Monthly Archives: September 2017

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Saturday, September 30, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with sobriety:

“…those who oppose you…will be destroyed…”
(Philippians 1:28)

This might seem like heady stuff to some people, Jesus…

but that’s not how it’s supposed to strike me, is it?

Is it encouraging to know that one day I will get relief from my enemies?

Sure.

But it’s also enormously sobering.

I don’t deserve for anybody to be destroyed for opposing me!

But it’s not really about me, is it?

It’s about those who oppose me
because they oppose You.

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Exodus 23:22; Numbers 16:3; 1 Samuel 2:10; Psalms 55:18: Psalms 109:6; Isaiah 41:11; 2 Timothy 3:8

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Friday, September 29, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul:

“The king replied, ‘Make it, my mother; I will not refuse you.”
(1 Kings 2:20)

I know You can identify, Jesus.

When Your mother asked You to do something, You couldn’t say no…

even though You told her Your hour had not yet come.

This, though, was different.

When David heard his mother’s request
he had to turn her down.

O Holy Spirit!

Help me first find out what’s going on
before I stick my foot in my mouth.

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Genesis 2:24; Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 21:18-21; Ruth 1:14-18; Proverbs 23:22; Luke 8:19-21; John 2:1-11

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Thursday, September 28, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo in zealous love:

“…it is the gift of God…”
(Ephesians 2:8)

That’s what my salvation is, Jesus –

an undeserved, unmerited, outrageous gift.

The people I live and work with would all pitch in with a passionate

“Amen!”

As do I.

The thoughts with which I wrestle
the words that slip out

my countless inexcusable behaviors
the actions I should’ve taken but didn’t

testify that my home in heaven is a miscarriage of justice

and the highest proof
of Your costly, loving mercy.

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Exodus 33:19; 2 Samuel 24:14; 1 Kings 8:28; 2 Chronicles 6:19; Nehemiah 9:31; Job 9:15; James 2:13

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Wednesday, September 27, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with earnest desire:

“All right, let them do it.”
(2 Samuel 2:14)

It’s hard to turn down a request, Jesus

especially if it comes from somebody important to me
or somebody who’s persistent and passionate.

But some requests need to be turned down no matter who makes them

or how insistently they’re made.

This was one of them

and both generals failed.

Don’t let me become a pushover, Father!

If it’s wrong
help me stand
no matter who or what.

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Exodus 18:13-23; Leviticus 26:37; Deuteronomy 7:24; Deuteronomy 11:25; Joshua 1:5; 2 Samuel 22:34; Ephesians 6:13

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Tuesday, September 26, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with catalytic dedication:

“All they asked was…the very thing I was eager to do.”
(Galatians 2:10)

It doesn’t get much better than that, Jesus.

Except…how often does that happen?

So much of the time what people want me to do

bends me out of shape like a pretzel.

But I love that every time You ask me to do something

it turns out to be exactly what I would have been eager to do

if I had known as much as You.

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Deuteronomy 8:2; 2 Chronicles 6:7-10; 1 Samuel 9:19; 2 Chronicles 32:31; Psalms 37:4; Psalms 139:4; Matthew 9:4

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Monday, September 25, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with deep respect:

“The LORD…lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes…”
(1 Samuel 2:7-8)

Only You could pull that off, Jesus!

Princes go to great pains to demonstrate:

“We’re not like everybody else!”

They want us to believe they’re better
above the common riffraff.

You, of course, know better.

So to make Your point
You reach down to the lowest of the low

and make it clear to all

that every person You create
has inestimable value.

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Genesis 16:4; Deuteronomy 23:7; Psalms 69:33; Psalms 102:17; Proverbs 14:21; 1 Timothy 4:12; James 2:1-4

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Sunday, September 24, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo in measured consideration:

“…to some extent…”
(2 Corinthians 2:5)

Too much of the time, Jesus

I think it’s all or nothing.

But it’s seldom either.

Most of the time it’s, “to some extent.”

I struggle with that.

I want things to be one way or the other.

I’m not sure how to handle them

when they’re a little bit of both.

But maybe what I desire is simply more of You

because You’re All

and compared to You

everything else is nothing.

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Psalms 24:1; Psalms 39:5; Isaiah 40:17; Isaiah 41:11-12; Daniel 4:35; 1 Corinthians 15:28; Colossians 1:18

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Saturday, September 23, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unrestrained allegiance:

“So Boaz said to Ruth, ‘My daughter, listen to me…’”
(Ruth 2:8)

Little did he know, Jesus…

that this young woman he called, “daughter”
would soon become his wife.

There’s a lot I don’t know, too, Father.

Thank You for revealing parts of it to me
when I need to know it!

But some of what I wish I knew

You keep hidden.

I don’t know why, but I know this:

There’s a good reason.
And I trust You.

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Psalms 56:11; Psalms 91:2; Psalms 119:42; Psalms 119:66; Daniel 2:47; 1 Corinthians 8:1; 1 Corinthians 13:9-12

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Friday, September 22, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with deep reverence:

“My message and my preaching…”
(1 Corinthians 2:4)

The message and the preaching…

they’re not the same, are they, Jesus?

You’re the one who gives the message.

The preacher is the one who delivers it.

Many a great message

has been diminished by a poor preacher.

But Your Word is so powerful and compelling

that even the worst of preachers

if they manage to quote from the Bible

can watch in awe

as You totally transform their hearer’s lives.

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Proverbs 30:5; Isaiah 55:8-11; John 5:39; Acts 4:31; 1 Corinthians 13:8-10; 2 Corinthians 4:2; Hebrews 4:12

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Thursday, September 21, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with over-the-top trust:

“Whenever Israel went out to fight…”
(Judges 2:15)

It’s tempting to think this is merely a history lesson, Jesus.

I’d like to think:

“I’m so glad I don’t have to go out to fight!”

But that would be self-deception.

The truth is, I’m in the fight of my life.

The moment I put all my trust in You as my Savior

I picked up in Satan
the fiercest, most powerful enemy imaginable

who can’t hold a candle to You.

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Genesis 3:1-19; John 8:44; 2 Corinthians 10:5; Ephesians 6:10-18; 1 Timothy 4:1; 1 Peter 5:8; Revelation 12:7-9