Monthly Archives: January 2017

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Saturday, January 21, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo in growing awareness:

“Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness…”
(Psalms 5:8)

O Jesus!

May this be the prayer President Donald Trump prays

over and over again
throughout every day.

His successes or failures impact the world.

But may I never forget:

So do mine, LORD.

Oh, not in the same way as a U.S. President

but with far-reaching impact nevertheless

the ripple effects of my words and actions touching more lives

directly and indirectly

than I can begin to imagine.

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Exodus 3:11; 1 Samuel 18:18; 2 Samuel 7:18; 1 Chronicles 29:14; Acts 17:25-28; Romans 14:7; 1 Timothy 2:1-4

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Friday, January 20, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul:

“If he…owes you anything…”
(Philemon 1:18)

Of course he owes him something, Jesus.

We all do.

Every person who lives with, works with, or interacts with another

owes them a big debt.

Sometimes it’s money.

But far more often it’s thanks

either for something they’ve done for me
or something they’ve done to me.

I owe my friends for their favors.
I owe my enemies for the lessons they’ve taught

some of which I will never, ever, ever forget.

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Leviticus 25:53; Matthew 18:28; Luke 7:36-50; Luke 16:1-9; Romans 13:7; Romans 15:27; Philemon 1:19

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Friday, January 20, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul:

“If he…owes you anything…”
(Philemon 1:18)

Of course he owes him something, Jesus.

We all do.

Every person who lives with, works with, or interacts with another

owes them a big debt.

Sometimes it’s money.

But far more often it’s thanks

either for something they’ve done for me
or something they’ve done to me.

I owe my friends for their favors.
I owe my enemies for the lessons they’ve taught

some of which I will never, ever, ever forget.

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Leviticus 25:53; Matthew 18:28; Luke 7:36-50; Luke 16:1-9; Romans 13:7; Romans 15:27; Philemon 1:19

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Thursday, January 19, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo…in faith:

“Why did I not perish at birth, and die as I came from the womb?”
(Job 3:11)

Job was in agony, Jesus!

wishing he’d never survived that shortest
and longest of all journeys

the trip from the safety of mother
to first breath in the outside world.

But he was wrong.

His suffering was short-lived.
You blessed him more at last than at first.

If only mothers about to abort their babies

could trust You to do the same.

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Job 42:12; Psalms 9:10; Psalms 22:9; Psalms 25:2; Isaiah 46:10; Isaiah 48:17; Romans 8:28-30

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Wednesday, January 18, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with earnest desire:

“They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him.”
(Titus 1:16)

Words matter to You, Jesus

but they’re not enough.

If what I do doesn’t measure up to what I say

then at best, the words I speak
are nothing more than fool’s gold

at worst, they’re a lie.

Tellingly, when I know what I should say

I can’t plead ignorance.
I’m left with no excuse.

To overpromise and underperform never works

especially with You.

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Psalms 26:4; Matthew 6:2; Matthew 6:5; Matthew 6:16; Matthew 15:1-9; Matthew 21:28-31; Matthew 22:15-22; Matthew 23:13

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Tuesday, January 17, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo…in awe:

“…he set a royal crown on her head and made her queen…”
(Esther 2:17)

What a moment for Esther, Jesus!

And what a moment for her people, the Jews.

Little did either of them know You were behind it, Father

that there was coming a day when she would be needed
to save Your chosen nation from annihilation.

How many of the moments of my life have strategic future implications?

Knowing You, I’d have to guess…

all of them.

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Job 14:5; Job 42:2; Psalms 119:91; Isaiah 26:12; Lamentations 3:37; Hebrews 2:10; Acts 4:27-28

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Monday, January 16, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo in ardent love:

“The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops.”
(2 Timothy 2:6)

No argument there, Jesus!

But there’s a world of difference between what should happen
and what does happen.

Most of my upsets and disappoints in life

stem from things that seem to me should happen
but don’t

from things I thought needed to take place
but never did.

That is, until I remember that You

do absolutely – 100% –
of all things well.

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Deuteronomy 32:4; Job 42:2; Isaiah 26:12; Isaiah 55:9; Lamentations 3:37; Romans 11:33; Hebrews 2:10

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Monday, January 16, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo in ardent love:

“The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops.”
(2 Timothy 2:6)

No argument there, Jesus!

But there’s a world of difference between what should happen
and what does happen.

Most of my upsets and disappoints in life

stem from things that seem to me should happen
but don’t

from things I thought needed to take place
but never did.

That is, until I remember that You

do absolutely – 100% –
of all things well.

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

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Deuteronomy 32:4; Job 42:2; Isaiah 26:12; Isaiah 55:9; Lamentations 3:37; Romans 11:33; Hebrews 2:10

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Sunday, January 15, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with deep gratitude:

“Next to them, repairs were made by men from Gibeon and Mizpah…”
(Nehemiah 3:7)

It feels good, Jesus…

to look over and see someone working as hard as I am
doing their share.

It’s encouraging even when I could have eventually finished it all myself

but it’s the difference between success and failure
when the task is bigger than either of us alone.

Thank You Father!

for every person You’ve sent – and will send –
to joyfully serve You together.

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2 Chronicles 34:12; Romans 16:12; 1 Corinthians 4:12; 1 Corinthians 15:10; 1 Corinthians 15:56; 1 Corinthians 16:15-18; 1 Thessalonians 5:12

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Saturday, January 14, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo in unpolluted faith:

“…that we may live…in all…holiness.”
(1 Timothy 2:2)

I’m not trying to be flippant, Jesus, just honest:

I struggle to live in partial holiness.

Living in all holiness feels unreachable for me.

But that’s the goal, isn’t it?
I have to strive for it.

Well, one thing’s clear:

I can strive all I want in my own strength
and fail.

My only hope for success is to learn how to strive in the strength

that is Yours alone.

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Psalms 51:10; Psalms 139:24; John 14:12; John 15:4; Acts 4:33; Colossians 1:27; Colossians 1:29