Monthly Archives: January 2021

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Thursday, January 21, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with passionate intent:

“All night long on my bed I looked for the one my heart loves; I looked for him but did not find him. I will get up now and go about the city, through its streets and squares; I will search for the one my heart loves.”
(Song of Songs 3:1-2)

If she wanted to find him, Jesus

she had to get out of bed!

When something truly matters

help me hop up and beat the bushes
until You lead me to it!

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Genesis 31:34-37; Joshua 2:22; 1 Samuel 23:14; Proverbs 2:3-5; Proverbs 25:2; Matthew 10:11; 2 Timothy 1:17

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Wednesday, January 20, 2021

 

As you pray this Lazaroo…remember!

“Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk…”
(1 Peter 2:1)

Do I remember when I was like that, Jesus –

right after I first gave myself to You?

I certainly craved pure spiritual milk then!

I attended Bible studies, never missed a church service.
If there was something You wanted me to do, I did it!

What do I crave now?

Restore to me the heart of a newborn, Father!

not with immaturity

but in passionate desire for You and Your Word.

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Psalms 8:2; Matthew 21:16; 1 Corinthians 3:1-2; 1 Corinthians 14:20; Ephesians 4:13-14; Colossians 1:28; Hebrews 5:13-14

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Tuesday, January 19, 2021

 

Think beyond the end of your nose, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“What do people get for all the toil and anxious striving with which they labor under the sun?”
(Ecclesiastes 2:22)

Wise question, Jesus!

Kinda what Solomon was known for.

The sad reality is this: 

A whole lot of what I do
isn’t going to amount to a hill of beans
ten years from now.

How foolish to spend myself for nothing!

Which makes me wonder:

What could I do
that would matter even more
ten thousand years from now?

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Deuteronomy 15:10; Ecclesiastes 2:15; Isaiah 41:10; Isaiah 55:2; Matthew 19:27; Romans 11:6-8; 1 Corinthians 9:18

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Monday, January 18, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in chastened submission:

“…he who said, ‘You shall not commit adultery,’ also said, ‘You shall not murder.’”
(James 2:11)

This isn’t about compiling a list of all Your prohibitions, is it, Jesus?

You’re making it clear to me
that I have no room to judge someone’s sin as worse than mine.

You hate all sin!

Big and little.

You want me to focus on eradicating my so-called “little” sin

instead of attempting to excuse it
by pointing out someone else’s “big” sin.

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Matthew 7:3; Luke 13:2; John 5:14; Romans 6:1; 1 Corinthians 11:27; 1 Corinthians 15:34; Hebrews 10:26

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Monday, January 18, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in chastened submission:

“…he who said, ‘You shall not commit adultery,’ also said, ‘You shall not murder.’”
(James 2:11)

This isn’t about compiling a list of all Your prohibitions, is it, Jesus?

You’re making it clear to me
that I have no room to judge someone’s sin as worse than mine.

You hate all sin!

Big and little.

You want me to focus on eradicating my so-called “little” sin

instead of attempting to excuse it
by pointing out someone else’s “big” sin.

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Matthew 7:3; Luke 13:2; John 5:14; Romans 6:1; 1 Corinthians 11:27; 1 Corinthians 15:34; Hebrews 10:26

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Sunday, January 17, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:

“My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline, and do not resent his rebuke, because the Lord disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.”
(Proverbs 3:11-12)

I don’t like to be disciplined, Jesus.

It’s upsetting to realize You’re disappointed in me!

As a result, my immaturity is showing, isn’t it?

I should welcome Your correction.
It’s a chance to learn, grow, improve.

It’s evidence that You love me –
that in me You find delight!

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Deuteronomy 8:5; 2 Samuel 22:20; Psalms 18:19; Jeremiah 9:24; Micah 7:18; 1 Corinthians 11:32: Hebrews 12:7-10

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Saturday, January 16, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with no-holds-barred gratitude:

“…during the time of testing in the wilderness…your ancestors tested and tried me, though for forty years they saw what I did.”
(Hebrews 3:8-9)

How could they do that, Jesus?

Forty years of seeing Your love, majesty and protection
and still they tested, tried and flat-out disobeyed You countless times!

The same question could be asked of me.

After all You’ve done and continue to do for me
how dare I give You anything less than my absolute best?

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Numbers 14:24; Numbers 32:11-12; Joshua 14:8-9; 2 Kings 20:3; 1 Chronicles 28:9; Psalms 119:80; Ephesians 6:7-8

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Friday, January 15, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in total adoration:

“All my enemies will be overwhelmed with shame and anguish; they will turn back and suddenly be put to shame.”
(Psalms 6:10)

Quite a promise, Jesus.

Not just a few of David’s enemies will be suddenly overwhelmed and turn back with shame and anguish.

All of them.

Just in case I have any enemies, LORD…

how can I get in on a promise like that?

Oh.

David loved and served You passionately

then wept and cried out to You.

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Hosea 2:23; John 16:27; Acts 13:22; Ephesians 5:1-2; Colossians 3:12; 1 John 4:10-11; Jude 1:1

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Thursday, January 14, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with pure devotion:

“Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends you greetings.”
(Philemon 1:23)

A couple of jailbirds sending a letter to the handful of people who attend a little house church in Colossae, Jesus.

Small potatoes?
Hardly.

Since then, billions of people have read the translations of its 335 Greek words

in more than five billion Bibles
printed in more than 1,551 languages!

You’re the God who can take the little I do in Your love and strength

and make it gargantuan.

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Exodus 23:30; Deuteronomy 7:22; Psalms 8:4-6; Psalms 37:16; Psalms 68:27; Proverbs 13:11; Zechariah 4:10; Matthew 18:3

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Wednesday, January 13, 2021

 

Learn from this bad example, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“If someone ventures a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can keep from speaking?”
(Job 4:2)

And so it begins to unravel, Jesus.

Job’s three friends were awesome
as long as they kept silent.

But now, Job’s friend Eliphaz can’t endure Job’s complaints without rebuking him.

Like Job, Eliphaz totally misreads what’s going on.
But that doesn’t stop him from giving his judgmental opinion.

How often have I done that, Father –

made a suffering person’s load heavier?

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Deuteronomy 1:38; Judges 20:22; 2 Samuel 19:7; 2 Chronicles 30:22; Job 16:5; 1 Thessalonians 3:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:11