Category Archives: chariots

Saturday, March 9, 2024

 

Hold nothing back, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“The crack of whips, the clatter of wheels, galloping horses and jolting chariots!”
(Nahum 3:2)

Sounds I don’t want to hear, Jesus!

Sounds of my impending doom
for all the sins I’ve committed against You.

There’s no denying.

There have been many.
They’re what I deserve.

But they’re not what I want!

Forgive me, LORD!
Rescue me!

Do not hold against me the sins of my past
nor the sins of this very hour.

In Your mercy

Give me my second billionth chance.

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1 Kings 8:47; Job 42:6; Proverbs 1:23; Isaiah 59:20; Jeremiah 8:6; Matthew 3:2; Galatians 6:7

Sunday, January 21, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning zeal:

“Then Deborah said to Barak, ’Go! This is the day the Lord has given Sisera into your hands. Has not the Lord gone ahead of you?’ So Barak went down Mount Tabor, with ten thousand men following him. At Barak’s advance, the Lord routed Sisera and all his chariots and army by the sword…”
(Judges 4:14-15)

When You give me Your Word, Jesus

I’ll go.

Your Word never fails.

So long as I obey Your Word
neither will I.

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Deuteronomy 20:4; 1 Samuel 15:22; 2 Samuel 8:6; 2 Kings 13:17; Isaiah 50:10; John 17:6; Philippians 2:12

Monday, September 11, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with Holy Spirit confidence:

“The Lord, the God of Israel, commands you: ‘Go, take with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun and lead them up to Mount Tabor. I will lead Sisera, the commander of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his troops to the Kishon River and give him into your hands.’”
(Judges 4:6-7)

If it had been anyone else, Jesus

Barak might have responded:

“Yeah, right.”

But this was the prophet Deborah, Your chosen leader of Israel!

She spoke Your words, not her own.

Like You –

I’d be wise to do the same.

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Exodus 7:17; Judges 4:4; Isaiah 8:20; Zechariah 1:16; John 7:16; John 14:24; 2 Peter 1:21; 2 Peter 3:16

Friday, July 7, 2023

 

Rejoice! as you pray this Lazaroo:

“Because he had nine hundred chariots fitted with iron and had cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years, they cried to the Lord for help. Now Deborah, a prophet, the wife of Lappidoth, was leading Israel at that time. She held court under the Palm of Deborah…and the Israelites went up to her to have their disputes decided.”
(Judges 4:3-5)

Jabin’s army commander Sisera didn’t know it yet, Jesus

but his nine hundred iron chariots were like straw before You.

May I never forget:

The Power is with me
when I’m with You!

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2 Samuel 22:30; Psalm 44:3, 6-7; Psalm 75:6-7; Psalm 108:12; Proverbs 21:30; Matthew 19:26; Philippians 4:13

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

 

Watch it happen! as you pray this Lazaroo:

“‘I am against you,’ declares the Lord Almighty. ‘I will burn up your chariots in smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will leave you no prey on the earth.’”
(Nahum 2:13)

What happens to a carnivore when there’s no longer any prey, Jesus?

If they have nothing to kill

they can’t eat.

If they have nothing to eat

they’ll die.

You’re slow to anger, abounding in love.

But when Your patience is met by unrelenting, vicious behavior

You pronounce sentence.

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Genesis 15:11; Genesis 49:9; Genesis 49:27; Job 4:11; Job 24:21; Psalm 17:12; Revelation 18:21

Saturday, December 3, 2022

 

Hold nothing back, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“‘I am against you,’ declares the Lord Almighty. ‘I will burn up your chariots in smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions.’”
(Nahum 2:13)

The young lions are the future, Jesus.

If You punish a nation by destroying the best of their youth
You doom that country to become increasingly weak

eventually to disappear

which is exactly what happened in 637

to the once great city of Nineveh.

O God!

I beg You: Spare our young lions!

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Deuteronomy 32:25; 2 Chronicles 36:17; Psalms 34:10; Isaiah 5:29; Jeremiah 51:38; Titus 2:6; 1 John 2:13

Sunday, September 25, 2022

 

Take sober warning, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“‘I am against you,’ declares the Lord Almighty. ‘I will burn up your chariots in smoke…’”
(Nahum 2:13)

This is what happens when You’re against someone, isn’t it, Jesus?

You destroy the things they trust.

Why?

Because they’re trusting them instead of You!

They fail to see that their “chariots” – or whatever they’re trusting –

are gifts from Your hand
given to them in love.

But when they make Your gifts their god

they quickly find out:

You will tolerate no gods before You!

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Exodus 18:11; Exodus 20:3; Deuteronomy 5:7; Deuteronomy 11:28; 1 Kings 9:5-7; Psalm 16:4; James 4:5

Friday, January 7, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in faith-filled confidence:

“I will overthrow chariots…”
(Haggai 2:22)

This was no small thing, Jesus.

Armies on foot would melt in fear
when confronted by an army with chariots.

It took an enormous amount of faith in You

for a soldier on foot to stand his ground
when a horse-drawn chariot was bearing down on him.

What are the chariots I’m facing this year, LORD?

Please increase my faith to reflect Who You Really Are

so that come what may
I’ll stand my ground!

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Genesis 41:43; Exodus 14:6; Exodus 14:9; Exodus 14:18; Deuteronomy 20:1; Joshua 11:4-6; Acts 8:28-38

Saturday, April 20, 2019

 

Hold nothing back, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“They look like flaming torches…”
(Nahum 2:4)

That’s not what they were, Jesus

but it’s sure what those invading chariots looked like.

When fear grips my heart…when I’m under attack…

my mind can play tricks on me
my emotions can skew what I perceive.

Deliver me from that weakness, LORD!

May my well-founded faith in You be so strong
that when Satan launches his offensive

I am calmer, braver and sharper than usual –

my every move
guided by You.

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Psalms 3:6; Psalms 27:3; Psalms 46:2; Psalms 56:3; Psalms 91:5; Isaiah 8:12; 1 Peter 3:14

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo in Godly, cleansing fear:

“With a noise like that of chariots…”
(Joel 2:5)

Much like someone unfortunate enough to be attacked by today’s

Abrams tank
Apache helicopter
A-10 Warthog

anyone hearing that sound would have been paralyzed with fear, Jesus

especially knowing it was You who sent them
because of their stubborn, willful sin.

You’ve punished Your people like that before, Father.

No doubt You’ll have to do it again.

But that’s not how I want to experience You!

I prefer to obey.

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Deuteronomy 5:33; Deuteronomy 28:1; Joshua 22:5; 1 Samuel 15:22; Romans 1:5; 2 Corinthians 9:13; Hebrews 10:26-31