Category Archives: Bible

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with bottomless trust:

“Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things.”
(2 Peter 1:20)

I get it, Jesus.

It’s above all because everything hinges on this truth:

These are Your words, not those of any human being.

Even well-intentioned people make mistakes.

You don’t.

I can stake my life on everything I read in these 66 books of the Bible

from Genesis to Revelation

because every truth I encounter

is Yours.

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1 Samuel 3:19; Isaiah 8:20; Isaiah 55:8-11; Jeremiah 23:29; John 1:1; Hebrews 4:12; 2 Peter 1:21

Monday, April 3, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo in confident belief:

“Arise…”
(Song of Songs 2:13)

That’s what You did for the world and for me, Jesus:

You arose.

Because You did

I will.

That takes the stinger out of the wasp of death!

To know that death is not the end
but the beginning

is the greatest gift of my life:

Life.

Eternal life!

My body may be buried here

but my spirit will soar forever with You in heaven
to be joined one day by my transformed body.

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John 6:51; John 8:35; 1 Corinthians 15:35-58; 2 Corinthians 3:18; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Hebrews 10:14; 1 John 2:17

Sunday, April 2, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:

“He was…revealed in these last times…”
(1 Peter 1:20)

For nearly two thousand years we’ve celebrated Your coming, Jesus!

All of history – and all our hopes –
hinge on the perfect timing of Your arrival.

Before You came, we faced the fact
that try though we might
we could not save ourselves.

Now that You’ve come
we fall on our faces in gratitude
because we don’t have to save ourselves.

That’s what You did on the cross

for all who believe.

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John 15:22; Acts 17:30; Romans 3:21; Galatians 4:4-7; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 2:13; Ephesians 5:8; Colossians 1:22

Sunday, April 2, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:

“He was…revealed in these last times…”
(1 Peter 1:20)

For nearly two thousand years we’ve celebrated Your coming, Jesus!

All of history – and all our hopes –
hinge on the perfect timing of Your arrival.

Before You came, we faced the fact
that try though we might
we could not save ourselves.

Now that You’ve come
we fall on our faces in gratitude
because we don’t have to save ourselves.

That’s what You did on the cross

for all who believe.

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John 15:22; Acts 17:30; Romans 3:21; Galatians 4:4-7; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 2:13; Ephesians 5:8; Colossians 1:22

Saturday, April 1, 2017

 

Go to school, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“The fate of the fool will overtake me also…”
(Ecclesiastes 2:15)

Solomon’s right, Jesus:

Just as the person who foolishly disbelieves in you
will one day breathe their last on this earth

so will those who believe in You with all their hearts.

But Solomon was also wrong:

Unlike the unbelieving fool
every believer who closes their eyes here

will open them in heaven.

Sadly, as he grew older, Solomon disobeyed You.

May I not follow his foolish example.

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1 Kings 11:1-11; Psalms 14:1; Proverbs 8:5; Proverbs 11:29; Proverbs 15:2; Proverbs 30:32; 1 Corinthians 1:27

Friday, March 31, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with outrageous adoration:

“My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ…”
(James 2:1)

This is about as clear as You could possibly make it, Jesus:

If someone believes in You
they’re family.

They’re as much my brother and my sister

as though we shared the same biological mom and dad.

On second thought, they’re even more.

As good as natural parents can possibly be
none of them can match You.

My truest family

is the one that lasts
forever.

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Matthew 12:46-50; Matthew 25:40; Luke 14:26; Luke 21:16; Acts 11:29; Acts 12:17; Acts 18:27; Romans 12:1

Thursday, March 30, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with pure devotion:

“None who go to her return…”
(Proverbs 2:19)

You’re talking about people who go to prostitutes, Jesus.

By saying they don’t return
You’re saying such a person is never the same again.

There’s something about violating the sanctity of marriage

that does lasting damage to the person who pays for it
and the person who sells it.

But there’s also something about repentance

that leads to forgiveness
that results in life-change

that gives Your broken people
a fresh start.

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Genesis 34:1-31; Genesis 38:1-26; Leviticus 19:29; Deuteronomy 23:17; Judges 16:1-21; Proverbs 6:26; 1 Corinthians 6:15; Hebrews 11:31; 1 John 1:9

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

 

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

“For this reason he had to be made like his brothers in every way…”
(Hebrews 2:17)

I can’t imagine what it meant to give up what You had

to be one of us, Jesus!

The Creator of heaven and earth

restricting Himself to be somebody people could
criticize, mock, ridicule, reject, spit on
nail to a cross and watch die.

That would be like me volunteering to become an ant

only worse.

And You did it

all for love.

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John 3:13; John 6:33; John 6:38; John 6:62; John 8:23; John 8:58-59; John 16:28; John 17:5; Colossians 1:16-17; Hebrews 1:2

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with white-hot fervor:

“Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies…”
(Psalms 5:8)

I don’t know, Jesus –

Is it easier to live a righteous life while my enemies are attacking
or when it appears they’re giving me a break?

While under attack

I might lean hard on You…
or get discouraged and sin.

When free from attack

I might worship You in gratitude…
or grow complacent and stray.

Please, LORD!

In trouble or not
lead me all the time.

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1 Samuel 2:1; 2 Samuel 5:20; 2 Samuel 22:48-49; 1 Chronicles 12:17; Psalms 7:6; Matthew 10:36; Luke 6:35; Hebrews 10:27

Saturday, April 1, 2017

 

Go to school, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“The fate of the fool will overtake me also…”
(Ecclesiastes 2:15)

Solomon’s right, Jesus:

Just as the person who foolishly disbelieves in you
will one day breathe their last on this earth

so will those who believe in You with all their hearts.

But Solomon was also wrong:

Unlike the unbelieving fool
every believer who closes their eyes here

will open them in heaven.

Sadly, as he grew older, Solomon disobeyed You.

May I not follow his foolish example.

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning 212-LAZAROO…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

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1 Kings 11:1-11; Psalms 14:1; Proverbs 8:5; Proverbs 11:29; Proverbs 15:2; Proverbs 30:32; 1 Corinthians 1:27