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Sunday, January 8, 2023

 

May the Hope of God rise within you, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“‘What are those feeble Jews doing? Will they restore their wall? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day? Can they bring the stones back to life from those heaps of rubble—burned as they are?’…’What they are building—even a fox climbing up on it would break down their wall of stones!’”
(Nehemiah 4:2-3)

Maybe those Jews were feeble, Jesus.

Maybe they couldn’t restore the broken down wall of Jerusalem
in a single day.

But how about in 52 days!!!

They stunned the world

because you were with them.

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Deuteronomy 31:6; Joshua 10:42; Joshua 23:3; 1 Kings 8:57; Nehemiah 6:15; Matthew 28:19-20; 1 Corinthians 1:8

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Saturday, January 7, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with laser-focused intensity:

“Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.”
(1 Timothy 3:2-3)

Those are a lot of requirements, Jesus.

No wonder some people see them
and back away from pursuing this holy office.

But these are the bare minimums!

Isn’t this the holy life to which You’ve called
absolutely every one of us?

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Deuteronomy 28:9; Psalm 16:3; Romans 1:7; 1 Corinthians 1:2; Ephesians 1:8; Philippians 1:1; Titus 2:11-14

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Friday, January 6, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with rock-solid confidence:

“Jerusalem has had powerful kings ruling over the whole of Trans-Euphrates, and taxes, tribute and duty were paid to them. Now issue an order to these men to stop work, so that this city will not be rebuilt until I so order…Why let this threat grow, to the detriment of the royal interests?”
(Ezra 4:20-22)

The men who wrote this letter were Your enemies, Jesus.

They knew exactly how to get the king to halt the rebuilding of Your temple.

Paused? Yes.
Stopped? Never!

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Joshua 4:24; Judges 2:15; 1 Samuel 14:6; Job 9:12; Isaiah 14:27; Isaiah 41:20; Romans 11:33-36

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Thursday, January 5, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with growing eagerness:

“May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed…”
(2 Thessalonians 2:16-17)

May I pray that prayer over others, Jesus

and may others pray it over me.

Oh, how we need You to encourage and strengthen us

as in Your Name we perform good deed after good deed!

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Psalm 34:14; Matthew 5:16; 1 Timothy 2:9-10; 1 Timothy 5:9-10; 1 Timothy 5:25; 1 Timothy 6:18; Hebrews 10:24; 1 Peter 2:12

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Wednesday, January 4, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with growing understanding:

“…Solomon summoned to Jerusalem the elders of Israel, all the heads of the tribes and the chiefs of the Israelite families, to bring up the ark of the Lord’s covenant from Zion, the City of David. And all the Israelites came together to the king at the time of the festival in the seventh month.”
(2 Chronicles 5:2-3)

They obeyed the king, Jesus.

But why?

Billions of people have disobeyed kings’ commands.

Very simply, You put it in their hearts to obey Solomon.

So they did.

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1 Samuel 2:35; Nehemiah 2:12; Psalm 36:1; Psalm 119:11; Proverbs 21:1; Jeremiah 20:9; Acts 4:28

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Tuesday, January 3, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in respectful awe:

“So when we could stand it no longer, we thought it best to be left by ourselves in Athens.”
(1 Thessalonians 3:1)

Paul longed to return to the believers in Thessalonica, Jesus

but Satan blocked him.

We don’t know how or why.

But You either let it happen or caused it to happen
because Satan can thwart no plan of Yours!

Was sending Timothy in his place second best?

No.

You’re Sovereign.

That was Your plan all along.

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Genesis 15:2; Psalm 71:5; Amos 3:6; Acts 4:28; 1 Corinthians 8:6; 1 Thessalonians 2:17-20; 1 Thessalonians 3:2

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Monday, January 2, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with every fiber of your being:

“All Israel…were taken captive to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.”
(1 Chronicles 9:1)

That’s where unfaithfulness leads, isn’t it, Jesus?

Captivity.

Ironic. The reason anyone disobeys You

is to get out from under Your commands
opting for freedom to go their own way

not realizing that Your laws
are safeguards.

Once “free” of the umbrella of protection Your statutes afford

they become sitting ducks
for everything Satan wants to do to them

hastening the day
when they’ll be manacled
staring hopelessly through bars.

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Leviticus 26:13; Pslm 107:16; Psalm 119:31; Psalm 119:45; Isaiah 45:2; Jeremiah 34:17; Ezekiel 34:27; John 8:36; 2 Peter 2:19

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Sunday, January 1, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with utter abandon:

“…the mystery of God, namely, Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.”
(Colossians 2:2-3)

When I have You, Jesus

I’ve got it all.

Everything God has, You have –

because You’re God
and God has everything.

Speaking of which:

You have me!

I’ve given myself to You, body and soul
past, present and future
nothing held back!

Which means I will always have everything I need
because I will always, always, always have You.

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Matthew 6:25-34; Mark 13:11; John 1:16; 2 Corinthians 6:10; Ephesians 1:22-23; Ephesians 3:19; Ephesians 4:13; 1 John 5:20

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Saturday, December 31, 2022

 

Hold nothing back, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“They brought the jars to her and she kept pouring. When all the jars were full, she said to her son, ‘Bring me another one.’ But he replied, ‘There is not a jar left.’ Then the oil stopped flowing.”
(2 Kings 4:5-6)

When does Your miraculous oil stop flowing, Jesus?

When I quit bringing You jars.

With Your help, I’m not going to be like that widow’s son.

I’ll scour heaven and earth

to find another jar.

Here, LORD!

Please fill it.

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Psalm 16:11; Psalm 65:4; Psalm 71:8; Psalm 126:2; Matthew 5:6; Acts 2:28; Ephesians 3:19; Ephesians 5:18

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Friday, December 30, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in humble adulation:

“…it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.”
(Philippians 3:13)

That’s what I’ve asked You to do, Jesus!

I don’t want anything but what You want.

By myself…

I don’t know enough
I don’t understand enough
I don’t love enough.

But You do!

You’ve saved my life.

Therefore I trust You with my life.

Did I say, “my” life?

No.

My life is Yours!
Forever and ever and ever.

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Psalm 116:6; Psalm 147:5; Psalm 119:94; Romans 8:38-39; 2 Corinthians 5:15; Galatians 2:20; Ephesians 4:17