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Wednesday, April 25, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with determination:

“Malkijah…and Hasshub…repaired another section…”
(Nehemiah 3:11)

Some days that’s how it goes, Jesus.

In fact, most days that’s how it goes.

Another section, another task like yesterday’s, another day like the one before.

Not starting anything, not completing anything
slogging through the interminable middle.

At such times it’s hard to grab perspective.

It’s easy to lose the whole point

until I remember that this is what You call, “faithfulness”

and that You richly, lavishly, with absolute certainty

reward it.

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Genesis 5:22-24; Genesis 6:9; Genesis 17:1; Deuteronomy 32:4; Joshua 24:14; Luke 12:42; 1 Corinthians 4:2

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Tuesday, April 24, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo – your heart bursting with gratitude:

“…Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom…”
(1 Timothy 2:5-6)

Oh, what a revelation, Jesus!

I was a prisoner to death, hell, sin, my own flesh
my fallen nature held captive by Satan.

The only payment that could buy my release was Your life.
And You paid it! You paid it! You paid it!

Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

Never let me forget what my freedom cost You.

How dare I return to the gloom and stench
of my old cell?

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Exodus 30:12; Numbers 35:31; Job 6:22; Psalms 49:7-8; Isaiah 47:11; Matthew 20:28; Hebrews 9:15

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Monday, April 23, 2018

 

Allow your soul to sound His praise in this Lazaroo:

“the Levites…with cymbals…”
(Ezra 3:10)

These aren’t the crash cymbals used in a modern rock band, are they, Jesus?

The Levites struck two cymbals together
each about 3-4” wide.

One cymbal made the “A” sound
the other the sound of “C”.

Played together, they created a beautiful, ringing, melodic harmony

which, in the Davidic Cypher, equates to Your Name, YAH.

When they sounded their cymbals, they were playing Your Name –

Hallelu-YAH!

O God!

May my life “sound” Your Name!

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Exodus 3:13-14; Psalms 27:6; Psalms 57:7; Psalms 87:7; Psalms 92:1; Ephesians 5:19; Revelation 19:1-6

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Sunday, April 22, 2018

 

Take a deep breath, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“…all will be condemned who have not believed the truth…”
(2 Thessalonians 2:12)

Pretty plain, Jesus.

Thanks for laying it out there

Those who refuse to believe the truth are not merely disciplined, punished.

You don’t simply give them a stern talking-to
put them in time out.

They’re condemned.

Last time I checked
that means hell.

Not just for a visit.
Forever.

Makes me develop a whole new appreciation

for the truth…the whole truth…
and nothing but the truth.

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1 Kings 17:24; Job 42:7; Psalms 15:1-2; Proverbs 23:23; Zechariah 8:16; Matthew 5:29; John 8:32; John 14:6

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Saturday, April 21, 2018

 

Hold nothing back, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“The foundation Solomon laid for building the temple of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide…”
(2 Chronicles 3:3)

There’s never been another temple like it, Jesus –

but that makes me think:

What kind of foundation am I building?

Solomon did a great job laying the foundation for Your physical temple

but his spiritual foundation didn’t hold.

It all started when he disobeyed you in seemingly small ways

first this…then that.

But there’s nothing small about disobedience.

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Deuteronomy 17:14-17; 1 Kings 10:28; 1 Kings 11:1-11; Ecclesiastes 2:1-11; Song of Songs 2:15; Isaiah 31:1; Matthew 12:42; Acts 7:44-50

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Friday, April 20, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with mounting excitement:

“…the word of God, which you heard from us…”
(1 Thessalonians 2:13)

I want to be able to say that, Jesus –

to somebody!

The very thought of being the first person to tell another person about You

gives me goose bumps.

But just as good is being the thousandth person to share Your Word

with a person who has run away with all their might

and see that person turn…

to come all the way back home to You.

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Psalms 119:176; Jeremiah 50:6; Daniel 12:3; Matthew 28:10; Matthew 28:19-20; Luke 15:4-7; Romans 15:20

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Thursday, April 19, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with undiluted sincerity:

“These were the locations of their settlements allotted as their territory…”
(1 Chronicles 6:54)

The Israelites spread out all over this great land You promised them, Jesus

their territory determined by lot.

But of course, there was nothing accidental about where each tribe landed

because You control the lot.

What feels like “chance” to me

never gets by You.

If the lot isn’t going to fall the way You desire

You intervene.

You’re the non-absentee Landlord

of us all.

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Numbers 33:54; Deuteronomy 12:29; Psalms 16:6; Psalms 31:15; Proverbs 16:4; Proverbs 16:33; Acts 17:24-27

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Wednesday, April 18, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with explosive feeling:

“…to present you…free from accusation.”
(Colossians 1:22)

It’s one thing to be clean in Your sight, Jesus.

You know when I’m guilty and when I’m not.

But to think there’s coming a day when I will be free from all accusation –

even coming from those who are accusation specialists?

Wow.

That place must be…heaven! 🙂

But the reality is

the only reason I’m innocent is because You say so –

all my sins eradicated –

by Your sacrifice on the cross.

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Acts 13:29; 1 Corinthians 1:18; Galatians 6:14; Colossians 1:20; Colossians 2:14-15; Hebrews 12:2; 1 Peter 2:24

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Tuesday, April 17, 2018

 

Exercise Godly judgment, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“I will go with you…”
(2 Kings 3:7)

That’s a wonderful thing to hear from You, Jesus!

It’s exactly what I should say to You, too.

But it’s something I should say to another human being

only with the greatest caution.

Even those who mean well

sometimes end up in the ditch.

The best way to say it to another person is something like this:

“I’ll go with you if God says
and so long as you’re going with Jesus.”

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Genesis 25:22; Joshua 9:14; Judges 18:5; 1 Samuel 14:36; 2 Kings 3:11; Jeremiah 10:21; 1 Corinthians 11:1

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Monday, April 16, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with locked-in faith:

“…it has been granted to you…”
(Philippians 1:29)

I like to think of myself as somebody who’s earned it, Jesus

a person who works hard to get what I’ve got.

But that’s such a self-delusion!

Everything I have…am…know…do
has been granted.

My very self, life, parents, circumstances, gifts, experiences, emotions –

all are gifts from Your loving, generous hand.

Rather than bragging in self-congratulation

pounding my chest with off-putting pride

I should be humbled – filled to the brim with gratitude.

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Numbers 18:29; Deuteronomy 26:11; Jeremiah 35:15; Matthew 6:33; Luke 8:10; 1 Corinthians 4:7; Colossians 3:16