Monthly Archives: August 2019

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Wednesday, August 21, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in honest self-assessment:

“These people are…faultfinders…”
(Jude 1:16)

Okay, Jesus –

When my job is quality control
I have to find and report every fault! 😉

But when it comes to my relationships with others?

What they need most from me is encouragement
not relentless criticism.

How often do Your people fall short because of discouragement –

especially when somebody comes along
and nitpicks them to death?

Why would I ever do that?

Maybe because I’d rather find fault in others
than in myself.

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Numbers 32:7; Ezra 4:4; Acts 11:2; 2 Corinthians 8:20; Colossians 3:21; Hebrews 10:24-25; James 1:5

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Tuesday, August 20, 2019

 

Be warned, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says’…”
(Ezekiel 3:11)

I will, Jesus.

All I have to do is quote to them the words in the Bible –

being certain the passage I quote
applies to them.

But when it comes to claiming a message is from You that is not in the Bible?

I’d better be 100 per cent certain
I’m not speaking out of my own imagination.

You will not allow such arrogance to go unpunished.

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1 Samuel 15:1; 2 Kings 18:25; Isaiah 8:20; Jeremiah 23:30; Jeremiah 37:17; 1 Corinthians 7:25; 2 Corinthians 12:1

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Monday, August 19, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with undying love:

“…in a manner worthy of God.”
(3 John 1:6)

That’s how I’m to live every aspect of my life, isn’t it Jesus?

In a manner worthy of You.

That’s a tall order
but one You deeply deserve.

I’m not there, yet –

but I want to be…
long to be…
ache to be…

I absolutely have to be.

Don’t give up on me, Father!
Don’t give up on me, Jesus!
Don’t give up on me, Holy Spirit!

Here I come.

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2 Samuel 22:4; 1 Chronicles 16:25; Psalms 18:3; Psalms 48:1; Psalms 145:3; Matthew 10:37-38; Philippians 1:27

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Sunday, August 18, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in awestruck anticipation:

“May you bring the day you have announced…”
(Lamentations 1:21)

You’ve announced the coming of momentous days, Jesus –

You’re All-Powerful!

You not only announce them
but You have the ability to bring them to pass

in Your perfect way and time.

They’ve been a long time coming

but their arrival is sure.

With bated breath we await

Your second coming
the destruction of all Your enemies
the salvation of all your saints –

including the least saintly of all…

me.

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Psalms 110:1; Matthew 24:36-44; Colossians 1:5; Colossians 1:21-23; 1 Thessalonians 4:15-18; 2 Thessalonians 1:6-10; Revelation 19:11-16

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Saturday, August 17, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in openhearted allegiance:

“I ask…”
(2 John 1:5)

Those are two loaded words, Jesus!

I ask and ask and ask.
I ask a lot!

But the question is:

Do I ask for the right things?

Actually, yes. I think I do.
Usually.

But are there times when – without knowing it –

I ask You to do things that are not best for me?

I’m sure there are.

When I do, please:

Gently tell me, “No.”

Because with all my heart

I trust You.

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Psalms 25:1; Matthew 18:19; Matthew 20:20-28; Mark 11:22-25; Luke 11:2-13; James 1:5-8; James 4:2-3

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Friday, August 16, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with strategic intent:

“Consider then and realize…”
(Jeremiah 2:19)

The danger about life, Jesus

is that I keep tacking on day after day
allowing others to make my schedule for me
doing whatever pops into my mind

without taking time to carefully evaluate

where all this is leading me.

I know I should take stock more often than I do.

But if I don’t build into my schedule
reflective, 1on1 time with You

it’s not likely to happen, is it?

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Deuteronomy 32:7; 1 Samuel 12:24; 1 Chronicles 28:10; Psalms 8:3-4; Psalms 50:2; Mark 4:24; Luke 8:18

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Thursday, August 15, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with over-the-top trust:

“…the lust of the flesh…”
(1 John 2:16)

Well, Jesus…

this is a big problem I know something about.

There are things my body wants to do
more than You want me to do them.

There are things my body wants to do
before or after You want me to do them.

There are things my body wants to do
that You don’t want me to do at all.

Conclusion?

I’d better listen to You
instead of my body.

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Numbers 15:39; Job 31:1; Proverbs 6:23-25; Romans 1:26-27; Colossians 3:5; 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8; 2 Peter 2:17-19

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Wednesday, August 14, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in full awareness of your True Source:

“The eyes of the arrogant will be humbled…”
(Isaiah 2:11)

Arrogance goes beyond pride, doesn’t it, Jesus?

A person may be Your humble follower
and still be gratefully proud –

knowing it’s You who do it all through them.

But arrogant people pound their chests and point to themselves.

They don’t believe they need Your help or anyone else’s.
They’re their own god.

But one day – when they stand before the true God –

they will be utterly humbled.

Too late.

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Exodus 18:11; Deuteronomy 1:43; 1 Samuel 2:3; Nehemiah 9:10; Psalms 5:5; Romans 11:20; Galatians 6:4; 1 Timothy 6:17

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Tuesday, August 13, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with full-on caution:

“In their greed…”
(2 Peter 2:3)

People do a lot of shameful things, Jesus…

in their greed.

What is there about me that wants more than I need?

Why do I sometimes fail to consider that what I take for myself
could rob someone else of what they require?

But that raises the bigger question, doesn’t it?

Why do I act like it’s all about me?
Where do I get off behaving with this detestable attitude of –

“Me first?”

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Matthew 5:16; Matthew 5:47; Matthew 6:15; Matthew 7:2; Romans 12:5; Romans 13:8; 1 Corinthians 10:24

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Monday, August 12, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo freed of illusion:

“My lover is mine…”
(Song of Songs 2:16)

What a desperate declaration for Solomon’s wife to make, Jesus

in light of the fact that she was only one of 700 –
not to mention Solomon’s 300 concubines.

The less we human beings possess, Father

the more we pretend to have.

It’s easy for me to see that in this woman’s behavior

but where am I exhibiting the same thing in my own?

Nothing I have is mine.
All is Yours.

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Genesis 31:43; Exodus 19:5-6; Leviticus 25:23; Numbers 8:17; 1 Kings 3:22; 1 Kings 11:3; Psalms 50:10-12; John 16:15