Category Archives: #1on1withJesus

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with righteous hunger:

“My priests and my elders perished in the city while they searched for food…”
(Lamentations 1:19)

That’s about as desperate as it gets, Jesus.

There’s always food to be found in the city

especially when you’re somebody important
like a priest or an elder

unless the city itself has no food.

They didn’t just go hungry.

They starved to death.

There’s more than one way to die of hunger, isn’t there?

when there’s a famine
of hearing Your Word.

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2 Kings 18:27; Isaiah 8:20; Lamentations 4:9; Amos 8:11; Matthew 23:1-6; Luke 11:3; John 4:34

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo in unfettered worship:

“…Jesus Christ, the Father’s Son…”
(2 John 1:3)

That pretty much says it all, Jesus.

That’s what makes You different
raises You above the rest.

All the rest.

You’re not just the wisest person to ever live

not only the greatest prophet
not merely a stunning miracle-worker.

You’re The One.

The One to whom all the other (true) prophets pointed.
The One who makes demons tremble.

Alpha, Omega, Yahweh, Adonai, Creator, Abba

The only One who can save

me.

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning 212-LAZAROO…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

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Genesis 1:1; Exodus 3:6; Exodus 3:14; Psalms 83:18; John 14:9; Acts 2:22; Colossians 1:16; Revelation 22:13

Monday, June 12, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with undying love:

“Is Israel a servant, a slave by birth?”
(Jeremiah 2:14)

Well…yes and no, Jesus.

Certainly, Your people are called to serve You
urged to serve one another.

But not in this sense.

You’re reminding us that we’re royalty
destined to rule and reign with You!

Of course, those of us who regard ourselves as Your slaves

waiting on You hand and foot
sensitive to Your every whim

are the ones in heaven
who will be the greatest of all.

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning 212-LAZAROO…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

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2 Samuel 7:9; 1 Chronicles 12:14; Job 1:3; Jeremiah 31:34; Matthew 23:1-12; Luke 9:46-48; 1 Corinthians 7:22; 1 Corinthians 9:19

Sunday, June 11, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning zeal:

“…whoever hates his brother…does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded him.”
(1 John 2:11)

It’s the pitch black darkness of hate that blinds them, Jesus!

The non-haters can see clearly what’s happening
but the hater doesn’t have a clue.

The hater believes he is fully justified to despise everything about the person he hates

unable to see the myriad of good qualities You’ve built into them.

Fill me with love, LORD!
Open my eyes.

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning 212-LAZAROO…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

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2 Kings 6:20; Psalms 119:18; Proverbs 15:17; John 9:1-41; John 12:39-40; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Galatians 5:19-21

Saturday, June 10, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unrestrained allegiance:

“…your people…practice divination like the Philistines…”
(Isaiah 2:6)

If You had a gizzard, Jesus

that would have fried it.

The heathen peoples surrounding them sought the will of false gods by examining inanimate objects such as rods, arrows, cups, animal livers.

They attempted to interpret dreams
consulted so-called holy people and idols.

That Your very own people would turn to all that instead of You?

Unconscionable.

Almost as bad as the so-called unscriptural “experts” we rely on today.

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Genesis 44:5; Judges 7:13; 1 Samuel 15:23; Jeremiah 23:32; Ezekiel 13:2-3; Ezekiel 21:21; Hosea 4:12; Zechariah 10:2

Friday, June 9, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with deep reverence:

“…prophecy never had its origin in the will of man…”
(2 Peter 1:21)

That rules out most of the so-called prophecies that have ever been uttered, Jesus.

Some by charlatans

some by those who are well-meaning, self-deluded.

True prophets are rare.

Wannabees a dime a dozen.

When You foretell the future

You don’t have a 53%, 71% or 98% success rate.

When You predict something will happen, it takes place

down to the last detail

100% of the time.

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning 212-LAZAROO…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

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1 Samuel 3:19; Isaiah 44:7-8; Isaiah 44:24-26; Jeremiah 50:36; Hosea 11:6; Matthew 7:15; 2 Peter 2:1

Thursday, June 8, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with over-the-top trust:

“Arise, come, my darling…”
(Song of Songs 2:13)

What an awesome responsibility, Jesus

to call someone I love with all my heart

to join me.

How dare I ask them to do so

if I’m not where I ought to be

and where they, too, should be?

The right place for me is seldom the right place for someone else

may not be safe for them

unless what I’m calling them to do

is to follow You

wherever You lead.

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning 212-LAZAROO…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

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Judges 3:28; Matthew 4:19; Matthew 8:22; Matthew 10:38; Matthew 16:24; John 10:27; John 21:22; 1 Corinthians 11:1

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with faith in the God whose timing is exquisite:

“He was…revealed in these last times for your sake.”
(1 Peter 1:20)

How incredibly blessed they were, Jesus!

They got to see You in the flesh –

the one who had been promised for thousands of years!

They got to walk with You, talk with You, eat with You
ask You questions, hang on Your every word, gaze at You!

But just as You were revealed to them then, for their sake

You’re revealing Yourself now to me

for mine.

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1 Chronicles 12:32; Isaiah 56:1; Amos 5:13; Matthew 11:25; Luke 21:24; Romans 15:4; Ephesians 1:10

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with bottomless trust:

“What then do I gain by being wise?”
(Ecclesiastes 2:15)

 Solomon was awfully wise, Jesus.

Your gift to him.

But that question wasn’t one of his wisest.

He was limiting his research to what he could observe
under the sun.

Admittedly, that’s all he could see

but it wasn’t all there is.

The greatest gain of all is doing what You tell me to do

whether it pays off on this earth or not.

Because in heaven

it will.

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning 212-LAZAROO…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

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Ecclesiastes 2:11; Romans 1:17; 1 Corinthians 15:57; 2 Corinthians 4:7-11; 2 Corinthians 4:16-18; Hebrews 11:1; Hebrews 11:6; Hebrews 11:26

Monday, June 5, 2017

 

Get to the heart of the matter, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“…don’t show favoritism.”
(James 2:1)

It’s interesting, Jesus…

You tell me not to show favoritism.
You don’t tell me not to feel it.

Of course, I imagine You’d like me to conquer that, too.

But first things first.

Not showing it is easier than not feeling it

though it’s hard enough!

Or do I have that backwards?

Might it be that my only hope at not showing favoritism

is not to harbor it in my heart to begin with?

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning 212-LAZAROO…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

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Exodus 23:3; Leviticus 19:15; Acts 10:34; Romans 2:11; Galatians 2:6; Ephesians 6:9; James 2:9