Saturday, April 30, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unrestrained allegiance:

“Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds. Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them! They will be paid back for what their hands have done.”
(Isaiah 3:10-11)

Kinda sounds like I’m going to harvest what I plant, Jesus.

That being so…

I want to plant all the good I can possibly get in the ground
and keep pulling up all the weeds of my sin

that my sinful human nature keeps trying to sow.

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Psalm 119:17; Matthew 13:1-23; Matthew 15:13; Romans 7:18; Romans 7:25; Galatians 6:7-9; Colossians 3:5

Friday, April 29, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with deep reverence:

“…the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.”
(2 Peter 2:9)

You’re not one-sided, Jesus.

You do good to those who put their trust in You.

But You also hold punishment in store
for those who defy You.

You are pure love.

But that means You hate evil
because evil is the enemy of love.

If love is to triumph – and it will –

evil must be smashed.

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Genesis 2:9; Psalm 52:3; Proverbs 14:22; Proverbs 16:6; Isaiah 5:20; Amos 5:15; Zechariah 8:17; Romans 12:9

Thursday, April 28, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with over-the-top trust:

“Daughters of Jerusalem, come out, and look, you daughters of Zion. Look on King Solomon wearing a crown, the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding, the day his heart rejoiced.”
(Song of Songs 3:10-11)

Is she referring to Solomon’s first wedding, Jesus?

Because in disobedience to You
he took many wives – 700 in all.

Many of them were idol worshipers, who in time turned his heart from You.

Remind me, Jesus!
More…isn’t always best.

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Deuteronomy 17:17; 1 Kings 7:8;1 Kings 11:1-13; 2 Kings 21:9; Proverbs 7:21; Jeremiah 22:15; Luke 12:13-21

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with faith in the God who can:

“For in Scripture it says: ‘See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame.’”
(1 Peter 2:6)

You’ve made that promise directly to me, Jesus.

Hallelujah!

I will never be put to shame
because I trust in You!

You’re my Only Hope
because You’re all I need.

On You, my Solid Rock I stand.
All other ground is sinking sand.

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Genesis 49:24; Deuteronomy 32:4; 1 Samuel 2:2; 2 Samuel 22:32; Psalm 18:2; Isaiah 26:4; 1 Corinthians 10:4

Tuesday, April 26, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with bottomless trust:

“What do workers gain from their toil? I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race. He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.”
(Ecclesiastes 3:9-11)

You’ve given me eternal life, Jesus!

But I’m bound to such limited understanding
during my time on this earth.

Teach me, I beg You:

to walk in humble gratitude
by faith.

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Genesis 12:1-5; Romans 1:17; Romans 4:13; 2 Corinthians 1:24; 2 Corinthians 5:7; Galatians 2:16; Galatians 3:14

Monday, April 25, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in heart pounding love:

“You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless? Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did.”
(James 2:20-22)

Works without faith is dead, Jesus.

But so is faith without works.

I need both.

Help me, Father!

Oh, how I need both!

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Matthew 21:28-32; Matthew 7:21-23; Romans 1:17; Romans 3:22-23; Romans 4:5-6; James 2:14; James 2:17

Sunday, April 24, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:

“Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to act. Do not say to your neighbor, ‘Come back tomorrow and I’ll give it to you’—when you already have it with you.”
(Proverbs 3:27-28)

You’re not much on playing it close to the vest, are You, Jesus?

Not when it comes to withholding from people what I owe them.

With You as my Helper, My Provider, My LORD and my God

I never will!

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Deuteronomy 27:19; Job 6:14; Proverbs 11:24; Isaiah 10:1-3; Ezekiel 18:16-17; 2 Corinthians 9:6; 2 Corinthians 9:11

Saturday, April 23, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with lavish love:

“…his works have been finished since the creation of the world…he has spoken about the seventh day in these words: ‘On the seventh day God rested from all his works.’”
(Hebrews 4:4-5)

You finished creating them, Jesus…

but they themselves weren’t finished!

You built into your heavenly bodies
an ever-evolving, ever-expanding
progression of Your glory

that stuns all who see.

What You started in motion continues to this very day

in this universe…on the earth…through Your Church…

in me.

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Genesis 1:1-31; Genesis 2:1-25; Genesis 3:1-24; 1 Corinthians 15:45; Colossians 1:15-20; Romans 8:28-30; Ephesians 1:9-14

Friday, April 22, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in unrestrained adoration:

“Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens. When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?”
(Psalm 8:1, 3-4)

My jaw drops in wonder when I look into starry sky, Jesus!

But even that can’t compare

to the overwhelming awe

of realizing

You

love

me!

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Genesis 28:17; Exodus 15:11; Deuteronomy 7:21; Nehemiah 1:5-6; Psalm 47:2; Matthew 9:8; Acts 2:43

Thursday, April 21, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with pure devotion:

“Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother…”
(Philemon 1:1)

He was the great Apostle Paul, Jesus

but not one molecule of his body wanted to make it all about him.

He willingly shared his leadership with the young man Timothy

to encourage him and validate his ministry with others.

How can I do less?

Show me the younger people You’ve placed in my life

for that very purpose –

and may I be as generous with them

as You have been with me.

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Genesis 48:19; Ruth 3:10; Job 30:1; Luke 15:13; John 21:18; 1 Timothy 5:1-2; 1 Timothy 5:11-14; Titus 2:4; 1 Peter 5:5