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Saturday, July 16, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in passionate entreaty:

“Let the priests, who minister before the Lord, weep between the portico and the altar. Let them say, ‘Spare your people, Lord. Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, “Where is their God?”’”
(Joel 2:17)

You’re telling us how to pray, Jesus!

that is…if we want You to hear us:

with sincere, heartfelt, passionate weeping
with deep concern for the honor of Your Great Name.

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Job 16:16; Job 17:6; Psalm 6:6; Psalm 44:14; Isaiah 15:3; Jeremiah 31:9; Luke 14:29; 1 Timothy 3:7; 1 Peter 3:15-16

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Friday, July 15, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul:

“The Israelites are stubborn, like a stubborn heifer. How then can the Lord pasture them like lambs in a meadow?”
(Hosea 4:16)

I don’t want to be like that stubborn heifer Jesus –

a young female cow that hasn’t yet borne a calf –

who stops when You say “Go!”
who runs away when You say, “Come!”
who rejects Your chosen path.

Make me as responsive and obedient to You

as the most attentive, compliant, eager-to-please lamb!

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Exodus 13:15; Deuteronomy 2:30; Judges 2:19; Psalm 81:12; Isaiah 46:12; Mark 3:5; Romans 2:5; 2 Corinthians 2:9; Titus 3:1; 1 Peter 1:14

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Thursday, July 14, 2022

 

Sell out totally to God as you pray this Lazaroo:

“I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God.”
(Revelation 3:1-2)

Deeds, Jesus.

Not words.

You’ve given me a job to do, along with the gifts and ability to do it.

My excuses for not doing it don’t matter.

I’ve got to finish it

while there’s still time.

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Exodus 40:33; Joshua 19:51; Matthew 10:23; Luke 14:28-30; John 4:334; John 17:4; Philippians 1:6

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Wednesday, July 13, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in heart-pounding anticipation:

“…the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever.”
(Daniel 2:44)

That’s my kingdom, Jesus!

Not interested in any of these kingdoms on earth.
Every one of them is doomed.

No, because of my faith in You alone

You’ve called me into Your Kingdom of Light
which has no end!

Hallelujah!

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Exodus 19:6; Matthew 3:2; Matthew 5:3; Matthew 5:10; John 3:3; Romans 14:17; 1 Corinthians 4:20; Colossians 1:12

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Tuesday, July 12, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with attentive dedication:

“…praying in the Holy Spirit…”
(Jude 1:20)

There’s praying in myself, Jesus –

Telling You what I want
letting You know what I’m thinking.

That’s okay.
You understand.

But there’s another level, isn’t there?

It’s asking what You want

listening to Your reply in my heart
listening to Your reply as I study Your Word
listening to Your reply through life events
listening to Your reply through Your servants

all the while measuring everything I’m hearing

by the whole of Scripture.

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Isaiah 8:20; Ezekiel 13:7; John 14:26; Romans 8:26-27; 1 Corinthians 2:13; Ephesians 6:18; 2 Timothy 3:16

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Monday, July 11, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in patient readiness:

“I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be silent…But when I speak to you, I will open your mouth and you shall say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says.’”
(Ezekiel 3:26-27)

Sometimes silence is golden, Jesus.

Sometimes it’s disobedience –

or even worse –

cowardice.

It is my heart’s desire to be silent when You tell me to hush

and to be vocal when You tell me to speak.

In every moment of every day, Holy Spirit…

lead me!

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Genesis 18:27; Psalm 17:10; Psalm 37:30; Matthew 10:27; Acts 2:4; Romans 9:1; Ephesians 6:19

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Sunday, July 10, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning zeal:

“Not satisfied with that…”
(3 John 1:10)

This guy Diotrephes was a real piece of work, Jesus.

He wasn’t satisfied with causing a little bit of trouble.
He wanted to create a lot –

which is why Paul called him out on it.

But that raises an interesting question:

Am I satisfied with doing a little bit of good, now and then?

Or am I not satisfied

until I am fully, completely, wholeheartedly
fulfilling Your highest plan for my life!

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Numbers 14:24; Numbers 32:11; Numbers 32:12; Joshua 14:8; Joshua 14:14; 1 Kings 8:23; Ephesians 6:7

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Saturday, July 9, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in solemn self-appraisal:

“My eyes fail from weeping, I am in torment within; my heart is poured out on the ground because my people are destroyed…”
(Lamentations 2:11)

I could say the same about the people in my country, Jesus!

They’re racing down a steep slope of disobedience
heading straight for a cliff that will plunge them to their death.

But do my eyes fail from weeping
Am I in torment within?
Is my heart poured out on the ground?

We desperately need revival

but how much do I really care?

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1 Samuel 1:10; Job 6:2; Job 7:11; Psalm 6:3; Psalm 22:1; Luke 22:44; Romans 9:1-2; 2 Corinthians 2:4

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Friday, July 8, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with deep reverence:

“Watch out that you do not lose what you have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully.”
(2 John 1:8)

You deserve my obedience Jesus.

If I serve You perfectly in every way
You owe me nothing.

But You love me so much that You long to reward me anyway!

if only I don’t blow it by disobeying You.

You don’t owe me any incentive whatsoever to stay true to You

but that’s exactly what You just gave me.

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Genesis 15:1; Ruth 2:12; Matthew 5:11-13; Mark 9:41; Luke 6:35; 1 Corinthians 3:8; 1 Corinthians 9:17

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Thursday, July 7, 2022

 

Seek correction, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“Why do you go about so much, changing your ways? You will be disappointed by Egypt as you were by Assyria. You will also leave that place with your hands on your head, for the Lord has rejected those you trust; you will not be helped by them.”
(Jeremiah 2:36-37)

Egypt and Assyria are not my problem, Jesus.

But you see. You know.
Is there anything or anyone I’m trusting instead of You?

If so, show me!
I hereby reject them

and fully, wholeheartedly, irrevocably embrace You!

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1 Samuel 12:22; 1 Chronicles 28:9; 2 Chronicles 6:42; Psalm 27:9; Psalm 94:14; Psalm 119:118; 1 Thessalonians 5:22