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Tuesday, August 6, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with white-hot fervor:

“…that those who love your name may rejoice in you.”
(Psalms 5:11)

I love Your Name, Jesus!

And oh, how I rejoice in You!

You’re guiding my every step.

You’re protecting me in all my ways.

Even when I make poor choices

You rescue me, pick me up
and set me once again on Your firm foundation.

You Are Tender, Forgiving, Loving, Merciful, All-Powerful. Helpful.

You’re my Best Friend.

I cannot imagine living without You

deep
daily
moment-by-moment
1on1.

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Genesis 19:16; Exodus 34:7; Deuteronomy 33:29; Psalms 91; Proverbs 18:24; Jeremiah 10:12; Luke 1:78

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Monday, August 5, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with total transparency:

“And one thing more…”
(Philemon 1:22)

I know people like that, Jesus.

They ask me to do just one thing for them.

I agree.

Then – once they’ve got me on the hook –

they tack on “…one thing more.”

But I confess:

I’m one of those people, too
with You.

There’s no end to the number of requests I make of You, LORD!

No matter how much You do for me
I always want You to do…

“…one thing more.”

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Genesis 48:22; Exodus 11:1; Judges 6:39; 2 Samuel 11:12; Psalms 88:13; Psalms 142:5; Luke 13:8

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Sunday, August 4, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo all the way to the marrow of your bones:

“…who…rejoice when they reach the grave…”
(Job 3:22)

Job’s suffering was so great

that the grave looked good to him, Jesus!

He’s certainly not the only person in the midst of pain and anguish

who’s felt that way.

But of course, the grave’s not the end.

It’s only the beginning:

Hell for those who’ve rejected You
Heaven for those who’ve trusted You as their Savior.

My goal isn’t the grave, Father!

It’s the joy of what awaits me on the other side.

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Genesis 37:35; 1 Samuel 2:6; 2 Samuel 22:6; 1 Kings 2:6; Job 5:26; Psalms 49:14; John 11:44

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Saturday, August 3, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in renewed determination:

“…reverent in the way they live…”
(Titus 2:3)

It’s good for me to be reverent on the inside, Jesus

to mean well
have good intentions.

But it can’t stop there, can it?

I’ve got to follow through.

What’s in my heart

has to show on the outside.

Nobody but You is able to see what I meant to say or do.

They’re stuck with what I actually said and did.

As far as they’re concerned?

That’s all that matters.

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Leviticus 19:30; Joshua 5:14; Ecclesiastes 8:12; Ephesians 5:21; Hebrews 5:7; 1 Peter 1:17; 1 Peter 2:18

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Friday, August 2, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with a determination to follow:

“Queen Esther…reported it to the king…”
(Esther 2:22)

What do I do when I hear something of huge importance, Jesus?

Do I keep it to myself?

In the case of gossip or sworn secrecy
sometimes I should.

But what about those times when the nature of what I’ve learned must not remain a secret –

at least not to the people who need to know it?

Oh, how I need Your guidance!
Lead me, LORD!

I know You will.

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Genesis 9:20-27; Genesis 20:8; Genesis 24:28; Genesis 26:32; Matthew 12:16; Mark 3:12; Luke 9:36

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Thursday, August 1, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in flabbergasted anticipation:

“…the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.”
(2 Timothy 2:10)

It would have been enough if you had only saved me from hell, Jesus

‘cause at the end of my life
that’s exactly what I deserve..

But no – You’re going to lift me straight up into heaven, too!

The fact that it’s not hell
is enough to make it heaven.

But the experience in heaven You’re designing for me

is one that brings with it eternal glory!

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Psalms 3:3; Psalms 8:5; Psalms 26:8; 2 Corinthians 4:17; Hebrews 2:10; 1 Peter 5:4; 1 Peter 5:10

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Wednesday, July 31, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in humble willingness:

“They also repaired…as far as the Dung Gate.”
(Nehemiah 3:13)

But that’s where they stopped, Jesus.

Can’t blame them a bit.

The gate through which the excrement of humans and animals was disposed of

was not an attractive place –
especially when the wind was blowing the wrong direction!

But oh, what an important service that gate performed –

along with those who transported
their odoriferous cargo through it!

Make me willing to do the necessary tasks

no one wants to do.

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2 Kings 18:27; Job 20:7; Psalms 83:10; Isaiah 36:12; Jeremiah 8:2; Ezekiel 4:12; Malachi 2:3; Mark 7:15-20

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Tuesday, July 30, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in bold belief:

“…a teacher of the true faith…”
(1 Timothy 2:7)

Kinda makes it sound like there are false faiths out there, Jesus…

…which there are.

When You said no one comes to the Father except through You

You weren’t kidding.

Of course, that’s not politically correct.

It wasn’t then.
It’s certainly not now.

Hell isn’t politically correct either.

But that doesn’t change the hard fact:

that You’re the only way to heaven
and every contrary teaching

leads straight to hell.

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Exodus 20:3; Deuteronomy 4:35; 1 Kings 8:60; Isaiah 44:8; Mark 12:32; John 14:6; Acts 4:10-12; Philippians 2:9-11

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Monday, July 29, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with every fiber of your being:

“…they sang to the LORD: ‘He is good…’”
(Ezra 3:11)

Yes, You Are, Jesus!

You Are Good
all the time.

You’ve always been Good.
Good You’ll always be.

You’re the very definition of good.

Whatever You do is good.
Whatever You say is good.
All Your thoughts are good.

You shower me with good things – more than I can count.

Your punishment of evil is good.

When You discipline me
that too is good

because it’s…
for my good.

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2 Samuel 10:12; Psalms 34:8; Psalms 52:9; Psalms 73:1; Psalms 85:12; Jeremiah 29:10; Luke 18:19

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Sunday, July 28, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in humbled gratitude:

“God chose you to be saved…”
(2 Thessalonians 2:13)

It wasn’t up to me, was it, Jesus?

Before I could choose You
You had to choose me.

If You hadn’t chosen me
I wouldn’t have wanted to choose You.

That’s unthinkable, now.

I’m so thankful I’ve chosen You!
It seems like such a no-brainer!

But that absolutely explains why it’s not a no-brainer for the majority of people on earth.

Wow.
I’m one of the few.
I’m chosen!

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Genesis 18:19; Deuteronomy 7:6; Deuteronomy 10:15; John 15:16; Romans 8:33; Colossians 3:12; 1 Peter 2:9