Category Archives: Bible

Thursday, May 9, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo in devoted passion:

“Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days.”
(Joel 2:29)

It’s happening, Jesus –

right before my very eyes.

I’m seeing men and women who are looking more and more like You!

They’re rising up, setting the pace
urging the rest of us to join them
in living our lives the way You had in mind

when with incomprehensible love
You laid down Your life for us on the cross.

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Joel 2:28; Acts 6:3; 1 Corinthians 11:1; 1 Corinthians 16:15-16; Ephesians 3:19; 1 Timothy 4:12; 1 John 3:16

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo in fervency of spirit:

“What can I do with you, Ephraim? What can I do with you, Judah? Your love is like the morning mist, like the early dew that disappears. Therefore I cut you in pieces with my prophets, I killed you with the words of my mouth—then my judgments go forth like the sun.”
(Hosea 6:4-5)

I’ve been loved with that same disappearing love Jesus.

It’s awful.

Love never fails.
Their love was a lie from the beginning.

No wonder You respond to its duplicity

with warning words
followed by blazing judgment.

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Exodus 6:6; Numbers 33:4; Deuteronomy 32:41; 1 Chronicles 16:12; Psalm 1:5; Matthew 5:22; 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Tuesday, May 7, 2024

 

Open your heart, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see. Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.”
(Revelation 3:18-19)

Thank You for loving me that much, Jesus!

Forgive me for not being grateful at the time.

I’m ashamed to admit that It’s only when I look back

that I can feel the love.

You could have abandoned me in my sin

but You didn’t!

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Deuteronomy 4:36; Job 5:17; Psalm 6:1; Proverbs 3:11-12; Jeremiah 10:24; 1 Corinthians 11:32; Hebrews 12:11

Monday, May 6, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo with rejoicing:

“…servants of the Most High God, come out! Come here!” So Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego came out of the fire…They saw that the fire had not harmed their bodies, nor was a hair of their heads singed; their robes were not scorched, and there was no smell of fire on them.”
(Daniel 3:26-27)

It doesn’t get any more amazing than that, Jesus!

You rewarded these men for their refusal to bow to an idol
by performing one of the great miracles of all time.

But others, whom You love just as much,

were burned to death for their faith.

Only in heaven will I understand.
Until then, You have my complete trust.

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Exodus 20:3; Exodus 23:13; Deuteronomy 5:7; Deuteronomy 6:15; Daniel 3:16-18; Acts 17:29-31; 2 Corinthians 6:16; Hebrews 11:35-40

Sunday, May 5, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo in new awareness:

“Be merciful to those who doubt; save others by snatching them from the fire; to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.”
(Jude 1:22-23)

I’ve heard it for years, Jesus:

“Hate the sin, love the sinner.”

Most people don’t say anything about the sinner’s clothing.

But we should.
Your Word doesn’t contain throwaway lines.
Every Word from Your mouth has a specific purpose.

Clearly, You not only don’t want me to sin

You don’t want me to dress like a sinner!

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Exodus 29:5; Ruth 3:3; 2 Chronicles 5:12; Proverbs 7:10; Jeremiah 4:30; Ezekiel 16:10; 1 Timothy 2:9

Saturday, May 4, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo in the fear of God:

“‘Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go!’ So they went out and began killing throughout the city. While they were killing and I was left alone, I fell facedown, crying out, ‘Alas, Sovereign Lord! Are you going to destroy the entire remnant of Israel in this outpouring of your wrath on Jerusalem?’”
(Ezekiel 9:7-8)

No, Jesus.

You didn’t destroy them all.

But You do know whom to destroy and whom to spare.

I don’t deserve it –

but thank You for sparing me

right down to this very moment.

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Genesis 8:21; Psalm 5:6; Psalm 9:5; Psalm 37:9; Psalm 37:28; Philippians 1:27-28; 2 Thessalonians 2:8

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

Thursday, May 2, 2024

 

Sell out totally to God as you pray this Lazaroo:

“He has made my skin and my flesh grow old and has broken my bones. He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship. He has made me dwell in darkness like those long dead. He has walled me in so I cannot escape; he has weighed me down with chains.”
(Lamentations 3:4-7)

Jeremiah is talking about You, Jesus.

He believed in You.
He obeyed You.

And He knew exactly Who Is In Charge of Everything –

even the most brutal challenges of life.

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Isaiah 45:7; Lamentations 3:28; Lamentations 3:37; Amos 3:6; Amos 4:13; Matthew 11:25; Acts 17:24

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo with earnest desire:

“I have much to write to you, but I do not want to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to visit you and talk with you face to face…”
(2 John 1:12)

Not so different from today, Jesus!

Now, Paul might write:

“I have so much to text you…
or email you…

“…but I don’t want to use my cell.”

The message is the same:

There’s just something special
about face to face.

One day in heaven, Jesus…

with You!

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Genesis 32:30; Exodus 33:11; Numbers 12:8; Numbers 14:14; Deuteronomy 5:4; 1 Corinthians 13:12; 3 John 1:14

Tuesday, April 30, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo with absolute confidence:

“At that time they will call Jerusalem The Throne of the Lord, and all nations will gather in Jerusalem to honor the name of the Lord. No longer will they follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts. In those days the people of Judah will join the people of Israel, and together they will come from a northern land to the land I gave your ancestors as an inheritance.
(Jeremiah 3:17-18)

No matter how unlikely that appears at this moment, Jesus

this will happen!

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Joshua 21:45; Joshua 23:14; 1 Kings 8:25; 1 Kings 8:56; 1 Chronicles 17:19; 1 Chronicles 25:5; Luke 1:45