“They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie…”
(2 Thessalonians 2:10-11)

If I’m to get my head around this, Jesus

I’m going to have to put on my big-boy britches.

You’re saying that when someone immovably refuses to embrace truth

You grant them the sickening alternative they’ve chosen:

a mindset ravenously eager
to swallow Satan’s biggest lie.

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Exodus 10:3; Exodus 16:28; Leviticus 26:21; Judges 2:19-23; Psalms 78:10; Matthew 18:17; Hebrews 12:25

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Wednesday, February 14, 2018

February 14, 2018 Stephen Schwambach

Pray this Lazaroo with determination:

“He began building on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.”
(2 Chronicles 3:2)

Pretty specific on this Ash Wednesday Valentines Day, Jesus!

That’s exactly when Solomon began building Your temple.
There’s never been another like it.

He built other things, as well

but none more important than this.

When will I begin building my most important project, Father?

Have I already begun
or is that day, month and year still ahead of me?

Only looking back

will I know.

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Ezra 3:2; Luke 6:48; Luke 14:28-30; Romans 15:20; 1 Corinthians 3:9; 2 Corinthians 5:1; Ephesians 4:29

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Tuesday, February 13, 2018

February 13, 2018 Stephen Schwambach

Pray this Lazaroo in grateful remembrance:

“…when you received the word of God…”
(1 Thessalonians 2:13)

Thank You for that time I received Your Word, Jesus!

I’m not talking about the first time I heard it.

Perhaps it didn’t fully penetrate.

I’m not talking about the time I first read some of it.

Perhaps I wasn’t as focused as I should have been.

I’m talking about the day, the hour, the very moment –

when I said, “Yes!” to You

with every part of me

forever.

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Numbers 23:20; Habakkuk 1:1; Matthew 10:8; John 1:16; John 10:18; Acts 7:38; Acts 11:1

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Monday, February 12, 2018

February 12, 2018 Stephen Schwambach

Pray this Lazaroo with every fiber of your being:

“These were the descendants of Aaron…”
(1 Chronicles 6:50)

Aaron’s long gone from this life, Jesus –

as are the descendants who came after him.

So, when I’m long gone –

who will be my descendants?

I hope they won’t be limited to my natural family!

I long for spiritual descendants –

those who grew up in my household
and those whose feet never crossed my threshold

who grasped the torch I handed them

and carried it all the way for You.

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Job 1:5; Psalms 34:11; Proverbs 8:32; Jeremiah 3:19; Acts 4:13; Romans 9:6; 2 Timothy 2:8

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Sunday, February 11, 2018

February 11, 2018 Stephen Schwambach

Pray this Lazaroo in deepest repentance:

“…to present you…without blemish…”
(Colossians 1:22)

Well, that would certainly require one of Your greatest miracles, Jesus!

My blemishes are without number.

In fact, “blemish” is too small a word for what they are.

They’re disfigurements.

When I look in the mirror of my life

and dare to hold Your Image beside mine

I’m ashamed.

The one thing that gives me hope

is the certain knowledge of how much worse I’d be
if I hadn’t given myself to You.

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Isaiah 53:6; Galatians 2:11-13; Philippians 3:12; 1 Timothy 1:15-16; Hebrews 5:2; 1 Peter 2:25; 1 John 1:9

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Saturday, February 10, 2018

February 10, 2018 Stephen Schwambach

Take a step back, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?”
(2 Kings 3:7)

Three kings, Jesus –

Joram, wicked King of Israel
Jehoshaphat, good King of Judah
The evil, rebellious King of Moab

So one evil king asks the good king to help him fight against the other evil king

and because the good king knows they were once brothers
he agrees.

Please, LORD –

give me the wisdom to avoid messes like that!

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Numbers 14:42; Deuteronomy 1:42; 2 Chronicles 19:1-3; Proverbs 4:23; 1 Corinthians 15:33; 2 Corinthians 6:14; Hebrews 2:18

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Friday, February 9, 2018

February 9, 2018 Stephen Schwambach

Pray this Lazaroo in humble adulation:

“…you will be saved – and that by God.”
(Philippians 1:28)

You’re the only one who saves, Jesus!

Not just from hell
but from every other bad situation.

How many times have I thought someone or something else did it

when You were the One behind it?

Forgive me.
I should know better.

Yes, you work through people, circumstances – even angels!

But it’s still You

loving me, protecting me

Even when I’m too blind to give thanks where it’s due.

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2 Samuel 22:33; Psalms 44:3; Psalms 44:6-7; Psalms 75:7; Romans 8:33; 2 Corinthians 1:21; Philippians 2:13

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Thursday, February 8, 2018

February 8, 2018 Stephen Schwambach

Enlarge your perspective, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“King Solomon answered his mother, ‘Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah?’”
(1 Kings 2:22)

Solomon was appalled at his mother’s request, Jesus.

Had he granted it, it would have cost them their lives.

So why did she make such a foolish request?

One possibility: She wasn’t thinking.

But of course, that can’t be true.

She was thinking about one very small part
of a much larger picture

which, embarrassingly,

is what I do all day long.

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Exodus 2:14; Deuteronomy 1:41; Deuteronomy 29:19; 1 Samuel 9:5; Proverbs 23:6-7; Mark 2:8; Luke 6:8

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Wednesday, February 7, 2018

February 7, 2018 Stephen Schwambach

Consider a course correction, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“…so that no one can boast.”
(Ephesians 2:9)

What makes me want to boast, Jesus?

Is it because I worry that people don’t think highly enough of me

so I attempt to give them proof of my worth?

Or is it because I struggle so mightily with my own self-worth

that I boast in a futile attempt to convince myself?

Either way, people don’t like it.

Far more importantly, You don’t like it!

I’ve got to stop it.

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Psalms 94:4; Romans 3:27; 1 Corinthians 3:21-22; 1 Corinthians 5:6; 2 Corinthians 7:14; 2 Corinthians 9:2-3; James 4:16