Monthly Archives: January 2018

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Wednesday, January 31, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with heightened incentive:

“…just as he had sworn to them.”
(Judges 2:15)

When You swear something to me, Jesus

it’s usually a good thing.

After all, when You swear it, it happens.

It’s something I can absolutely count on.

But in this case, what You swore to Israel was happening

and they didn’t like it.

If they forsook You,

You swore You would fight against them.

Since You keep all Your promises to me

I’d better keep all my promises to You.

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Genesis 22:16-18; Jeremiah 22:5; Jeremiah 44:26; Jeremiah 49:13; Ezekiel 36:7, Hebrews 6:13-15; Revelation 10:6

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Tuesday, January 30, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with Holy Spirit caution:

“They are full of…deceit…”
(Romans 1:29)

A deceiver is a scary person, Jesus.

You’re not just talking about someone who does it occasionally, are You?

A person who is full of deceit
lives by deceit.

Everything they say is meant to deceive
even when there’s no discernible reason to do it.

I can spot some deceivers a mile away, Holy Spirit.

but other deceivers are professionals.

I won’t ever see them coming

unless You give me a heads up.

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Job 12:16; Proverbs 26:18-19; Jeremiah 9:4-5; Micah 2:11; Matthew 24:4; 2 Thessalonians 2:9-10; 2 John 1:7

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Monday, January 29, 2018

 

Take courage as you pray this Lazaroo:

“So she sent them away…”
(Joshua 2:21)

Rahab sent Your spies away, Jesus

because they had reached an agreement.

Of course, there are other reasons to send people away.

The first that comes to mind
are those people I have no business being with.

They might be friends, business associates, neighbors.

They may be members of my own family.

But there’s no escaping it:

Bad company corrupts good character.

So what if they won’t leave?

Then I have to.

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Ezra 10:11; Proverbs 12:26; Hosea 4:14; Isaiah 6:5; Romans 3:12; 1 Corinthians 15:33; 2 Corinthians 6:17

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Sunday, January 28, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with sharpened awareness:

“Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.”
(Acts 2:18)

Well, I guess that ends the debate about whether or not we still have prophets, Jesus.

Some of them are men
some of them are women.

That pretty much ends the sexism debate, too.

But it doesn’t end my need for discernment.

Not everyone who claims to be a prophet

is what they claim to be.

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Isaiah 8:3; Isaiah 44:24-26; Hosea 11:6; Matthew 7:15; Matthew 24:11; Acts 21:8-9; 1 Corinthians 12:28

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Saturday, January 27, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unrestrained allegiance:

“I will give him…the land he set his feet on…”
(Deuteronomy 1:36)

That’s quite a promise, Jesus.

Of course, Caleb deserved it.

When 10 of the 12 men Moses sent to spy out Canaan returned

only he and Joshua believed You would keep Your promise
and enable the Israelites to take it.

I’m no Caleb, Father.

But with all my heart
I believe You will keep Your promises to me!

Please.

Give me the land You’ve reserved for me.

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1 Kings 8:25; Psalms 106:12; Luke 1:45; Romans 15:8; Galatians 3:16; Hebrews 7:6; Jude 1:24

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Friday, January 26, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo, unashamed:

“The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon…”
(John 1:41)

What an example, Jesus.

Andrew finds You…but doesn’t keep it to himself.

I’ve found You, too.

But the excitement of first discovery
too often gives way to taking it for granted.

I’m so used to the 1on1 relationship with You I enjoy each day

that I may not be telling as many people about You
as desperately need to hear.

Open my eyes!

and my mouth.

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1 Chronicles 16:8; Psalms 66:16; Isaiah 62:10; Daniel 12:3; Matthew 28:10; Matthew 28:19-20; John 1:29; Romans 1:16

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Thursday, January 25, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with over-the-top trust:

“The Merarites were appointed to take care of…all its equipment, and everything related to their use…”
(Numbers 3:36)

That last, Jesus, is quite a catch-all:

“…and everything related…” to the tabernacle equipment’s use.

Those kinds of open-ended assignments make me nervous

because all of this is for You!

I’m scared to death I’ll get it wrong

when You deserve to have everything done right.

And then I remember:

So long as I stay 1on1 with You

I can’t fail.

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Exodus 18:4; Psalms 27:9; Psalms 30:10; Psalms 40:17; Psalms 118:7; Psalms 121:2; Hebrews 13:6

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Wednesday, January 24, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo in exultant faith:

“My soul glorifies the Lord…”
(Luke 1:46)

That’s pretty deep, Jesus.

Deeper than glorifying You with my mouth.
Deeper even than glorifying You with my mind.

Soul deep.

Glorifying You from the very center of my being
the essence of who I am.

No artifice, no pretense, no doing it for show.
The real thing.

Mary’s soul glorified You

because she was pregnant with the Savior of the world.

My soul glorifies You

because that same Savior
saves me.

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Psalms 34:3; Psalms 63:3; Psalms 69:30; Psalms 86:12; Daniel 4:37; Matthew 5:16; Romans 15:5-6

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Tuesday, January 23, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with bottomless trust:

“He is to lay his hand on the goat’s head and slaughter it…”
(Leviticus 4:24)

How could I bear to look that goat in the eye, Jesus?

Feel his warm, innocent head underneath my hand

and know I was about to kill him
for something I had unintentionally done?

But that’s what You required of Your leaders.

You wanted them to see, hear, smell, feel
the price of their careless sin

the very thing my sins
did to You.

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Leviticus 4:22-23; Psalms 32:5; Psalms 38:18; Psalms 51:2-3; Daniel 9:20; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 4:10

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Monday, January 22, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with follow-through:

“…as a testimony to them.”
(Mark 1:44)

I can – and should! – testify about You by what I say, Jesus

but even more by what I do.

Words are important.

But unless they’re followed by action
they’re revealed to be weightless, hollow, cheap.

May my obedient actions

be in perfect harmony with my testimony about You

lest it be said of me

that what I do speaks so loudly against me
that no one can hear a word I say.

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Matthew 3:13-15; Matthew 8:4; Matthew 21:28-32; Matthew 24:14; Mark 6:11; Luke 21:13; Acts 14:17; 1 John 5:11