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Thursday, July 11, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in passionate anticipation:

“They went down out of the hills…”
(Joshua 2:23)

When I’m up high, Jesus, it’s hard to leave

especially when I’ve been alone with You.

Of course, Joshua’s two spies had been hiding out for their lives in those hills.

But my guess is, while they were hiding

they were praying.

No one can hide me like You can –

nor equip me when it’s time to come down out of the hills
to face the brutality of the valley.

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2 Chronicles 16:10; Ezekiel 21:31; Ezekiel 34:4; 1 Corinthians 4:11; Matthew 14:23; 2 Timothy 3:3; 2 Timothy 3:16-17

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Wednesday, July 10, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in steadfast faith:

“Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs…”
(Acts 2:22)

You never attended an accredited college, Jesus.

You never hung an accredited diploma on Your office wall –

and not only because You never had an office. 😉

Your accreditation wasn’t a human institution of higher (actually lower) learning

nor a piece of calligraphy-decorated paper.

You Are accredited to us by the things You said and did

that only God could do.

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Matthew 11:20; Mark 6:2; Luke 19:37; John 7:21; Acts 19:11; 2 Corinthians 12:2; Galatians 3:5; Hebrews 2:4

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Tuesday, July 9, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with bottomless trust:

“…the little ones you said would be taken captive…”
(Deuteronomy 1:39)

The Israelites in the desert missed that prediction, Jesus.

They looked at their circumstances
concluding they knew where their steps were taking them.

But they were 100% wrong.

I’m ashamed to admit I can identify.

When will I stop looking behind me and around me
to guess the future?

The only direction I need to look is up –

straight to You –

the One who determines my every step.

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Psalms 37:23; Psalms 44:3; Psalms 44:6-7; Proverbs 16:4; Isaiah 26:12; Jeremiah 10:23; Lamentations 3:37-38; Acts 17:25

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Monday, July 8, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unshakable belief:

“Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida.”
(John 1:44)

The Jewish people living there witnessed Your amazing miracles, Jesus

but many refused to believe –
even though three of Your disciples were from there!

You told them if the pagans living in Tyre and Sidon had seen those same miracles

they would have repented and believed.

You don’t need to do anything more than You already have, Father

for me – with all my heart – to believe.

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Mark 6:45; Mark 8:22; Luke 9:10; Luke 10:13; Luke 19:37; John 1:40-43; John 12:21

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Sunday, July 7, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:

“The total number of Levites counted at the LORD’s command…”
(Numbers 3:39)

It’s a good thing You’re the one who ordered this, Jesus

because the Levites were not to be counted.

That’s a bit confusing.

First You tell them not to do something
then You order them to do it.

What am I to do with such commands?

Obey them each time!

Don’t do it when You say not to.
Do it when You command it.

Pretty simple, really.

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Genesis 13:16; Genesis 26:4-5; Leviticus 1:47-49; Numbers 3:15; 1 Chronicles 21:1-7; Psalms 119:34; John 14:24

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Saturday, July 6, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with lavish love:

“…from generation to generation.”
(Luke 1:50)

Most people don’t give two hoots about what happens outside their lifetimes, Jesus.

But You do.

You orchestrate the full sweep of the ages.

You watch every generation come and go.
You see the end from the beginning.

You’re the Alpha and Omega
The Beginning and The End.

Rise up within me, LORD!

until I care as much about the generations who follow me
as I do about what happens under my nose.

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Genesis 7:1; Genesis 9:12; Genesis 15:16; Exodus 3:15; Exodus 12:14; Matthew 12:39; Luke 11:50; Revelation 22:13

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Friday, July 5, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with wholehearted adoration:

“…the priest will make atonement for the man’s sin…”
(Leviticus 4:26)

That’s the way it used to work, Jesus.

You’re the One who set it up.

No longer.
There’s a new Priest in town:

I don’t have to go to another person any longer –

somebody as messed up as I am.

I can go straight to You – perfect, sinless, pure, all-powerful.

You don’t forgive me because of my words.
You forgive when You see true repentance in my heart.

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1 Samuel 16:7; Isaiah 30:15; Hosea 14:1; Matthew 3:8; Luke 5:32; Luke 24:46-47; 2 Corinthians 7:10

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Thursday, July 4, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in purest devotion:

“A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum…”
(Mark 2:1)

A second chance with You, Jesus.

Priceless.

During Your first visit to Capernaum

You taught with authority –
casting out demons, healing the sick.

That night the whole town showed up at Peter’s door.
But next day you left Capernaum to preach in nearby villages.

If I have strayed one inch from Your love, mercy, truth and power

draw me back to You, my Savior!
never to falter again.

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2 Chronicles 20:32; Psalms 44:18; Psalms 119:10; Psalms 119:21; Psalms 119:110; Proverbs 24:10; Hosea 7:13; Mark 1:21-39

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Wednesday, July 3, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with pedal-to-the-metal commitment:

“…the God of…Jacob…”
(Exodus 3:16)

When You identify Yourself as a specific person’s God

You’re telling me something important, Jesus.

Jacob was a liar, a cheat, a conniver and a thief.

He loved one of his wives and not the other.
He had an excuse for that…but not before You.

And oh, yeah…

he was the grandson of Abraham
and father of 12 sons who became the 12 tribes of Israel.

Which – among other things – means:

You’ll use anybody.

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Genesis 25:21-23; Genesis 25:29-34; Genesis 27:14-35; Genesis 29:31-32; Genesis 30:37-43; Romans 9:6-13; Romans 9:15-26

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Tuesday, July 2, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in grateful wisdom:

“…he withdrew…”
(Matthew 2:22)

There’s a time for that, isn’t there, Jesus?

in spite of the fact that I prefer to go forward.

It makes me feel like I’m accomplishing something
like I’m making progress.

But sometimes I venture into waters too deep

onto land whose “No Trespassing!” signs I’ve overlooked.

It’s not that You can’t enable me to do absolutely anything.

It’s that there’s a right time for everything

including a time – as Joseph discovered –

to withdraw.

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Exodus 14:19; 2 Samuel 20:21; 2 Samuel 24:16; 1 Kings 8:10; Ezra 10:6; Ecclesiastes 3:1; Matthew 4:12; Mark 3:7