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Friday, February 16, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo with riveted attention:

“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk far from your lips.”
(Proverbs 4:23-24)

When You tell me, “Above all else,” Jesus

that’s something I dare not ignore.

You’re telling me to love what You love

and nothing else.

Only then will my mouth be free of perversity

my lips from corrupt talk.

And since I have to guard my heart

that tells me Satan is attempting to steal it.

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Psalm 141:3; Matthew 10:17; Mark 13:33; Luke 12:1; Acts 20:31; 1 Corinthians 16:13; 1 Peter 5:8-9

Saturday, December 30, 2023

 

Hold nothing back, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“There are those who oppress the innocent and take bribes and deprive the poor of justice in the courts. Therefore the prudent keep quiet in such times, for the times are evil.”
(Amos 5:12-13)

When the courts are corrupt, Jesus

to whom can we turn?

Only You.

When the courts are righteous

to whom can we turn?

Only You.

In good times and bad

in hard times and pleasant
in sickness and in health
in happiness and sorrow

to whom can we turn?

Only You.

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Exodus 20:3; Deuteronomy 4:35; 1 Kings 8:60; Isaiah 44:8; Isaiah 45:5; Daniel 3:29; John 6:60-69

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with bottomless trust:

“Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority…”
(1 Peter 2:13)

That’s a tall order, Jesus.

So many human authorities are corrupt.
Even more are completely in the wrong.

But You’ve commanded me to do it for Your sake.

I will.
For that reason only.

But this I know:

If human authorities require me to disobey You
You will be the first to tell me to disobey them

no matter what it costs
because I belong to You.

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Exodus 5:2; Numbers 27:20; Deuteronomy 13:4; Luke 11:28; Acts 5:29; Acts 5:32; Hebrews 5:9

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

 

Be humbly forewarned, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“…those who follow the corrupt desire of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and arrogant, they are not afraid to heap abuse on celestial beings; yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not heap abuse on such beings when bringing judgment on them from the Lord.”
(2 Peter 2:10-11)

What a lesson, Jesus!

Even though You command me to resist the demonic work
of those powerful angels who followed Satan

because You created them
I’m to treat them with respect

as I do my earth-bound enemies.

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Psalm 21:8; Psalm 74:23; Matthew 5:44; Matthew 22:44; Matthew 25:41; James 4:7; Revelation 12:7-12

Wednesday, February 1, 2023

 

Beg God for a clean heart, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“I know all about Ephraim; Israel is not hidden from me. Ephraim, you have now turned to prostitution; Israel is corrupt. Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God. A spirit of prostitution is in their heart; they do not acknowledge the Lord.”
(Hosea 5:3-4)

The thing is, Jesus

You know exactly what’s going on inside each of us.

When it’s good
You reward us.

When it’s diabolical
You respond accordingly.

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Deuteronomy 5:29; 1 Samuel 16:7; 1 Kings 18:37; Psalm 12:2; Matthew 13:15; Matthew 15:8; Acts 11:23

Saturday, January 21, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unrestrained allegiance:

“…those who follow the corrupt desire of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and arrogant, they are not afraid…”
(2 Peter 2:10)

Lack of fear can be a good thing, Jesus…

but not in this case.

Fear of doing wrong, knowing full well You’re watching

is the beginning of wisdom.

Most of us don’t have that fear nearly enough.

For some, it’s a lack of belief.

But for others of us
it’s knowing how much You love us!

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Exodus 1:21; Psalm 36:1; Psalm 55:19; Psalm 111:10; Romans 8:39; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Revelation 1:5-6

Friday, August 5, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with deep reverence:

“With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, ‘Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.’ Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day. They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.”
(Acts 2:40-42)

To this very day, Jesus…

those who’ve accepted Your message continue to be baptized.

May we, too, devote ourselves

to Your teaching
to fellowship
to the breaking of bread
and to prayer!

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Psalm 55:14; Psalm 78:1; Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 2:46; Acts 20:11; 1 Corinthians 7:5; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Colossians 4:2

Monday, July 4, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in transparent desperation:

”…the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment. This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the flesh…”
(2 Peter 2:9-10)

My flesh has some corrupt desires, Jesus –

to which I’ve given in
far too often.

But that’s not who I want to be!

In Your power, Holy Spirit
that’s not who I will be!

Rescue me from these trials and temptations, Father!

You’re my only Hope.

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Psalm 17:13; Psalm 18:17; Psalm 25:20; Psalm 43:1; Matthew 6:13; Matthew 26:41; 1 Corinthians 10:13

Saturday, August 28, 2021

 

Hold nothing back, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“I will overturn royal thrones…”
(Haggai 2:22)

When royalty becomes corrupt, Jesus

their fate is sealed –

unless they repent.

No matter how many generations of powerful heirs have reigned

You can bring their line of succession to a halt

in an instant.

But all who look to You and Your loving sacrifice on the cross

will reign with You forever

in the only true royalty
that endures.

My hope –

my only hope –

is in You, Jesus!
Now and forever.

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Joshua 11:12; 1 Kings 14:26; Romans 3:25; Ephesians 5:2; Hebrews 9:26; Hebrews 9:28; 1 Peter 2:9

Wednesday, August 1, 2018

 

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

“…you shameful nation…”
(Zephaniah 2:1)

You not only keep track of nations, Jesus

but of every single person in them.

In reality, it’s not the nation that’s shameful

but the sum of the people within it.

If the majority of them repeatedly make bad choices

the nation itself becomes corrupt.

But it doesn’t have to stay that way!

If my nation is one of those in growing jeopardy
we can change…

and the change can ignite through me.

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1 Samuel 20:34; Jeremiah 3:24; Hosea 4:18; Romans 1:26-27; 2 Corinthians 4:2; Revelation 3:18; Revelation 21:27