All posts by Stephen Schwambach

Monday, June 6, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in ardent love:

“Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold. We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to prevent the Israelites from seeing the end of what was passing away.”
(2 Corinthians 3:12-13)

Give me the boldness of Paul, Jesus!

Like Moses, I don’t want Your glory to fade from my face.

May I walk in such Deep, Daily, Moment-by-Moment, 1on1 relationship with You

that all who see me
will come to know You!

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Exodus 33:18; Exodus 40:34; Leviticus 9:23; Numbers 16:42; Psalm 19:1; Romans 2:7; Ephesians 1:12

Sunday, June 5, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning zeal:

“Then Ruth the Moabite said, ‘He even said to me, “Stay with my workers until they finish harvesting all my grain.”’ Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, ‘It will be good for you, my daughter, to go with the women who work for him, because in someone else’s field you might be harmed.’”
(Ruth 2:21-22)

That’s what I plan to do, Jesus:

Stay with You.

I have no question in my mind whatsoever:

If I stray from Your loving care
I absolutely will be harmed!

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1 Kings 22:43; 2 Chronicles 20:32; Psalm 44:18; Psalm 119:10; Psalm 119:21; Psalm 119:110; 2 Thessalonians 1:8

Saturday, June 4, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unrestrained allegiance:

“By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.”
(1 Corinthians 3:10-11)

You, Jesus…

Are where it starts.
Where it has to start.

To start anywhere else

is a fool’s errand!

If I don’t start with You

I’ll never finish.

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1 Samuel 2:8; Psalm 11:3; Psalm 89:14; Isaiah 28:16; Isaiah 33:6; Matthew 7:24-26; Romans 15:20

Friday, June 3, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in utter reliance on God:

“…Ehud had made a double-edged sword…which he strapped to his right thigh under his clothing. He presented the tribute to Eglon king of Moab, who was a very fat man. After Ehud had presented the tribute, he sent on their way those who had carried it.”
(Judges 3:16-19)

Eglon never would have trusted Ehud, Jesus

If he had known what was coming next.

I have no idea who’s carrying a sword to use on me

or on those I love, Holy Spirit

but You do.

I beg You:

Protect us!

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Numbers 14:9; Deuteronomy 23:14; Ezra 8:22; Psalm 5:11; Psalm 12:5; John 17:11; John 17:15

Thursday, June 2, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with humility:

“…if you rely on the law and boast in God; if you know his will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law; if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light for those who are in the dark, an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of little children…”
(Romans 2:17-20)

You’re kind of hard on those of us who think we’re “all that,” aren’t You, Jesus?

as well You should be.

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Leviticus 26:19; 2 Kings 19:22; 2 Chronicles 26:16; 2 Chronicles 32:26; Psalm 10:4; Romans 11:13; 2 Corinthians 5:12

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in steadfast faith:

“…the people crossed over opposite Jericho. The priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord stopped in the middle of the Jordan and stood on dry ground, while all Israel passed by until the whole nation had completed the crossing on dry ground.”
(Joshua 3:16-17)

Moses gets all the attention for miraculously crossing the Red Sea, Jesus

but You also did the same thing through Joshua!

Second time or no, a miracle is a miracle.

For the second googolth time, Father
keep working Your miracles through us…

…and unworthy me.

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1 Chronicles 16:12; Nehemiah 9:17; Job 5:9; Job 9:10; Psalm 77:11; Psalm 77:14; Matthew 13:58

Tuesday, May 31, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with bottomless trust:

“Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.”
(Acts 2:38-39)

It wasn’t just for them, Jesus.

It wasn’t just for the world ever after.

It was also for me!

because with all my heart

I believe!

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Genesis 15:6; Psalm 106:12; Isaiah 53:1; Matthew 8:13; Mark 1:15; John 1:11-13; John 3:16-17; Romans 10:9-10

Monday, May 30, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unshakable belief:

“Thirty-eight years passed from the time we left Kadesh Barnea until we crossed the Zered Valley. By then, that entire generation of fighting men had perished from the camp, as the Lord had sworn to them. The Lord’s hand was against them until he had completely eliminated them from the camp.”
(Deuteronomy 2:14-15)

To say You’re not pleased when Your people refuse to obey You, Jesus

is putting it mildly.

When You tell me to jump, I’m asking only one question:

“How high?”

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Exodus 19:5; Jeremiah 7:23; Jeremiah 11:4; Jeremiah 11:7; Jeremiah 18:10; Hebrews 5:9; 1 Peter 4:17

Sunday, May 29, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:

“In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.”
(John 2:14-15)

There’s a proper way to handle money in Your courts, Jesus

and there’s a disrespectful way.

When You saw Your holy place being desecrated

You blew the minds of the nonviolent crowd.

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Exodus 31:14; Leviticus 19:8; Deuteronomy 21:23; Psalm 106:38; Ezekiel 20:13; Romans 13:7; 1 Peter 2:17

Saturday, May 28, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in sobered awareness:

“After Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy furnishings and all the holy articles, and when the camp is ready to move, only then are the Kohathites to come and do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy things or they will die.”
(Numbers 4:15)

When the oxen stumbled and Uzzah took hold of the Ark of The Covenant

You struck him down, Jesus
and he died.

When it comes to Your holy things, You don’t mess around!

Neither should I.

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Genesis 2:3; Exodus 3:5; Deuteronomy 23:13-14; 2 Samuel 6:6-7; Psalm 5:7; Matthew 4:5; Hebrews 10:10