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Tuesday, November 26, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with catalytic dedication:

“…the boy ministered before the LORD under Eli the priest.”
(1 Samuel 2:11)

It doesn’t matter what the org chart says, Jesus

I’m always ministering before You.

If I’m serving in a church

I’m ministering before You.

If I’m punching the clock in a factory

I’m ministering before You.

If I’m issuing orders from an all-glass corner office on the 92nd floor

I’m ministering before You.

If I working all by myself at home

I’m always ministering before You.

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2 Chronicles 6:9; Proverbs 16:3; Matthew 12:36; 1 Corinthians 10:31; Colossians 3:17; Colossians 3:23-24; Hebrews 4:13

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Monday, November 25, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in full awareness:

“…what I have forgiven…I have forgiven in the sight of Christ…”
(2 Corinthians 2:10)

Everything I do is done in Your sight, Jesus

…but it’s good for me to remember that.

When I’m making a major claim like Paul was

it’s not a bad idea for me to remind others of it. 😉

It’s hard enough to say I’ve forgiven someone.

But to actually, thoroughly, permanently forgive them?

That’s a pretty big deal.

Knowing You’re watching

helps me do it.

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Genesis 50:17; Psalms 32:1; Matthew 6:12; Matthew 6:14; Matthew 18:21-35; Mark 11:25; John 20:23

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Sunday, November 24, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in humble gratitude:

“…a foreigner…”
(Ruth 2:10)

Ruth isn’t the only one, Jesus.

I, too, am a foreigner.

This world is not my home!

Just about the time I forget that
behaving as though this world is it

You allow it
to rear its perverse, unfair, twisted head.

In deepest gratitude I lift my eyes back to You

my longing for heaven increased…doubled…tripled.

Only with You will I finally be at home.
Only with You will I know lasting rest, happiness, peace.

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Job 16:19; Psalms 73:25; Psalms 123:1; Proverbs 10:2; Jeremiah 14:13; Hebrews 10:34; Hebrews 11:24-26

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Saturday, November 23, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unrestrained allegiance:

“However, as it is written…”
(1 Corinthians 2:9)

“However,” indeed, Jesus.

If I move out on my own
pull me back to You with:

“…as it is written.”

Every time I’m with people who are about to do wrong
give me the courage to take a stand for:

“…as it is written.”

Your Word is a lamp to my feet, a light on my path.

Make me willing to break away from those
who have no Light of dawn.

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Psalms 89:15; Psalms 119:105; Proverbs 6:23; Isaiah 8:20; Matthew 5:14; Luke 11:35; John 1:5

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Friday, November 22, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with deep reverence:

“…the LORD raised up a judge for them…”
(Judges 2:18)

Yes, these judges settled disputes, Jesus…

but they were far more than that.

They were leaders, examples, warriors –

courageous people willing to go first
take initiative, exercise responsibility.

God give us men and women like that in our age!

We have a few…
but at least to me –

it looks like we need many more.

You’re the only one who can raise up such people.

Please!

Send them out.

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Exodus 18:21-22; Numbers 25:5; Deuteronomy 1:16; Joshua 24:1; Judges 2:16; Judges 3:9; Judges 15:20; Ruth 1:1; 2 Kings 23:22; Acts 3:26

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Thursday, November 21, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with over-the-top trust:

“…they are senseless…”
(Romans 1:31)

Deeply troubling, Jesus…

because I’m thinking of two kinds of “sense.”

The first is earth’s five senses:

sight, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching.

The second is what is called “good sense” –

which is pretty close to wisdom

especially Biblical wisdom
the kind that comes from heaven.

Those consumed solely by their five senses

are blind, deaf, anosmic, ageusic, neuropathic
to things of the spirit

making them – in the worst possible way –

“senseless.”

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Psalms 49:10; Psalms 73:22; Jeremiah 4:22; Jeremiah 5:21; Hosea 7:11; Matthew 13:14; Acts 28:26

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Wednesday, November 20, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in steadfast faith:

“They…came to Joshua…and told him everything that had happened to them.”
(Joshua 2:23)

Joshua was eager to hear their report, Jesus!

After all, he had sent them to spy out the land.

But there aren’t many people in my life eager to hear

everything that’s happened to me.

They might not mind hearing the highlights

but the more detailed I become
the more their minds wander.

It takes a real friend

to genuinely want to hear the whole story.

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Exodus 33:11; 2 Chronicles 20:7; Job 16:20-21; Psalms 35:14; Proverbs 17:17; Colossians 4:14; Philemon 1:1

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Tuesday, November 19, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with bottomless trust:

“This man was handed over to you by God’s set purpose…”
(Acts 2:23)

Peter preaching on the Day of Pentecost, Jesus –

proclaiming to His fellow Jews:

that at their unbelieving hands
Your Father deliberately sacrificed You on the cross

in order to pay for their sins
and give them eternal life in heaven.

You did the same for me, Father!

You gave Your only Son to die
so that I might live.

May I do so!
Only for You.

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Psalms 119:77; John 3:16; Romans 14:8; 2 Corinthians 5:15; Galatians 2:19; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 2:17

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Monday, November 18, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unshakable belief:

“…they will enter the land.”
(Deuteronomy 1:39)

These were the people no one thought would make it, Jesus!

But You were promising it would happen.

At the time, it looked impossible.

It was!

…for everybody but You.

You’re the God who makes the impossible possible.

You turn faded, black and white dreams
into Technicolor reality.

What impossible eventualities am I dreaming of, Father?

Which of these things nobody thinks can happen

are You about to bring to pass?

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Genesis 18:14; Psalms 75:2; Psalms 102:13; Ezekiel 12:28; Luke 1:20; Luke 1:45; 1 Corinthians 4:5

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Sunday, November 17, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with excitement:

“We have found the one Moses wrote about…”
(John 1:45)

What a thrill that had to be, Jesus!

They’d been waiting 1,400 years for You to appear!

How many generations of Godly Jews had come and gone without getting so much as a glimpse of You?

Phillip, Andrew and Peter were going through this day –

like any other day –

when suddenly, it happened!

there You were!

Miracles of miracles…

I’ve found You, too!

Well, actually –

You’ve revealed Yourself to me.

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Genesis 35:7; Deuteronomy 29:29; 1 Samuel 3:21; 2 Samuel 7:27; Psalms 98:2; Matthew 16:17; Romans 10:20