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Friday, August 16, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with strategic intent:

“Consider then and realize…”
(Jeremiah 2:19)

The danger about life, Jesus

is that I keep tacking on day after day
allowing others to make my schedule for me
doing whatever pops into my mind

without taking time to carefully evaluate

where all this is leading me.

I know I should take stock more often than I do.

But if I don’t build into my schedule
reflective, 1on1 time with You

it’s not likely to happen, is it?

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Deuteronomy 32:7; 1 Samuel 12:24; 1 Chronicles 28:10; Psalms 8:3-4; Psalms 50:2; Mark 4:24; Luke 8:18

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Thursday, August 15, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with over-the-top trust:

“…the lust of the flesh…”
(1 John 2:16)

Well, Jesus…

this is a big problem I know something about.

There are things my body wants to do
more than You want me to do them.

There are things my body wants to do
before or after You want me to do them.

There are things my body wants to do
that You don’t want me to do at all.

Conclusion?

I’d better listen to You
instead of my body.

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Numbers 15:39; Job 31:1; Proverbs 6:23-25; Romans 1:26-27; Colossians 3:5; 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8; 2 Peter 2:17-19

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Wednesday, August 14, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in full awareness of your True Source:

“The eyes of the arrogant will be humbled…”
(Isaiah 2:11)

Arrogance goes beyond pride, doesn’t it, Jesus?

A person may be Your humble follower
and still be gratefully proud –

knowing it’s You who do it all through them.

But arrogant people pound their chests and point to themselves.

They don’t believe they need Your help or anyone else’s.
They’re their own god.

But one day – when they stand before the true God –

they will be utterly humbled.

Too late.

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Exodus 18:11; Deuteronomy 1:43; 1 Samuel 2:3; Nehemiah 9:10; Psalms 5:5; Romans 11:20; Galatians 6:4; 1 Timothy 6:17

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Tuesday, August 13, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with full-on caution:

“In their greed…”
(2 Peter 2:3)

People do a lot of shameful things, Jesus…

in their greed.

What is there about me that wants more than I need?

Why do I sometimes fail to consider that what I take for myself
could rob someone else of what they require?

But that raises the bigger question, doesn’t it?

Why do I act like it’s all about me?
Where do I get off behaving with this detestable attitude of –

“Me first?”

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Matthew 5:16; Matthew 5:47; Matthew 6:15; Matthew 7:2; Romans 12:5; Romans 13:8; 1 Corinthians 10:24

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Monday, August 12, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo freed of illusion:

“My lover is mine…”
(Song of Songs 2:16)

What a desperate declaration for Solomon’s wife to make, Jesus

in light of the fact that she was only one of 700 –
not to mention Solomon’s 300 concubines.

The less we human beings possess, Father

the more we pretend to have.

It’s easy for me to see that in this woman’s behavior

but where am I exhibiting the same thing in my own?

Nothing I have is mine.
All is Yours.

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Genesis 31:43; Exodus 19:5-6; Leviticus 25:23; Numbers 8:17; 1 Kings 3:22; 1 Kings 11:3; Psalms 50:10-12; John 16:15

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Sunday, August 11, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in warm-hearted gratitude:

“…all their glory is like the flowers of the field…”
(1 Peter 1:24)

I know field flowers don’t last long, Jesus

but as they raise their heads under Your bright sun
gently nodding under a passing breeze

they sure are beautiful.

So I’m grateful.

Whatever glory I gain on this earth –

though transitory –

is nevertheless a gift from You.

I don’t deserve it
but I appreciate it.

It’s a sweetener in the sometimes bitter tea of life

on this sin-cursed earth.

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Psalms 3:3; Psalms 8:5; Psalms 34:2; Psalms 96:7; Psalms 115:1; 1 Corinthians 2:7; 1 Corinthians 11:7; 1 Thessalonians 2:19-20

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Saturday, August 10, 2019

 

Wise up, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“I hated all the things I had toiled for under the sun, because I must leave them…”
(Ecclesiastes 2:18)

I can’t take it with me, Jesus.

Of course, I know that.
But sometimes I don’t act like it.

The more I love the things I’ve acquired

the harder it will be to leave them
when my time on this earth is through.

But knowing they will soon not be mine

might make me regard my treasures

with wiser perspective.

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Psalms 49:16-20; Proverbs 18:11; Proverbs 28:6; Mark 10:17-23; Luke 12:15; Luke 12:20; 1 John 2:15

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Friday, August 9, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with no excuses obedience:

“But you have insulted the poor.”
(James 2:6)

Not a good idea, is it, Jesus?

If I insult the poor
I’ve insulted You, their Maker.

It’s easy for me to judge – without truly knowing – how a person became poor

then conclude they’re unworthy of my help.

But You didn’t command me to be kind

only to those who don’t deserve their poverty.

I’m to recognize that if You’ve put something in my hand

I’d better be willing to share it.

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Exodus 23:11; Psalms 12:5; Psalms 35:10; Psalms 140:12; Proverbs 14:31; Proverbs 19:17; Galatians 2:10

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Thursday, August 8, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with pure devotion:

“Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck.”
(Proverbs 3:3)

Many of Your people have taken this command literally, Jesus.

They’ve made necklaces and choke chains of these words
and worn them day after day.

That’s a good thing!

It’s a reminder of what matters.
It sure beats the jewelry a lot of people wear.

But I suspect You intend that command to extend beyond wearable Scripture

all the way to my actions.

Today.

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Genesis 32:10; Psalms 57:10; Psalms 63:3; Psalms 103:17; Hosea 6:4; 1 Corinthians 13; 3 John 1:3

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Wednesday, August 7, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with pedal-to-the-metal commitment:

“…just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house.”
(Hebrews 3:2)

That’s how faithful You Are, Jesus

that’s how faithful I want to be!

When it comes to Your house of worship on this earth

may I take care of her
do right by her
devote my best to her.

May I treat with reverence the building in which I worship –

whether brick, stone, stucco, siding, adobe, corrugated metal, canvas

under a tree

or underground, hiding from the authorities.

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Exodus 25-27; Deuteronomy 12:1-7; 1 Kings 3:2; 1 Kings 5:1-7; 1 Kings 6-8; Acts 16:13; 1 Corinthians 6:19-20