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Sunday, August 27, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning emotion:

“You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.”
(Revelation 2:6)

For good reason, Jesus.

These people polluted Your good news
with teachings taken from false religions.

It might not be a bad idea

for me to hate what You hate –
which raises the question:

What false teachings

are people mixing in along with Your Word today?
Are any of them slipping by me?

Show me LORD!

so I can hate them as passionately as do You.

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Deuteronomy 12:31; Deuteronomy 16:21-22; Psalms 11:5; Proverbs 6:16-19; Proverbs 15:27; Isaiah 8:12; John 12:25

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Saturday, August 26, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with full-on ardor:

“O God of my fathers: You have given me wisdom…”
(Daniel 2:23)

There’s no wisdom like Your wisdom, Jesus!

Human beings spout a form of wisdom
that is no wisdom at all.

It’s short-sighted, ultimately false
predicated, as it is, solely on what the eye can see.

But Your wisdom is eternal.

You take into account the whole scope of creation
from the very beginning through ages unknown.

Give me the wisdom of Your Big Picture, Father!

Every time.

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Genesis 1:1; 1 Kings 4:29; 1 Chronicles 16:36; Psalms 90:2; Romans 11:33; James 1:5; James 3:13-18; Revelation 22:20-21

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Friday, August 25, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo in total honesty:

“See, the Lord is coming…”
(Jude 1:14)

Oh, Jesus…

that’s what I want to see!

You’ve told me to be ready.

And I am.
On my good days.

But it’s hard to stay ready for something that’s taking thousands of years.

Part of me reasons that the odds are not great
that I’ll be alive when You return.

But You’ve told me to watch for Your coming.

Okay. I will.

Help me stay believing, hoping, expectant

wide-eyed and focused.

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Isaiah 40:10; Matthew 24:36-51; Matthew 25:1-13; Luke 17:20-35; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Revelation 22:12; Revelation 22:20-21

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Thursday, August 24, 2017

 

Sell out totally to God as you pray this Lazaroo:

“…the whole house of Israel is…obstinate.”
(Ezekiel 3:7)

Obstinate is a pretty tough state to be in, Jesus.

Clueless would be better.
So would ignorant.
Helpless.
Stupid.

But obstinate means stubborn.

Hardheaded.
Unwilling.
Mulish.
Self-willed.

Refusing to do it Your way if it means I have to change.

And it does.
It always does.

Because my way is the highway

that leads to destruction.

Your way is the narrow way

the only way
that leads to joy, fulfillment

Life.

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Leviticus 26:19; Deuteronomy 1:26; Isaiah 30:9; Matthew 7:13-14; Mark 3:5; 2 Thessalonians 3:10; Revelation 2:21

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Wednesday, August 23, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with earnest desire:

“…walk in the truth.”
(3 John 1:3)

That’s the only thing worthy of the truth, isn’t it, Jesus?

To walk in it.

Knowing the truth isn’t enough

neither is reading the truth
thinking about the truth

talking the truth
preaching the truth
recommending the truth.

In fact, there’s a sense in which it isn’t the truth

until I walk in it.

Before then, it’s powerless to help me.

Only after I walk in it

does its joy
come alive.

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Matthew 4:1-11; Luke 8:12; John 8:44; John 14:6; Acts 10:38; Ephesians 4:27; 1 Peter 5:8

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Tuesday, August 22, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo in rapt anticipation:

“See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones…”
(Jude 1:14)

What a day that will be, Jesus!

If I’m alive on earth I’ll be caught up to join them.

If I’ve died before the coming of this awesome day

I’ll be one of those thousands upon thousands
coming with You from heaven to earth.

As long as I stay true to You, I always come out on top.

Sounds like a win-win to me.

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Deuteronomy 33:2-3; Psalms 89:5; Psalms 89:7; Daniel 4:17; Zechariah 14:5; 1 Thessalonians 3:13; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

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Monday, August 21, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with undying love:

“I will make you as unyielding and hardened as they are.”
(Ezekiel 3:8)

So sometimes, Jesus…

You fight fire with fire.

I like that!

There’s a time to turn the other cheek

and a time to wipe that insolent smile off my enemies’ faces.

The key is to know when to do which.

There’s no way for me to figure that out on my own!

My only hope is to stay

deep, daily, moment-by-moment
in 1on1 relationship with You.

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Psalms 14:6; Psalms 26:5; Psalms 36:12; Psalms 59:2; Isaiah 30:21; Matthew 5:39; Luke 22:35-38

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Sunday, August 20, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning zeal:

“…you continue to walk in it.”
(3 John 1:3)

Walking in the truth is both easy and hard, Jesus.

It’s easy because it’s best.
It’s safest.
It’s right.
It works.

It’s hard because the moment I choose the truth

I pick up a ferocious enemy.

Satan does everything in his power to get me to back off the truth

which makes it hard to continue to walk in it.

But I do…

because Your way
is the only way.

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Matthew 4:1-11; Luke 8:12; John 8:44; John 14:6; Acts 10:38; Ephesians 4:27; 1 Peter 5:8

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Sunday, August 20, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning zeal:

“…you continue to walk in it.”
(3 John 1:3)

Walking in the truth is both easy and hard, Jesus.

It’s easy because it’s best.
It’s safest.
It’s right.
It works.

It’s hard because the moment I choose the truth

I pick up a ferocious enemy.

Satan does everything in his power to get me to back off the truth

which makes it hard to continue to walk in it.

But I do…

because Your way
is the only way.

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning 212-LAZAROO…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

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Matthew 4:1-11; Luke 8:12; John 8:44; John 14:6; Acts 10:38; Ephesians 4:27; 1 Peter 5:8

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Saturday, August 19, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unrestrained allegiance:

“…to keep themselves alive.”
(Lamentations 1:19)

Which, of course, is something I don’t have the power to do, Jesus.

I can eat.
I can work to buy food.

I can go to the doctor
take medicine.

I can go to the gym, work out, jog, lift weights
do my best to get in tip-top shape.

But try though I might, I can’t keep life in my body.

You alone have the ultimate power of life and death.
You alone.

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Deuteronomy 30:19; John 5:21; John 6:33; John 6:63; Romans 4:17; Romans 8:2; 2 Corinthians 3:6; 1 Timothy 3:16