All posts by Stephen Schwambach

Friday, March 18, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with wholehearted adoration:

“As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. And a voice from heaven said, ‘This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.’”
(Matthew 3:16-17)

O Jesus!

If only one day

You will be able to look down from heaven on me

and say, “I am well pleased.”

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Exodus 33:13; Exodus 33:16-17; Numbers 14:8; Deuteronomy 28:63; 1 Corinthians 10:5; Colossians 1:19; Hebrews 11:5

Thursday, March 17, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with growing understanding:

“To Adam he said, ‘Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, “You must not eat from it,” Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life.’”
(Genesis 3:17)

You told Abraham to listen to his wife, Jesus.

So that’s not what got Adam cursed.

It was when he listened to his wife

instead of You.

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Genesis 2:18; Genesis 21:12; Exodus 20:3: Deuteronomy 5:7; Matthew 6:33; Luke 14:26; 1 Peter 3:7

Wednesday, March 16, 2022

 

Rejoice! as you pray this Lazaroo:

“Has not the one God made you? You belong to him in body and spirit.”
(Malachi 2:15)

Oh, yes, Jesus!

I belong to You lock, stock and barrel –
body, spirit, soul, mind and heart –

not only because You made me

but because You declared I would be Yours before I was ever born
then called me to Yourself

to which I responded yes! with all my heart
after which You justified me
and are now glorifying me by giving me

Your Great Name!

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Romans 3:24; Romans 8:28-30; 1 Corinthians 1:9; Ephesians 1:4-14; Ephesians 1:18; 2 Thessalonians 1:12; 2 Thessalonians 2:14; 1 Peter 1:15; 1 Peter 2:9; 1 Peter 5:10

Tuesday, March 15, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with every ounce of your being:

“Then I said, ‘Put a clean turban on his head.’ So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him, while the angel of the Lord stood by.”
(Zechariah 3:5)

That’s what I need, Jesus.

Please. I beg You:
Put a clean turban on my head.

Erase from me every sinful thought.

Purify every brain wave of my mind .

Work the miracle necessary

to help me forgive from my heart
those who have sinned against me.

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Nehemiah 5:7; Psalm 26:2; Romans 7:25; 1 Corinthians 2:16; 2 Corinthians 2:1; Philippians 2:5-11; Titus 2:11-14

Monday, March 14, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with growing understanding:

“I will overthrow chariots and their drivers…”
(Haggai 2:22)

I’m thinking of our modern chariots, Jesus –

Tanks, planes, Humvees…

It’s bad enough to crash or roll one of those…

and walk away.

So long as the driver survives…

he lives to fight another day.

But You’re saying a day will come

when You will not only destroy the vehicles
but the people inside them.

May that day come for the fierce enemies of Your people, LORD!

In Jesus’ Name!

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Genesis 14:20; Genesis 22:17; Exodus 15:12; Numbers 10:9; Matthew 5:43-44; Luke 1:71; Acts 2:34-36

Sunday, March 13, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with utter abandon:

“The land by the sea will become pastures…”
(Zephaniah 2:6)

Sounds good, Jesus.

Pastures are beautiful, pleasant places.

But to stop with that thought is to miss the point.

Land by the sea is extremely expensive.
There’s only so much of it.

It’s in high demand
because everyone wants to build a house there.

Which means that the land You’re referring to will revert to pasture

after the homes there – populated by disobedient people –

have been utterly destroyed.

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Genesis 29:7; Leviticus 25:34; Psalm 23:2; Isaiah 5:17; Hosea 4:16; Zechariah 11:3; John 10:9

Saturday, March 12, 2022

 

Hold nothing back, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“…the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.”
(Habakkuk 2:14)

That’s pretty good coverage, Jesus! 😉

And oh, how I long for that day!

So much of our world is going the other direction now –

knowing less and less about who You really Are…
turning to the gods of riches, popularity, technology.

While those who do claim Your Name

often ascribe to You false beliefs
because they don’t study Your Word.

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2 Chronicles 1:10-12; Psalm 19:1-2; Psalm 119:66; Proverbs 1:7; Isaiah 8:20; Colossians 1:9; 1 Timothy 6:20

Friday, March 11, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your heart:

“Where now is the lions’ den, the place where they fed their young, where the lion and lioness went…”
(Nahum 2:11)

The lion and lioness need a den, Jesus –

a place to rest
to hide from their enemies
to call home.

And so do my precious brothers and sisters around the world.

But some of them are too poor.
Others are being attacked, fleeing for their lives.

O God!

Rescue them!
Don’t let the enemy overtake them.

I beg You.

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Genesis 35:1; Exodus 18:10; Psalm 17:13; Psalm 18:48; Proverbs 11:8; Jeremiah 48:19; 2 Timothy 4:18

Thursday, March 10, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in devoted passion:

This is what the Lord says: ‘As for the prophets who lead my people astray, they proclaim “peace” if they have something to eat, but prepare to wage war against anyone who refuses to feed them. Therefore night will come over you, without visions, and darkness, without divination.’”
(Micah 3:5-6)

It’s so tempting to tell nice people what they want to hear, Jesus

instead of what they need to hear.

Nevertheless!

Make me a faithful, reliable, Biblically-accurate truth-teller.

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Numbers 12:7; Isaiah 8:20; Luke 16:10; John 8:45; 2 Timothy 4:3; 1 Corinthians 4:2; Ephesians 6:21

Wednesday, March 9, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in fervency of spirit:

“This is the proclamation he issued in Nineveh:”
(Jonah 3:7)

Unbelievably powerful, Jesus.

An unrighteous king hears a message from You
recognizes the error of his ways
repents of his sin

and here’s the part that nails it:

he makes it public!

As a result, the whole nation repents!

Great God!
Give us leaders of such great courage today.
I beg You!

because that just may be what it takes

to rescue my country and all the nations
from the coming disaster we deserve.

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2 Chronicles 32:26; Jeremiah 31:19; Jeremiah 34:15; Zechariah 1:6; Matthew 11:21; Matthew 12:41; 1 Corinthians 16:13