Saturday, October 21, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with full confidence in God:

“If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from Your Majesty’s hand. But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.”
(Daniel 3:17-18)

I know You can do it, Jesus.

I just don’t know if You will do it!

But this much I know:

You’ll do what’s best.

And I’ll trust You no matter which.

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Numbers 11:23; 2 Kings 19:8-37; 2 Chronicles 32:2-23; Job 2:10; Job 13:15; Isaiah 50:2; Isaiah 59:1; Matthew 8:5-13; 1 John 5:14-15

Friday, October 20, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with steely determination:

“…save others by snatching them from the fire…”
(Jude 1:23)

I’m thinking of three ways to save people, Jesus:

1. Encourage them to develop a Deep, Daily, Moment-by-Moment 1on1 relationship with You.

2. Warn them not to sin.

3. Go after them and rescue them when they’re steeped in wrongdoing.

That last is the hardest.

People who are up to their ears in evil seldom want to hear about You.

But because You command me to do it

I will!

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Exodus 3:10; Exodus 4:12; Exodus 32:34; 1 Samuel 15:3; 2 Samuel 19:7; Ezekiel 2:5; Ezekiel 2:7; Ezekiel 3:11; Acts 22:21

Thursday, October 19, 2023

 

Ask big! as you pray this Lazaroo:

“Then I said, ‘Not so, Sovereign Lord! I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now…No impure meat has ever entered my mouth.’ ‘Very well,’ he said, ‘I will let you bake your bread over cow dung instead of human excrement.’”
(Ezekiel 4:14-15)

Did Ezekiel talk You out of it, Jesus…

or was this a test?

Sometimes I don’t get what I want because I didn’t ask.

Even so, You say yes

only when it’s Your will!

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Genesis 18:17-32; Joshua 10:12-14; Psalm 37:4; Isaiah 38:1-5; Luke 18:7; 1 Thessalonians 5:17; James 4:2; 1 John 5:14-15

Wednesday, October 18, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with ironclad conviction:

“Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God.”
(3 John 1:11)

I’m sure that’s true, Jesus.

But I haven’t seen You
and I’m determined not to do evil!

When Your disciple Thomas believed after He saw Your resurrected body

You told Him those would be blessed
who believe in You even though they haven’t seen You.

I haven’t seen You in person

but with countless others

I see You by faith!

That will be enough

until my faith becomes sight.

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Exodus 33:20; Job 19:26; Matthew 5:8; John 20:29; 2 Corinthians 5:7; Colossians 1:15; 1 Timothy 1:17; Hebrews 11:1; Hebrews 11:13; Hebrews 11:27

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in deep, wholehearted repentance:

“Look, Lord, and consider: Whom have you ever treated like this? Should women eat their offspring, the children they have cared for? Should priest and prophet be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?…You have slain them in the day of your anger; you have slaughtered them without pity.”
(Lamentations 2:20-21)

There’s a price for rejecting You, Jesus

severe penalties await those
who knowingly, deliberately, callously
flaunt their disobedience.

These serve as my examples.

I want no part of it!

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Exodus 21:14; Deuteronomy 11:28; Psalm 51:1-12; Romans 1:28-32; Hebrews 10:26; 1 Peter 2:8; 2 Peter 3:5

Monday, October 16, 2023

 

Take warning as you pray this Lazaroo:

“If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take them into your house or welcome them. Anyone who welcomes them shares in their wicked work.”
(2 John 1:10-11)

I’m no innocent bystander, am I, Jesus?

Even though  I claim to belong to You

while welcoming and befriending
buddying up and hanging out

with people who deny Your Name
with those who reject Your Word

I’m in the same boat with them

which is going to sink.

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Deuteronomy 7:26; Judges 19:23; Psalm 1:1; Proverbs 13:20; Hosea 4:14; 1 Corinthians 15:33; 2 Corinthians 6:16-17

Sunday, October 15, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with utter humility:

“‘Return, faithless Israel,’ declares the Lord, ‘I will frown on you no longer, for I am faithful,’ declares the Lord, ‘I will not be angry forever. Only acknowledge your guilt—you have rebelled against the Lord your God, you have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every spreading tree, and have not obeyed me,’ declares the Lord.”
(Jeremiah 3:12-13)

It’s when I refuse to acknowledge my guilt

that You continue to frown on me, isn’t it, Jesus?

Well, let me take care of that right now:

I’m guilty!
My sins are horrific!

I have no excuse.
None.

Please be merciful to me, a sinner.

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Psalm 32:5; Psalm 38:18; Proverbs 28:13; Luke 7:36-50; Luke 18:9-14; James 5:16; 1 John 1:9-10

Friday, October 13, 2023

 

Cry out to God with passionate, pleading desire:

“The Lord will wash away the filth of the women of Zion; he will cleanse the bloodstains from Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire.”
(Isaiah 4:4)

Wash away my filth, Jesus!

Do for me what You’ve promised to do for the women of Zion.

Cleanse the bloodstains from me –

all the sins I’ve committed against You –

especially those that have harmed others

by Your Spirit of Judgment and of Fire!

Purify me for Your holy Purpose!

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Genesis 35:2; Psalm 51:1-17; 2 Corinthians 7:1; Titus 2:11-14; James 4:8; 1 John 1:9; 1 John 3:3

Thursday, October 12, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in unwavering trust:

“But these people blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like unreasoning animals, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed…”
(2 Peter 2:12)

It’s hard for us to grasp the stunning reality of what You’re saying, Jesus:

You’ve placed some of the people on this planet

for the express purpose

of being examples of what happens

when we disobey You:

Anyone who repeatedly does so without repentance

will be cast into the lake of fire.

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1 Kings 8:46-51; Job 42:6; Acts 2:38-39; Romans 9:22-24) Romans 10:9-10; 1 John 3:9; Revelation 20:11-15