Wednesday, February 8, 2017

 

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

“The LORD said to me, ‘Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress.’”
(Hosea 3:1)

Seriously, Jesus?
Seriously?

Seriously.

For a husband to take his cheating wife back is hard enough.

But to show her love?

Who can do that?

You can.

And You do…

every time I sin against You and come crawling back.

If that’s how You treat me

how can I do less for others?

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Leviticus 20:10; Psalms 51; Jeremiah 3:6; Matthew 5:28; 1 Timothy 1:16; James 2:13; 1 John 1:9

Tuesday, February 7, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with white-hot fervor:

“…do the things you did at first.”
(Revelation 2:5)

I remember how passionate I was when I gave myself completely to You, Jesus.

I was all-out, no-holds-barred.
You were my Everything.

But it’s hard to maintain that level of emotion

day-in, day-out
month after month
year after year.

I’m ashamed to say I haven’t.

You’re not telling me to feel the way I did at first, though.

You’re telling me to do what I did back then.

Got it.

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Psalms 42:4; Psalms 63:6; Psalms 143:5; Jeremiah 2:2; Acts 2:42-47; Matthew 28:19-20; Revelation 2:4

Monday, February 6, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with total transparency:

“…he knows what lies in darkness…”
(Daniel 2:22)

That’s so comforting, Jesus!

You’re able to protect me
from those lurking in shadows to harm me.

But it’s terrifying news for those who live in darkness.

One of the reasons they’ve chosen the gloom
is to hide what they’re doing.

O God!

Since their evil deeds are in plain sight before You
give them every incentive to

stop!

do an about face

and with Your help

turn their lives around.

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

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Job 12:22; Psalms 18:28; Psalms 107:14; Psalms 112:4; Psalms 139:11-12; Matthew 4:16; John 1:5

Sunday, February 5, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo all the way to the marrow of your bones:

“They are…wandering stars…”
(Jude 1:13)

Not good, Jesus.

There’s a difference between a lost star
and one that wanders.

Lost stars want to find their way back home.

Wandering stars have no such desire.

All they know

is they want to be somewhere else
doing something else.

They have no heart for You or anyone else.

All they care about is themselves.

I’ve been a lost star, Father…

thank You for finding me!

But may I never again wander.

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Psalms 119:70; Isaiah 29:13; Ezekiel 33:31; Mark 7:6; Romans 1:18-20; Hebrews 3:10; Jude 1:12

Saturday, February 4, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with laser-focused intensity:

“…the house of Israel is not willing to listen…”
(Ezekiel 3:7)

I know they will one day, Jesus!

After all, You’re their Messiah.
Plus, You’ve said they will.

But until someone’s ready to listen

it doesn’t do much good to talk, does it?

How much of my life have I spent saying important things

to peopleĀ who didn’t want to hear it?

Still…when I see someone headed for a plunge over the cliff

what else can I do?

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Leviticus 5:1; Leviticus 26:21; Ezekiel 3:18; Matthew 18:15-17; Romans 11:13-14; Romans 11:25-32; Titus 3:10-11

Friday, February 3, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with no-holds-barred surrender:

“…your faithfulness to the truth…”
(3 John 1:3)

It’s hard to be faithful to the truth, Jesus

when the truth is painful
when the truth is hard

when the truth has to be delivered

to someone who doesn’t want to hear it.

At such times, many people fudge the truth

dress up the truth
tell only part of the truth.

Give me the courage to tell the truth

the whole truth
and nothing but the truth

so help me God.

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1 Kings 17:24; 2 Chronicles 18:15; Job 42:7; Psalms 15:1-2; Proverbs 23:23; John 8:31-32; John 14:6

Thursday, February 2, 2017

 

Face your vulnerability, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“I called to my allies but they betrayed me.”
(Lamentations 1:18)

Allies are there just in case, Jesus.

I make promises to them
and they to me.

It might be months or years before I need them

but when calamity comes
that’s when I call on them for help.

Only then do I find out whether I have an ally

or a betrayer.

The only one who knows beforehand is You, Father!

Please.
I beg You!

Protect me.

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

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Psalms 7:1-2; Psalms 17:13; Psalms 25:20; Psalms 43:1; Psalms 124:1-5; Psalms 140:1; 2 Timothy 4:18

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo in wholehearted gratitude:

“…God the Father…”
(2 John 1:3)

O God!

You are my Father.

But not mine alone.

You’re the Father of us all.

Some of us recognize You

some of us don’t.

But that doesn’t change the fact that it is You who have made us.

We didn’t make ourselves.

My life came through my parents

but not from my parents.

You chose me.
You made me.

All my allegiance I now pledge to You!

In Jesus’ Name

Amen.

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Genesis 1:26-27; Deuteronomy 4:32; Psalms 100:3; Psalms 139:13; Ecclesiastes 7:29; Ephesians 2:4-5; Revelation 1:6