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Sunday, October 15, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo all the way to the marrow of your bones:

“…their heart is filled with destruction.”
(Psalms 5:9)

The idea of having someone like this for an enemy is terrifying, Jesus!

They’re not content with doing wrong.
Not willing to stop at trying to entice me to sin.

It’s not enough for them to hurt me.
They won’t be happy until they’ve destroyed me.

But the idea of ever allowing a person like this to be my friend?
Thinking I can handle it?

Deliver me, my God!
Deliver me.

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Leviticus 27:29; Deuteronomy 7:26; Deuteronomy 30:15; 2 Samuel 22:5; 1 Kings 13:33-34; Job 31:23; 1 Corinthians 15:33

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Saturday, October 14, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with laser-focused intensity:

“…not to mention…”
(Philemon 1:19)

Why do I say things like that, Jesus?

Yes, You gave those words to Paul
to gently chide those meeting in Philemon’s home.

Knowing You, it got their attention –

just as I hope it will when I use similar statements.

Sometimes the “one more thing”

is actually the whole point!

Please help me be attentive when others use such words with me, Father

so I don’t miss what You’re saying to me
through them.

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1 Samuel 11:6; Ezekiel 2:6; Matthew 12:25; Mark 2:8; Mark 12:15; Luke 6:8; Luke 24:11

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Friday, October 13, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with eyes-wide-open confidence:

“…kings and rulers of the earth…built for themselves places now lying in ruins…”
(Job 3:14)

That’s the hard, brutal truth, Jesus:

Whatever I build here on earth
will end up in ruins.

Doesn’t matter how well I build
how amazing and compelling my cause
who I thoroughly train to carry on after me.

One day it will crumble.
The day after, people will hardly remember it was there.

Only what I do for, in and through You

will last.

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Psalms 45:6; Isaiah 51:6; Isaiah 51:8; John 15:16; 1 Corinthians 9:25; 1 Corinthians 15:58; Hebrews 1:8

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Thursday, October 12, 2017

 

Be watchful, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“They are…unfit for doing anything good.”
(Titus 1:16)

It’s hard to imagine anyone that awful, Jesus…

but they’re out there.

Every good thing they appear to do

has a hidden agenda.

They attempt to lull me to sleep by displaying their seemingly upright actions

steal my trust
so they can take lethal advantage of me.

Sometimes I see them coming a mile away

but only You can protect me from the ones
who are, even now
way too close.

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Genesis 3:13; Psalms 41:9; Psalms 116:10; Jeremiah 20:10; Luke 21:8; Romans 7:11; 2 Timothy 3:13

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Wednesday, October 11, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with mounting excitement:

“He…distributed gifts with royal liberality.”
(Esther 2:18)

I’d like to be the kind of person who does that, Jesus!

My faith in You means I’m Your child
which makes me royalty.

And no, I don’t have in my bank account the resources of this king

but of a King far greater, richer, more ancient:

You.

Your gifts are perfect, life-changing, priceless.

Oh, how I long for the privilege to distribute them
in the Name that is above every name!

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Psalms 37:25-26; Proverbs 11:25; Luke 11:41; John 1:12; Ephesians 4:8; Philippians 2:9-10; James 1:17; 1 Peter 2:9

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Tuesday, October 10, 2017

 

Take heed, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“Remember Jesus Christ…”
(2 Timothy 2:8)

Seems like an unnecessary reminder, Jesus.

Who could forget You?

But on second thought…

I do.

Oh, not in the sense that I don’t remember who You are.

But in my head-long rush to do what I want to do
how often do I forget to first check in –
to see what You want me to do?

Of course, that oversight results in me begging you afterwards

to fix what I messed up.

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1 Samuel 14:36; John 1:17; John 17:3; Acts 2:38; Acts 3:6; Acts 8:12; Romans 5:17

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Monday, October 9, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with every fiber of your being:

“They restored Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall.”
(Nehemiah 3:8)

So far, so good, Jesus

but not done.

It’s good to stop and celebrate progress

so long as I remember I’ve got to resume working.

Milestones are great unless they’re confused with completion.

There’s a difference between taking a break
and walking off the job.

So which of the assignments You’ve given me have I finished, Father…

and on which do I need to get back to work?

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Genesis 19:17; Joshua 10:19; 1 Samuel 20:38; 2 Samuel 2:23; 2 Chronicles 15:7; Ecclesiastes 3:6; Ezekiel 45:9; Galatians 6:9

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Sunday, October 8, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with utter conviction:

“…there is one God…”
(1 Timothy 2:5)

A lot of people don’t want to hear that, Jesus.

One reason is their distaste for accountability.
They don’t want to admit there is any God at all.

Another reason is their distaste for homework.

If God exists and there’s only one of Him

that puts a whole lot of pressure on them to be absolutely certain

which of all the gods out there is You
meaning all the others

are false.

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Malachi 2:10; Mark 12:32; Romans 3:30; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Galatians 3:20; Ephesians 4:6; James 2:19

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Saturday, October 7, 2017

 

Hold nothing back, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“…the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD…”
(Ezra 3:10)

Well…they did and they didn’t, Jesus.

Of course Your Word is accurate.
The builders did lay a physical foundation.

But there’s another sense in which no human builder could ever lay the foundation for Your temple

because no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid:

You.

Every other foundation anyone lays

is laid on my Creator and Savior
the only sure Foundation.

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Job 38:4; Psalms 89:14; Isaiah 28:16; Isaiah 33:6; Amos 9:6; Zechariah 4:9; Zechariah 12:1; Matthew 7:25; 1 Corinthians 3:11

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Friday, October 6, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo in solemn warning:

“They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.”
(2 Thessalonians 2:10)

That’s interesting, Jesus…

I thought the way to be saved was to trust You.
And it is.

But if I understand You correctly

if I don’t love the truth
I will never reach the point of trusting You.

A lover of truth

sometimes has to endure correction, hardship, even humiliation
to get it.

Which is why some people

refuse to love the truth.

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Proverbs 12:1; Proverbs 15:10; Isaiah 47:8-9; John 8:31-32; John 14:6; John 18:37-38; Ephesians 4:15; Titus 1:1