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Monday, June 24, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo with determination:

“I pray that your partnership with us in the faith may be effective in deepening your understanding…”
(Philemon 1:6)

Do I ever need my understanding deepened, Jesus!

Certainly, that requires time each day in Your Word
Seasons of prayer, as I pour out my heart to You
and seek Your Face.

But it also requires action.

As I study and pray
You want me to go and grow

through ministry to Your people
and navigating among those
who are not Your people.

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Exodus 14:15; Psalm 27:8; Hosea 1:9-10; Acts 17:11; Romans 9:18-21; Romans 9:25-26; Philippians 2:14-16; 2 Timothy 4:2

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Tuesday, December 14, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with Holy Spirit-prompted discernment:

“If one of you says to them, ‘Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,’ but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.”
(James 2:16-17)

But it has to be the right action, doesn’t it, Jesus?

Because of Your Spirit in me, I want to help everybody.

Yes, the way to help some people
is to give them what they want.

However, with others, that’s not help.
Giving them what they want…

would destroy them.

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Exodus 23:5; Leviticus 25:35; 2 King 14:26; Proverbs 30:15; Ecclesiastes 4:10; Matthew 7:6; Mark 14:7; Luke 11:46

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Saturday, October 9, 2021

 

Examine your heart as you pray this Lazaroo:

“What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to them, ‘Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,’ but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it”
(James 2:14-16)

Impossible to argue, Jesus.

I can’t please you with my words alone.

I have to commit to obedient action.

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Deuteronomy 5:33; Joshua 22:5; 1 Kings 2:3; 2 Chronicles 31:21; Psalms 128:1; Jeremiah 7:23; Romans 1:5; Romans 6:16

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Sunday, June 27, 2021

 

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

“Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River. But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: ‘You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.’”
(Matthew 3:6-8)

John the Baptist didn’t mince words, Jesus!

When all is said and done
more is said than done.

Words are cheap.

I’ve got to back mine up with action.

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Judges 9:38; 1 Kings 20:11; Proverbs 14:23; Proverbs 29:19; Ecclesiastes 5:2-3; Ecclesiastes 5:7; Matthew 6:7

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Monday, November 23, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo in recommitment:

“…show hospitality to such people…”
(3 John 1:8)

Hospitality.

That’s a strong word, Jesus!

It’s more than feeling warm toward someone.

It’s more than saying nice words.

It’s action.

It calls for sharing what I have
investing time in them.

To whom would You like me to show hospitality?

People who are faithful to the truth.
Those who continue to walk in the truth.

Believers who show love to other Christians
who spread the good news of Your salvation.

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Acts 28:7; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Peter 1:12; 2 John 1:1; 2 John 1:4; 3 John 1:3-4; 3 John 1:5-7

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Tuesday, September 1, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with white-hot fervor:

“…in the presence of the king.”
(Esther 2:23)

King Xerxes reigned over 127 provinces in the citadel of Susa, Jesus.

Mordecai the Jew had foiled a plot to assassinate the king.

His action was being recorded in the book of the annals
while the king looked on.

Nobody has to record for You what I’ve done, Father.

You know everything I think
hear every word I say.

May I always remember:

Everything I do is in Your Presence!

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Genesis 27:7; Exodus 18:12; Leviticus 9:24; Numbers 4:7; Deuteronomy 14:23; Psalms 16:11; John 17:5

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Friday, July 24, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your heart:

“…it is defiled…”
(Micah 2:10)

Someone or something starts out fine, Jesus

and then it’s defiled.

A word or action displeasing to You is all it takes

for it to be defiled.

You give me specific instructions about life

that You intend for me to follow.

When I don’t do it the way You prescribe

I defile the very thing You’ve provided to be a blessing.

How foolish.
What a waste!

May I never, ever defile one of Your gifts!

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Genesis 34:5; Exodus 20:25; Leviticus 18:20; Leviticus 18:20-28; Numbers 18:32; Psalms 74:7; Mark 7:1-23

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Wednesday, August 8, 2018

 

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

“As a result…”
(Mark 1:45)

That’s what every one of my actions has, doesn’t it, Jesus?

A result.

It’s what every word I speak has, too:

a result.

Nor is my mind exempt! Every thought I think has

a result.

Since that’s the case, I dare not

do what I want to do
say what I feel like saying
let my thoughts run

without first thinking through their consequences and what will happen

as a result.

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Genesis 38:24; Exodus 21:20; Numbers 25:18; Ezra 9:13; Micah 7:13; Acts 17:11-12; Romans 6:21-22

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Monday, January 22, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with follow-through:

“…as a testimony to them.”
(Mark 1:44)

I can – and should! – testify about You by what I say, Jesus

but even more by what I do.

Words are important.

But unless they’re followed by action
they’re revealed to be weightless, hollow, cheap.

May my obedient actions

be in perfect harmony with my testimony about You

lest it be said of me

that what I do speaks so loudly against me
that no one can hear a word I say.

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Matthew 3:13-15; Matthew 8:4; Matthew 21:28-32; Matthew 24:14; Mark 6:11; Luke 21:13; Acts 14:17; 1 John 5:11

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Friday, April 14, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul:

“If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.”
(Revelation 2:5)

I do want you to come to me, Jesus

but not for that reason!

So I repent –

of all the evil thoughts I’ve entertained
of all the unkind words I’ve spoken
of all the things I’ve done that did not honor You

knowing that repentance is not mere words.

It’s action –

changing course
doing a 180

from this moment forward.

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1 Kings 8:46-51; Job 42:6; Proverbs 1:23; Isaiah 59:20; Jeremiah 5:3; Ezekiel 18:30; Acts 2:38