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Sunday, November 27, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with grateful heart:

“…peace from God.”
(2 John 1:3)

Where else is it going to come from, Jesus…

if not from You?

This world doesn’t offer peace.

The best it offers is a cessation of hostilities.

But even then, it’s temporary –
more like an opportunity to plan the next attack.

It’s all surface, too

the anger, jealousies, hatred and bitterness
simmering underneath.

In wonderful contrast, Your peace is real, lasting, deep.

World peace is an illusion.
In You alone I find peace.

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Numbers 6:24-26; Judges 6:24; Psalms 4:8; Psalms 85:8; Proverbs 14:30; Matthew 10:34-36; John 14:27

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Saturday, November 26, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unrestrained allegiance:

“My people…have forsaken me…”
(Jeremiah 2:13)

Unthinkable, Jesus!

How foolish.
How dare we do such a thing?

But times beyond counting, we have –

thinking our way is better
fearing Your way won’t be to our liking

or simply straying so gradually that we hardly notice

we’re not living the way You’ve called us to live
we’re not following You anymore.

Don’t let that happen to me!

Or if it has

please, please, please!
help me find my way back.

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1 Kings 22:43; 2 Chronicles 20:32; Psalms 119:10; Psalms 119:21; Proverbs 19:27; Galatians 4:9-11; James 4:7

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Friday, November 25, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with concern:

“…whoever hates his brother is in the darkness…”
(1 John 2:11)

Sometimes I become so upset at what someone has said or done, Jesus

that I come dangerously close to hating them for it.

Not good. So I call it by a different name:

I say I “dislike” them
I “can’t stand” them
I “want nothing to do” with them.

Maybe that’s all it is.

But maybe it isn’t

which may explain some of this darkness I now battle.

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Psalms 18:28; Psalms 44:19; Psalms 88:18; Psalms 107:14; Proverbs 4:19; Proverbs 10:12; Galatians 5:19-21

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Thursday, November 24, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo in over-the-top trust:

“…let us walk in the light of the LORD.”
(Isaiah 2:5)

I’d better walk in Your light, Jesus!

Everywhere else is gloom, warped mirrors, darkness.

Of course, some people reject Your Light.

They’re afraid it will expose their sins, shortcomings, misdeeds.
They’re right.
It will.

But that’s a good thing!

Lovers of truth want to know where they’re missing it
so they can correct course
and turn it around.

May I always love Truth, Father!

and walk in Your Light.

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1 Kings 17:24; 2 Chronicles 18:15; Proverbs 12:17; John 1:5; John 14:6; Acts 26:17-18; 1 Corinthians 4:5

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Wednesday, November 23, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with faith in the God who can:

“…until the day dawns…”
(2 Peter 1:19)

That’s what every person who’s ever experienced a “night of the soul” longs for, Jesus:

Daylight.

In the physical world, I know how long night lasts…and ends.

But in the spiritual world
a night can last for a very, very long time.

In the agony of that experience I cry:

“Where do I find the strength to hang on ‘until the day dawns’?”

In myself, I can’t. But in You

I can.

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Job 7:4; Psalms 37:6; Psalms 63:6; Psalms 119:148; Psalms 130:6; Lamentations 2:19; John 9:4; Acts 27:29

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Tuesday, November 22, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with bottomless trust:

“The fig tree forms its early fruit…”
(Song of Songs 2:13)

So I guess that means there must be a late fruit too, Jesus

and an on-time fruit. 😉

But there has to be something special about the early fruit!

That first taste – so good and sweet
especially after a long time without.

Is that why You came up with the idea of a firstfruits offering?

For sure, You deserve it –
because all my “fruit” comes from You.

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Exodus 20:1-3; 1 Kings 17:13; 1 Chronicles 29:14; Proverbs 3:9-10; Matthew 3:8; Matthew 6:33; John 15:1-5

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Monday, November 21, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo in grateful amazement:

“…Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.”
(1 Peter 1:19)

Knowing that You would one day sacrifice Your Son, Father

You commanded Your people to offer lambs without blemish or defect

as atonement for their sins.

Of course, no animal blood on this earth could take away their sins.

You honored their sacrifices because they obeyed
pointing ahead to that day when Your sinless Son’s death

would pay for the sins of everyone who believes.

Oh, Jesus!

Thank You!

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Numbers 6:14; Isaiah 1:11; Malachi 1:6-8; John 1:29; Philippians 2:6-11; Hebrews 2:9; Hebrews 10:4; 1 John 4:10

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Sunday, November 20, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo in thrilled anticipation:

“…the same fate overtakes them both.”
(Ecclesiastes 2:14)

That’s the way it looks to us down here under the sun, Jesus.

No matter how gifted and successful the wise person
no matter how evil and irresponsible the fool

both die.

Meaningless.
Depressing.

But that’s not how the story ends!

Thanks to what You did for me on the cross

my life on this earth is the first word
in the first chapter

of an adventure that has no end.

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Job 19:25-27; Psalms 23:6; John 3:16; John 11:26; 2 Corinthians 5:8; 1 Thessalonians 4:17; 2 Peter 3:8

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Saturday, November 19, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with sobered clarity:

“…his religion is worthless.”
(James 1:26)

What a blow that would be, Jesus!

To spend a lifetime thinking my religion is doing me good
that You’re pleased enough with me to take me to heaven

then find out that I’ve wasted my time and energy
that all my religious behavior and cherished beliefs

were dead wrong.

Which is why I’m not depending on my ideas, traditions and customs.

My only hope – and I know it to the bone –

is You.

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Psalms 44:3; Psalms 44:6-7; Psalms 127:1; Isaiah 26:12; Isaiah 64:6; John 14:6; Acts 4:12

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Friday, November 18, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with supernatural caution:

“…her house leads down to death…”
(Proverbs 2:18)

You’re warning me to watch out for the cheating spouse, aren’t You?

Thank You, Jesus!

Such a man or woman doesn’t usually enter my world with a sign around their neck that declares:

“Beware! I bring you death!”

But they should.

Any unrepentant wife willing to be unfaithful to her husband
any unrepentant husband willing to be unfaithful to his wife

only needs the next opportunity

to be unfaithful to me.

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Psalms 5:9; Proverbs 5:20; Proverbs 6:23-24; Proverbs 7:4-5; Proverbs 12:22; Luke 16:10; 1 Timothy 3:11