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Tuesday, June 28, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with keen anticipation:

“And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow…”
(2 Thessalonians 2:8)

That day can’t come soon enough, Jesus.

I’m sick and tired of his attacks

on my country
my friends and family
my church

on me.

But I don’t have to wait till the end of the Great Tribulation, do I?

You’ve given me everything I need to defeat him today!

If only I want it as badly as I say I do.

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Zechariah 3:2; Matthew 16:23; John 16:33; Ephesians 6:10-18; James 4:7; 1 Peter 5:8-9; 1 John 4:4

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Monday, June 27, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with every fiber of your being:

“…and they were found to be…”
(2 Chronicles 2:17)

 In this case, it was only a number Solomon wanted to know, Jesus

although the high number reported to him was crucial:

the number of aliens living in Israel.

But what if someone’s investigation was focused on me?

And what if the Someone doing the investigation was You?

What would I be found to be?

In fact, You now know what I am.

May I be pleasing in Your sight!

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1 Kings 21:20; Psalms 139:1-4; Psalms 139:23; Song of Songs 3:3; Song of Songs 5:7; Acts 24:18; 2 Timothy 1:17

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Sunday, June 26, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo in respectful humility:

“For you know…”
(1 Thessalonians 2:11)

I always get a little nervous when I hear someone say that, Jesus.

They may be assuming I know more than I do.

There was a time when I thought I knew more than I did

only to discover the hard way how woefully ignorant I was.

Time has passed. Much has happened. I must be wiser now than I was then…

…if only to realize and admit how much I don’t know.

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Job 12:3; Job 32:6-22; Proverbs 11:2; Proverbs 22:4; Proverbs 30:2-3; 1 Corinthians 8:2; 1 Corinthians 13:12

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Saturday, June 25, 2016

 

Think it through, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“Heman’s associate Asaph, who served at his right hand…”
(1 Chronicles 6:39)

There’s nothing like having a right-hand man, Jesus…

…or woman.

No matter how intelligent or gifted, no one can do it all.

The bigger the job
the more that’s true.

Sometimes, though…I think I’d rather do it myself.

Less hassle.

Having to train someone interferes, takes time away from the job.

But if I don’t bring someone along
teach them the ropes

it dies with me.

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1 Chronicles 15:19; 1 Chronicles 16:4-8; 1 Chronicles 16:37; 1 Chronicles 25:6; Psalms 73:1; 1 Timothy 1:2; 2 Timothy 2:2

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Saturday, June 25, 2016

 

Think it through, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“Heman’s associate Asaph, who served at his right hand…”
(1 Chronicles 6:39)

There’s nothing like having a right-hand man, Jesus…

…or woman.

No matter how intelligent or gifted, no one can do it all.

The bigger the job
the more that’s true.

Sometimes, though…I think I’d rather do it myself.

Less hassle.

Having to train someone interferes, takes time away from the job.

But if I don’t bring someone along
teach them the ropes

it dies with me.

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1 Chronicles 15:19; 1 Chronicles 16:4-8; 1 Chronicles 16:37; 1 Chronicles 25:6; Psalms 73:1; 1 Timothy 1:2; 2 Timothy 2:2

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Friday, June 24, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo in dumfounded amazement:

“…and through him to reconcile to himself all…things on earth…”
(Colossians 1:20)

Through You, Jesus, God reconciles to Himself

not some things
not even most things.

Everything.

I can understand why God would work miraculously through You to reconcile:

God-fearing men, women and children
churches, hospitals and Rescue Missions
robins, guppies and cute puppies.

But:

bank robbers, rapists and murderers?
bars, brothels and meth labs?
vultures, piranha and jackals?

It may now be officially recorded:

My mind is blown.

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Matthew 5:23-24; Luke 12:58; Acts 7:26; Romans 5:10; 1 Corinthians 7:10-11; 2 Corinthians 5:20; Ephesians 2:16

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Thursday, June 23, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with undiluted sincerity:

“He got rid of the sacred stone of Baal that his father had made.”
(2 Kings 3:2)

That’s the first thing some kids do, Jesus –

change what their parents did.

Growing up, they saw their parents’ flaws – real or imagined –

swore to themselves they would do it better when they got the chance.

In this case, Joram was 100% correct.

Baal had to go.

But sometimes as kids…

the older we get
the smarter our parents begin to look.

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Exodus 20:12; 1 Samuel 8:3; 1 Kings 11:6; 1 Kings 15:26; 1 Kings 22:43; Matthew 15:4; Ephesians 6:2

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Wednesday, June 22, 2016

 

 

Pray this Lazaroo with explosive feeling:

“…whether I come and see you or only hear about you…”
(Philippians 1:27)

Usually it matters, Jesus –

whether the boss is present or absent.

In most cases, more work – and better work –

get done when the overseer is there to oversee.

“People don’t do what you expect…” goes the saying.

“…they do what you inspect.”

But working for You is different.

You have a way of staying while You go.

The theologians call it, “omnipresence.”

The 24/7 game-changer.

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Deuteronomy 11:12; Deuteronomy 12:25; Judges 3:7; 2 Kings 15:3; Psalms 139:1-12; Jeremiah 12:3; Hebrews 13:5

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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

 

Fully open your heart, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“‘Very well,’ Bathsheba replied, ‘I will speak to the king for you.’”
(1 Kings 2:18)

Bathsheba was naïve, trusting, politically inexperienced, Jesus

She took the conniving Adonijah at his word

not knowing that if her son Solomon had granted his brother’s request

she and her son would soon be dead.

I want to take people at face value, Father…but I’ve learned the hard way

that isn’t always possible

O Holy Spirit:

Grant me Your priceless gift of discernment!

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Genesis 41:33; 1 Kings 3:5-15; Psalms 119:125; Proverbs 1:5; Proverbs 8:9; Proverbs 18:15; Proverbs 28:2; 1 Corinthians 11:31

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Monday, June 20, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with locked-in faith:

“…God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus…”
(Ephesians 2:6)

Let me see if I’m understanding this, Jesus…

in You, I’m now seated with Your Father in the heavenly realms?

Already?
Right now?

Wow.

I don’t know what to do with that.

I’m certainly not experiencing it
at least…not in any way I can discern.

But that doesn’t mean it isn’t real.

If You say it is
it is.

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Romans 6:8; Ephesians 1:3; Ephesians 3:10; Ephesians 6:12; Colossians 2:13; Colossians 3:1; Colossians 3:3