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Thursday, September 8, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with excuseless humility:

“…their minds and consciences are corrupted.”
(Titus 1:15)

Having a corrupted mind would be bad enough, Jesus…

but a corrupted conscience?
unable to feel any regret for a harmful decision?

Such a person is severely handicapped beyond recovery

unless You intervene.

But that’s what it takes for any sinner to give up control of their own life and submit totally to You!

Your supernatural intervention.

Otherwise, we’d all choose our own way.

O God!
Thank You for rescuing me.

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Exodus 18:10; Numbers 10:9; Judges 6:9; 1 Samuel 11:13; Psalms 18:17; John 6:44; Colossians 1:13

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Wednesday, September 7, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo in dawning awareness:

“Now the king was attracted to Esther more than to any of the other women…”
(Esther 2:17)

No doubt Esther was beautiful, Jesus.

Certainly, she was also granted favored status in the harem.

But wasn’t all of this from You – her beauty, her special treatment…

and especially the king’s strong reaction to her?

Are all such attractions Your doing?

You have a plan.
It’s a plan for the ages.
Esther was part of that plan

as am I.

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Proverbs 16:9; Proverbs 21:30; Isaiah 5:18-19; Isaiah 14:26; Isaiah 28:29; Jeremiah 29:11; Acts 2:23; Acts 17:24-26

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Tuesday, September 6, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with single minded determination:

“…if anyone competes as an athlete…”
(2 Timothy 2:5)

I can learn a lot from athletes, Jesus.

They do their best to discover their gifts
as You want me to do.

They work hard to develop those gifts
as You tell me to do.

They focus relentlessly on their goal
as You call me to do.

When they fall short, they get up and try again
as You enable me to do.

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Proverbs 24:16; Romans 16:12; 1 Corinthians 4:12; 1 Corinthians 12:1-11; 1 Corinthians 15:10; Philippians 3:12-14; 1 Thessalonians 5:12; Colossians 3:23

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Monday, September 5, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with every fiber of your being:

“They…put its doors…in place.”
(Nehemiah 3:6)

There’s something about the moment a door is installed, Jesus.

Before…when anyone can walk in…
I feel a little vulnerable.

But after the door goes in, it feels safer, more complete.
The people living inside can breathe a little deeper.

That’s pretty much true of every door –

front, back, side…
anywhere someone can enter
day or night.

But when it comes to the door of my heart, Father

it’s always open
for You.

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Genesis 4:7; Exodus 12:7; Exodus 21:6; Deuteronomy 6:6-9; Psalms 24:7; Psalms 84:10; Revelation 3:20

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Sunday, September 4, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with a desire to learn:

“…that we may live…quiet lives…”
(1 Timothy 2:2)

This one’s…unexpected, Jesus.

I enjoy quiet as much as the next person
perhaps less than some, more than others.

I certainly appreciate the virtues of quiet

easier to rest, relax, think
at least for some people. 😉

But maybe You’re not referring to the absence of noise.
Maybe this has nothing to do with volume.

Perhaps You’re talking about the inner quietness
that comes from knowing You have everything

under control.

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2 Kings 2:3; Job 3:26; Psalms 23:2; Isaiah 30:15; Isaiah 32:17; Mark 1:25; 1 Timothy 2:11

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Saturday, September 3, 2016

 

Hold nothing back, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“In the second month of the second year after their arrival at the house of God in Jerusalem…”
(Ezra 3:8)

What a great way to tell time, Jesus!

Have it start from the first day they arrived at Your house.

I tell time much the same way.

No…not from the time I arrived in Your house in Jerusalem
But from the time You entered my life and I became Your house.

You live in me!
Me!

Now that…is love.

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John 6:53; John 14:17; John 14:20; John 15:4-5; John 17:21; Romans 8:9-11; Colossians 1:27

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Friday, September 2, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo in stunned admiration:

“And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth.”
(2 Thessalonians 2:8)

Not with Your fist, Jesus

not by delivering a kick with Your foot
not by Your powerful Word
not by Your sword, spear or javelin
not by the might of heaven’s army
not by clever subterfuge

But by Your breath!

will You completely unhinge the most powerful, charismatic, evil leader this world has ever known.

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Genesis 2:7; Exodus 15:10; Numbers 16:22; 2 Samuel 22:16; Job 33:4; Psalms 18:15; 2 Timothy 3:16

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Thursday, September 1, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with undiluted sincerity:

“He assigned 70,000 of them to be carriers…”
(2 Chronicles 2:18)

These were the aliens living among the Jews, Jesus.

Solomon gave them the dirt jobs
the tasks no one else wanted.

If a Jew needed something heavy carried from here to there

all he had to do was call a carrier.

I’m no alien in Your Church, Father.

But if You want me to carry something heavy for You

short distance or long

I’d be honored to do so.

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1 Samuel 25:41; 2 Kings 5:13; Psalms 84:10; Matthew 25:21; John 13:3-9; James 4:10; 1 Peter 5:5-6

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Wednesday, August 31, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with explosive feeling:

“…we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children…”
(1 Thessalonians 2:11)

That statement probably had more punch then than it does now, Jesus.

These days, we’ve got a whole lot of biological dads running around
who don’t have the first clue what it means to be a father –

or if they know –

can’t quit their drinking, drugs and video games
long enough to be what Paul’s talking about.

O God!

Save our kids!

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Numbers 32:14; Job 30:1; Psalms 45:16; Psalms 109:14; Proverbs 23:24; Luke 11:11; 1 Corinthians 4:15; Ephesians 6:4

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Tuesday, August 30, 2016

 

Fully open your heart, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“…at his left hand: Ethan son of Kishi…”
(1 Chronicles 6:44)

Most people want a right hand man or woman, Jesus

someone who will always be there to help them
with whatever they ask them to do.

A left hand man or woman might even be more valuable to a right-handed leader

since they need the most help on their weak side. 😉

That’s what I long to be to You, Jesus:

Wherever You need me
there I’ll be.

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Genesis 39:3-6; Genesis 39:22-23; Genesis 41:39-44; Acts 13:22; Colossians 3:17; Colossians 3:23; 1 Peter 4:10