Friday, December 31, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your heart:

“‘Go to Bethel and sin; go to Gilgal and sin yet more. Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three years. Burn leavened bread as a thank offering and brag about your freewill offerings—boast about them, you Israelites, for this is what you love to do,’ declares the Sovereign Lord.”
(Amos 4:4-5)

On the cusp of this New Year, Jesus

I’ve got to remember it’s not enough to jump through the hoops.

For You…

it’s all about my heart.

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Deuteronomy 6:5; 1 Samuel 16:7; Proverbs 3:5-6; Joel 2:12-13; Matthew 6:21; Matthew 18:35; Mark 3:5; Mark 12:30

Thursday, December 30, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in devoted passion:

Who knows? He may turn and relent…”
(Joel 2:14)

You Are Just, Jesus!

Your righteousness demands it.

You hate sin.
Sin has a penalty.

You’ve dished out that penalty countless times.

If You were only Just, though – who could stand?

We’ve all sinned
fallen short of Your glory.

But praise Your Holy Name, You’re also Merciful.

Again and again, You’ve treated us all
better than we deserve.

In behalf of those who themselves are merciful You declare:

Your tender Mercy
triumphs over judgment.

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Matthew 5:7l Luke 1:54; Luke 1:76-79; Luke 6:36; Romans 3:10; Romans 3:23; Hebrews 2:17; James 2:13; James 3:2; Jude 1:21-23

Wednesday, December 29, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in fervency of spirit:

“…old wine and new wine take away their understanding. My people consult a wooden idol, and a diviner’s rod speaks to them. A spirit of prostitution leads them astray; they are unfaithful to their God. They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar and terebinth, where the shade is pleasant.”
(Hosea 4:11-13)

Addiction…spiritual cluelessness…idol worship…prostitution…unfaithfulness.

O, Jesus!

These are the sins still plaguing us today.

Deliver us, Mighty God!
Deliver us!

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Genesis 9:21; Exodus 32:4; Proverbs 23:30-31; Psalm 73:27; Proverbs 31:4-7; Romans 1:31; 1 Corinthians 6:15; Titus 2:3

Tuesday, December 28, 2021

 

Open your heart, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality…I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling. So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways.”
(Revelation 2:20-22)

You are so patient with us, Jesus!

When I sin…

may I always – deeply, sincerely, from the heart –

repent.

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1 Kings 8:46-51; 2 Chronicles 32:26; Job 42:6; Jeremiah 15:19; Romans 2:4; 2 Corinthians 7:9; 2 Peter 3:9

Monday, December 27, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in jaw dropping wonder:

“…in your hands he has placed all mankind and the beasts of the field and the birds in the sky. Wherever they live, he has made you ruler over them all. You are that head of gold. After you, another kingdom will arise, inferior to yours. Next, a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule over the whole earth.”
(Daniel 2:38-39)

What a reminder of Who You Are, Jesus!

Calmly rattling off exactly what will happen

thousands of years in the future.

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Ecclesiastes 8:7; Isaiah 41:23; Jeremiah 29:11; Daniel 2:45; 2 Corinthians 1:22; 2 Corinthians 5:5; Hebrews 3:5

Sunday, December 26, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning emotion:

“But you, dear friends…”
(Jude 1:20)

You’re teaching by contrast, aren’t You, Jesus?

First, You describe the behavior of those who sin against You
then You show me how someone who loves You –

and who is loved by You –

behaves.

It’s supposed to give me the incentive I need to do what’s right.

As You can tell:

It’s working! 😉

Great God in Heaven, I beg You:

May it keep working this day, the next day and the next –

all the way Home.

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1 Chronicles 4:10; Psalm 16:1; Psalm 17:8; Psalm 27:5; Psalm 31:4; Psalm 119:29; 2 Corinthians 12:7

Saturday, December 25, 2021

 

May God give you a wonderful Christmas, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“But if you do warn the righteous person not to sin and they do not sin, they will surely live because they took warning, and you will have saved yourself.”
(Ezekiel 3:21)

Sometimes I get tired of warning people who don’t want to hear it, Jesus!

I become the bad guy.
It makes them angry.

But ultimately, it’s not about preserving my relationship with them, is it?

On that Day

my relationship with You
is the only one that matters.

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Genesis 42:21; Exodus 19:21; Psalm 19:11; Psalm 81:8; Psalm 81:11; Matthew 2:12; Acts 20:31

Friday, December 24, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul:

“I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not welcome us. So when I come, I will call attention to what he is doing…”
(3 John 1:9-10)

That’s one of the best ways to deal with evil, isn’t it, Jesus?

Shine a little light on it.

Spiritual darkness hates Your Light!

Satan tries to extinguish Your Light.

But he can’t!

Light overpowers darkness!

When you came to this earth as a tiny baby

You lit up the world forever and ever!

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Genesis 1:4; Exodus 14:20; Job 12:22; Psalm 112:4; Isaiah 5:20; John 1:5; Acts 26:18

Thursday, December 23, 2021

 

Sell out totally to God as you pray this Lazaroo:

“The Lord has rejected his altar and abandoned his sanctuary. He has given the walls of her palaces into the hands of the enemy; they have raised a shout in the house of the Lord as on the day of an appointed festival. The Lord determined to tear down the wall around Daughter Zion.”
(Lamentations 2:7-8)

You discipline Your own, Jesus!

If we deliberately defy You
we can expect You to destroy
the blessings You’ve bestowed on us.

May I never do such an ugly, foolish thing, LORD!

Never. Never. Never.

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1 Samuel 17:10; 1 Samuel 17:25-26; 1 Samuel 17:36; 1 Samuel 17:45-50; 1 Kings 13:21; Jeremiah 48:42; Hebrews 12:6-10; Hebrews 12:25

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

 

Be on your guard! as you pray this Lazaroo:

“I say this because many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.”
(2 John 1:7)

This is powerful insight into what’s going on, Jesus!

So many of us are keeping our eyes peeled for the antichrist
when we should be watching out for the antichrists.

Same spirit.
Same evil.

Same deception:

The attempt to dissuade us from faith in You.

NEVER!

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Isaiah 7:14; Isaiah 8:8; Zechariah 9:9; Matthew 1:23; Matthew 21:5; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; 1 Timothy 3:16; 1 John 4:2