Category Archives: building

Saturday, December 2, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo, undeterred:

“The king should know that we went to the district of Judah, to the temple of the great God. The people are building it with large stones and placing the timbers in the walls…We questioned the elders and asked them, ‘Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and to finish it?’”
(Ezra 5:8-9)

Every time I launch something for You, Jesus

Satan will raise up someone to question what I’m doing.

Fine. Let them ask away!

…while I keep right on doing what You’ve called me to do.

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Nehemiah 6:8-9; Luke 4:44; John 8:7; Acts 5:42; Acts 12:16; Acts 20:7; Acts 20:31

Sunday, July 23, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo all the way to the marrow of your bones:

“At that time Tattenai, governor of Trans-Euphrates, and Shethar-Bozenai and their associates went to them and asked, ‘Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and to finish it?’ They also asked, ‘What are the names of those who are constructing this building?’”
(Ezra 5:3-4)

Intimidation tactics, Jesus.

Evil people are full of them.

Help me see their wicked strategies a mile away!

Help me deal with their threats and manipulations
with the supernatural wisdom that comes only from You.

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Esther 8:3; Psalm 10:2; Psalm 21:11; Psalm 35:20; Psalm 64:6; Proverbs 21:30; Isaiah 8:10; Matthew 28:12

Sunday, March 5, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning emotion:

“Solomon made an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt and married his daughter. He brought her to the City of David until he finished building his palace and the temple of the Lord, and the wall around Jerusalem. The people, however, were still sacrificing at the high places…”
(1 Kings 3:1-2)

And so it starts to unravel, Jesus…

Solomon enters a forbidden marriage
the people worshiping where they shouldn’t.

The more disobedience I incorporate in my life

the more swiftly my downfall arrives.

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Leviticus 26:30; 1 Kings 3:3; 1 Kings 11:1-3; 1 Kings 13:34; 2 Chronicles 26:16; 1 Thessalonians 3:5; James 1:13-14

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

Saturday, June 4, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unrestrained allegiance:

“By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.”
(1 Corinthians 3:10-11)

You, Jesus…

Are where it starts.
Where it has to start.

To start anywhere else

is a fool’s errand!

If I don’t start with You

I’ll never finish.

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1 Samuel 2:8; Psalm 11:3; Psalm 89:14; Isaiah 28:16; Isaiah 33:6; Matthew 7:24-26; Romans 15:20

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with earnest desire:

“The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor. For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building.”
(1 Corinthians 3:8-9)

Doesn’t matter where I serve in Your Church, Jesus –

up front or behind the scenes –

our purpose is the same:

We’re serving You!

Since I’m Your field

make me productive!

Since I’m Your building

make me welcoming
for those who need shelter.

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Psalm 27:5; Psalm 31:20; Isaiah 4:6; Matthew 13:24-30; 2 Corinthians 6:1; Ephesians 2:21; Philippians 4:3

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in heartfelt gratitude:

“Then the peoples around them set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to go on building. They bribed officials to work against them and frustrate their plans during the entire reign of Cyrus king of Persia and down to the reign of Darius king of Persia.”
(Ezra 4:4-5)

It’s hard to believe there are people like this, Jesus

until one of them comes after me.

What would I do, if I didn’t have You!

You alone are my Protector and Deliverer!

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2 Samuel 22:2; Psalms 41:1-4; Psalms 70:5; Psalms 116:6; Psalms 121:1-3; Proverbs 2:8; Romans 11:26

Sunday, September 19, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning emotion:

“…Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.”
(Ephesians 2:20-22)

What a miracle, Jesus!

Our temple is not a building of wood, brick, metal or stone.
We are Your temple!

Not only do You live in us
but we live in You!

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Psalms 5:11; Acts 17:28; 1 Corinthians 1:5; 2 Corinthians 1:19; Ephesians 1:4; Ephesians 1:7; Colossians 1:27

Monday, April 20, 2020

 

Aim higher, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“He rebuilt it, roofing it over…”
(Nehemiah 3:15)

Nobody else added a roof to the gate he was repairing, Jesus.

Only Shallun.

From this we can infer that it wasn’t something that had to be done.

Shallun thought it would be a good idea.

So he took the extra time
did the extra work
incurred the extra expense

to make the Fountain Gate unique, beautiful, desirable.

What an inspiration, Father!

May I always and forever do more than expected…for You.

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Exodus 36:5; 2 Chronicles 9:12; Nehemiah 7:2; Job 23:12; Psalms 69:30-31; Matthew 5:43-48; Luke 21:1-3

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo in building anticipation:

“…about whom the prophets also wrote…”
(John 1:45)

The prophets wrote about You, Jesus

because Your Heavenly Father told them what to write.

But most of them had little real knowledge of who You’d really be.

You gave each of them a small piece of the puzzle to share
without ever revealing the whole picture.

It’s up to those of us who’ve come later to fit all the pieces together

until our jaws drop in stunned love and wonder.

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Genesis 3:15; Isaiah 9:6; Matthew 1:1-17; Matthew 11:3; John 5:46; 1 Peter 1:10-11; Revelation 22:16