Amos 7:14; Matthew 3:11; Luke 17:10; 1 Corinthians 15:9-10; 1 John 3:1…
The post Lazaroo – Monday, November 14, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in soul-soaring praise:
“Whatever is has already been, and what will be has been before; and God will call the past to account. I said to myself, ‘God will bring into judgment both the righteous and the wicked, for there will be a time for every activity, a time to judge every deed.”(Ecclesiastes 4:15, 17)
That being the case, Jesus…
I’m so glad I’ve put my trust in You.
On the cross You paid for all my sins
and they are no more!
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Psalm 103:1-12; Isaiah 38:17; Isaiah 43:25; Romans 8:1; Romans 10:9-10; 2 Corinthians 5:19; Colossians 2:14-15; 1 John 1:9…
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, November 13, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with deepened, determined understanding:
“…was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction? As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.”(James 2:25-26)
I have faith in You, Jesus. I do.
Because that’s true
my actions will show it.
But if there is no behavior to back up my faith
the reality of my faith
can be called into question.
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Isaiah 7:9; Matthew 9:2; Matthew 9:22; Matthew 9:29; Matthew 13:58; Ephesians 2:8-10; Philippians 2:12; Hebrews 11:1-40…
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, November 12, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in wholehearted determination:
“Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding. I give you sound learning, so do not forsake my teaching.”(Proverbs 4:1-2)
That’s the prayer of every Godly parent, Jesus!
But do the children listen?
Do they take it to heart?
Do they remember it?
Do they put it into practice?
No parent can make a child respond to their hard-earned wisdom, no matter how hard they try.
But as Your child
that’s exactly what I’m determined to do.
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Matthew 5:9; John 1:12; Romans 8:14; Romans 8:19; Romans 8:21; Galatians 3:26; Philippians 2:14-16…
The post Lazaroo – Friday, November 11, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in deep gratitude:
“What about your brother, Aaron the Levite? I know he can speak well…You shall speak to him and put words in his mouth; I will help both of you speak and will teach you what to do. He will speak to the people for you, and it will be as if he were your mouth and as if you were God to him.”(Exodus 4:14-16)
When I can’t do what You’ve told me to do, Jesus
You always provide someone –
or something –
to help me.
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Genesis 22:8; Genesis 22:14; Exodus 4:1-9; Exodus 7:6-7; Joshua 20:4; Psalm 18:36; Acts 11:29…
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, October 6, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with pedal-to-the-metal commitment:
“Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. ‘If you are the Son of God,’ he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written: ‘’He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’”(Matthew 4:5-6)
Help me never forget, Jesus:
When the devil quotes Scripture
it’s always twisted out of context
always for an evil purpose.
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Isaiah 8:20; Matthew 16:1-3; Matthew 16:5-12; Matthew 22:23-32; Mark 7:1-13; Colossians 2:20-22; 2 Timothy 2:15…
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Pray this Lazaroo in total amazement:
“The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.”(Genesis 3:21)
Humanly speaking, this is incomprehensible, Jesus.
Adam and Eve knowingly, deliberately, blatantly disobey You.
As a result, they discover they’re naked.
Of course, there are consequences:
They have to leave the Garden of Eden.
Work and childbirth become harder, more painful.
But instead of abandoning them
You clothe them!
O God! Your loving mercy is unfathomable!
…which is why I’m still drawing a breath on this earth.
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Exodus 33:19; Deuteronomy 13:17; Psalm 4:1; Psalm 6:2; Psalm 25:6; Matthew 5:7; 1 Timothy 1:16…
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, October 4, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in grateful amazement:
“You made them rulers over the works of your hands; you put everything under their feet: all flocks and herds, and the animals of the wild, the birds in the sky, and the fish in the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.”(Psalm 8:6-8)
It’s hard to believe You’re talking about me, Jesus…
but You are.
I’m one of those You appointed to be a ruler over the works of Your hands!
In that case
I’d better step it up a notch.
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Genesis 1:26; Genesis 1:28; Genesis 4:7; Psalm 119:133; 1 Corinthians 6:3; Galatians 3:26; 1 Thessalonians 5:5…
The post Lazaroo – Monday, October 3, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in tender love:
“…also to Apphia our sister…”(Philemon 1:2)
Who is this woman Apphia, Jesus?
Although she was obviously
someone of standing and influence
a key person in the church
Paul doesn’t say –
except to call her his sister.
Not his biological sister.
His sister because of their mutual faith in You.
For all of us who trust You as our LORD and Savior
are family –
brothers and sisters under You
our God and Father.
And one day in heaven…
I’ll get to meet my sister Apphia!
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Song of Songs 4:9-10; Hosea 2:1; Matthew 5:22; Matthew 12:50; Acts 1:16; Acts 21:7; 1 Timothy 5:2…
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, October 2, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in aching compassion:
“…what do your arguments prove? Do you mean to correct what I say, and treat my desperate words as wind? You would even cast lots for the fatherless and barter away your friend.”(Job 6:25-27)
That must be how the suffering feel, Jesus
when I point out to them the error of their ways.
Job was in the right.
His friends in the wrong.
Is it possible I’m the one who’s in error?
Help me set a guard over my mouth.
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Psalm 141:3; Matthew 7:1; Luke 6:37; John 12:47; Romans 14:1-4; 1 Corinthians 2:11; James 4:12…
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, October 1, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Take note! as you Pray this Lazaroo:
“‘The man who hates and divorces his wife,’ says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘does violence to the one he should protect,’ says the Lord Almighty. So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful.”(Malachi 2:16)
To the newlywed husband and wife, Jesus
those words are unnecessary and unthinkable!
But with the passage of time
and the inevitable sins they commit against one another
Your warning to every husband whom Satan incites to abuse his wife
is essential.
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Genesis 2:24; Psalm 128:3; Proverbs 5:18; Proverbs 5:20; Proverbs 6:29; Proverbs 21:9; Ephesians 5:28; 1 Timothy 3:12…
The post Lazaroo – Friday, September 30, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in stunned wonder:
“‘See, the stone I have set in front of Joshua! There are seven eyes on that one stone, and I will engrave an inscription on it,’ says the Lord Almighty, ‘and I will remove the sin of this land in a single day.’”(Zechariah 3:9)
It was revealed to Joshua that You are that Cornerstone, Jesus!
The seven spirits of Your Father that range throughout the earth
were upon You
as You gave Your life on the cross
to remove the sin of all who believe
in a single day.
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Psalm 118:22; Isaiah 28:16; Zechariah 4:10; Matthew 21:42; Acts 4:11; Ephesians 2:20; 1 Peter 2:6-7; Revelation 5:6…
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, September 29, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in renewed dedication:
“‘On that day,’ declares the Lord Almighty, ‘I will take you, my servant Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will make you like my signet ring’…”(Haggai 2:23)
Why were You so pleased with this governor of Judah, Jesus?
It was because He had the courage to obey You!
He delivered Your warning to Your people
even though it was the last thing they wanted to hear.
He valued pleasing You
ahead of pleasing them.
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Exodus 29:18; Psalm 19:14; Psalm 103:34; Jeremiah 6:20; Romans 12:1-2; Romans 14:17-18; Hebrews 11:24-26…
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, September 28, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in passionate gratitude:
“The land by the sea…will belong to the remnant of the people of Judah…”(Zephaniah 2:6-7)
You’re amazing Jesus!
You take land away from its sinning inhabitants
and give it to Your obedient people.
And not just any land, either!
Beautiful, highly prized waterfront land!
But of course, as Creator of all lands
that’s Your right.
May I always live before You in such a way
that You are happy to give me new lands
and never take any of it away!
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Exodus 23:25; Deuteronomy 12:32; 2 Samuel 24:10; Psalm 25:18; Psalm 26:9; Psalm 119:39; John 16:22…
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, September 27, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with growing understanding:
“Now it is your turn!”(Habakkuk 2:16)
Normally, Jesus –
when it’s finally my turn, I’m so happy!
I’m filled with excitement!
Not this time.
You’re telling me that if I take unfair advantage of others
I’ve planted deep into Your soil of justice a seed
that will sprout, send up shoots, bud, flower
and produce bitter fruit.
Then my turn will come to take not one bite
but to choke down every bit of it
until I vomit.
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Leviticus 18:25; Leviticus 25:14; Job 20:15; Proverbs 23:8; Proverbs 25:16; Proverbs 26:11; Jeremiah 25:27; 1 Thessalonians 4:6; 2 Peter 2:22…
The post Lazaroo – Monday, September 26, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Take sober warning, as you pray this Lazaroo:
“‘I am against you,’ declares the Lord Almighty. ‘I will burn up your chariots in smoke…’”(Nahum 2:13)
This is what happens when You’re against someone, isn’t it, Jesus?
You destroy the things they trust.
Why?
Because they’re trusting them instead of You!
They fail to see that their “chariots” – or whatever they’re trusting –
are gifts from Your hand
given to them in love.
But when they make Your gifts their god
they quickly find out:
You will tolerate no gods before You!
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Exodus 18:11; Exodus 20:3; Deuteronomy 5:7; Deuteronomy 11:28; 1 Kings 9:5-7; Psalm 16:4; James 4:5…
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, September 25, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Hold nothing back, as you pray this Lazaroo:
“Hear this, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of Israel, who despise justice and distort all that is right; who build Zion with bloodshed, and Jerusalem with wickedness.”(Micah 3:9-10)
It’s the leaders You hold most accountable, isn’t it, Jesus?
You expect them to set the standard for their followers
to love justice and do what’s right –
but with honesty, integrity and hard work –
not by crushing the innocent.
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2 Samuel 24:17; 1 Kings 9:3-5; 1 Chronicle 29:17; Nehemiah 7:2; Job 2:3; Ezekiel 3:18; Ezekiel 33:8; 1 Peter 5:1-4…
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, September 24, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in heart pounding love:
“I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that people will fear him.”(Ecclesiastes 3:14)
Well, it’s working, Jesus.
I fear You!
Not because I think You don’t love me.
I know You do.
It’s just that You Are so Awesome! So Powerful!
You’re Bigger than big, Wiser than wise.
I love that You and I are close – 1on1.
But Your attributes are so mind-boggling
that I can’t help but tremble in Your Presence.
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Genesis 20:11; Exodus 20:20; 2 Samuel 23:3-4; Psalm 66:16; Romans 3:18; 1 Peter 2:17; Revelation 14:7…
The post Lazaroo – Monday, September 5, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:
“‘Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,’ and he was called God’s friend. You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone.”(James 2:23-24)
James isn’t saying I’m saved because of the good works I do, Jesus.
He’s saying if I have true faith, my good works will show it.
However, if I claim to have faith but do the opposite
my claim is false.
True faith is revealed
by what I do.
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Romans 4:1-3; Galatians 3:1-6; Galatians 5:6; Galatians 5:13-14; James 2:14-17; James 2:20-22; James 2:25-26…
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, September 4, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Grasp it! as you pray this Lazaroo:
“He mocks proud mockers but shows favor to the humble and oppressed. The wise inherit honor, but fools get only shame.”(Proverbs 3:34-35)
Much of my society has this reversed, Jesus.
They think proud mockers are strong, successful.
They envy them, aspire to be like them.
But the wise among us know better.
Today, their humility has brought them oppression
but tomorrow, eternal honor awaits!
If and when I’m forced to choose –
to have it today or have it tomorrow –
I choose forever in heaven with You!
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Psalm 16:11; Ecclesiastes 2:1; Luke 8:14; Titus 3:3; Hebrews 11:24-26; James 4:3; 2 Peter 2:13…
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, September 3, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with inexpressible gratitude:
“There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his. Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience.”(Hebrews 4:9-11)
I rest, Jesus –
from my futile work of attempting to earn my salvation.
I can’t – no matter how hard I try.
I confess that my faith in You –
Your death, burial and resurrection –
is my only hope for eternal life!
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Romans 3:20; Romans 3:27-28; Romans 4:6; Romans 9:31-33; Romans 10:9-10; Romans 11:5-6; Ephesians 2:8-10…
The post Lazaroo – Friday, September 2, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with desperate desire:
“Did I not make you swear by the Lord and warn you, ‘On the day you leave to go anywhere else, you can be sure you will die’? At that time you said to me, ‘What you say is good. I will obey.’ Why then did you not keep your oath to the Lord and obey the command I gave you?”(1 Kings 2:42-43)
What Shimei swore before You didn’t matter, Jesus!
He was rotten to the core.
Only You know those who have potential
and those who have none.
When I need to know
show me!
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1 Samuel 16:7; Psalm 49:5; Proverbs 14:5; Proverbs 26:18-19; Matthew 24:4; Matthew 24:24; Romans 16:18…
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, September 1, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with a heart that hungers for God:
“…I am less than the least of all the Lord’s people…”(Ephesians 3:8)
Paul knew the murderous evil he had done, Jesus.
He knew You were aware of it, too
along with countless others.
His reputation among some of Your followers was great
but for good reason
others of Your people hated and feared him.
Sometimes a person’s past behavior gives them away
but with others it’s all in the past.
O Holy Spirit!
How I need Your discernment!
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Deuteronomy 32:29; 1 Kings 3:9-12; Job 6:30; Psalm 19:12; Psalm 119:125; Proverbs 1:5; 1 Corinthians 2:14…
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, August 31, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with white-hot fervor:
“Ish-Bosheth did not dare to say another word to Abner, because he was afraid of him. Then Abner sent messengers on his behalf to say to David…Make an agreement with me, and I will help you bring all Israel over to you.’ ‘Good,’ said David. ‘I will make an agreement with you.’”(2 Samuel 3:11-13)
Ish-Bosheth had good reason to be afraid of his general, Jesus…
because Abner was about to betray him.
Who among those I trust is about to betray me?
You know.
I’d like to know, too.
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1 Samuel 16:7; 1 Samuel 23:11-12; 2 Kings 8:7-15; Matthew 26:20-25; Luke 16:15; 2 Corinthians 11:11; 2 Corinthians 12:2-3…
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, August 30, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
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…
The post Lazaroo – Monday, August 29, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo all the way to the marrow of your bones:
“Dispatches were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces with the order to destroy, kill and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—on a single day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, and to plunder their goods.”(Esther 3:13)
How could such an evil thing happen, Jesus –
especially to Your chosen people?
It was because You were about to rescue them
and also destroy their enemies!
Help me to remember that
next time something evil shows up at my door.
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Genesis 44:4; Numbers 23:23; Psalm 5:4; Psalm 6:8; Psalm 10:15; Romans 2:8; Galatians 1:3-5…
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, August 28, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with laser-focused intensity:
“Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly.”(2 Timothy 2:16)
Show me, Jesus:
Exactly what is godless chatter?
Surely that doesn’t mean that every conversation I have with anyone
has to be about You or what’s in the Bible.
No. That’s not it.
But You don’t want me to engage in the kind of talk
that leads people away from You
that disrespects the principles found in Your Word.
To avoid that
I need to stay connected to You.
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Job 15:34; Job 20:5; Job 27:8; Job 36:13; Proverbs 11:9; Romans 1:18; Colossians 4:6; 1 Timothy 4:7…
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, August 27, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with no-holds-barred surrender:
“Malkijah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs as far as the house of the temple servants and the merchants, opposite the Inspection Gate, and as far as the room above the corner; and between the room above the corner and the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and merchants made repairs.”(Nehemiah 3:31-32)
These were artisans and shopkeepers, Jesus – not builders.
But the wall of Your city was broken down!
So they did what had to be done.
No matter what I prefer to do
may I always be willing to do what needs to be done.
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Exodus 35:21-22; Exodus 35:26; Exodus 35:29; Exodus 36:2; Judges 5:2; Matthew 23:4; Acts 4:28…
The post Lazaroo – Friday, August 26, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in humble circumspection:
“Here is a trustworthy saying: Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task.”(1 Timothy 3:1)
It’s natural, Jesus –
to look at what one of Your leaders is doing and think:
“I’d like to do that!”
It’s a noble thing to want to serve You.
They are to be commended, encouraged, helped,
guided, taught, prayed over.
But O God!
May only those You’ve truly called pursue that course
because in truth
they know not what they ask.
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1 Kings 3:7; 2 Chronicles 20:12; Ezra 7:25; Isaiah 49:1; Matthew 20:22; 2 Corinthians 10:18; 2 Timothy 4:2; 1 Peter 5:1-4…
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, August 25, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with Godly skepticism:
“In these records you will find that this city is a rebellious city, troublesome to kings and provinces, a place with a long history of sedition. That is why this city was destroyed. We inform the king that if this city is built and its walls are restored, you will be left with nothing in Trans-Euphrates.”(Ezra 4:15-16)
This was a setup by the enemies of Your people, Jesus!
Next time somebody attempts to trash someone to me
remind me to ask You:
Why would they want to do that?
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1 Kings 14:6; Nehemiah 2:19; Nehemiah 6:1-2; Nehemiah 6:6; Jeremiah 3:10; Daniel 11:34; Philippians 1:17…
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, August 24, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with deep desire:
“May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts…”(2 Thessalonians 2:16-17)
I need to pray that prayer over those I love, Jesus!
Some of them desperately need You to encourage their hearts.
I would love for someone to pray that prayer over me, too.
You know what’s going on in my heart.
You know how much I need Your encouragement!
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Judges 20:22; Acts 20:2; Romans 12:8; Romans 15:4-5; 2 Corinthians 7:13; Philippians 2:1-2; Philemon 1:7…
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, August 23, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with every fiber of your being:
“All the objects that Huram-Abi made for King Solomon for the temple of the Lord were of polished bronze. The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan…All these things…amounted to so much that the weight of the bronze could not be calculated.”(2 Chronicles 4:16-18)
Whatever I do for You, spend for You, sacrifice for You, Jesus
is never enough!
But oh, the joy of giving my all
knowing my all
is all You require!
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Numbers 14:24; Matthew 19:27; Mark 12:41-44; Luke 5:11; Luke 5:28; Luke 10:40; Ephesians 6:7-8…
The post Lazaroo – Monday, August 22, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in breathless anticipation:
“For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown in which we will glory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes? Is it not you? Indeed, you are our glory and joy.”(1 Thessalonians 2:19-20)
Other than You, Yourself, Jesus
the best thing about heaven isn’t going to be streets of gold.
It isn’t going to be pearly gates or even the vast number of mighty angels.
It will be the people who are there
because of what You did through me.
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Psalm 23:6; Luke 2:13; John 3:12; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; Hebrews 11:16; Hebrews 12:22; Revelation 21:21…
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, August 21, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Hold nothing back, as you pray this Lazaroo:
“The sons of Elpaal…who built Ono and Lod with its surrounding villages and Beriah and Shema, who were heads of families of those living in Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath.”(1 Chronicles 8:12-13)
To build cities and villages – and do it right?
We need You, Jesus!
But to drive out the inhabitants of Gath –
where Goliath and the other giants lived –
required Your miracle power!
I’ve got a few giants I need to drive out.
Thank God, You’re the same – yesterday, today and forever!
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Numbers 23:19; 1 Samuel 15:29; 1 Samuel 17:4; Psalm 55:19; Malachi 3:6; Hebrews 13:8; James 1:17…
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, August 20, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with renewed ambition:
“My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love…”(Colossians 2:2)
That’s not only what Paul wanted, Jesus
that’s what every mother and father wants for their children
what every pastor wants for Your Church.
How wonderful it would be if cities and nations could be united in love!
But to do that
they’d have to be united in You
which is no doubt why You’ve sent us out
to preach the gospel!
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Ezra 6:14; Matthew 24:14; Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 1:8; Acts 8:4; Romans 10:14-15; Romans 15:20; 2 Timothy 4:2…
The post Lazaroo – Friday, August 19, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with newfound respect:
“…‘my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the Lord. But now his creditor is coming to take my two boys as his slaves.’ Elisha replied…, ‘How can I help you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?’ ‘…nothing there at all,’ she said, ‘except a small jar of olive oil.’”(2 Kings 4:1-2)
But with You, Jesus
that’s all it takes, isn’t it?
Something little.
In fact, You prefer it that way
because when the miracle happens
we know it’s You!
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Genesis 30:30; Exodus 16:17-18; Deuteronomy 1:39; Judges 7:2; 1 Kings 3:7-14; 1 Kings 17:12-16; Matthew 18:2-3…
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, August 18, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with explosive feeling:
“Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”(Philippians 2:9-11)
I’m not waiting, Jesus!
I bow before You now.
You Are Lord of all – my Lord!
to the glory of God Your Father.
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Matthew 7:21; Matthew 10:32-33; Matthew 11:27; John 8:19; John 14:8-12; Colossians 1:15-20; Hebrews 1:1-3…
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, August 17, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Take warning, as you pray this Lazaroo:
“…the king summoned Shimei and said to him, ‘Did I not make you swear by the Lord and warn you, “On the day you leave to go anywhere else, you can be sure you will die”? At that time you said to me, ‘What you say is good. I will obey.’”(1 Kings 2:42)
Solomon set Shimei up for failure, Jesus.
The guy just didn’t have it in himself
to do the right thing for the rest of his life
so his life was cut short.
Got it.
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Exodus 19:4-6; Deuteronomy 11:27; Deuteronomy 28:2; Deuteronomy 30:9-10; 1 Kings 2:40-46; John 14:23-24; John 17:6…
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Pray this Lazaroo with locked-in faith:
“Although I am less than the least of all the Lord’s people, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the boundless riches of Christ…”(Ephesians 3:8)
Paul’s not merely being humble, Jesus.
He absolutely believes he’s less than the least of all Your people.
So let’s see…
if the great Apostle Paul has that opinion of himself
where does that place me?
Somewhere way, waaaaay beneath
the less than the least of all Your people!
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Proverbs 11:2; Proverbs 15:33; Proverbs 22:4; Zephaniah 2:3; Acts 20:19; Philippians 2:3; 1 Timothy 1:16…
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Pray this Lazaroo with burning emotion:
“Abner sent messengers on his behalf to say to David, ‘Whose land is it? Make an agreement with me, and I will help you bring all Israel over to you.’ ‘Good,’ said David. ‘I will make an agreement with you.’”(2 Samuel 3:12-13)
Just like that, Jesus –
The commander of Saul’s army gives up and switches sides to David.
That just doesn’t happen!
Unless You make it happen.
O God!
In Your Way and Time
make it happen for me.
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Exodus 14:8; Deuteronomy 2:30; 1 Samuel 13:14; 1 Kings 14:8; Psalm 75:6-7; Proverbs 21:1; Romans 9:16…
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Stay focused, as you pray this Lazaroo:
“Have you suffered so much for nothing – if it really was for nothing? Does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you because you observe the law, or because you believe what you heard?”(Galatians 3:4)
Paul’s getting a little perturbed at them, Jesus.
They’re still trying to work their way to heaven
instead of trusting what You did on the cross
as payment in full for their sins.
Please don’t let me make the same mistake!
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Romans 4:13-16; Romans 8:1-2; Romans 9:16; Galatians 2:15; Galatians 3:1-3; Galatians 3:26; Ephesians 2:8-10…
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Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul:
“Did I not clearly reveal myself to your ancestor’s family when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh? Why do you scorn my sacrifice and offering that I prescribed for my dwelling? Why do you honor your sons more than me by fattening yourselves on the choice parts of every offering made by my people Israel?”(1 Samuel 2:27, 29)
We think we’re getting away with it, Jesus
…but we’re not.
You see every underhanded thing we do.
Help me keep my hands on top of the table!
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Deuteronomy 32:36; Job 34:21; Psalm 138:6; Matthew 12:36; Mark 4:22; John 5:19; Hebrews 4:13…
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Pray this Lazaroo in zealous love:
“But their minds were made dull, for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away. Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.”(2 Corinthians 3:14-16)
This is extremely humbling, Jesus.
You can dull my mind.
Only You can sharpen it again.
I’m turning to You with all my heart!
Take the veil away!
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Exodus 34:29-35; Lamentations 3:65; Matthew 13:19; Mark 9:35; Luke 8:10; Luke 18:34; 2 Corinthians 4:3…
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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…
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Pray this Lazaroo with unswerving dedication:
“If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work.”
(1 Corinthians 3:12-13)
You know when I’m following You with my whole heart, Jesus.
But when I stay true to you through the fire –
temptations, trials, disasters, heartbreak –
everybody else can see it, too.
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Deuteronomy 13:3; Ezekiel 21:13; Luke 8:13; Acts 20:19; 1 Corinthians 10:13; Hebrews 3:8; James 1:2-3…
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Pray this Lazaroo in shocked sobriety:
“Ehud then approached him while he was sitting alone in the upper room of his palace and said, ‘I have a message from God for you.’ As the king rose from his seat, Ehud reached with his left hand, drew the sword from his right thigh and plunged it into the king’s belly.”(Judges 3:20-21)
May I never need to receive a message like that from You, Jesus!
Help me heed Your Word and obey it completely
the first time.
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Numbers 24:23; Deuteronomy 18:21-22; Joshua 5:14; Judges 11:28; 1 Samuel 9:27; 1 Corinthians 2:4; Colossians 3:16…
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Pray this Lazaroo with burning zeal:
“You who preach against stealing, do you steal? You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law? As it is written: ‘God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.’”(Romans 2:21-24)
O Holy Spirit!
Is there anything I’m doing – or not doing –
that causes unbelievers to think less of You?
If so, I beg You to show me!
In Your Holy Name, dear Jesus!
Amen!
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Matthew 6:2; Matthew 6:5; Matthew 6:16; Matthew 7:5; Matthew 15:6-8; Matthew 23:13; Matthew 23:15…
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Pray this Lazaroo with unrestrained allegiance:
“Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe, and tell them to take up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from right where the priests are standing, and carry them over with you and put them down at the place where you stay tonight.”(Joshua 4:2-3)
You wanted to make certain they remembered this miracle, didn’t You, Jesus?
May I never, never, never forget all You have done for me
…even if I have to erect a pile of stones somewhere!
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Deuteronomy 9:7; Judges 3:7; Nehemiah 9:17; Psalm 9:18; Psalm 119:93; Amos 8:7; Luke 19:37…
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, August 6, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with deep reverence:
“With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, ‘Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.’ Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day. They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.”(Acts 2:40-42)
To this very day, Jesus…
those who’ve accepted Your message continue to be baptized.
May we, too, devote ourselves
to Your teaching
to fellowship
to the breaking of bread
and to prayer!
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Psalm 55:14; Psalm 78:1; Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 2:46; Acts 20:11; 1 Corinthians 7:5; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Colossians 4:2…
The post Lazaroo – Friday, August 5, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with over-the-top trust:
“When you come to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them to war, for I will not give you possession of any land belonging to the Ammonites. I have given it as a possession to the descendants of Lot.”(Deuteronomy 2:19)
Lot chose for himself what he thought was the best land, Jesus
leaving Abraham second-best.
His descendants were the offspring of incestual relations with his daughters
who took advantage of him when he was drunk.
And yet…You blessed them!
How great is Your love!
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Genesis 11:27; Genesis 12:1-4; Genesis 13:5-18; Genesis 18:16-33; Genesis 19:1-38; Luke 17:20-37; 2 Peter 2:4-10…
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Pray this Lazaroo in steadfast faith:
“To those who sold doves he said, ‘Get those out of here! How dare you turn my Father’s house into a market!’ His disciples remembered that it is written: ‘Zeal for your house will consume me.’”(John 2:16-17)
Does zeal for Your house consume me, Jesus?
It should.
I know it should.
I should care more about the place You have provided for me to worship
than I do about the house where I live.
You first.
Everything else second.
Always.
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Numbers 25:11; Numbers 25:13; Deuteronomy 29:20; 1 Kings 19:10; Nehemiah 3:20; Psalm 69:9; Romans 10:2; Romans 12:11…
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, August 3, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with bottomless trust:
“Aaron and his sons are to go into the sanctuary and assign to each man his work and what he is to carry. But the Kohathites must not go in to look at the holy things, even for a moment, or they will die.”(Numbers 4:19-20)
There are some things that are off-limits for me, too, Jesus.
Please.
Show me what they are.
May I never desire
what You haven’t given me.
You’ve already given me
far more than I deserve!
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2 Samuel 12:7-9; Psalm 29:11; Psalm 37:22; Proverbs 3:33; Jeremiah 5:7; Romans 10:12; Philippians 4:19…
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, August 2, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with unshakable belief:
“…the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”(Luke 1:78-79)
We don’t deserve it, Jesus!
But in Your tender mercy
cause your rising sun to shine down on us
as we desperately grope about in this land of darkness
battling the stench of death
…and guide us all the way Home.
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Proverbs 13:5; Isaiah 3:24; Amos 4:10; Amos 5:21; Isaiah 45:19; Matthew 13:43; John 5:24…
The post Lazaroo – Monday, August 1, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:
“The Lord said to Moses: ‘When anyone is unfaithful to the Lord by sinning unintentionally in regard to any of the Lord’s holy things, they are to bring to the Lord as a penalty a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value in silver, according to the sanctuary shekel. It is a guilt offering.’”(Leviticus 5:14-15)
Even when I do wrong without knowing it
it’s still a sin, isn’t it, Jesus?
No excuses.
I need to confess it
and forsake it.
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Leviticus 4:2; Leviticus 4:13; Leviticus 4:22; Leviticus 4:27; Numbers 15:22-24; Joshua 20:2-4; Ezekiel 45:19-20; Romans 7:20…
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Pray this Lazaroo with lavish love:
“No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the tear worse. And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins.”(Mark 2:21-22)
You were doing a New Thing, Jesus.
Their old ways couldn’t handle it.
I beg You!
Do a New Thing in me!
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Psalm 33:3; Psalm 40:3; Isaiah 42:9; Isaiah 43:19; Jeremiah 31:22; Luke 22:20; 2 Corinthians 5:17…
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, July 30, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with wholehearted adoration:
“‘Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.’ But Moses said, ‘Pardon your servant, Lord. Please send someone else.’ Then the Lord’s anger burned against Moses…”(Exodus 4:12-14)
Moses didn’t want to go where You told him to go
nor do what You told him to do, Jesus.
Sometimes, neither do I –
when it looks extremely hard
even impossible.
But Moses ended up doing it, didn’t he?
No matter what, that’s what I have to do.
Every time.
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Genesis 22:18; Exodus 12:24; Leviticus 18:4; Matthew 8:27; Mark 1:27; Luke 11:28; John 14:23…
The post Lazaroo – Friday, July 29, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with pure devotion:
“The tempter came to him and said, ‘If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.’ Jesus answered, ‘It is written: “Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”’”(Matthew 3:3-4)
That’s how to deal with Satan’s temptations, isn’t it, Jesus?
Quote Your Word to him
then don’t budge an inch.
Of course, I have to instantly be ready with Your Word
the moment temptation comes.
Maybe I’d better do a little more homework.
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Mark 1:13; Luke 4:13; Luke 22:40; 1 Corinthians 7:5; 1 Corinthians 10:13; Galatians 6:1; James 1:13…
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, July 28, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with pedal-to-the-metal commitment:
“Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the living.”(Genesis 3:20)
You gave Adam the privilege of naming every animal in the Garden of Eden, Jesus.
But when Adam named Eve
that was utterly, profoundly different.
He knew it.
So he named her in accordance
with what she would become.
Adam was the first man.
Eve was the first woman.
Adam knew every child born in the future
would come from them.
Who will experience New Birth, Father…
because of me?
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Genesis 2:19; Matthew 28:19-20; John 3:3; John 3:7; John 3:16-17; Acts 1:8; 1 Peter 3:15…
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, July 27, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in passionate gratitude:
“…what does the one God seek? Godly offspring. So be on your guard…”(Malachi 2:15)
I’m not going to be able to give You the Godly offspring You desire me to be, Jesus
if I don’t stay on my guard.
Satan – the sworn enemy of my soul –
waits for me to drop my guard
even for the briefest of moments
and then swoops in to do incalculable harm.
Please! I beg You!
Help me
Stay. On. My. Guard!
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1 Samuel 19:2; Malachi 2:16; Matthew 10:17; Matthew 16:6; Matthew 16:11; Mark 13:23; Luke 12:15…
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, July 26, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with growing understanding:
“Listen, High Priest Joshua, you and your associates seated before you, who are men symbolic of things to come: I am going to bring my servant, the Branch.”(Zechariah 3:8)
You, Jesus:
The Branch.
The promised Messiah –
the long-awaited one – the only one –
who could deliver us from our sins.
But You came as You almost always do –
in a way and time we could not have imagined
to pay for our sins with Your own life
in a way we could not have imagined.
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Isaiah 53:1-12; Jeremiah 23:5-6; Matthew 1:1; Mark 1:1; Luke 9:18-20; John 11:27; John 20:31…
The post Lazaroo – Monday, July 25, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in the fear of God:
***“I will overturn royal thrones and shatter the power of the foreign kingdoms. I will overthrow chariots and their drivers; horses and their riders will fall, each by the sword of his brother.”
(Haggai 2:22)***
When You punish my enemies who are attacking me, Jesus
You do so with devastating power!
Not only that – I don’t have to defend myself.
You’re Able to turn them against one another!
Please help me remember that
next time I’m tempted to retaliate.
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Leviticus 19:18; Deuteronomy 32:35; 1 Samuel 24:12; Isaiah 41:10; Ezekiel 25:12-13; Romans 12:19; Hebrews 10:30…
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, July 24, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Hold nothing back, as you pray this Lazaroo:
“The land by the sea will become pastures having wells for shepherds and pens for flocks.”(Zephaniah 2:6)
This is how You punished Your disobedient nation, Jesus!
Wow.
You could have scorched the land, making it utterly useless for anything.
But You didn’t.
Instead, in the midst of Your disciplining anger
You turned the land they had defiled
into a blessing.
You’ve done that time and again for me!
Even while You’re correcting me
You’re blessing me in ways I would have never expected.
O God!
You Are Awesome!
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Exodus 33:19; Deuteronomy 13:17; 2 Samuel 24:14; 1 Kings 8:28; Romans 9:16; Hebrews 12:5-7; James 2:13…
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, July 23, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your heart:
“You will be filled with shame instead of glory.”(Habakkuk 2:16)
No!
That can’t happen, Jesus.
Not if I have anything to say about it.
Well…even more importantly:
Not if I have anything I can do about it.
And I can!
I can repent of my sins and stop committing them –
especially those I’ve been guilty of, again and again.
I can obey You – instantly – when I see in Your Word
what You want me to do.
Glory!
Not shame.
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1 Samuel 15:22; Isaiah 6:8; Matthew 4:17; Matthew 21:28-31; Romans 9:33; James 1:22; 1 John 1:9…
The post Lazaroo – Friday, July 22, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in devoted passion:
“‘I am against you,’ declares the Lord Almighty.”(Nahum 2:13)
Could there be any more chilling words, Jesus?
In this or any language.
First of all, I can’t make it without You.
Try though I might, I’m not enough.
But if You would also be against me?
Then I’d be doomed.
No one can successfully stand against You.
However…
You’re not against me!
I’ve completely, wholeheartedly, irrevocably
given myself to You.
I’m Yours.
Your mine.
HALLELUJAH!
You’re for me!
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Exodus 9:13-14; Leviticus 26:17; Numbers 14:34; Deuteronomy 6:15; Joshua 1:5; Matthew 5:11-12; Revelation 2:4…
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, July 21, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in fervency of spirit:
“But as for me, I am filled with power, with the Spirit of the Lord, and with justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression, to Israel his sin.”(Micah 3:8)
It’s possible, Jesus!
That while all around me are weak, timid and afraid
You would choose to make me bold and strong.
That was true of Your prophet Micah
because He was obeying You
with every fiber of his being.
Weak or strong, bold or timid
may I do the same.
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2 Samuel 3:39; Isaiah 41:10; Isaiah 45:5; 2 Corinthians 12:10; Ephesians 3:16; 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17; 2 Thessalonians 3:3…
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, July 20, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Take it to heart, as you pray this Lazaroo:
“Do not let people or animals, herds or flocks, taste anything; do not let them eat or drink.”(Jonah 3:7)
Why would the king of Ninevah issue such a harsh decree, Jesus?
It was because of Jonah’s preaching, wasn’t it?
After You forced him to show up in that wicked city
You declared You were about to destroy them.
The king took You at Your Word and went all out to change your mind.
How seriously do I take Your warnings?
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2 Kings 17:15; Nehemiah 9:26; Jeremiah 31:19; Matthew 11:21; Mark 8:15; Acts 2:40; Hebrews 12:25…
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, July 19, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with responsive faith:
“We have heard a message from the Lord: An envoy was sent to the nations to say, ‘Rise…’”(Obadiah 1:1)
No more sitting down, Jesus!
Sure, there’s a time to kick back and relax
But there comes a day when that time ends
when it’s time to get back to work.
Not my work.
Yours.
Which time am I in, Holy Spirit?
Show me!
I don’t want to be standing when You’ve told me to sit
nor sitting when You’ve told me to “Rise!”
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Genesis 2:2; Leviticus 19:32; Joshua 7:10; Nehemiah 9:5; Mark 2:27; Mark 3:3; Hebrews 4:1…
The post Lazaroo – Monday, July 18, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with burning emotion:
“‘Many times I struck your gardens and vineyards, destroying them with blight and mildew. Locusts devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you have not returned to me,’ declares the Lord.”(Amos 4:9)
When our hearts are stubborn and unrepentant, Jesus
this is what it comes to.
Because Your loving kindness doesn’t compel us
all that’s left is pain.
O God!
May I respond to Your love
Your generosity to me
Your goodness, mercy and forgiveness!
May I never bring upon myself
Your wrath.
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Genesis 3:7; Genesis 20:9; Isaiah 3:9; Jeremiah 26:19; Romans 14:12; 1 Corinthians 11:31; Hebrews 2:1-3; 1 John 1:8…
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, July 17, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in passionate entreaty:
“Let the priests, who minister before the Lord, weep between the portico and the altar. Let them say, ‘Spare your people, Lord. Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, “Where is their God?”’”(Joel 2:17)
You’re telling us how to pray, Jesus!
that is…if we want You to hear us:
with sincere, heartfelt, passionate weeping
with deep concern for the honor of Your Great Name.
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Job 16:16; Job 17:6; Psalm 6:6; Psalm 44:14; Isaiah 15:3; Jeremiah 31:9; Luke 14:29; 1 Timothy 3:7; 1 Peter 3:15-16…
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, July 16, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul:
“The Israelites are stubborn, like a stubborn heifer. How then can the Lord pasture them like lambs in a meadow?”(Hosea 4:16)
I don’t want to be like that stubborn heifer Jesus –
a young female cow that hasn’t yet borne a calf –
who stops when You say “Go!”
who runs away when You say, “Come!”
who rejects Your chosen path.
Make me as responsive and obedient to You
as the most attentive, compliant, eager-to-please lamb!
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Exodus 13:15; Deuteronomy 2:30; Judges 2:19; Psalm 81:12; Isaiah 46:12; Mark 3:5; Romans 2:5; 2 Corinthians 2:9; Titus 3:1; 1 Peter 1:14…
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Sell out totally to God as you pray this Lazaroo:
“I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God.”(Revelation 3:1-2)
Deeds, Jesus.
Not words.
You’ve given me a job to do, along with the gifts and ability to do it.
My excuses for not doing it don’t matter.
I’ve got to finish it
while there’s still time.
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Exodus 40:33; Joshua 19:51; Matthew 10:23; Luke 14:28-30; John 4:334; John 17:4; Philippians 1:6…
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, July 14, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in heart-pounding anticipation:
“…the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever.”(Daniel 2:44)
That’s my kingdom, Jesus!
Not interested in any of these kingdoms on earth.
Every one of them is doomed.
No, because of my faith in You alone
You’ve called me into Your Kingdom of Light
which has no end!
Hallelujah!
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Exodus 19:6; Matthew 3:2; Matthew 5:3; Matthew 5:10; John 3:3; Romans 14:17; 1 Corinthians 4:20; Colossians 1:12…
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, July 13, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with attentive dedication:
“…praying in the Holy Spirit…”(Jude 1:20)
There’s praying in myself, Jesus –
Telling You what I want
letting You know what I’m thinking.
That’s okay.
You understand.
But there’s another level, isn’t there?
It’s asking what You want
listening to Your reply in my heart
listening to Your reply as I study Your Word
listening to Your reply through life events
listening to Your reply through Your servants
all the while measuring everything I’m hearing
by the whole of Scripture.
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Isaiah 8:20; Ezekiel 13:7; John 14:26; Romans 8:26-27; 1 Corinthians 2:13; Ephesians 6:18; 2 Timothy 3:16…
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, July 12, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in patient readiness:
“I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be silent…But when I speak to you, I will open your mouth and you shall say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says.’”(Ezekiel 3:26-27)
Sometimes silence is golden, Jesus.
Sometimes it’s disobedience –
or even worse –
cowardice.
It is my heart’s desire to be silent when You tell me to hush
and to be vocal when You tell me to speak.
In every moment of every day, Holy Spirit…
lead me!
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Genesis 18:27; Psalm 17:10; Psalm 37:30; Matthew 10:27; Acts 2:4; Romans 9:1; Ephesians 6:19…
The post Lazaroo – Monday, July 11, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with pedal-to-the-metal commitment:
“Do not envy the violent or choose any of their ways. For the Lord detests the perverse but takes the upright into his confidence. The Lord’s curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous.”(Proverbs 3:31-33)
From a distance, Jesus…
it’s easy to believe evil people
are getting away with it.
But You’ve given Your Word:
They’re not!
You alone are my hope for a great life on this earth
…and beyond.
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Psalm 37:1; Psalm 73:1-20; Proverbs 23:17; Proverbs 24:1; Romans 1:28-32; 1 Corinthians 13:4; 1 Timothy 6:3-5…
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, June 29, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with solemn determination:
“…since those who formerly had the good news proclaimed to them did not go in because of their disobedience…God again set a certain day, calling it ‘Today.’ This he did when a long time later he spoke through David… ‘Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.’”(Hebrews 4:6-7)
A hard heart can cost me everything, Jesus!
It can ruin the relationships I desire with my friends and family
and cripple my relationship with You.
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Exodus 4:21; Exodus 7:13; Joshua 11:20; 1 Samuel 6:6; 2 Chronicles 36:13; Psalm 95:8; Matthew 13:15; Ephesians 4:18…
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, June 28, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in overwhelmed gratitude:
“…what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor.”(Psalm 8:4-5)
Yes, You did, Jesus –
because You love us.
You created us in Your Image.
And because we sinned against You – every last one of us!
You came to this earth to pay for our sins with Your own Life
so we could live with You forever.
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Hosea 11:1; John 3:16-17; Romans 5:5; 2 Thessalonians 3:5; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 4:7; Jude 1:21…
The post Lazaroo – Monday, June 27, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo all the way to the marrow of your bones:
“To Philemon our dear friend and fellow worker…”(Philemon 1:1)
It’s great to have a friend, Jesus
and what would I do, if I didn’t have people to work alongside me?
But to have both in one person – a friend and fellow worker –
is golden.
Thank You for every one of them You’ve placed in my life!
Bless them richly.
Protect them.
Help me show them the love and gratitude I feel for them.
Enable me to be a great friend and fellow worker to others!
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Psalm 41:9; Psalm 119:63; Proverbs 17:17; Proverbs 18:24; John 3:29; Romans 16:21; 2 Corinthians 8:23…
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, June 26, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with Golden Rule Godliness:
“How painful are honest words!”(Job 6:25)
That’s so true, Jesus.
Honest words can be incredibly painful –
Especially when I’m telling someone
something they don’t want to hear
but need to hear.
Help me be honest with everyone!
But also…
help me be kind.
There’s a way to tell a hard truth
using soft, encouraging, uplifting, hope-filled words
and to do so with a humble spirit
in mutual respect
telling others the truth
the way I want it told to me.
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1 Kings 19:12; Proverbs 15:1; Proverbs 25:15; Matthew 11:29; Matthew 21:5; 1 Corinthians 4:21; Galatians 5:22-23; Ephesians 4:2; 1 Peter 3:15-16…
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, June 25, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
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…
The post Lazaroo – Friday, June 24, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with excuseless humility:
“…the royal secretaries…wrote out in the script of each province and in the language of each people all Haman’s orders to the king’s satraps, the governors of the various provinces and the nobles of the various peoples. These were written in the name of King Xerxes himself and sealed with his own ring.”(Esther 3:12)
What an immense amount of harm this king allowed, Jesus
all because he trusted the wrong man.
Give me supernatural discernment, Holy Spirit!
My trust is in You alone.
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Exodus 14:31; Numbers 20:12; Deuteronomy 1:32; 2 Kings 17:14; Psalm 9:10; Psalm 20:7; Proverbs 29:25; Romans 15:13…
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, June 23, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in holy fear:
“Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.”(1 Timothy 2:15)
Oh, what a solemn, sacred trust, Jesus!
Help me to come to Your Word with an open mind and heart!
May I never approach with my own agenda
seeking to proof-text what I already believe.
Instead, may I open my Bible in true humility
eager to be taught.
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Proverbs 30:5; Isaiah 8:20; Matthew 15:6; Luke 8:11; Luke 11:28; John 10:35; Acts 6:2…
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, June 22, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with mounting anticipation:
“Next to him, Shemaiah son of Shekaniah, the guard at the East Gate, made repairs.”(Nehemiah 3:29)
Shemaiah already had one job, Jesus –
and it wasn’t a “nothing” job.
Guarding the East Gate is a huge responsibility!
So is guarding any of Your Jerusalem gates.
But the East Gate is the one
through which You’ll enter Jerusalem
when You return to earth for Your Church!
If Shemaiah can carry out two crucial jobs for You simultaneously
So can I.
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Ezekiel 10:18-19; Ezekiel 43:1-5; Ezekiel 44:1-2; Ezekiel 46:12; Zechariah 14:4; Matthew 21:1-11; 1 Corinthians 15:50-58…
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, June 21, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with every fiber of your being:
“But women will be saved through childbearing – if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety.”(1 Timothy 2:15)
That’s a pretty amazing promise, Jesus
one to which every pregnant woman can wholeheartedly cling.
But something tells me…
You’ll also save through the painful trials of this life
men and non-childbearing women
who “continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety.”
Increase my faith, LORD!
Help me love others with Your love.
Keep me holy
and all in a way that honors You!
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Leviticus 11:44; Psalm 96:9; 1 Corinthians 13:1-13; 1 Timothy 2:9; Hebrews 11:1; Hebrews 11:6; 1 John 3:14…
The post Lazaroo – Monday, June 20, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with utter abandon:
“Now since we are under obligation to the palace and it is not proper for us to see the king dishonored, we are sending this message to inform the king…”(Ezra 4:14)
King Artaxerxes had to smell the stench from this heaping pile of garbage from a mile away, Jesus!
These two wicked, jealous yahoos were tattling
because Your chosen servant
was rattling their cages
by obeying You.
Great God!
Help me be a cage-rattler
instead of a garbage-pusher.
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Genesis 30:1; Proverbs 27:4; Acts 5:17; Acts 7:9; Acts 13:45; Acts 17:5; James 4:2…
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, June 19, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Hold nothing back, as you pray this Lazaroo:
“May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope…”(2 Thessalonians 2:16)
What a reminder, Jesus!
There’s more than one kind of hope.
There’s hope
bad hope
and good hope.
Some things I hope for are just “hope.”
They’re fine…but they don’t really make anything better.
Other things I hope for are “bad hope.”
If I get them, they’ll end up hurting me.
But You Are the Giver of Good Hope!
which is –
all good!
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Psalm 9:18; Psalm 25:3; Psalm 25:5; Psalm 25:21; Matthew 12:21; Acts 2:26; Romans 4:18…
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, June 18, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with renewed determination:
“So Huram finished the work he had undertaken for King Solomon in the temple of God…”
(2 Chronicles 4:11)
So many of us start, Jesus…
so few of us finish
and finish well.
Huram did more than start doing the work You gave him.
He finished it.
Help me not only start doing what You want me to do
when You want me to start it
but help me finish what You want me to do
when You want me to finish it.
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Genesis 1:1; Genesis 2:2; Psalm 90:9; Jeremiah 26:8; Matthew 10:23; Luke 14:28-30; John 4:34…
The post Lazaroo – Friday, June 17, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in full-on passion:
“For what is our hope, our joy, or the crown in which we will glory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes? Is it not you?”(1 Thessalonians 2:19)
For all his power and authority, Jesus
Paul loved the people to whom You had sent him
which, of course, includes me.
When it comes right down to it
it’s all about love.
May I love Your people not only as Paul did
but as did You.
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Mark 12:28-31; John 13:34-35; Romans 13:8; 1 Corinthians 13:1-13; Titus 2:11-13; 1 Peter 1:22; 1 Peter 3:8…
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, June 16, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with explosive feeling:
“Sons were born to Shaharaim in Moab after he had divorced his wives Hushim and Baara. By his wife Hodesh he had Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malkam, Jeuz, Sakia and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of families.”(1 Chronicles 8:8-10)
I can’t identify with multiple wives, Jesus.
And I know how much You hate divorce.
But I sure can testify that no matter how messed up our lives…
You – and You alone! – have the power to turn them around.
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Deuteronomy 17:17; Proverbs 23:18; Proverbs 24:14; Proverbs 24:16; Malachi 2:16; Matthew 1:18-20; Matthew 5:31-32…
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, June 15, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Never forget! as you pray this Lazaroo:
“…Shimei stayed in Jerusalem for a long time. But three years later, two of Shimei’s slaves ran off…At this, he saddled his donkey and went…in search of his slaves.”(1 Kings 2:38-40)
Solomon warned Shimei not to leave the city, Jesus!
After three years, the warning had faded in his mind…
but not in Solomon’s.
Shimei’s faded memory cost him his life.
It doesn’t matter how long ago You tell me something, does it, Father?
Your Word still stands.
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2 Samuel 7:16; 1 Chronicles 16:34; Psalm 37:18; Proverbs 12:19; Isaiah 40:8; John 6:27; 1 Peter 1:23-25…
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, June 11, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul:
“I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace given me through the working of his power.”(Ephesians 3:7)
Every person who follows You can say, “Amen!” to that, Jesus.
That’s exactly how I became a servant of Your gospel:
Your gift of grace.
Wholly undeserved.
More deeply appreciated than words can express.
And yes, it took Your incomparable, creative, loving, forgiving power
to transform a wretched sinner like me
into one of Your Own.
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Psalm 20:6; Romans 3:24; Romans 7:24-25; 1 Corinthians 15:10; Galatians 2:20-21; Ephesians 2:6-10; Colossians 1:9-14; Hebrews 1:3…
The post Lazaroo – Friday, June 10, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with fear and trembling:
“May God deal with Abner, be it ever so severely, if I do not do for David what the Lord promised him on oath and transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and establish David’s throne over Israel and Judah from Dan to Beersheba.”(2 Samuel 3:9-10)
If Abner knew all of that, Jesus
then why didn’t he do it to begin with?
A lot of people died because he didn’t.
How many will suffer because I don’t do
what I already know I should?
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Joshua 22:22; Psalm 19:1-4; Luke 19:22; Romans 1:20; Romans 2:17-24; 1 Corinthians 2:11; James 4:17…
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, June 9, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in soul-searching recognition:
“Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh?”(Galatians 3:3)
When You put it that way, Jesus
it really does sound foolish.
And now that You mention it
that may be what I’m doing –
at least some of the time.
One part of me knows I can’t earn heaven by the good things I do
but there’s another part that still keeps trying.
No.
It’s You.
Not me.
All You.
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Romans 4:1-5; Romans 4:8; Romans 10:9-10; 2 Corinthians 5:19; Galatians 2:21; Galatians 3:2; Ephesians 2:8-10…
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, June 8, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with a pure, passionate heart:
***“…the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the Lord and with people.”
(1 Samuel 2:26)***
That’s how I long to grow, Jesus!
Most importantly, to grow in stature and favor with You.
Even if people don’t accept me, it’s okay
so long as You are pleased with me.
Still, it’s good when You cause me to grow
in stature and favor with people
so they will believe me
when I tell them about You.
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Genesis 4:4; Exodus 34:9; Esther 2:9; Psalm 5:12; Proverbs 3:34; Jeremiah 15:10; Jeremiah 38:1-13; 1 Peter 3:14-16…
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, June 7, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in ardent love:
“Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold. We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to prevent the Israelites from seeing the end of what was passing away.”(2 Corinthians 3:12-13)
Give me the boldness of Paul, Jesus!
Like Moses, I don’t want Your glory to fade from my face.
May I walk in such Deep, Daily, Moment-by-Moment, 1on1 relationship with You
that all who see me
will long to know You!
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Exodus 33:18; Exodus 40:34; Leviticus 9:23; Numbers 16:42; Psalm 19:1; Romans 2:7; Ephesians 1:12…
The post Lazaroo – Monday, June 6, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with burning zeal:
“Then Ruth the Moabite said, ‘He even said to me, “Stay with my workers until they finish harvesting all my grain.”’ Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, ‘It will be good for you, my daughter, to go with the women who work for him, because in someone else’s field you might be harmed.’”(Ruth 2:21-22)
That’s what I plan to do, Jesus:
Stay with You.
I have no question in my mind whatsoever:
If I stray from Your loving care
I absolutely will be harmed!
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1 Kings 22:43; 2 Chronicles 20:32; Psalm 44:18; Psalm 119:10; Psalm 119:21; Psalm 119:110; 2 Thessalonians 1:8…
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, June 5, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with unrestrained allegiance:
“By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.”(1 Corinthians 3:10-11)
You, Jesus…
Are where it starts.
Where it has to start.
To start anywhere else
is a fool’s errand!
If I don’t start with You
I’ll never finish.
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1 Samuel 2:8; Psalm 11:3; Psalm 89:14; Isaiah 28:16; Isaiah 33:6; Matthew 7:24-26; Romans 15:20…
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, June 4, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in utter reliance on God:
“…Ehud had made a double-edged sword…which he strapped to his right thigh under his clothing. He presented the tribute to Eglon king of Moab, who was a very fat man. After Ehud had presented the tribute, he sent on their way those who had carried it.”(Judges 3:16-19)
Eglon never would have trusted Ehud, Jesus
If he had known what was coming next.
I have no idea who’s carrying a sword to use on me
or on those I love, Holy Spirit
but You do.
I beg You:
Protect us!
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Numbers 14:9; Deuteronomy 23:14; Ezra 8:22; Psalm 5:11; Psalm 12:5; John 17:11; John 17:15…
The post Lazaroo – Friday, June 3, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
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…
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, June 2, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in steadfast faith:
“…the people crossed over opposite Jericho. The priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord stopped in the middle of the Jordan and stood on dry ground, while all Israel passed by until the whole nation had completed the crossing on dry ground.”(Joshua 3:16-17)
Moses gets all the attention for miraculously crossing the Red Sea, Jesus
but You also did the same thing through Joshua!
Second time or no, a miracle is a miracle.
For the second googolth time, Father
keep working Your miracles through us…
…and unworthy me.
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1 Chronicles 16:12; Nehemiah 9:17; Job 5:9; Job 9:10; Psalm 77:11; Psalm 77:14; Matthew 13:58…
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, June 1, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with bottomless trust:
“Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.”(Acts 2:38-39)
It wasn’t just for them, Jesus.
It wasn’t just for the world ever after.
It was also for me!
because with all my heart
I believe!
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Genesis 15:6; Psalm 106:12; Isaiah 53:1; Matthew 8:13; Mark 1:15; John 1:11-13; John 3:16-17; Romans 10:9-10…
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, May 31, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with unshakable belief:
“Thirty-eight years passed from the time we left Kadesh Barnea until we crossed the Zered Valley. By then, that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the Lord had sworn to them. The Lord’s hand was against them until he had completely eliminated them from the camp.”(Deuteronomy 2:14-15)
To say You’re not pleased when Your people refuse to obey You, Jesus
is putting it mildly.
When You tell me to jump, I’m asking only one question:
“How high?”
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Exodus 19:5; Jeremiah 7:23; Jeremiah 11:4; Jeremiah 11:7; Jeremiah 18:10; Hebrews 5:9; 1 Peter 4:17…
The post Lazaroo – Monday, May 30, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:
“In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.”(John 2:14-15)
There’s a proper way to handle money in Your courts, Jesus
and there’s a disrespectful way.
When You saw Your holy place being desecrated
You blew the minds of the nonviolent crowd.
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Exodus 31:14; Leviticus 19:8; Deuteronomy 21:23; Psalm 106:38; Ezekiel 20:13; Romans 13:7; 1 Peter 2:17…
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Pray this Lazaroo in sobered awareness:
“After Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy furnishings and all the holy articles, and when the camp is ready to move, only then are the Kohathites to come and do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy things or they will die.”(Numbers 4:15)
When the oxen stumbled and Uzzah took hold of the Ark of The Covenant
You struck him down, Jesus
and he died.
When it comes to Your holy things, You don’t mess around!
Neither should I.
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Genesis 2:3; Exodus 3:5; Deuteronomy 23:13-14; 2 Samuel 6:6-7; Psalm 5:7; Matthew 4:5; Hebrews 10:10…
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Pray this Lazaroo in reverent awe:
“And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him, to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins, because of the tender mercy of our God…”
(Luke 1:76-78)
When Zechariah spoke these words, Jesus
He was filled with the Spirit.
Through Him You were revealing that His son – John the Baptist –
had one overriding purpose:
“to prepare the way
for You.”
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Isaiah 40:3; Genesis 14:19; Deuteronomy 32:8; Psalm 7:10; Lamentations 3:38; Luke 6:35; John 1:23; Acts 7:48-49…
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Pray this Lazaroo with utter abandon:
“The sun will set for the prophets, and the day will go dark for them. The seers will be ashamed and the diviners disgraced. They will all cover their faces because there is no answer from God.”(Micah 3:6-7)
That’s the price of disobedience, isn’t it, Jesus?
The miracles disappear.
The true prophets come up empty.
All that’s left are false prophets
who prophesy the delusions of their own minds.
O LORD!
Send a revival!
Send a revival!
Send a revival!
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Psalm 80:18; Psalm 85:6; Proverbs 14:34; Isaiah 57:15; Hosea 6:2; Luke 1:76-79; Galatians 1:3-5…
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Hold nothing back, as you pray this Lazaroo:
“By the decree of the king and his nobles…”(Jonah 3:7)
That’s what kings do, don’t they, Jesus?
They issue decrees.
They make sweeping statements that become the laws of the land.
They rely on a cadre of experts who advise them
or rubber stamp whatever they say.
I’m no such king.
I’ve never issued a decree –
at least not one anyone paid much attention to.
But I do have one request:
Direct the decrees of people in power
who affect the lives of those I love.
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Genesis 26:5; Exodus 15:26; Leviticus 18:4; Deuteronomy 4:1; Psalm 7:6; Proverbs 21:1; Zephaniah 2:1-3; Luke 1:6…
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Pray this Lazaroo in devoted passion:
“‘I sent rain on one town, but withheld it from another. One field had rain; another had none and dried up. People staggered from town to town for water but did not get enough to drink, yet you have not returned to me,’ declares the Lord.”(Amos 4:7-8)
I must be missing some of the signs You’re giving me, Jesus.
While I’m wondering why in the world these things are happening to me
You’re saying:
“Return to Me!”
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Nehemiah 1:9; Isaiah 44:22; Jeremiah 3:7; Jeremiah 3:10; Jeremiah 4:1; Joel 2:12; Mark 12:30…
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Pray this Lazaroo in fervency of spirit:
“Blow the trumpet in Zion, declare a holy fast, call a sacred assembly. Gather the people, consecrate the assembly; bring together the elders, gather the children, those nursing at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his room and the bride her chamber.”(Joel 2:15-16)
Wow, Jesus.
Talk about an important gathering!
Most of all…
because it’s a meeting called by You.
May I never miss any meeting You all me to
or anything You call me to do
morning, noon or night.
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Exodus 12:16; Leviticus 8:4; Numbers 14:5; Ezra 10:8; Psalm 22:22; Proverbs 24:7; Acts 15:12…
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Open your heart, as you pray this Lazaroo:
“Though you, Israel, commit adultery, do not let Judah become guilty.”(Hosea 4:15)
A command like that is hard to obey, Jesus.
Certainly, a person caught in sin might wish for better
for someone they truly love.
But it’s incredibly hard to tell someone:
“Don’t do as I’ve done.
Do as I say.”
A bad example is a tall, tall mountain to climb.
From this moment forward, help me set a good example
for everyone I want to see live for You!
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2 Kings 14:3; Ecclesiastes 9:13; Ezekiel 14:8; John 13:15; 1 Corinthians 10:16; 1 Corinthians 11:1; Philippians 3:17…
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Pray this Lazaroo with bulldog faith:
“To the one who is victorious and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations—that one ‘will rule them with an iron scepter and will dash them to pieces like pottery’—just as I have received authority from my Father. I will also give that one the morning star.”(Revelation 2:26-28)
Your authority? The morning star?
These rewards are unimaginably awesome, Jesus!
Please rise up in power within me!
Help me finish strong!
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Numbers 27:20; Isaiah 22:21; Matthew 9:6; John 10:18; 2 Peter 1:19; Jude 1:25; Revelation 22:16…
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Pray this Lazaroo with burning emotion:
“As the toes were partly iron and partly clay, so this kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle. And just as you saw the iron mixed with baked clay, so the people will be a mixture and will not remain united, any more than iron mixes with clay.”(Daniel 2:42-43)
That’s what sin does to me, isn’t it, Jesus?
It’s the clay mixed with Your holy iron
that makes me fragile and brittle.
I long for all of me
to be filled with You!
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Genesis 4:7; Job 8:14; Psalm 4:4; Proverbs 10:16; Matthew 6:14-15; John 8:34; 1 Peter 4:1…
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Pray this Lazaroo on high alert:
“Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations, the law is no more, and her prophets no longer find visions from the Lord.”(Lamentations 2:9)
What a terrible state of affairs, Jesus –
and all because Your people sinned against You
bringing all this disaster down upon their own heads.
Especially because these prophets who no longer find visions from You
tend to keep right on prophesying the delusions of their own minds
leading Your people astray.
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Psalm 4:2; Psalm 119:118; Jeremiah 14:14; Jeremiah 23:26; Jeremiah 23:30; Jeremiah 29:9; 2 Corinthians 11:3
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Pray this Lazaroo with unwavering dedication:
“Watch out that you do not lose what you have worked for…”(2 John 1:8)
I tend to think that once I have it, Jesus
it’s mine.
But You’re reminding me that I may have to work as hard to keep it
as I did to attain it.
Maybe harder – because now, I’m a target.
Satan wants to steal what You’ve provided.
But so long as I keep my eyes fixed on You
following You every step of the way
You’ll ensure that Satan comes up
empty-handed.
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1 Chronicles 21:1; Luke 12:33; John 10:10; Romans 8:35-39; 1 Peter 5:8-9; 1 John 4:4; Revelation 12:12
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Pray this Lazaroo with undying love:
“…you say, ‘I am innocent; he is not angry with me.’ But I will pass judgment on you because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’”(Jeremiah 2:35)
It’s not a good idea to lie to the One who can read my mind, Jesus.
Yes. I have sinned.
I’ve wronged others
but most of all You.
But I believe You came to this earth to pay with Your life to save people like me.
You’ve removed my sin from me
as far as the east is from the west!
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Psalm 32:5; Psalm 38:18; Psalm 103:12; Matthew 9:4; Luke 9:47; John 3:16; 1 John 1:8-10
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Pray this Lazaroo with burning zeal:
“I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it…”(1 John 2:21)
John was writing to those who believe in You, Jesus
not to those who had rejected You
which means He’s also writing to me.
I believe in the truth that You are God
that You came to this earth
to save us from our sins
by dying on the cross
then rising from the dead
to give all who believe in You eternal life!
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Proverbs 23:23; John 5:33; John 8:32; John 14:6; John 16:13; John 19:35; 1 Corinthians 15:3-8; 2 Thessalonians 2:15
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Pray this Lazaroo with unrestrained allegiance:
“Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds. Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them! They will be paid back for what their hands have done.”(Isaiah 3:10-11)
Kinda sounds like I’m going to harvest what I plant, Jesus.
That being so…
I want to plant all the good I can possibly get in the ground
and keep pulling up all the weeds of my sin
that my sinful human nature keeps trying to sow.
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Psalm 119:17; Matthew 13:1-23; Matthew 15:13; Romans 7:18; Romans 7:25; Galatians 6:7-9; Colossians 3:5
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Pray this Lazaroo with deep reverence:
“…the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.”(2 Peter 2:9)
You’re not one-sided, Jesus.
You do good to those who put their trust in You.
But You also hold punishment in store
for those who defy You.
You are pure love.
But that means You hate evil
because evil is the enemy of love.
If love is to triumph – and it will –
evil must be smashed.
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Genesis 2:9; Psalm 52:3; Proverbs 14:22; Proverbs 16:6; Isaiah 5:20; Amos 5:15; Zechariah 8:17; Romans 12:9
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Pray this Lazaroo with over-the-top trust:
“Daughters of Jerusalem, come out, and look, you daughters of Zion. Look on King Solomon wearing a crown, the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding, the day his heart rejoiced.”(Song of Songs 3:10-11)
Is she referring to Solomon’s first wedding, Jesus?
Because in disobedience to You
he took many wives – 700 in all.
Many of them were idol worshipers, who in time turned his heart from You.
Remind me, Jesus!
More…isn’t always best.
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Deuteronomy 17:17; 1 Kings 7:8;1 Kings 11:1-13; 2 Kings 21:9; Proverbs 7:21; Jeremiah 22:15; Luke 12:13-21
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Pray this Lazaroo with pure devotion:
“Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother…”(Philemon 1:1)
He was the great Apostle Paul, Jesus
but not one molecule of his body wanted to make it all about him.
He willingly shared his leadership with the young man Timothy
to encourage him and validate his ministry with others.
How can I do less?
Show me the younger people You’ve placed in my life
for that very purpose –
and may I be as generous with them
as You have been with me.
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Genesis 48:19; Ruth 3:10; Job 30:1; Luke 15:13; John 21:18; 1 Timothy 5:1-2; 1 Timothy 5:11-14; Titus 2:4; 1 Peter 5:5
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Pray this Lazaroo with pedal-to-the-metal commitment:
“…you see something dreadful and are afraid. Have I ever said, ‘Give something on my behalf, pay a ransom for me from your wealth, deliver me from the hand of the enemy, rescue me from the clutches of the ruthless’? Teach me, and I will be quiet; show me where I have been wrong.’”(Job 6:21-24)
Job had no clue that You were proving his greatness to Satan, Jesus.
Help me trust You, LORD!
even when to me
what’s happening makes no sense.
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Job 1:1-22; Job 13:15; Psalm 125:1; Proverbs 3:5-6; Isaiah 26:4; Habakkuk 3:17-19; Acts 14:23
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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
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Pray this Lazaroo with total transparency:
“…’I will give ten thousand talents of silver to the king’s administrators for the royal treasury.’ So the king took his signet ring from his finger and gave it to Haman…the enemy of the Jews. ‘Keep the money,’ the king said to Haman, ‘and do with the people as you please.’”(Esther 3:9-11)
When Haman conspired against Your people, Jesus
he made a fatal mistake.
When the king bought in without doing his homework
he made one, too
Guide me, Holy Spirit!
I don’t want to make any fatal mistakes!
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Joshua 7:20-26; Psalm 109:2; Ecclesiastes 5:6; Jeremiah 42:19-21; Ezekiel 36:5; Nahum 3:19; Jude 1:15
The post Lazaroo – Monday, April 18, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo all the way to the marrow of your bones:
“Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed…”(2 Timothy 2:15)
I’m so glad my work matters to You, Jesus!
But nothing I do is my work alone.
I’m leaning on You every step of the way.
I don’t want my work to be merely good.
I want it to be great.
There’s only one way that can happen:
When in passionate humility
I collaborate with You!
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2 Chronicles 14:11; Psalm 86:11; Isaiah 10:20; Isaiah 50:10; Jeremiah 48:10; 2 Corinthians 1:9; Galatians 3:9-11
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Pray this Lazaroo with laser-focused intensity:
“Above the Horse Gate, the priests made repairs, each in front of his own house. Next to them, Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his house.”(Nehemiah 3:28-29)
It’s great to help others, Jesus
but You expect me to take care of my own business too.
True, I’m to put others ahead of myself.
But if I neglect my own responsibilities
I cease being a blessing
and become a burden.
It’s kind of tricky, isn’t it?
Please help me navigate it properly!
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Romans 12:10; 1 Corinthians 10:24; 2 Corinthians 8:2-4; Galatians 6:5; Philippians 2:21; 1 Timothy 5:3-4; James 1:27
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, April 16, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with no-holds-barred surrender:
“Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner.”(1 Timothy 2:14)
Eve’s sin was bad, Jesus
but Adam’s was worse.
Adam wasn’t deceived. He knew better and ate the forbidden fruit anyway.
His wife handed him the fruit
so he accepted it and ate it.
Pleasing his wife was more important to him than pleasing You
making her humankind’s first idol.
May I never put anyone or anything ahead of You!
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Exodus 20:3; Deuteronomy 4:16; Deuteronomy 5:7; Psalm 24:3-5; Isaiah 42:8; Isaiah 48:11; Matthew 4:10; Luke 14:26; James 4:17
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Pray this Lazaroo with growing understanding:
“To Adam he said, ‘Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, “You must not eat from it,” Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life.’”(Genesis 3:17)
You told Abraham to listen to his wife, Jesus.
So that’s not what got Adam cursed.
It was when he listened to his wife
instead of You.
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Genesis 2:18; Genesis 21:12; Exodus 20:3: Deuteronomy 5:7; Matthew 6:33; Luke 14:26; 1 Peter 3:7
The post Lazaroo – Thursday, March 17, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Rejoice! as you pray this Lazaroo:
“Has not the one God made you? You belong to him in body and spirit.”(Malachi 2:15)
Oh, yes, Jesus!
I belong to You lock, stock and barrel –
body, spirit, soul, mind and heart –
not only because You made me
but because You declared I would be Yours before I was ever born
then called me to Yourself
to which I responded yes! with all my heart
after which You justified me
and are now glorifying me by giving me
Your Great Name!
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Romans 3:24; Romans 8:28-30; 1 Corinthians 1:9; Ephesians 1:4-14; Ephesians 1:18; 2 Thessalonians 1:12; 2 Thessalonians 2:14; 1 Peter 1:15; 1 Peter 2:9; 1 Peter 5:10
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, March 16, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with every ounce of your being:
“Then I said, ‘Put a clean turban on his head.’ So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him, while the angel of the Lord stood by.”(Zechariah 3:5)
That’s what I need, Jesus.
Please. I beg You:
Put a clean turban on my head.
Erase from me every sinful thought.
Purify every brain wave of my mind .
Work the miracle necessary
to help me forgive from my heart
those who have sinned against me.
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Nehemiah 5:7; Psalm 26:2; Romans 7:25; 1 Corinthians 2:16; 2 Corinthians 2:1; Philippians 2:5-11; Titus 2:11-14
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, March 15, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with growing understanding:
“I will overthrow chariots and their drivers…”(Haggai 2:22)
I’m thinking of our modern chariots, Jesus –
Tanks, planes, Humvees…
It’s bad enough to crash or roll one of those…
and walk away.
So long as the driver survives…
he lives to fight another day.
But You’re saying a day will come
when You will not only destroy the vehicles
but the people inside them.
May that day come for the fierce enemies of Your people, LORD!
In Jesus’ Name!
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Genesis 14:20; Genesis 22:17; Exodus 15:12; Numbers 10:9; Matthew 5:43-44; Luke 1:71; Acts 2:34-36
The post Lazaroo – Monday, March 14, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with utter abandon:
“The land by the sea will become pastures…”(Zephaniah 2:6)
Sounds good, Jesus.
Pastures are beautiful, pleasant places.
But to stop with that thought is to miss the point.
Land by the sea is extremely expensive.
There’s only so much of it.
It’s in high demand
because everyone wants to build a house there.
Which means that the land You’re referring to will revert to pasture
after the homes there – populated by disobedient people –
have been utterly destroyed.
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Genesis 29:7; Leviticus 25:34; Psalm 23:2; Isaiah 5:17; Hosea 4:16; Zechariah 11:3; John 10:9
The post Lazaroo – Sunday, March 13, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Hold nothing back, as you pray this Lazaroo:
“…the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.”(Habakkuk 2:14)
That’s pretty good coverage, Jesus!
And oh, how I long for that day!
So much of our world is going the other direction now –
knowing less and less about who You really Are…
turning to the gods of riches, popularity, technology.
While those who do claim Your Name
often ascribe to You false beliefs
because they don’t study Your Word.
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2 Chronicles 1:10-12; Psalm 19:1-2; Psalm 119:66; Proverbs 1:7; Isaiah 8:20; Colossians 1:9; 1 Timothy 6:20
The post Lazaroo – Saturday, March 12, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your heart:
“Where now is the lions’ den, the place where they fed their young, where the lion and lioness went…”(Nahum 2:11)
The lion and lioness need a den, Jesus –
a place to rest
to hide from their enemies
to call home.
And so do my precious brothers and sisters around the world.
But some of them are too poor.
Others are being attacked, fleeing for their lives.
O God!
Rescue them!
Don’t let the enemy overtake them.
I beg You.
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Genesis 35:1; Exodus 18:10; Psalm 17:13; Psalm 18:48; Proverbs 11:8; Jeremiah 48:19; 2 Timothy 4:18
The post Lazaroo – Friday, March 11, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with grateful thanksgiving:
“…Palal son of Uzai worked opposite the angle and the tower projecting from the upper palace near the court of the guard. Next to him, Pedaiah son of Parosh and the temple servants living on the hill of Ophel made repairs up to a point opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the projecting tower.”(Nehemiah 3:25-26)
The projecting tower was the king’s last refuge in case of danger.
Jesus, You are not only my last refuge
You are also my first refuge–
my hiding place at all times!
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Judges 9:51; 2 Samuel 22:3; Psalm 61:3; Psalm 91:2; Proverbs 18:10; Jeremiah 17:17; Luke 11:21-22
The post Lazaroo – Wednesday, February 9, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo in grateful acknowledgment:
“Adam was formed first, then Eve.”(1 Timothy 2:13)
Yes, he was, Jesus.
Men might point out
that You’ve made the man the head of the wife.
Women might point out
that you took one look at Adam and said,
“I can do better than that!”
But the truth is, the man didn’t feel complete without the woman.
The woman isn’t complete without the man.
They need each other.
And oh, how we both need You!
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Genesis 1:26-28; Genesis 2:18; Genesis 2:20-25; Genesis 3:1-24; Ephesians 5:22-24; 1 Peter 3:1-2; 1 Peter 3:7
The post Lazaroo – Tuesday, February 8, 2022 first appeared on Lazaroo.com.
Pray this Lazaroo with every fiber of your being:
“Rehum the commanding officer and Shimshai the secretary wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king…”(Ezra 4:8)
I don’t care who wrote such a letter, Jesus.
Whether it’s the president of the United States
one of the 43 kings who reign over countries today
or the high potentate of all high potentates on earth
Nobody – but nobody! –
had dare take a stand against Jerusalem
the holy place You chose above everywhere on earth
for Your Name to dwell.
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Deuteronomy 4:7-8; 1 Kings 8:13; 1 Chronicles 23:25; Ezra 6:12; Psalms 147:20; Jeremiah 3:19; Ezekiel 20:6; Luke 13:34
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Pray this Lazaroo in utter gratitude:
“…by his grace…”(2 Thessalonians 2:16)
Nothing else, Jesus.
There’s no other way under heaven
that I could ever go to heaven.
By Your grace alone.
Not by my greatest effort.
Not by my most selfless sacrifice.
Not by my sincerest attempts to please You.
Only by Your grace
will I rise from death to share eternity with You
and all the saints who’ve gone before.
Grace! Grace! Your matchless grace!
Grace that is greater than all my sin.
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John 1:16-17; Acts 4:33; Acts 6:8; Acts 11:23; Acts 13:43; Acts 14:3; Romans 11:6
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Hold nothing back, as you pray this Lazaroo:
“He then made ten basins for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. In them the things to be used for the burnt offerings were rinsed, but the Sea was to be used by the priests for washing.”(2 Chronicles 4:6)
So even back then, Jesus
You were demanding clean offerings
clean hands.
But only You
can purify these flawed, imperfect gifts
I offer up to You.
Only You
can cleanse these hands of mine
that have done so much sinning!
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Psalm 51:7; 2 Corinthians 7:1; Titus 2:13-14; Hebrews 10:19; 2 Peter 1:9; 1 John 1:7; 1 John 1:9
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Pray this Lazaroo in patient trust:
“…out of our intense longing we made every effort to see you. For we wanted to come to you—certainly I, Paul, did, again and again…”(1 Thessalonians 2:17-18)
Sometimes it’s not how badly I want it, is it, Jesus?
I mean…if the Apostle Paul intensely desired something and didn’t get it –
I’m talking about the man
through whom You raised the dead
the man through whom You gave us
more New Testament books than any other –
then, who am I to think I might not have to wait
for Your perfect time.
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Psalms 27:14; Psalm 31:15; Psalm 34:1; Psalm 59:16; Psalm 119:20; Psalm 130:6; Proverbs 20:22; 2 Corinthians 6:2
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Pray this Lazaroo with a longing ache in your heart:
“All these were descendants of Asher—heads of families, choice men, brave warriors and outstanding leaders.”(1 Chronicles 7:40)
Oh, do we ever need men and women like that today, Jesus!
People who will step up when they see a need
men and women who stand out – bristling with ability
brave leaders who take their calling to the next level.
But people like that are rare.
You’re the only one who can put those qualities in them.
Please do.
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Exodus 18:25; Joshua 1:1-3; Judges 5:8; Judges 10:18; 1 Samuel 7:15; 1 Corinthians 3:21; Hebrews 13:7
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