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Sunday, February 7, 2016

 

 Pray this Lazaroo in heartfelt gratitude: 

“For God…was at work in the ministry of Peter…”
(Galatians 2:8)

I’m so glad You’re at work in human ministry, Jesus!

I shudder to think how little good I would accomplish
if it was all on me.

As I’ve tried to serve You over the years

the quality of my service hasn’t always been the best.

There are times when my attitude
could have been just the tiniest bit better. 😉

Thank You for turning my inadequacy

into something amazingly supernatural.

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Genesis 12:3; 1 Kings 6:12; Psalms 44:5; Matthew 10:20; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11; Philippians 2:13; Colossians 1:27

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Saturday, February 6, 2016

 

 Pray this Lazaroo, in sobered hope: 

“…she who has had many sons pines away.”
(1 Samuel 2:5)

That’s not the way it’s supposed to work, is it, Jesus?

To have many children is supposed to be a blessing.

When isn’t it?

When they’re good kids who are lost –
at war…to disease…in some terrible tragedy.

When they go astray –

breaking the hearts of those who’ve loved them…
rejecting You.

May I never give You cause to regret the day You died on the cross

to make me Your child.

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Psalms 127:4-5; Matthew 5:9; John 1:12; Romans 8:14; Galatians 3:26; 1 John 3:1; Isaiah 57:1

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Friday, February 5, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul:

“I wrote as I did so that when I came I should not be distressed by those who ought to make me rejoice…”
(2 Corinthians 2:3)

I can identify, Jesus –

remembering people I’ve loved
in whom I’ve invested

who’ve brought me grief.

I know I’m supposed to do everything unto You

and not expect my reward from those I serve.

But still, It’s hard…

perhaps as hard as it is for You
when I treat You the same way.

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1 Samuel 25:21; Psalms 73:25; Isaiah 5:4; Isaiah 49:4; Romans 15:27; 1 Corinthians 9:11; Revelation 22:12

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Friday, February 5, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul:

“I wrote as I did so that when I came I should not be distressed by those who ought to make me rejoice…”
(2 Corinthians 2:3)

I can identify, Jesus –

remembering people I’ve loved
in whom I’ve invested

who’ve brought me grief.

I know I’m supposed to do everything unto You

and not expect my reward from those I serve.

But still, It’s hard…

perhaps as hard as it is for You
when I treat You the same way.

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1 Samuel 25:21; Psalms 73:25; Isaiah 5:4; Isaiah 49:4; Romans 15:27; 1 Corinthians 9:11; Revelation 22:12

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Thursday, February 4, 2016

 

 Pray this Lazaroo in flabbergasted amazement: 

“Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem…”
(Ruth 2:4)

That was no accident, Jesus.

But, then…nothing is.

You’ve given us free will

but while we’re all out here doing what we think we desire
You keep right on orchestrating the whole shebang.

Only You could pull this off –

allowing each of the seven billion people on this planet
to choose our own path

while insuring that every step brings us that much closer

to the exact fulfillment of Your sovereign will.

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Genesis 13:8-17; Joshua 24:15; Proverbs 16:4; Proverbs 21:30; Luke 12:6-7; Philippians 3:15; James 4:2

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Wednesday, February 3, 2016

 

 Pray this Lazaroo overcome with gratitude: 

“Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”
(1 Corinthians 1:31)

Good advice, Jesus –

because everything I have comes from You.

Everything I’ve accomplished has been made possible by You:

You’re the one who breathed in me the breath of life.
Every skill, talent and ability I possess is a gift from You.

When an opportunity arises, You’re the one who creates it.

When the time is right to seize it
You, Holy Spirit, are the one who gives me the nudge.

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Genesis 2:7; Deuteronomy 31:8; 1 Chronicles 29:14; Psalms 31:15; Isaiah 26:12; John 17:7; James 1:17

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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

 

 Pray this Lazaroo with renewed dedication: 

“They forsook the LORD…”
(Judges 2:12)

How could anyone forsake the one who had never forsaken them, Jesus?

Did they take You for granted?

That’s so easy to do.

I forget that every breath I draw is a gift from You.
It slips my mind that every blessing I enjoy comes from Your hand.

There’s no way to count the times You rescued me
from dangers of which I was totally unaware.

May I stay true to You…

to the end.

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Genesis 2:7; Deuteronomy 31:6; 1 Chronicles 29:14; Job 33:4; Psalms 55:18; Jeremiah 44:16-18; John 6:66-69

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Monday, February 1, 2016

 

 Pray this Lazaroo with a broken heart: 

“God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.”
(Romans 1:26-27)

Some people think You have nothing to say about homosexuality in the New Testament, Jesus.

I guess they haven’t read this passage.

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Leviticus 18:22; Leviticus 20:13; Mark 10:6-9; 1 Corinthians 6:9-11; 1 Corinthians 6:17-20; 1 Corinthians 7:2; 1 Timothy 1:9-11; Hebrews 13:4; Jude 1:7

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Sunday, January 31, 2016

 

 Pray this Lazaroo with never-say-die faith: 

“…when we enter the land…”
(Joshua 2:18)

I, too, have land to enter, Jesus –

the promises You have yet to fulfill
my dreams unrealized
my hopes currently dashed
my desires unmet
my plans not carried out
my fervent prayers unanswered.

I refuse to give up!

Not because I know better than You
not because of mere stubbornness
not because You owe me anything

but because the moment I throw in the towel and relinquish them

I may as well be dead.

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Joshua 21:45; Job 23:10; Psalms 37:4; Psalms 119:116; Proverbs 16:1; Proverbs 24:16; Joel 2:28; James 5:16

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Saturday, January 30, 2016

 

 Pray this Lazaroo with enhanced understanding: 

“…let me explain this to you…”
(Acts 2:14)

Eye-opening wording, Jesus.

Before I can help the people around me by explaining Your Word
they have to let me.

What a privilege it is to share Your life-changing truths!

But before they can do anyone any good
that person has to truly want to understand.

Otherwise, like good seed sown on hard, unresponsive, unyielding ground

Your Biblical precepts that have the power to transform
will fall on deaf, uncomprehending ears.

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1 Samuel 8:19; Nehemiah 9:17; Song of Songs 2:7; Jeremiah 11:10; Luke 19:5-7; Acts 8:26-39; Acts 17:11