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Tuesday, August 18, 2020

 

Plead for understanding, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“How could I look your brother Joab in the face?”
(2 Samuel 2:22)

Abner had every reason to believe that even if it was self-defense

to kill Joab’s little brother would sign his own death warrant, Jesus!

But he was trying to reason with a kid who didn’t care.

All Asahel wanted to do was kill the great Abner.

What should I do when I’m caught between two really bad choices?

O Holy Spirit!

Please open my eyes!
Show me!

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Genesis 43:22; 2 Samuel 18:29; 1 Kings 18:12; Isaiah 29:12; Matthew 20:22; Matthew 21:27; Luke 12:12; John 14:26

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Monday, August 17, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with locked-in faith:

“…a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ.”
(Galatians 2:15)

What wonderful news for everyone in the world who believes, Jesus!

and absolutely essential for me.

I’ve sinned too many times.

Accidentally? Without a doubt.
Times beyond counting.

But those aren’t the sins that haunt me nearly so much

as the ones I’ve committed
knowing full well they were wrong.

I’m so, SO very sorry!

Without Your grace
I’m undone.

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Psalms 6:9; Isaiah 55:7; John 1:16-17; Acts 15:10-11; Acts 20:24; Romans 9:16; James 2:13

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Sunday, August 16, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning emotion:

“…whenever any of the people offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come with a three-pronged fork in his hand while the meat was being boiled and would plunge the fork into the pan or kettle or caldron or pot. Whatever the fork brought up the priest would take for himself.”
(1 Samuel 2:12-14)

What a detestable abuse of power, Jesus!

You judged and punished Samuel’s sons

and you will surely judge and punish those
who abuse their power today!

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Psalms 55:10; Isaiah 56:11; Jeremiah 23:1-2; Acts 26:10; Romans 13:2; 2 Corinthians 10:8; 2 Corinthians 13:10; 1 Thessalonians 4:2

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Saturday, August 15, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unbending passion:

“…found that the Lord had opened a door for me…”
(2 Corinthians 2:12)

An open door is a priceless thing, Jesus!

No matter how hard I try
how experienced I am
how much firepower I can muster
how much money I throw at it
how many people I have helping me

if You don’t open the door
I’ll never make it through.

But that’s fine.

Because I don’t want to walk through ANY door
that isn’t in the dead center of Your will.

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Exodus 15:13; Psalms 23:3; Psalms 25:5; Psalms 25:9; Psalms 31:3; John 16:13; 2 Corinthians 2:14-17

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Thursday, August 13, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo in humble awareness:

“…who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them?”
(1 Corinthians 2:11)

It upsets me, Jesus…

when somebody thinks they know what I’m thinking
or why I did what I did.

Most of the time, they’re wrong.

So why am I so quick to judge the motivations of others?

Am I judging them by what I would have done under their circumstances?

If so, then I’m judging myself.

Maybe if I stop sowing that seed

I’ll quit reaping it.

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Numbers 16:28; 1 Samuel 2:3; Matthew 9:4; Luke 9:47; Romans 14:16; Galatians 6:7-9; James 4:14

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Wednesday, August 12, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with earnest desire:

“But when the judge died, the people returned to ways even more corrupt than those of their fathers…”
(Judges 2:19)

It’s clear, Jesus.

Righteous leadership is essential!

Left to ourselves, we stray.

We don’t like to think of ourselves as sheep
but history proves it over and over again:

We need a shepherd.

You Are the Great Shepherd!

We are Your sheep, the precious people of Your flock.

But please, LORD:

Give us holy, pure, wise, faithful, Godly undershepherds.

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Genesis 49:24; Numbers 27:17; 2 Samuel 5:2; Isaiah 56:11; Jeremiah 3:15; Matthew 25:32; 1 Peter 5:2

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Tuesday, August 11, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo in heartbroken concern:

“Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.”
(Romans 1:32)

It’s a scary thing to know what’s right, Jesus

and then not  do it…

to know what I shouldn’t do

and keep right on doing it.

It’s an even scarier thing to encourage others to follow my bad example.

O God! Don’t let me fall into that trap!

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Nehemiah 9:26; Luke 1:17; Romans 10:21; Ephesians 2:2; Ephesians 5:6; Ephesians 5:12; Titus 1:16

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Monday, August 10, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with an eager to obey heart:

“Joshua and all the Israelites…went to the Jordan, where they camped before crossing over.”
(Joshua 3:1)

There are many reasons to camp before crossing over, Jesus.

Some of them good.

Others…not so much.

Sometimes it’s being afraid of the crossing
or fear of what’s on the other side.

At other times it’s procrastination
or a preference for the known, over the unknown.

But may I never hesitate to cross any river in my path

to go where You send me!

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Exodus 30:14; Numbers 32:27; Deuteronomy 4:22; Judges 3:28; Isaiah 11:15; Jeremiah 2:10; Acts 13:22

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Sunday, August 9, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning zeal:

“But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death…”
(Acts 2:24)

Everybody wants an easy death, Jesus.

I’m no exception.

In fact, I would prefer to have no death at all.

I’m holding out for the Rapture!

But so have countless others before me.

They kept their appointment with death.
I may well do the same.

But this is my confidence:

You will free me, too, from the agony of death
to live with You forever!

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Genesis 27:2; Psalms 9:13; Psalms 44:22; Psalms 88:3; Mark 8:31; Luke 9:27; 1 Corinthians 15:31; 1 Corinthians 15:54-57

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Saturday, August 8, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unrestrained allegiance:

“…turn around and set out toward the desert…”
(Deuteronomy 1:40)

That was a hard instruction to hear, Jesus.

Your people had been headed toward the Promised Land.
But their spies convinced the majority they couldn’t succeed.

So You told them to do an about face
and head back into the desert.

I, too, have encountered a few of Your instructions that are hard to hear.

But O God! Hard or no –

may there be none I’m unwilling to obey.

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Exodus 12:24; Exodus 19:5-6; Leviticus 18:4; Deuteronomy 12:28; Psalms 119:34; 2 Thessalonians 1:8; 1 Peter 4:17