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Tuesday, May 14, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo in Holy Spirit-guided introspection:

“Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without victims! The crack of whips, the clatter of wheels, galloping horses and jolting chariots! Charging cavalry, flashing swords and glittering spears!”
(Nahum 3:1-3)

The city of Ninevah had it all, Jesus…

everything they needed to wreak havoc
on the weaker peoples around them.

How am I equipping myself, Father?

Is it all about being a blessing to others
or only about making things better

for myself?

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Deuteronomy 9:12; Judges 18:30; 1 Kings 14:23; 2 Kings 17:16; Ezra 9:2; Luke 12:21; 2 Corinthians 5:15

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Friday, May 3, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul:

“Demetrius is well spoken of by everyone—and even by the truth itself. We also speak well of him…”
(3 John 1:12)

It’s nice to hear how good someone is, Jesus

even better to discover it firsthand.

Just wondering…

what’s my reputation?
what do people experience with me firsthand?

I hope they speak well of me!

But whether they do or don’t

all that really matters is what You think of me.

Correction:

Not “think.”

Know.

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1 Samuel 16:7; Psalm 139:23; Matthew 9:4; Matthew 12:25; Luke 9:47; Luke 11:17; Romans 2:15

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Sunday, February 18, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:

“Better a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to heed a warning. The youth may have come from prison to the kingship, or he may have been born in poverty within his kingdom. I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed the youth, the king’s successor.”
(Ecclesiastes 4:13-15)

What a tragedy, Jesus

that Solomon didn’t apply his own proverb to himself.

Please.

Help me practice what I preach!

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Psalm 12:2; Proverbs 26:24; Isaiah 29:13; Jeremiah 7:28; Matthew 23:3; Romans 2:22; 1 Peter 3:10

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo…without excuse:

“We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago…But because our ancestors angered the God of heaven, he gave them into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar the Chaldean, king of Babylon, who destroyed this temple and deported the people to Babylon.”
(Ezra 5:11-12)

They knew, Jesus!

and didn’t try to hide it.

So often, we pretend we’re innocent.

We complain – as though we don’t deserve
the bad things happening to us.

But I know better.

I confess!
Have mercy on me!

 

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Leviticus 5:5; Nehemiah 1:6; Psalm 32:5; Psalm 38:18; Psalm 51:1-12; James 5:16; 1 John 1:9

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Sunday, January 14, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:

“When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord…and to offer a sacrifice in keeping with what is said in the Law of the Lord: ‘a pair of doves or two young pigeons.’”
(Luke 2:22, 24)

Joseph and Mary did what they knew to do for You, Jesus.

Such small things.

But they were obedient to Your Word

leaving the outcome in Your Father’s Hands.

That’s all I can do

but I had better make sure I do it!

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Zechariah 4:10; Matthew 25:21; Luke 12:48; Luke 16:10; 1 Corinthians 4:1; 1 Thessalonians 2:4; 1 Timothy 6:20

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Tuesday, January 2, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo in passionate gratitude:

“‘In that day,’ declares the Lord, ‘I will gather the lame; I will assemble the exiles and those I have brought to grief. I will make the lame my remnant, those driven away a strong nation. The Lord will rule over them in Mount Zion from that day and forever. As for you, watchtower of the flock, stronghold of Daughter Zion, the former dominion will be restored to you; kingship will come to Daughter Jerusalem.’”
(Micah 4:6-8)


You love us too much, don’t You, Jesus?

We deserve so much worse.
But You give us so much better.

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Leviticus 26:21; Ezra 9:13; Psalm 4:1; Psalm 6:9; Psalm 103:10; Jeremiah 51:6; Hebrews 4:16

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Monday, January 1, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo with growing understanding:

“But to Jonah this seemed very wrong…”
(Jonah 4:1)

What was this horrible thing Jonah thought You did, Jesus?

He didn’t just accuse You of doing wrong
he accused You of doing very wrong.

The “awful” thing You did

was being merciful.

The people of Ninevah deserved to be destroyed.

But when they repented
because Jonah preached their doom
You relented.

May I never be upset when You treat others better than they deserve!

Your mercy
is the only reason
I’m drawing another breath.

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Psalm 6:2; Psalm 6:9; Proverbs 28:13; Matthew 5:7; Romans 9:15; Hebrews 4:16; James 2:13

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Sunday, November 19, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning emotion:

“We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body.”
(2 Corinthians 4:10-11)

That explains a lot, Jesus!

Not the explanation I was hoping for
but the one I fully embrace

confident that You know better than I do.

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Psalm 13:5; Psalm 25:2; Psalm 31:14; Psalm 56:4; Psalm 94:11; 1 Corinthians 3:20; 2 Peter 2:9

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Friday, November 17, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul:

“I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself. My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me. Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes.”
(1 Corinthians 4:3-5)

You’re my judge, Jesus.

But even better
You’re my compassionate, loving, merciful Savior!

Others see my results.

You see my heart –
how passionately I long to please You!

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Psalm 69:30-32; Isaiah 56:4-5; John 8:29; 1 Corinthians 7:32; Ephesians 5:10; Colossians 3:20; 1 John 3:22

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Sunday, October 29, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with informed caution:

“Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder…”
(Nahum 3:1)

People would expect a city full of plunder

to be in pretty good shape, Jesus!

But it’s the blood they’ve shed to get it
the lies they’ve told to keep it

that earn Your pronouncement of woe.

When You say, “Woe!”

I’d better say, “Woah!”

and quickly repent
stop harming others
stop telling lies

or I’ll discover firsthand
just how terrible Your woes can be.

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Numbers 21:29; Job 10:15; Psalm 32:10; Proverbs 23:29; Ecclesiastes 10:16; Revelation 8:13; Revelation 18:10