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Wednesday, January 17, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with deep gratitude:

“…whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye…”
(Zechariah 2:8)

I know this means I’m special to You, Jesus…

but I’m a little shaky on being the “apple of Your eye.”

It means I’m the very center of Your eye, doesn’t it?

It’s the dark part, the pupil –
the part that determines how much light gets in.

If no light enters someone’s eye

they’re blind, they can’t see.

In other words…

I’m really, really special to You!

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Deuteronomy 31:6; Deuteronomy 32:10; Joshua 1:5; Psalms 17:8; Proverbs 7:2; Lamentations 2:18; Hebrews 13:5

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Tuesday, January 16, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with every fiber of your being:

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

How could You, Jesus?

All that work done by Your people
ruined not by their enemies

but by their God.

Why?

Out of love.

You’ll do whatever’s necessary to get my attention and turn me around

before it’s too late.

The destruction of all my work is a small price to pay

for the salvation of my life.

It’s tough love, LORD!

But sometimes…
it’s the love I need.

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Deuteronomy 8:5; Psalms 94:10; Proverbs 3:12; Romans 8:39; Romans 11:22; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Titus 3:3-7; Hebrews 12:4-10

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Monday, January 15, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with every fiber of your being:

“…he will make a sudden end…”
(Zephaniah 1:18)

You sure can do that, Jesus.

I can be racing along, making my plans

and in one instant
it can all be over.

I have no assurance of tomorrow.

What am I saying – “tomorrow?”

I have no assurance of my next breath –

the next beat of my heart!

My life is in Your hands

and I am so good with that.

Yours…

are the only hands I want to be in.

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Exodus 15:17; 1 Samuel 26:24; 1 Kings 19:4; 2 Kings 1:13; Job 6:9; Psalms 139:16; Ecclesiastes 9:1; Acts 20:24

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Sunday, January 14, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with utter abandon:

“Will they not wake up…?”
(Habakkuk 2:7)

Your prophet is not talking about nice people, Jesus.

They’re the kind I’d rather see stay fast asleep.
I’m not too crazy about my enemies being sharp and alert.

You’re the only one who can keep them snoozing, Father –

or if they happen to be awake and on the prowl
You’re the only on who can put them to sleep.

On the other hand…

please help me keep my eyes wide open.

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Judges 5:12; 1 Samuel 26:12; Psalms 3:5; Proverbs 23:35; John 11:11; Romans 13:11; 1 Peter 5:8

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Sunday, January 14, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with utter abandon:

“Will they not wake up…?”
(Habakkuk 2:7)

Your prophet is not talking about nice people, Jesus.

They’re the kind I’d rather see stay fast asleep.
I’m not too crazy about my enemies being sharp and alert.

You’re the only one who can keep them snoozing, Father –

or if they happen to be awake and on the prowl
You’re the only on who can put them to sleep.

On the other hand…

please help me keep my eyes wide open.

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Judges 5:12; 1 Samuel 26:12; Psalms 3:5; Proverbs 23:35; John 11:11; Romans 13:11; 1 Peter 5:8

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Saturday, January 13, 2018

 

Hold nothing back, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“The shields of his soldiers are red…”
(Nahum 2:3)

That might be paint on their shields, Jesus…

but it’s probably blood.

Since their shields are covered in blood

and since they’re still standing
their enemies must have fallen.

These soldiers must be awfully good.

Not a pretty thought, Father!

But there’s no way around it:
that’s the reality of battle.

Some of those walking around have my blood on their shields, Father.

Why am I still here?
Only You.

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Psalms 4:8; Psalms 16:5; Psalms 76:7; Psalms 83:18; Isaiah 37:16; 1 Timothy 1:1; 1 Timothy 4:10

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Friday, January 12, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your heart:

“Should it be said…”
(Micah 2:7)

Well…some things should be said, Jesus…

others not.

Much of the trouble I’ve endured over my lifetime

stems from getting those two mixed up.

Sometimes the need was there, along with the opening You provided

and I failed to speak up.

At other times…let’s just say it:

I should have kept my mouth shut.

Give me discernment in the moment, Holy Spirit!

with the courage to speak
or the self-control to shut up.

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Leviticus 5:1; Proverbs 17:28; Proverbs 18:7; Proverbs 31:8-9; Ecclesiastes 5:1; Isaiah 44:9; Isaiah 62:1; Jeremiah 4:19; James 1:19

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Thursday, January 11, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo in devoted passion:

“What I have vowed I will make good.”
(Jonah 2:9)

Easier said than done, Jesus.

At the time I make a vow
I’m fired up, determined.

But all that passion tends to fade.

That’s what Jonah ran into.

At first he was on fire!
Later on…not so much.

It’s the “later on” that separates the sheep from the goats, isn’t it?

I’ve been a goat too many times in my life, LORD!

Please. By Your grace:

Not this time.

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Numbers 32:24; Deuteronomy 23:23; Psalms 50:14; Ecclesiastes 5:4; Jonah 4:1-3; Nahum 1:15; Matthew 21:28-32

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Wednesday, January 10, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo in utterly submissive confidence:

“…people from the foothills will possess the land of the Philistines.”
(Obadiah 1:19)

That can’t happen, Jesus!

It can’t.

People way down here

cannot defeat a vastly superior foe way up there.

Not in a million-million years.

Not unless You decide to make it happen.

So here am I, LORD, way down in the foothills.

There’s no way in a million-million years
I can ever do anything that will shake this world for You

unless You

make it happen.

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2 Samuel 7:19; 1 Chronicles 16:7; 2 Chronicles 16:9; Ezra 6:3; Job 42:2; Psalms 2:7: Lamentations 3:37-38; Romans 8:28

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Tuesday, January 9, 2018

 

Open your heart, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“Does a bird swoop down to a trap on the ground when no bait is there?”
(Amos 3:5)

No, Jesus.

Birds aren’t that stupid.

But we Your people sometimes are.

Even though You’ve warned us repeatedly of the dangers of sin
we keep swooping down into Satan’s traps.

Your Word is full of advice, cautions, horrific accounts

but it’s as though we ignore all the signs:

STOP!
DANGER!
BRIDGE OUT!

because we think we know better than do You.

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2 Samuel 2:22; 2 Kings 17:13; Nehemiah 9:26; Psalms 2:10; Psalms 19:11; Jeremiah 11:7; Jeremiah 22:21; Mark 8:15; Acts 2:40