Thursday, August 11, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in zealous love:

“But their minds were made dull, for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away. Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.”
(2 Corinthians 3:14-16)

This is extremely humbling, Jesus.

You can dull my mind.
Only You can sharpen it again.

I’m turning to You with all my heart!

Take the veil away!

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Exodus 34:29-35; Lamentations 3:65; Matthew 13:19; Mark 9:35; Luke 8:10; Luke 18:34; 2 Corinthians 4:3

Wednesday, August 10, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with earnest desire:

“…Ruth stayed close to the women of Boaz to glean until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.”
(Ruth 2:23)

This wasn’t the life Ruth thought You were going to give her, Jesus

but trusting You, she embraced it anyway –

and oh, the reward that was finally hers!

Help me follow her example

believing with everything in me that in Your way and time

every promise You’ve made to me
will come true.

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Joshua 23:14; Psalm 33:4; Isaiah 49:7; Joel 2:23; 1 Corinthians 1:9; 1 Corinthians 4:17; 1 Thessalonians 5:24

Tuesday, August 9, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unswerving dedication:

“If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work.”
(1 Corinthians 3:12-13)

You know when I’m following You with my whole heart, Jesus.

But when I stay true to you through the fire –

temptations, trials, disasters, heartbreak –

everybody else can see it, too.

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Deuteronomy 13:3; Ezekiel 21:13; Luke 8:13; Acts 20:19; 1 Corinthians 10:13; Hebrews 3:8; James 1:2-3

Monday, August 8, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in shocked sobriety:

“Ehud then approached him while he was sitting alone in the upper room of his palace and said, ‘I have a message from God for you.’ As the king rose from his seat, Ehud reached with his left hand, drew the sword from his right thigh and plunged it into the king’s belly.”
(Judges 3:20-21)

May I never need to receive a message like that from You, Jesus!

Help me heed Your Word and obey it completely

the first time.

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Numbers 24:23; Deuteronomy 18:21-22; Joshua 5:14; Judges 11:28; 1 Samuel 9:27; 1 Corinthians 2:4; Colossians 3:16

Sunday, August 7, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning zeal:

“You who preach against stealing, do you steal? You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law? As it is written: ‘God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.’”
(Romans 2:21-24)

O Holy Spirit!

Is there anything I’m doing – or not doing –

that causes unbelievers to think less of You?

If so, I beg You to show me!

In Your Holy Name, dear Jesus!

Amen!

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Matthew 6:2; Matthew 6:5; Matthew 6:16; Matthew 7:5; Matthew 15:6-8; Matthew 23:13; Matthew 23:15

Saturday, August 6, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unrestrained allegiance:

“Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe, and tell them to take up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from right where the priests are standing, and carry them over with you and put them down at the place where you stay tonight.”
(Joshua 4:2-3)

You wanted to make certain they remembered this miracle, didn’t You, Jesus?

May I never, never, never forget all You have done for me

…even if I have to erect a pile of stones somewhere!

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Deuteronomy 9:7; Judges 3:7; Nehemiah 9:17; Psalm 9:18; Psalm 119:93; Amos 8:7; Luke 19:37

Friday, August 5, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with deep reverence:

“With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, ‘Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.’ Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day. They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.”
(Acts 2:40-42)

To this very day, Jesus…

those who’ve accepted Your message continue to be baptized.

May we, too, devote ourselves

to Your teaching
to fellowship
to the breaking of bread
and to prayer!

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Psalm 55:14; Psalm 78:1; Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 2:46; Acts 20:11; 1 Corinthians 7:5; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Colossians 4:2

Thursday, August 4, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with over-the-top trust:

“When you come to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them to war, for I will not give you possession of any land belonging to the Ammonites. I have given it as a possession to the descendants of Lot.”
(Deuteronomy 2:19)

Lot chose for himself what he thought was the best land, Jesus

leaving Abraham second-best.

His descendants were the offspring of incestual relations with his daughters

who took advantage of him when he was drunk.

And yet…You blessed them!

How great is Your love!

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Genesis 11:27; Genesis 12:1-4; Genesis 13:5-18; Genesis 18:16-33; Genesis 19:1-38; Luke 17:20-37; 2 Peter 2:4-10

Wednesday, August 3, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in steadfast faith:

“To those who sold doves he said, ‘Get those out of here! How dare you turn my Father’s house into a market!’ His disciples remembered that it is written: ‘Zeal for your house will consume me.’”
(John 2:16-17)

Does zeal for Your house consume me, Jesus?

It should.
I know it should.

I should care more about the place You have provided for me to worship

than I do about the house where I live.

You first.
Everything else second.

Always.

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Numbers 25:11; Numbers 25:13; Deuteronomy 29:20; 1 Kings 19:10; Nehemiah 3:20; Psalm 69:9; Romans 10:2; Romans 12:11

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with bottomless trust:

“Aaron and his sons are to go into the sanctuary and assign to each man his work and what he is to carry. But the Kohathites must not go in to look at the holy things, even for a moment, or they will die.”
(Numbers 4:19-20)

There are some things that are off-limits for me, too, Jesus.

Please.
Show me what they are.

May I never desire

what You haven’t given me.

You’ve already given me

far more than I deserve!

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2 Samuel 12:7-9; Psalm 29:11; Psalm 37:22; Proverbs 3:33; Jeremiah 5:7; Romans 10:12; Philippians 4:19