Monthly Archives: August 2017

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Sunday, August 13, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with eyes that see:

“…my beautiful one…”
(Song of Songs 2:13)

I’ve been told, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” Jesus

but ultimately there’s only One who beholds:

You.

The rest of us don’t really see – not the way You do.

We focus on the wrong things
ignore, overlook, misunderstand the right things.

There’s so much more to each person You’ve created

than we can see.

O God!

Open the eyes of my heart.

Enable me to see
what You see.

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1 Kings 9:3; 1 Kings 11:38; 2 Chronicles 7:15; Job 31:1; Job 42:5; Psalms 119:18; John 9:11; Acts 26:15-18

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Saturday, August 12, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo in awe:

“Through him you believe in God…”
(1 Peter 1:21)

Thank You, Jesus!

for enabling me to believe.

There’s a fundamental difference between belief in God

and believing in a god.

For millennia, people have believed in a god – or gods.

How could they not?

Any rational, intelligent, observant person

can ascertain that there is more to existence
than nature or human effort can explain.

But it is You

who point us to Your heavenly Father
the only true God.

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Exodus 12:12; Deuteronomy 5:7; Joshua 24:15; Judges 2:3; Ruth 1:15-17; 1 Samuel 7:3; 1 Corinthians 8:4-6

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Friday, August 11, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with transparency:

“I said in my heart…”
(Ecclesiastes 2:15)

If I say it in my heart

that’s where it counts, Jesus –
the place where only You can see.

Some of the things I say with my lips

don’t really reflect what’s in my heart.

I don’t mean to be a hypocrite.

I don’t want to be a person
who pretends to be someone I’m not.

But not everything that’s in my heart

is safe to say out loud
or wise.

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1 Kings 15:3; Job 15:5; Psalms 44:21; Proverbs 10:20; Proverbs 15:2; Proverbs 27:19; Matthew 15:18-19; James 3:5-9

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Thursday, August 10, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo in the love of God:

“Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes…”
(James 2:2)

So how do I treat him, Jesus?

Do I rush over and fawn all over him?

I hope not.
So do You.

If he’s worth as much as the ring on his finger

he hopes not, too.

But You do want me to go over and show him Your love

not because of his appearance
but because that’s what he so desperately needs.

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Exodus 30:15; Job 34:19; Proverbs 10:15; Proverbs 14:20; Proverbs 22:16; Mark 10:23; 1 Timothy 6:17; James 2:6-7

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Wednesday, August 9, 2017

 

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

“…you will walk in the ways of the good…”
(Proverbs 2:20)

That’s my desire, Jesus!

to walk in the ways of the good.

There are a lot of evil people out there

the worst of whom only pretend to be good.

But You’ve always had men, women, young people

who love You with all their hearts
who want with everything in them to please You.

They aren’t perfect.

Neither am I.

But in Your strength

we’re giving it all we’ve got.

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Job 23:10; Psalms 1:6; Proverbs 2:6-15; Jeremiah 6:16; John 14:6; 1 Corinthians 11:1; Philippians 3:17

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Tuesday, August 8, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo in heartfelt gratitude:

“…he had to be made like his brothers in every way, in order that he might become a…faithful high priest…”
(Hebrews 2:17)

It’s a high honor to be high priest, Jesus.

Only a handful have served in that holy office.

Not all high priests have served well.

Some of them were swayed by jealousy, politics, pride.

Thank You for those who served conscientiously!

But there’s only One perfectly faithful High Priest –
the One who serves this day and forever:

You.

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Leviticus 21:10; Numbers 35:28; 2 Kings 12:10; 2 Chronicles 34:9; Zechariah 3:1-9; Matthew 26:62-68; Hebrews 3:1; Hebrews 6:19-20

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Monday, August 7, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo without illusion:

“Not a word from their mouth can be trusted…”
(Psalms 5:9)

Some people believe everyone is good at heart, Jesus.

If only that were true!

But it isn’t.

Some people are bad to the bone.

They refuse to do right
resisting every effort to help them turn around.

They take delight
in doing what You abhor.

They’re never happier

than when they’re harming one of Your people
or leading one more gullible person astray.

Keep them away from me!

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Psalms 14:4; Psalms 26:5; Psalms 59:2; Psalms 119:115; Psalms 140:1; 1 Corinthians 15:33; Titus 1:10-16

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Monday, August 7, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo without illusion:

“Not a word from their mouth can be trusted…”
(Psalms 5:9)

Some people believe everyone is good at heart, Jesus.

If only that were true!

But it isn’t.

Some people are bad to the bone.

They refuse to do right
resisting every effort to help them turn around.

They take delight
in doing what You abhor.

They’re never happier

than when they’re harming one of Your people
or leading one more gullible person astray.

Keep them away from me!

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Psalms 14:4; Psalms 26:5; Psalms 59:2; Psalms 119:115; Psalms 140:1; 1 Corinthians 15:33; Titus 1:10-16

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Sunday, August 6, 2017

 

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

“I will pay it back…”
(Philemon 1:19)

That was a generous offer, Jesus

seeing as how it was a debt Paul didn’t owe.

It takes love to pay off someone else’s debt –

especially when the cost is great.

You should know

since that’s what You did on the cross for me.

Help me remember that incredible gift

next time I’m tempted to demand payment in full
from somebody who owes me.

Freely I’ve received

freely You expect me to give.

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Matthew 10:8; Matthew 18:21-35; John 3:16-17; Ephesians 2:8-9; Colossians 2:13-15; Titus 3:4-7; 1 Peter 2:24

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Saturday, August 5, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo in forgiving awareness:

“I would be asleep and at rest…”
(Job 3:13)

Job thinks that’s what being dead is like, Jesus.

He also thinks it’s better than being alive right now.

Plagued by the loss of his family, health, reputation, fortune

unconsciousness seems preferable.

Of course, that’s not what death is.

Even Job knew that!

But when we’re in pain

most of us tend to say things we don’t mean.

Help me remember that

next time someone goes off on me.

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Job 3:1-10; Job 19:27; Job 40:4-5; Luke 23:34; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Hebrews 12:1; James 3:5-9