All posts by Stephen Schwambach

Thursday, November 18, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with growing anticipation:

“You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans? For when one says, ‘I follow Paul,’ and another, ‘I follow Apollos,’ are you not mere human beings?”
(1 Corinthians 3:3-4)

I can’t stop being human, Jesus.

But because of You living in me

I no longer have to be
merely human!

And I won’t be…

so long as the only One I’m truly following

is You.

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2 Samuel 7:19; 2 Chronicles 14:11; 2 Chronicles 19:6; Job 9:2; Matthew 15:9; Mark 8:33; Romans 2:28

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with earnest desire:

“But when they cried out to the Lord, he raised up for them a deliverer, Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, who saved them. The Spirit of the Lord came on him, so that he became Israel’s judge…So the land had peace for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.”
(Judges 3:9-11)

It takes a leader, doesn’t it, Jesus?

One who is totally committed to You.

Raise up for us those leaders, Father!

Oh, how we need them.

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Joshua 5:7; Judges 2:16; Judges 2:18; Psalm 80:15; Psalm 148:14; Luke 1:69; Acts 3:26

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in humble gratitude:

“All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law. For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous.
(Romans 2:12-13)

I’m saved by Your gift of faith, Jesus

not by what I do or don’t do.

But evidence that I’ve received your gift of faith

is demonstrated by what I do

and don’t do.

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Matthew 3:7-8; Romans 2:25-27; Romans 3:21-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; James 1:22-27; James 2:14-17; 1 John 1:9-10

Monday, November 15, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in ardent love:

“See, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth will go into the Jordan ahead of you. Now then, choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.”
(Joshua 3:11-12)

When You go before me, Jesus

I can’t fail!

Only when You’ve gone before me

can those You’ve chosen to go with me

be of any help!

May I never rely on the expertise of my family, friends or team.

Only You. Only You. Only You.

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2 Kings 19:15; Nehemiah 9:6; Psalm 60:11; Psalm 76:7; Psalm 108:12; Isaiah 37:20; John 5:44; 1 Corinthians 3:7; 1 Timothy 1:17; Jude 1:25

Sunday, November 14, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning zeal:

“God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of it. Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.”
(Acts 2:32-33)

That’s it in a nutshell, Jesus:

exactly what’s going on before my very eyes.

I may not be an eyewitness to Your resurrection

but I am most definitely an eyewitness

to what Your Spirit is doing in my life!

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Acts 1:8; Acts 3:15; Acts 5:32; Acts 10:39-41; Acts 13:31; Acts 22:15; Romans 2:15

Saturday, November 13, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unrestrained allegiance:

“They will be afraid of you, but be very careful. Do not provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, not even enough to put your foot on. I have given Esau the hill country of Seir as his own. You are to pay them in silver for the food you eat and the water you drink.”
(Deuteronomy 2:4-6)

You chose Jacob, Jesus

but You sure took care of Esau!

I’m not Your #1

but You care for me as though I am!

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Psalm 55:22; Jeremiah 15:15; Jeremiah 30:17; Nahum 1:7; 1 Thessalonians 2:6-8; 1 Timothy 5:4; 1 Peter 5:7

Friday, November 12, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with deep reverence:

“Then [Jesus] told them, ‘Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.’ They did so, and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew.”
(John 2:8-9)

Any time You issue an order Jesus

I want to hear it
and obey it

because I know I’ll be as blessed by it

as was the master of that banquet!

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Genesis 2:16-17; Exodus 6:13; Psalm 17:4; Psalm 119:10; Matthew 1:24; John 12:50; Galatians 5:14

Thursday, November 11, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with new awareness:

“This is the work of the Kohathites at the tent of meeting: the care of the most holy things. When the camp is to move, Aaron and his sons are to go in and take down the shielding curtain and put it over the ark of the covenant law.”
(Numbers 4:4-5)

What are the holy things I am to care for, Jesus?

Is it possible that I don’t recognize what is truly holy?

Teach me, LORD!

May I view what is around me

through Your eyes.

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Genesis 2:3; Exodus 3:5; Exodus 29:37; Psalm 16:3; Matthew 4:5; Acts 4:30; Ephesians 3:5

Wednesday, November 10, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in steadfast faith:

“Everyone who heard this wondered about it, asking, ‘What then is this child going to be?’ For the Lord’s hand was with him. His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied: ‘Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come to his people and redeemed them.’”
(Luke 1:66-68)

What am I going to be, Jesus?

Just because I’m what I am now
doesn’t mean the last chapter has been written.

Whatever the answer
may I bring glory to You!

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Jeremiah 29:11; 1 Corinthians 15:52; 2 Corinthians 10:11; 2 Corinthians 12:2-3; 1 Thessalonians 4:17; 1 Timothy 6:8; 1 John 3:2

Tuesday, November 9, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with bottomless trust:

“If anyone becomes aware that they are guilty—if they unwittingly touch anything ceremonially unclean (whether the carcass of an unclean animal, wild or domestic, or of any unclean creature that moves along the ground) and they are unaware that they have become unclean, but then they come to realize their guilt…they must confess in what way they have sinned.”
(Leviticus 5:2,5)

If I unknowingly do wrong, Jesus

I’ve still done wrong.

You want me to confess it

so You can forgive it.

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Leviticus 26:40-42; Nehemiah 1:6; Psalm 32:5; Psalm 38:18; Proverbs 28:13; James 5:16; 1 John 1:9