Monthly Archives: July 2016

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Saturday, July 23, 2016

 

Beg God for understanding, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever…He gives…knowledge to the discerning.”
(Daniel 2:20-21)

At first glance this hardly seems fair, Jesus.

Discerning people already possess significant knowledge.
Why load them up with more?

Is it because the more You give a discerning person

the more they do with it?

On the other hand…

even when You inundate a foolish person with countless blessings
all they do is ignore, disrespect or squander them.

Which am I?

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Proverbs 14:1; Matthew 7:24-27; Matthew 13:12; Matthew 25:1-30; Luke 6:46; Romans 1:21; 1 Corinthians 2:14

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Friday, July 22, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo and be flooded with hope:

“They are…twice dead.”
(Jude 1:3)

Can’t get much worse than that, Jesus.

Not only were they dead to You now…

You knew their future:

They would remain dead to You eternally.

All of that while they were still moving, acting, breathing!

Dead people walking.

How many of those around me are twice dead, Father?

It’s not always apparent, is it?

Some of those who look most alive are corpses.

And some who look impossibly hopeless
You will utterly transform.

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2 Kings 4:18-37; Mark 5:35-43; Acts 9:36-42; Romans 12:2; 2 Corinthians 3:18; Philippians 3:21; 1 Timothy 5:6

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Thursday, July 21, 2016

 

Sell out totally to God as you pray this Lazaroo:

“…peoples of obscure speech and difficult language…”
(Ezekiel 3:6)

They’re out there, Jesus

that’s for sure.

People I can’t understand.
Men, women and children whose language I can’t learn

because I don’t want to work that hard.

But they need You!

They have as much right to hear about Your

death
burial
resurrection

as I do.

I’ve got to pay the price, don’t I?

Love them.
Learn them.
Speak their language.

Or send someone in my place

who will.

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Isaiah 6:8; Matthew 10:18; Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 13:46; Acts 18:6; Acts 22:21; Romans 15:20

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Wednesday, July 20, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with earnest desire:

“…your soul is getting along well.”
(3 John 1:2)

If only that were true, Jesus!

Oh, I’m not registering a complaint against You

My complaint
is against me.

You’ve been better than good to me.
You’ve never treated me as my sins deserve.
You’ve given me opportunities beyond counting

so why have I done so little with it?

While You and I do enjoy one another, I know this:

In Your strength
I’ve got to step up my game.

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Genesis 50:20; Joshua 24:20; Psalms 13:6; Psalms 103:10; Psalms 116:7; Psalms 145:9; Lamentations 3:25; Matthew 5:45

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Tuesday, July 19, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo in fiery dedication:

“Listen, all you peoples…”
(Lamentations 1:18)

That’s quite an opening line, Jesus.

Jeremiah isn’t merely speaking to a group of his friends.
He isn’t limiting his remarks to those under the hearing of his voice.
He doesn’t aim his words at the nation of Israel alone.

Instead, he sends this message to everyone on earth

not only to those living in his day
but to all people of all time

including me.

Why?

They’re not his words.
They’re Yours.

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Exodus 31:18; 2 Samuel 23:2; 2 Kings 9:36; Isaiah 20:2; Isaiah 49:6; Jeremiah 23:28; Hebrews 4:7; 2 Peter 1:21

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Monday, July 18, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with undying love:

“Grace…from God…”
(2 John 1:3)

Thank You for grace, Jesus!

You – treating me better than my sins deserve.

G.R.A.C.E.

God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense

I still can’t fully comprehend what it cost You

to make my eternity in heaven a gift.

But it had to be!

Because try as I might
I could never earn it.

May I never take for granted

what You did for me
     what You do for me
          what You’re about to do for me.

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Psalms 103:8-14; Proverbs 2:7; Isaiah 26:10; John 1:17; Acts 20:24; Ephesians 2:8-9; 2 Timothy 4:8

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Sunday, July 17, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning zeal:

“‘…shudder with great horror,’ declares the LORD.”
(Jeremiah 2:12)

That gives me away, doesn’t it, Jesus?

The things that horrify me.
The things that don’t.

Just as does what thrills me

and what doesn’t.

Am I horrified by sin?

Mine and those of others?

Am I thrilled by righteous acts?

Enough to celebrate with those who do them?
Enough to carry them out myself?

My emotions reveal who I am, don’t they, Father?

Please, Holy Spirit…

rise up within me!

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Deuteronomy 12:7; Ezra 9:3-4; Job 31:4; Job 31:25; Job 31:29; Psalms 13:5; James 4:9

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Sunday, July 17, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning zeal:

“‘…shudder with great horror,’ declares the LORD.”
(Jeremiah 2:12)

That gives me away, doesn’t it, Jesus?

The things that horrify me.
The things that don’t.

Just as does what thrills me

and what doesn’t.

Am I horrified by sin?

Mine and those of others?

Am I thrilled by righteous acts?

Enough to celebrate with those who do them?
Enough to carry them out myself?

My emotions reveal who I am, don’t they, Father?

Please, Holy Spirit…

rise up within me!

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning 212-LAZAROO…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

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Deuteronomy 12:7; Ezra 9:3-4; Job 31:4; Job 31:25; Job 31:29; Psalms 13:5; James 4:9

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Saturday, July 16, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unrestrained allegiance:

“Whoever loves his brother lives in the light…”
(1 John 2:10)

It’s not that loving one of Your children saves me, Jesus…

it’s that if I’m truly on my way to heaven
I’ll love my brothers and sisters in You

even those as deeply flawed
as am I.

With some, it’s easy.

With others, as with me,
it takes a heap of intent.

It helps to realize that more than a feeling.

love is treating others as You command.

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John 13:34-35; Romans 13:8; 1 Corinthians 13:1-13; 1 Peter 1:22; 1 Peter 3:8; 1 John 3:23; 1 John 4:7

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Saturday, July 16, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unrestrained allegiance:

“Whoever loves his brother lives in the light…”
(1 John 2:10)

It’s not that loving one of Your children saves me, Jesus…

it’s that if I’m truly on my way to heaven
I’ll love my brothers and sisters in You

even those as deeply flawed
as am I.

With some, it’s easy.

With others, as with me,
it takes a heap of intent.

It helps to realize that more than a feeling.

love is treating others as You command.

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning 212-LAZAROO…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

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John 13:34-35; Romans 13:8; 1 Corinthians 13:1-13; 1 Peter 1:22; 1 Peter 3:8; 1 John 3:23; 1 John 4:7