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Friday, August 3, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo in solemn determination:

“Then you will know that the LORD Almighty has sent me.”
(Zechariah 2:9)

The prophets of old put their lives on the line, Jesus.

When You told them what to say

they knew they could be stoned as false prophets
if what they predicted didn’t come true.

But since Your Word is absolutely reliable

that’s not why their lives were at risk.

Sometimes they were killed for delivering your message.

May I faithfully share Your Word
no matter what the cost.

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Exodus 19:6; Deuteronomy 13:5; 2 Chronicles 24:20-21; Jeremiah 1:17-19; Jeremiah 26:20-23; Ezekiel 2:3-6; Acts 7:51-53

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Thursday, August 2, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with recognition:

“I struck all the work of your hands with…hail…”
(Haggai 2:17)

Discipline like that ought to be obvious, Jesus

unless the person You’re correcting
doesn’t believe in You –

or doesn’t believe You’re willing to use extreme measures
to turn around someone You truly care about.

They might chalk up the hailstorm to “natural causes”

ignoring the fact that every so-called “natural cause” out there
comes from Your hand.

I know better, LORD!

Now I need to act like it.

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Psalms 24:1; Psalms 119:91; Proverbs 3:12; Isaiah 6:10-11; Jeremiah 14:22; Amos 3:6; Hebrews 2:10

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Wednesday, August 1, 2018

 

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

“…you shameful nation…”
(Zephaniah 2:1)

You not only keep track of nations, Jesus

but of every single person in them.

In reality, it’s not the nation that’s shameful

but the sum of the people within it.

If the majority of them repeatedly make bad choices

the nation itself becomes corrupt.

But it doesn’t have to stay that way!

If my nation is one of those in growing jeopardy
we can change…

and the change can ignite through me.

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1 Samuel 20:34; Jeremiah 3:24; Hosea 4:18; Romans 1:26-27; 2 Corinthians 4:2; Revelation 3:18; Revelation 21:27

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Tuesday, July 31, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with white-hot fervor:

“…you have plundered many nations…”
(Habakkuk 2:8)

Some nations are like that, Jesus.

So are some people.

They’re not happy with what You’ve given them.

They want more.

So they steal for themselves

what You’ve given others.

Some of them get away with it

for a while.

But as surely as You’re the righteous Judge

a day of reckoning is coming

swiftly for some
later for others

but from the moment they cross that line

it’s on the way.

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Exodus 6:6; Numbers 33:4; Deuteronomy 32:41; 2 Chronicles 24:24; Psalms 9:7; Matthew 5:22; John 9:39

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Monday, July 30, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with fierce determination:

“…on the day they are made ready…”
(Nahum 2:3)

When Ninevah’s enemies were ready

bad things happened.

But the reverse is also true!

Wonderful things happen when I do everything within my power
to get ready for You to do
what only You can do.

I’m not fooling myself.

I know I can’t make my dreams come true.

Only You!
Only You!
Only You!

But You expect me to give it all I’ve got

while I wait for You.

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2 Kings 6:33; Psalms 38:15; Psalms 119:166; Psalms 126:6; Psalms 130:5-6; Lamentations 3:37-38; Micah 7:7; Mark 12:30; 1 Corinthians 1:7; Ephesians 6:7-8

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Sunday, July 29, 2018

 

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

“Do not my words do good to the one whose ways are upright?”
(Micah 2:7)

Yes they do, Jesus.

I can personally attest!

When I’m weak, Your words give me strength.
When I’m afraid, Your words give me courage.
When I’m in pain, Your words bring me healing.
When I’m in despair, Your words fill me with hope.

And on the day when I am about to draw my last breath

Your words give me absolute assurance

of eternal life.

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Psalms 119:57; Psalms 119:103; Psalms 119:130; Psalms 119:160; Jeremiah 1:12; Jeremiah 15:16; John 6:68

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Saturday, July 28, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with laser-focused intensity:

“…the fish…vomited Jonah onto dry land.”
(Jonah 2:10)

All these miracles, Jesus!

You send Jonah to preach to Ninevah.
When he hops a boat in the opposite direction, You create a storm.
When they throw him overboard, You send a fish to swallow him.
When he repents, You order the fish to spit him out –

not into the ocean, but onto dry land!

Thank You for reminding me how serious You are

when You send me to tell others about You.

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Ezekiel 2:4; Matthew 24:14; Matthew 28:10; Matthew 28:19-20; 1 Corinthians 15:24; 2 Corinthians 5:20; 1 Peter 3:15

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Friday, July 27, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with no-holds-barred surrender:

“They will occupy the fields of…Samaria…”
(Obadiah 1:19)

For years Your people refused to enter Samaria, Jesus –

home of those who intermarried with non-Jews
who mixed worship of You with worship of false gods.

But You loved them, ministered to them, won them to Yourself!

How often You draw closer to the outcast
than to the proud and haughty!

Remind me not to seek acceptance by the in-crowd, Holy Spirit

but to search for those

who are searching for You.

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Proverbs 8:17; Isaiah 65:1; Luke 9:52; Luke 10:25-37; Luke 17:11-19; John 4:1-42; John 14:26

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Thursday, July 26, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with excuseless humility:

“When disaster comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?”
(Amos 3:6)

Most people don’t know this verse is in the Bible, Jesus.

Many who do try to explain it away.

Others reel under its implications, forced to rethink their image of You.

You’re not the old grandfather who wouldn’t harm a flea, are You?
You’re Almighty God, who pours out wrath on wrongdoers every day.

You’re loving, forgiving, kind, compassionate, merciful

…but You absolutely hate sin.

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Psalms 7:11; Isaiah 1:14; Isaiah 61:8; Jeremiah 12:8; Jeremiah 44:4; Amos 5:21; Zechariah 8:17; Hebrews 10:26-31

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Wednesday, July 25, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo in holy determination:

“…each marches straight ahead.”
(Joel 2:8)

Joel is referring to that army of supernatural locusts, Jesus –

a terrifying sight.

Marching “straight ahead” makes it sound like no matter what happened

they could not be sidetracked, distracted or stopped.

That’s who I long to be for You!

When it comes to obeying Your every command
may I be a soldier You can count on –

looking neither to the right, nor to the left
but keeping my eyes fixed on You.

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Deuteronomy 5:32; Deuteronomy 28:14; Joshua 1:7; 2 Samuel 2:19-21; 2 Kings 22:2; Proverbs 4:27; Hebrews 12:2; 1 Peter 5:10