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Saturday, June 11, 2022

 

Never forget! as you pray this Lazaroo:

“…Shimei stayed in Jerusalem for a long time. But three years later, two of Shimei’s slaves ran off…At this, he saddled his donkey and went…in search of his slaves.”
(1 Kings 2:38-40)

Solomon warned Shimei not to leave the city, Jesus!

After three years, the warning had faded in his mind…

but not in Solomon’s.

Shimei’s faded memory cost him his life.

It doesn’t matter how long ago You tell me something, does it, Father?

Your Word still stands.

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2 Samuel 7:16; 1 Chronicles 16:34; Psalm 37:18; Proverbs 12:19; Isaiah 40:8; John 6:27; 1 Peter 1:23-25

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Saturday, November 6, 2021


Be inspired! as you pray this Lazaroo:

“I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
(Matthew 3:11-12)

Your message through John the Baptist cost him his life, Jesus!

May the courage You gave him
fall on me.

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Deuteronomy 31:6; Joshua 1:7; Matthew 3:1; Matthew 3:4; Matthew 4:12; Matthew 11:2-19; Matthew 14:1-12

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Thursday, March 18, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with holy boldness:

“Then the royal officials at the king’s gate asked Mordecai, ‘Why do you disobey the king’s command?’”
(Esther 3:3)

The answer was simple, Jesus:

Haman was a wicked man who did not deserve to be honored.

But that wasn’t even the biggest reason.

Mordecai wasn’t about to bow down to anyone but You.
The fact that it was the king who ordered it was irrelevant

even though it might cost Mordecai his life.

May that kind of holy courage be mine!

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Exodus 20:5; Exodus 23:24; Deuteronomy 5:9; 1 Samuel 7:3; 2 Kings 5:18; Daniel 3:1-30; Matthew 4:10

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Saturday, June 13, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo in growing wisdom:

“Stop chasing me! Why should I strike you down?”
(2 Samuel 2:22)

Abner had the ability to kill Asahel, Jesus

but he didn’t want to.

He knew if Asahel continued to press his attack, he’d have to defend himself

and it would end badly.

But of course, Asahel thought he could kill Abner, so he refused to listen

and it cost him his life.

O God!

Eradicate from my life every shred of empty bravado
and every foolish pursuit!

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2 Samuel 2:23; 1 Kings 20:11; Psalms 25:9; Psalms 56:1; Romans 12:3; 2 Corinthians 10:13; 1 Peter 1:13

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Monday, September 23, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with locked-in faith:

“…take on one of the young men…”
(2 Samuel 2:21)

Asahel wanted to take down the enemy leader, Jesus –

a noble goal, to be sure –

but one he wasn’t equipped to accomplish.

Abner was older and slower…but more experienced.

Sadly, when Asahel refused to pick on someone his own age

it cost him his life.

Am I chasing anything I shouldn’t be, Father?

If so, show me!

I don’t want to waste Your precious gift of time

nor lose my life.

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Leviticus 19:32; Job 32:4; Psalms 16:6; Psalms 31:15; Ecclesiastes 9:11; Ephesians 2:10; 1 Timothy 5:1-2

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Friday, July 19, 2019

 

Follow the inner prompting of the Holy Spirit as you pray this Lazaroo:

“Turn aside to the right or to the left…”
(2 Samuel 2:21)

You’ve clearly commanded me Jesus:

Don’t turn aside to the right or the left
when it comes to obeying Your Word.

But Abner was warning Asahel.

When Asahel refused to turn aside
it cost him his life.

So sometimes I should refuse to change course

and at other times I’d better!

How can I recognize the difference?

Only as I follow You
every step of the way.

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Genesis 13:9; Numbers 20:17; Numbers 22:26; Deuteronomy 5:32; Deuteronomy 17:11; Isaiah 30:21; Hebrews 12:25

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Friday, January 11, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in humble adulation:

“…loved by the Lord…”
(2 Thessalonians 2:13)

Still blows my mind, Father!

Jesus loves me this I know
for the Bible tells me so.

Why, Jesus?

How can You love a sinner like me?

Because of the evil I’ve done

Your love for me cost You Your life
an ugly, excruciatingly painful, humiliating

death on the cross.

They laughed at You, taunted You, ridiculed You
slapped You, beat You, despised You

because of me.

Your incomprehensible love!

demands mine.

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Psalms 17:7; Psalms 25:6; Psalms 40:10; Psalms 57:10; Psalms 117:2; John 3:16-17; 1 John 3:16

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Sunday, October 28, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning emotion:

“He chased Abner…”
(2 Samuel 2:19)

There were a lot of people the fleet-footed Asahel could have safely chased, Jesus

but the commander Abner wasn’t one of them.

No doubt Asahel picked him because he was the biggest prize

but sadly, he didn’t know what to do with him when he caught him

and it cost him his life.

What am I chasing that I shouldn’t be, LORD?

Don’t let me catch it.

I’d rather be slow

than dead.

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Numbers 15:39; 2 Samuel 2:21-23; Proverbs 23:4-5; Proverbs 30:8-9; Ecclesiastes 2:11; Ecclesiastes 6:9; Matthew 6:25-34