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Saturday, June 24, 2017

 

Hold nothing back, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs.”
(Jonah 2:8)

Well, that’s just not an option for me, Jesus.

I need Your grace!

I don’t want what I deserve.

I know what I’ve “earned”
with my sin, shortcomings, rebellion, disobedience.

I’m doing my best to turn it around.
I’m giving it all I’ve got.

But what I’ve got
isn’t enough.

I still – inexcusably – mess up.

Which is why I so desperately
need Your grace.

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Isaiah 26:10; Zechariah 12:10; Luke 2:40; John 1:14-17; Acts 4:33; Acts 11:23; Ephesians 2:8-9

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Friday, June 23, 2017

 

Take this lesson to heart, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“There will be no survivors from the house of Esau.”
(Obadiah 1:18)

Even before he was born

You knew what kind of person Esau would be, Jesus.

He lived for the moment, failed to plan ahead
cared more about pleasing himself than pleasing You.

How different is that from most of the people of my generation?

When that’s most of what I see
it’s easy to think of it as normal.

But that kind of “normal”

leaves no survivors.

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Jeremiah 5:31; Ezekiel 34:7-10; Matthew 6:33; Matthew 7:13-14; Luke 7:30; Luke 12:13-21; 2 Corinthians 5:15; 1 Timothy 6:17-19

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Thursday, June 22, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo in devoted passion:

“Do two walk together unless they have agreed to do so?”
(Amos 3:3)

Well, sometimes they do, Jesus…

but not for long.

They either work things out between them or go their separate ways.

I’ve agreed to walk together with You!

I don’t want to go my separate way.

I never want to be without You, morning or night.
I want to go Your way.

Not only do I enjoy Your company here

I really like where we’re headed.

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Genesis 17:1; Leviticus 26:12; Deuteronomy 5:33; Judges 2:22; 1 Kings 3:14; Galatians 5:16; Ephesians 5:1-2

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Wednesday, June 21, 2017

 

Take warning as you pray this Lazaroo:

“…every face turns pale.”
(Joel 2:6)

Some faces turn pale over the smallest thing, Jesus.

But when every face turns pale
we’re talking about something truly terrifying.

You are so kind, so loving – even longsuffering.

It takes repeated, calloused, uncaring disobedience
to force You into doling out this kind of punishment
on the people You love with all Your heart.

But that’s what love does

when nothing else works

when the one You deeply cherish

no longer pays attention.

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Exodus 34:6; Numbers 14:18-20; Psalms 86:15; Romans 2:4; Ephesians 4:30-32; 1 Peter 3:20; 2 Peter 3:15

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Tuesday, June 20, 2017

 

Open your eyes, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.”
(Hosea 3:1)

Satan knows these false gods he parades in front of people

are no gods at all, Jesus.

So he always finds a way to sweeten his lies, to make them easier to swallow –

sometimes with sacred raisin cakes
at other times with drugs, drunkenness, adultery.

But there’s a catch.

As with all poisons
there’s a lethal aftertaste.

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Proverbs 5:3-5; Proverbs 7:6-23; Proverbs 16:25; Proverbs 23:29-32; Isaiah 44:13-20; John 8:44; Acts 19:26

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Monday, June 19, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with bulldog faith:

“…you have this in your favor…”
(Revelation 2:6)

In spite of their shortcomings, Jesus

the Church in Ephesus had something in their favor

which makes me wonder:

What do I have in mine?

What am I doing that You like?

What am I refusing to do that makes You proud of me?
Where am I growing, becoming a little more like You?

I’ve got a lot of shortcomings, Father;

I really need You to find something in my favor.

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Exodus 33:13; Exodus 33:16-17; Leviticus 3:5; 2 Samuel 15:26; Psalms 41:11; Malachi 1:10; Romans 12:1

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Sunday, June 18, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning emotion:

“I thank you and praise you, O God of my fathers…”
(Daniel 2:23)

That’s two different things, isn’t it, Jesus?

both of which You richly deserve.

As the God of my fathers, You have my unreserved thanks!

If You hadn’t led them through the labyrinth of their lives
I wouldn’t be here.

As the God of my fathers I should praise You from the top of the world’s highest mountain!

Only You could work through them
to create me.

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1 Chronicles 29:18; Psalms 119:164; Psalms 139:14; Acts 3:13; Acts 17:24-28; Romans 6:17; 2 Corinthians 9:15

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Saturday, June 17, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with white-hot purpose:

“Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men…”
(Jude 1:14)

That’s nothing short of amazing, Jesus.

I take that back.

For Enoch to precisely foretell what a group of people were going to be, say and do 3,000 years before they walked this earth

is an absolute miracle.

Of course, that should be no surprise.

Enoch was the one you took to heaven
without requiring him to die first.

Teach me to walk with You

as he did.

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Genesis 4:17; Genesis 5:18-24; Deuteronomy 10:12; 1 Chronicles 1:1-3; Micah 6:8; Luke 3:37; Hebrews 11:5

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Friday, June 16, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul:

“…the whole house of Israel is hardened…”
(Ezekiel 3:7)

How does a person get that way, Jesus?

Is it their response to disappointment?
Is it the byproduct of repeated sin?

I’m guessing this hardening is accompanied by cynicism.

That’s a form of unbelief, isn’t it?
maybe with some stubbornness mixed in.

Regardless, a hardened heart can’t be a good thing.

I don’t ever want to get that way, Father!

Keep me soft, tender, pliable, responsive
in Your loving hands.

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Exodus 8:15; Joshua 11:20; 2 Chronicles 36:13; Jeremiah 6:28; Daniel 5:20; Mark 8:17; Hebrews 3:13