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Thursday, February 23, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo in repentant devotion:

“Jesus sent him away at once with a strong warning…”
(Mark 1:43)

You’ve given me a few of those, Jesus.

Sometimes through the events of my life.
Sometimes through one of Your people.
Most often directly through Your Word.

The thing is…

I haven’t always heeded them!

O God!
Why?

I know who You are.
I know You love me beyond measure.

I have no excuse.

All I have is a determination to turn it around

while I can.

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Numbers 26:10; 2 Kings 10:24; Proverbs 1:8; Proverbs 5:1; Ecclesiastes 4:13; Isaiah 8:11; Matthew 23:1-3

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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo in unrestrained worship:

“What is his name?”
(Exodus 3:13)

O God!

Your Name is Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace

LORD God Almighty, God Most High
Yahweh, Jehovah, Adonai

LORD, Master, Shepherd, Helper
Healer, Our Righteousness, Deliverer

Sanctifier, The One Who Makes Holy
Everlasting God, God of Eternity

God of the Universe, Ancient of Days
Friend, The LORD Who is There

Judge, Creator, Jealous, Zealous
Provider, The LORD of Hosts, Our Peace

Your Name above every name…

is Jesus.

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Genesis 14:18; Genesis 17:1; Exodus 20:7; Psalms 23:1; Psalms 148:13; Isaiah 9:6; Romans 14:11; Hebrews 13:6

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Tuesday, February 21, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo in undisguised need:

“A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning…”
(Matthew 2:18)

Nobody wants to hear that, Jesus.

Even worse, nobody want to be the one doing it.

This old world dishes out a lot of reasons to cry.

Most of the time I manage not to give into it.
I suck it up, tough it out, keep plugging away.

But sometimes the loss is too great. My emotions spill over.

In those awful, desperate times, please:

Help me!

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Job 19:7; Job 30:20; Psalms 22:2; Psalms 55:17; Psalms 57:2; Psalms 130:1; Psalms 147:3; Isaiah 42:14; John 16:33

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Monday, February 20, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with total transparency:

“When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was…desirable for gaining wisdom…”
(Genesis 3:6)

Most of us want to know more than we do, Jesus

at least about some things.

But that’s not what Satan was marketing to Eve.

He claimed that all she had to do was disobey God
to become wiser.

And she did.

Shortly after she and her husband were expelled from the garden
she learned that she’d have been wiser

to disobey Satan.

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2 Corinthians 11:3; Ephesians 4:22; Ephesians 4:26-27; Ephesians 6:11; 1 Thessalonians 3:5; James 4:7; 1 Peter 5:8-9

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Sunday, February 19, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning zeal:

“For the lips of a priest ought to preserve knowledge…”
(Malachi 2:7)

I’m no priest, Jesus

but that goes for me, too.

When You teach me something I need to share it.

When people twist or pervert Your Word
I’ve got to do what I can to set the record straight.

Wait a minute…

I am a priest!

I had almost forgotten that You promote everyone to that holy office

who places their trust and hope
solely in You.

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Exodus 19:6; Proverbs 18:15; Isaiah 8:20; Romans 4:16; Revelation 1:6; Revelation 5:10; Revelation 20:6

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Saturday, February 18, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unrestrained allegiance:

“After he has honored me…”
(Zechariah 2:8)

What then, Jesus?

What will You do?

When I honor You by what I think, say and do

how will You respond?

Will You

bless those I love?
answer my prayers?
equip me for greater service?
fulfill my highest dreams?
help me lead others to You?

You can do all those things.

But even if I see none of it on this earth

You absolutely deserve

the honor I give You.

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Exodus 12:42; Numbers 20:12; Judges 13:17; 1 Samuel 2:30; 1 Chronicles 29:12; Matthew 15:8; Acts 19:17

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Friday, February 17, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with deep reverence:

“…consider how things were…”
(Haggai 1:15)

That cuts both ways, Jesus.

I could think back to a better time
and get depressed.

Or I could think back to a worse time
and be encouraged.

But one thing’s for sure:

I can’t go back to what once was.

That was then.
This is now.

As I, “consider how things were…”

help me learn from my mistakes
and profit from my successes

while realizing that You and You alone

hold all my tomorrows.

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Ecclesiastes 3:15; Isaiah 9:1; Isaiah 43:18; Isaiah 43:26; Zechariah 8:11; Philippians 3:13-14; James 1:25

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Thursday, February 16, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo in growing realization:

“Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to save them.”
(Zephaniah 1:18)

What a scary thought, Jesus!

to face the fact that I can’t buy my way out of punishment
that in order to change my fate

I’d actually have to become
a nice person.

How unfair!

I’ve tried, but I can’t.

Why…why…to become the person You’re calling me to be

I’d have to surrender myself totally to You

and follow You every step of the way. 😉

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1 Samuel 10:6; Ezekiel 18:31; Ezekiel 36:26; Romans 3:9-18; Romans 10:9-10; 1 Corinthians 6:9-11; 1 John 1:8-10

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Wednesday, February 15, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with faith in the God who can:

“Will not all of them taunt him with…scorn…”
(Habakkuk 2:6)

Scorn is incredibly hard to take, Jesus.

It stings, hurts, belittles.

Filled with malicious anger

it cuts deep to the quick.

Scorn is exactly what awaits the evil person.

At first, it doesn’t look like it.
But that’s what happens in the end.

May I never allow myself to be duped by Satan into that destiny, Father!

but may I take comfort in knowing
nice people don’t finish last.

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Deuteronomy 8:16; 2 Kings 24:20; Job 19:25; Psalms 112:8; Proverbs 5:3-4; Proverbs 16:25; Hebrews 6:8

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Tuesday, February 14, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with bottomless trust:

“The LORD will restore…”
(Nahum 2:2)

That’s Your specialty, Jesus!

No one would be surprised to learn
that You bless those who stay true to You.

But when You rebuild what by disobedience
I’ve torn down with my own two hands?

Shocking.
Outrageous.
Unthinkable

Love, mercy and forgiveness
in the extreme.

Besides all that, most of the time

it requires a miracle
to put back everything that was lost

plus a little extra

since in love
You just can’t resist. 😉

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Deuteronomy 30:3; 2 Samuel 9:7; 2 Samuel 16:12; Psalms 51:12; Psalms 71:20; Psalms 80:3; Acts 3:21; 1 Peter 5:10