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Tuesday, April 23, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo in stunned realization:

“Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be. Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.”
(James 3:10-12)

I think You just nailed me, Jesus.

Do I praise You?

Yes. Absolutely.

Do I sometimes speak judgmental words of anger and disrespect?

Sadly, I do.

Looks like I’m due for some

spring cleaning.

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Proverbs 1:23; Proverbs 25:26; John 4:14; Acts 2:38-39; 2 Corinthians 7:9-19; 2 Peter 3:9; Revelation 21:6

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Thursday, January 4, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo in abject humility:

“A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet…‘Lord, I have heard of your fame…’”
(Habakkuk 3:1-2)

Habakkuk isn’t the only one, Jesus.

So have I.

I’ve read the Bible. Marveled at Your miracles.

You’re All-Powerful.
There’s nothing You can’t do.

But I’ve also discovered the hard way:

I can’t make You grant me a miracle

just because I desperately want it

just because I believe

I absolutely have to have it.

That You know better than I do

is also part of Your fame.

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Genesis 18:14; Numbers 11:23; Joshua 9:9; Isaiah 50:2; Isaiah 59:1; Isaiah 66:19; Jeremiah 32:17; Jeremiah 32:27; 2 Corinthians 12:6-10

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Thursday, June 8, 2023

 

Sell out totally to God as you pray this Lazaroo:

“Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good.”
(3 John 1:11)

Okay, Jesus.

I’m absolutely done with evil!

Show me the good You want me to imitate.

There are the awesome examples in Your Word.
The Bible’s chock full of them!

Then there are the Godly people walking this earth.
May I be inspired by those You’ve placed in my life!

It would be pretty cool

if one day I could be that kind of example to others.

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Ecclesiastes 9:13; John 13:15; Romans 6:19; 1 Corinthians 11:1; Ephesians 5:1; Philippians 3:15; Philippians 3:17

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Wednesday, June 7, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with desperate desire:

“He has overthrown you without pity, he has let the enemy gloat over you, he has exalted the horn of your foes. The hearts of the people cry out to the Lord. You walls of Daughter Zion, let your tears flow like a river day and night; give yourself no relief, your eyes no rest.”
(Lamentations 2:17-18)

It’s hard to see You like this, Jesus

but absolutely essential.

You’re giving me a clear picture of the horror of sin.

May I hate and reject the sin in my life
as much as You do.

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Psalm 36:2; Psalm 69:14; Ezekiel 35:6; Hosea 9:15; Acts 2:38; Romans 12:9; 2 Peter 3:9

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Wednesday, May 24, 2023

 

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

“Remember, O God, that my life is but a breath; my eyes will never see happiness again. The eye that now sees me will see me no longer; you will look for me, but I will be no more.”
(Job 7:7-8)

This is absolutely how Job felt, Jesus

but what he felt was absolutely wrong.

He spoke out of the pain and bitterness of his immense suffering

supposing they would continue till the day he died.

They didn’t.

You stepped in and rescued him!

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Job 19:25-27; Job 42:10-16; Psalm 17:13; Psalm 41:1-3; Psalm 103:2-3; Romans 2:7; 2 Peter 2:9

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Saturday, February 11, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in dumfounded awe:

“Then the angel who talked with me returned and woke me up, like someone awakened from sleep.”
(Zechariah 4:1)

Up to now, Jesus, the angel had been speaking to Zechariah at night, in a vision.

But no longer.

As if to underscore the reality of all You sent him to tell the prophet

the angel he had seen in his vision
woke him up…

and there he was!
visible to the naked eye
in the same room with Zechariah.

Wow.

You can do anything, LORD.

Absolutely anything.

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Deuteronomy 6:22; Job 42:2; Zechariah 1:8; Matthew 17:20; Matthew 19:26; Luke 18:27; Romans 15:19

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Saturday, January 7, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with laser-focused intensity:

“Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.”
(1 Timothy 3:2-3)

Those are a lot of requirements, Jesus.

No wonder some people see them
and back away from pursuing this holy office.

But these are the bare minimums!

Isn’t this the holy life to which You’ve called
absolutely every one of us?

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Deuteronomy 28:9; Psalm 16:3; Romans 1:7; 1 Corinthians 1:2; Ephesians 1:8; Philippians 1:1; Titus 2:11-14

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Thursday, November 17, 2022

 

Go to school, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“The Lord says, ‘The women of Zion are haughty, walking along with outstretched necks, flirting with their eyes, strutting along with swaying hips, with ornaments jingling on their ankles. Therefore the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the women of Zion; the Lord will make their scalps bald.”
(Isaiah 3:16-17)

You hate haughtiness, Jesus.

Absolutely hate it.

As a result, You punish it.

Every time.

May I never allow a hint of haughtiness to enter my thoughts, words, actions…

or the way I walk. 😉

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2 Samuel 22:28; Psalm 18:27; Psalm 101:5; Proverbs 16:18; Zephaniah 3:11; James 4:6; 1 Peter 5:5

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Monday, August 15, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with locked-in faith:

“Although I am less than the least of all the Lord’s people, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the boundless riches of Christ…”
(Ephesians 3:8)

Paul’s not merely being humble, Jesus.

He absolutely believes he’s less than the least of all Your people.

So let’s see…

if the great Apostle Paul has that opinion of himself

where does that place me?

Somewhere way, waaaaay beneath
the less than the least of all Your people!

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Proverbs 11:2; Proverbs 15:33; Proverbs 22:4; Zephaniah 2:3; Acts 20:19; Philippians 2:3; 1 Timothy 1:16

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Sunday, June 5, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning zeal:

“Then Ruth the Moabite said, ‘He even said to me, “Stay with my workers until they finish harvesting all my grain.”’ Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, ‘It will be good for you, my daughter, to go with the women who work for him, because in someone else’s field you might be harmed.’”
(Ruth 2:21-22)

That’s what I plan to do, Jesus:

Stay with You.

I have no question in my mind whatsoever:

If I stray from Your loving care
I absolutely will be harmed!

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1 Kings 22:43; 2 Chronicles 20:32; Psalm 44:18; Psalm 119:10; Psalm 119:21; Psalm 119:110; 2 Thessalonians 1:8