Friday, November 10, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with deep reverence:

“’Who are you?’ he asked. ‘I am your servant Ruth,’ she said. ‘Spread the corner of your garment over me, since you are a guardian-redeemer of our family.’”
(Ruth 3:9)

Ruth took a huge chance, Jesus.

She entered the place where women never went

to offer herself to become the wife
of a man who hadn’t asked her to marry him.

But this was Your doing!

When You tell me to do something unusual or impossible

rules no longer apply.

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Proverbs 3:5-6; Matthew 17:20; Matthew 19:26; Luke 18:27; Acts 2:24; Hebrews 11:1; Hebrews 11:6

Thursday, November 9, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with over-the-top trust:

“But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told. On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived.”
(Luke 2:19-21)

Help me treasure up everything You’re doing in my life, Jesus

and ponder them in my heart

to discern Your perfect will for my life!

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Nehemiah 5:7; Psalm 64:9; Psalm 107:43; Psalm 111:2; Psalm 119:95; Ecclesiastes 12:9; Luke 2:51

Wednesday, November 8, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with determined faith:

“The priest is to take a handful of the finest flour and some olive oil, together with all the incense on the grain offering, and burn the memorial portion on the altar as an aroma pleasing to the Lord…For all generations to come it is his perpetual share…Whatever touches them will become holy.”
(Leviticus 6:15, 18)

This is my prayer, Jesus…

that whoever touches my life will be pointed to You –

the only one who can make them holy!

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Exodus 15:11; Psalm 29:2; Psalm 93:5; Romans 6:19; Romans 6:22; 1 Corinthians 1:30; Hebrews 12:14

Tuesday, November 7, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unbridled gratitude:

“Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him. He appointed twelve that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach and to have authority to drive out demons.”
(Mark 3:13-15)

You called those you wanted, Jesus.

By Your grace, You’ve called me.
That means You want me!

Oh, my God.

Thank You!

I don’t know why You want me

but I’m determined not to let You down.

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Jeremiah 1:4-10; John 6:44; John 6:65; Romans 1:1; Romans 8:28-30; 1 Corinthians 1:2; Galatians 1:15; Galatians 5:13

Monday, November 6, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in awe:

“Afterward Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: “Let my people go, so that they may hold a festival to me in the wilderness.”’ Pharaoh said, ‘Who is the Lord, that I should obey him and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord and I will not let Israel go.’”
(Exodus 5:1-2)

Pharaoh would have been wise to learn Who You Are, Jesus

before disobeying You.

But since he did not

You proceeded to introduce Yourself.

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Exodus 6:1; Exodus 7:19-21; Exodus 8:5-8; Exodus 8:16-19; Exodus 8:20-24; Exodus 9:1-6; Romans 9:17

Sunday, November 5, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:

“Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called them, and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.”
(Matthew 4:21-22)

That’s who I want to be, Jesus!

Every time You call

I want to be willing to drop what I’m doing –

no matter who I’m doing it with –

and follow You every step of the way!

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Genesis 22:11; Exodus 3:4; 1 Samuel 3:10; Matthew 19:27; Luke 5:28; Acts 9:1-22; 1 Corinthians 7:20

Saturday, November 4, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in open-eyed awareness:

“Then the Lord said to Cain, ‘Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.’”
(Genesis 4:6-7)

Sin is crouching at my door, too, Jesus.

May I never forget how passionately and persistently
sin desires to have me!

But may I always remember:

Greater are You in me
than the one who is in the world!

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Proverbs 16:18; Jeremiah 2:35; 1 Corinthians 10:13; 1 Timothy 1:15-17; 1 John 1:10; 1 Peter 5:8; 1 John 4:4

Friday, November 3, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in humble gratitude.

“I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple…”
(Malachi 3:1)

You told us the name of that messenger, Jesus:

John the Baptist.

You Yourself are the Lord they were seeking who came to Your temple.

Though You came to Your own
they didn’t believe in You.

But there were some who believed in You.

To this day, all who do
have become Yours –

heart, mind, body and soul.

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Malachi 4:5-6; Matthew 3:1; Matthew 11:11; Matthew 17:12-13; John 1:11-13; Acts 4:11; 1 Peter 2:7

Thursday, November 2, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with excuseless humility:

“The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this temple; his hands will also complete it. Then you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you. Who dares despise the day of small things, since the seven eyes of the Lord that range throughout the earth will rejoice when they see the chosen capstone in the hand of Zerubbabel?”
(Zechariah 4:9-10)

Open my eyes, Jesus!

When You do it
I don’t want to miss it!

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Genesis 21:19; 2 Kings 6:17; 2 Kings 6:20; Psalm 119:18; John 9:30; Matthew 5:12; Acts 26:17-18

Wednesday, November 1, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in trusting confidence:

“This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘These people say, “The time has not yet come to rebuild the Lord’s house.”’”
(Haggai 1:2)

That doesn’t sound like discernment, Jesus.

It sounds like laziness.

May I never put off doing Your will because it requires a lot of work!

And by the same token:

May I never put off doing Your will
because I realize my very best work won’t be enough!

May I always trust that Your All-Powerful Hand

will be able to accomplish what I cannot!

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Psalm 44:3, 6-7; Proverbs 21:30; Isaiah 26:12; Jeremiah 10:23; Acts 4:28; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Hebrews 3:4