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Thursday, April 4, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with over-the-top trust:

“Go into the rocks, hide in the ground from dread of the LORD…”
(Isaiah 2:10)

As if, Jesus.

Now, where are we gonna hide?

You made the rocks and the ground on which they lie.

You know the exact location
of every cave, nook, closet, cranny and hidey-hole.

No one’s ever going to hide anything from You…

But there’s no need to dread!

All I have to do is surrender

to become the person You’ve created me to be.

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1 Kings 22:24-25; Job 34:21; Psalms 138:6; Psalms 139:1-12; Isaiah 29:15; Romans 10:12-13; 2 Timothy 4:16-17

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Wednesday, April 3, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with faith in the God who reveals Himself:

“…the way of truth…”
(2 Peter 2:2)

There are a lot of facts out there, Jesus.

Anyone with an eye, an ear, a mouth and a brain can state them.

There are many partial truths floating throughout society

for those who wish to ponder them.

But there’s only one way of truth

only one opportunity to see the whole of it.

You Are The Way

The Truth

and The Life.

No one comes to the Father except through You.

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1 Kings 17:24; Job 42:7; Psalms 25:5; Psalms 119:43; Isaiah 45:19; John 8:32; John 14:6

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Tuesday, April 2, 2019

 

Be on your guard! as you pray this Lazaroo:

“…the little foxes that ruin the vineyards…”
(Song of Songs 2:15)

Sometimes it’s the big sins that cause us to crash and burn, Jesus.

But when Satan fails to take us down that way
he sends in his little foxes.

They’re the sins we tell ourselves are “no big deal.”

They’re the ones “even good Christians commit.”

Which, of course, is the point.

That’s who Satan ferociously targets:

those determined to follow You.

He’s already got the other ones.

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Deuteronomy 32:48-52; Job 42:1-6; Matthew 26:75; Mark 9:33-37; Galatians 4:8-11; James 2:10; James 3:2; I Peter 5:8

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Monday, April 1, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with undying certainty:

“…through the…enduring word of God.”
(1 Peter 1:23)

A lot of things come and go, Jesus

but Your Word stays.

With every passing year

the words of most become increasingly irrelevant.

But with every passing millennium

Your Word is proven perfect
over and over again.

Since by faith in You I’m going to live forever

I may as well live by the only Word
that does the same.

The grass withers and the flowers fall

but Your Word endures forever.

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Deuteronomy 29:29; Psalms 19:9; Psalms 23:6; Psalms 28:9; Psalms 136; Isaiah 40:8; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

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Sunday, March 31, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:

“…a chasing after the wind.”
(Ecclesiastes 2:17)

What a perfect picture of futility You’ve given me, Jesus.

Show me everywhere in my life I’m doing this.

Help me stop!

Did I say, “my” life?

God help me.

It’s not mine.
It’s Yours.

Forgetting that is what sets me off
on another wind-chasing waste of time.

Chasing after the wind is NOT going after something too big.

In Your power, there’s no such thing.

It’s failing to check with You first.

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Genesis 18:14; Joshua 9:14; Joshua 18:5; 1 Samuel 14:36; Jeremiah 32:17; Jeremiah 32:27; Philippians 4:13

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Saturday, March 30, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in sobered assessment:

“Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world…to inherit the kingdom…?”
(James 2:5)

Poor here, Jesus…

rich there.

I’ll take that!

It’s not that the rich can’t go to heaven, is it?

It’s that riches can blind me to how desperately I need You.

So maybe that’s why You haven’t answered some of my prayers.

Perhaps You’re providing me with the necessary incentive
to keep talking to You.

That’s pretty sad, isn’t it?

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Job 8:13; Psalms 9:17; Psalms 14:6; Psalms 50:22; Proverbs 30:8-9; Isaiah 41:17; 1 Timothy 6:17

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Saturday, March 30, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in sobered assessment:

“Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world…to inherit the kingdom…?”
(James 2:5)

Poor here, Jesus…

rich there.

I’ll take that!

It’s not that the rich can’t go to heaven, is it?

It’s that riches can blind me to how desperately I need You.

So maybe that’s why You haven’t answered some of my prayers.

Perhaps You’re providing me with the necessary incentive
to keep talking to You.

That’s pretty sad, isn’t it?

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning (812) 473-7729…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

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Job 8:13; Psalms 9:17; Psalms 14:6; Psalms 50:22; Proverbs 30:8-9; Isaiah 41:17; 1 Timothy 6:17

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Friday, March 29, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in desperate, wholehearted adoration:

“…keep my commands in your heart, for they will…bring you prosperity.”
(Proverbs 3:1-2)

I do want to prosper, Jesus.

But not the way I used to think.

Prosperity – true prosperity – isn’t about money or fame.

As precious as these are
it isn’t even about health, friends, family.

The prosperity for which I long is whatever comes

with being in the absolute center of Your will.

Not one centimeter to the right.
Not one centimeter to the left.

That’s it.

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Exodus 18:15; Mark 3:35; Acts 18:21; Romans 12:2; Romans 15:32; 1 Thessalonians 4:3; 1 Thessalonians 5:18; 1 Peter 2:15; 1 Peter 3:17; 1 Peter 4:19

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Thursday, March 28, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with pure devotion:

“…fix your thoughts on Jesus…whom we confess.”
(Hebrews 3:1)

Okay, Jesus…

I confess that I know You –

not as well as I should
but enough to love You with all my heart.

I confess that I need You!

Because of my sins, I was on my to hell
before You saved me.

I confess that I’m not living for You as I should –

but that I’m giving it all I’ve got
to become everything You’ve created me to be.

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Leviticus 5:5; Psalms 32:5; Psalms 38:18; 2 Corinthians 9:13; 1 Timothy 6:12-16; James 5:16; 1 John 1:9

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Wednesday, March 27, 2019

 

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

“…let all who take refuge in you…ever sing for joy.”
(Psalms 5:11)

I get why singers sing, Jesus.

But what about those to whom You haven’t given that gift?

I’m not talking about those who think they can sing, but can’t.

Tone deaf, they let ‘er rip anyway.

I’m thinking about those who can’t sing and know it.

Why would they cut loose and sing to You with all their might?

It has to be this:
They feel totally safe in You.

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Psalms 67:4; Psalms 81:1; Psalms 90:14; Psalms 92:4; Psalms 95:1; Isaiah 12:6; Romans 15:9; 1 Corinthians 14:15; Ephesians 5:19