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Monday, September 25, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with deep respect:

“The LORD…lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes…”
(1 Samuel 2:7-8)

Only You could pull that off, Jesus!

Princes go to great pains to demonstrate:

“We’re not like everybody else!”

They want us to believe they’re better
above the common riffraff.

You, of course, know better.

So to make Your point
You reach down to the lowest of the low

and make it clear to all

that every person You create
has inestimable value.

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Genesis 16:4; Deuteronomy 23:7; Psalms 69:33; Psalms 102:17; Proverbs 14:21; 1 Timothy 4:12; James 2:1-4

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Sunday, September 24, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo in measured consideration:

“…to some extent…”
(2 Corinthians 2:5)

Too much of the time, Jesus

I think it’s all or nothing.

But it’s seldom either.

Most of the time it’s, “to some extent.”

I struggle with that.

I want things to be one way or the other.

I’m not sure how to handle them

when they’re a little bit of both.

But maybe what I desire is simply more of You

because You’re All

and compared to You

everything else is nothing.

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Psalms 24:1; Psalms 39:5; Isaiah 40:17; Isaiah 41:11-12; Daniel 4:35; 1 Corinthians 15:28; Colossians 1:18

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Saturday, September 23, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unrestrained allegiance:

“So Boaz said to Ruth, ‘My daughter, listen to me…’”
(Ruth 2:8)

Little did he know, Jesus…

that this young woman he called, “daughter”
would soon become his wife.

There’s a lot I don’t know, too, Father.

Thank You for revealing parts of it to me
when I need to know it!

But some of what I wish I knew

You keep hidden.

I don’t know why, but I know this:

There’s a good reason.
And I trust You.

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Psalms 56:11; Psalms 91:2; Psalms 119:42; Psalms 119:66; Daniel 2:47; 1 Corinthians 8:1; 1 Corinthians 13:9-12

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Friday, September 22, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with deep reverence:

“My message and my preaching…”
(1 Corinthians 2:4)

The message and the preaching…

they’re not the same, are they, Jesus?

You’re the one who gives the message.

The preacher is the one who delivers it.

Many a great message

has been diminished by a poor preacher.

But Your Word is so powerful and compelling

that even the worst of preachers

if they manage to quote from the Bible

can watch in awe

as You totally transform their hearer’s lives.

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Proverbs 30:5; Isaiah 55:8-11; John 5:39; Acts 4:31; 1 Corinthians 13:8-10; 2 Corinthians 4:2; Hebrews 4:12

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Thursday, September 21, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with over-the-top trust:

“Whenever Israel went out to fight…”
(Judges 2:15)

It’s tempting to think this is merely a history lesson, Jesus.

I’d like to think:

“I’m so glad I don’t have to go out to fight!”

But that would be self-deception.

The truth is, I’m in the fight of my life.

The moment I put all my trust in You as my Savior

I picked up in Satan
the fiercest, most powerful enemy imaginable

who can’t hold a candle to You.

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Genesis 3:1-19; John 8:44; 2 Corinthians 10:5; Ephesians 6:10-18; 1 Timothy 4:1; 1 Peter 5:8; Revelation 12:7-9

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Wednesday, September 20, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo in steadfast faith:

“They are full of…murder…”
(Romans 1:29)

No matter how much I detest what someone does, Jesus

I can’t allow myself to give in to the runaway passion

that leads to murder.

It isn’t between them and me.

It’s between You and me.

I’ve got to believe in my heart that if someone needs killing

You’ll do it –
in the right way and time

never forgetting that I myself deserve death for my sins

but for Your incomparable, outrageous mercy.

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Exodus 20:13; Deuteronomy 5:17; Judges 9:24; Proverbs 28:17; Isaiah 33:15; Jeremiah 7:9-10; Matthew 5:21-22; 1 John 3:15

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Wednesday, September 20, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo in steadfast faith:

“They are full of…murder…”
(Romans 1:29)

No matter how much I detest what someone does, Jesus

I can’t allow myself to give in to the runaway passion

that leads to murder.

It isn’t between them and me.

It’s between You and me.

I’ve got to believe in my heart that if someone needs killing

You’ll do it –
in the right way and time

never forgetting that I myself deserve death for my sins

but for Your incomparable, outrageous mercy.

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Exodus 20:13; Deuteronomy 5:17; Judges 9:24; Proverbs 28:17; Isaiah 33:15; Jeremiah 7:9-10; Matthew 5:21-22; 1 John 3:15

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Tuesday, September 19, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with bottomless trust:

“But if you tell…we will be released from the oath you made us swear.”
(Joshua 2:20)

Sounds like they didn’t trust each other, Jesus.

But how could they?
They had just met.

Sometimes that’s the reason I don’t trust somebody:

I don’t yet know them well enough.

Of course, there’s a reason I don’t trust other people:

I know them all too well!

But You I trust with my life.

You’ve proven Yourself –
over and over and over again.

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Psalms 13:5; Psalms 25:2; Psalms 31:14; Psalms 52:8; Psalms 56:11; Psalms 91:2; Romans 15:13

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Monday, September 18, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unshakable belief:

“In the last days, God says…your old men will dream dreams.”
(Acts 2:17)

But they won’t be ordinary dreams, will they, Jesus?

They’ll be dreams given by You
to lead, teach and prepare Your people.

They’ll be given to saints who’ve walked with You

those graced with the gift of discernment.

I know this because You’ve made it clear:

You don’t give dogs what is sacred.
You don’t throw your pearls to pigs.

If You don’t
neither should I.

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Matthew 4:19; Matthew 7:6; Mark 8:34; Luke 5:27; John 10:27; 1 Corinthians 11:1; Philippians 3:17

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Sunday, September 17, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:

“…except Caleb…”
(Deuteronomy 1:36)

Sometimes that’s what it takes, Jesus.

I have to stand alone.

When everybody else agrees to disobey Your command

I have to be willing to stick out
be ridiculed.

It doesn’t matter what everyone else thinks or does or says.

The only thing that matters is pleasing You.

Because after my time on this earth

it won’t be them I’m standing before
to give account of my one and only life.

It will be You.

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Numbers 13:26-33; Numbers 14:38; 2 Samuel 22:334; Jeremiah 1:18; Luke 21:36; Romans 11:2-5; 2 Timothy 4:16