Monthly Archives: May 2023

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Thursday, May 11, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with undiluted sincerity:

“Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, ‘children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.’”
(Philippians 2:14-15)

There’s a payoff for doing life Your way, Jesus!

There’s always a payoff.
A very good payoff.

It seldom happens when or how or where I imagined it would

but when it does, I’m blown away.

Still the greatest payoff of all for doing things Your way

is the certain knowledge that I’m putting a smile on Your face.

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1 Chronicles 29:17; Ezra 6:10; Psalm 5:4; Ecclesiastes 2:26; Ecclesiastes 7:26; Romans 12:1; Colossians 1:10

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Wednesday, May 10, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with explosive feeling:

“…a temple had not yet been built for the Name of the Lord. Solomon showed his love for the Lord by walking according to the instructions given him by his father David, except that he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.”
(1 Kings 3:2-3)

Solomon had an excuse for doing wrong, Jesus.

There was no temple.

But he didn’t have to go to one of those high places You so detested!

Satan will always provide me with an excuse to do wrong.

But to do wrong
there is no acceptable excuse.

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Leviticus 26:30; Numbers 33:52; Psalm 5:5; John 15:22; Romans 1:20; Romans 2:1; 1 Corinthians 6:8

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Tuesday, May 9, 2023

 

Fully open your heart, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“In [Jesus Christ our Lord] and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.”
(Ephesians 3:12)

Not beside You, Jesus…

in You.

Not through faith in myself…

but only through faith in You.

It is in You and through faith in You that the great barrier between human beings and God can be crossed.

It was our sin that created that barrier.
Okay. In my case, it’s my sin.
Mine.

But You died in my place on the cross

so I could enjoy You with freedom and confidence!

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Psalm 119:45; John 8:36; 2 Corinthians 3:4; Ephesians 3:11; 2 Thessalonians 3:4; Hebrews 4:16; Hebrews 10:35

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Monday, May 8, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with locked-in faith:

“Abner said to David, ‘Let me go at once and assemble all Israel for my lord the king, so that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires.’ So David sent Abner away, and he went in peace.”
(2 Samuel 3:21)

Abner did the right thing for the wrong reason, Jesus.

Soon after speaking these words
it cost him his life.

May I always do what’s right – and for the right reason:

to please You.

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Judges 5:11; 2 Samuel 3:6-11; Proverbs 16:2; 1 Corinthians 4:5; Philippians 1:18; 1 Thessalonians 2:3; James 4:3

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Sunday, May 7, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning emotion:

“The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, it says, ‘The person who does these things will live by them.’”
(Galatians 3:12)

If I was counting on my obedience to Your law to save me, Jesus

I’d be doomed to hell.

To say I fall short is not only to state the obvious.
It’s the understatement of the century.

It’s not because I don’t care.

I try with all my might to please You…

and then I don’t.

Thank You from the bottom of my heart

for Your gift of faith!

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Deuteronomy 32:47; Psalm 119:116; Ezekiel 18:9; Romans 1:17; 2 Corinthians 5:7; Hebrews 11:1; Hebrews 11:6

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Saturday, May 6, 2023

 

Set your goals, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who will do according to what is in my heart and mind. I will firmly establish his priestly house, and they will minister before my anointed one always. Then everyone left in your family line will come and bow down before him…”
(1 Samuel 2:35-36)

You’re big on faithfulness, Jesus.
You greatly value obedience, too.

You reward those who are faithful and obedient

and punish those who aren’t.

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Genesis 5:22-24; Deuteronomy 11:13-14; 1 Samuel 15:22; Nehemiah 9:7-8; Proverbs 2:8; Jeremiah 7:23; Hebrews 5:9

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Friday, May 5, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in sobered understanding:

“…if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.”
(2 Corinthians 4:3-4)

That explains so much, Jesus –

why some people instantly respond to the good news about You
and others in the same room at the same time reject Your love.

With everything in me:

Thank You for lifting the veil from my mind!

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Exodus 34:33-35; Lamentations 3:65; Ezekiel 13:21; John 9:39-41; John 12:40; 2 Corinthians 3:13-16; 1 John 2:11

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Thursday, May 4, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in gratitude and awe:

“When Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits, he went over to lie down at the far end of the grain pile.”
(Ruth 3:7)

If Boaz thought he was in good spirits then, Jesus

You were about to take him to a whole ‘nuther level!

He was about to get a new wife and a new life.

Moreover, You were adding him to the bloodline
from which You would one day be born –

and by Your blood shed on the cross
I’ve been born again!

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Ruth 4:21-22; Matthew 9:27; Acts 20:28; Romans 3:25; Romans 5:9; 1 Corinthians 11:25; Ephesians 1:7; Colossians 1:20

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Wednesday, May 3, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in grateful perspective:

“So then, no more boasting about human leaders! All things are yours, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours, and you are of Christ, and Christ is of God.”
(1 Corinthians 3:21-23)

It’s okay for us to be grateful for the leaders You’ve so gifted, Jesus

but not to put them on a pedestal of worship.

You’ve gifted us all…even me!

May I never forget that.

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Genesis 12:3; Matthew 7:11; Romans 11:29; Romans 12:6; 1 Corinthians 12:1-9; 1 Corinthians 12:28-31; 1 Corinthians 14:1; Ephesians 4:8; Hebrews 2:4

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Tuesday, May 2, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with eyes wide open:

“After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath, who struck down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad. He too saved Israel. Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord, now that Ehud was dead. So the Lord sold them into the hands of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor.”
(Judges 3:31-4:2)

You keep supplying Your people with helpers, Jesus.

They keep repaying Your kindness by disobeying You.

There are consequences for that kind of behavior –
consequences I don’t want to reap.

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Numbers 9:13; Numbers 18:22; Ezekiel 16:58; Ezekiel 23:49; Ezekiel 44:10; Ezekiel 44:12; Romans 13:2