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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo in righteous hope:

“They will beat their…spears into pruning hooks.”
(Isaiah 2:4)

What a change of purpose, Jesus!

From an instrument intended to strike fear and bring death
to a tool that helps trees produce fruit that sustains life.

Do that with me, Father!

Take all my negative traits
sins, shortcomings
gaffes, blunders, goofs, failures

and transform them into skills, experiences and a heart of compassion

that equips and inspires men, women and children to know You

the only Giver of Life.

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Job 33:4; Proverbs 14:30; Isaiah 42:5; John 5:21; John 6:33; John 6:63; Acts 17:25

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Monday, May 9, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with Banzai belief:

“…we have the word of the prophets made more certain…”
(2 Peter 1:19)

How could the predictions of your prophets be made more certain, Jesus?

Well…I guess it would be when their prophecies came true.

The prophets who claimed to speak for You were to be stoned to death

if their prophesies were proved false.

That still didn’t stop some of them from prophesying lies in the short term

but it sure would have been a disincentive for me.

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Leviticus 20:27; Deuteronomy 13:1-11; Deuteronomy 18:21-22; 1 Samuel 3:19; Jeremiah 14:14; Jeremiahs 27:15; Matthew 7:15; Acts 13:6; 1 John 4:1; Revelation 16:13; Revelation 20:10

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Sunday, May 8, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:

“Flowers appear on the earth…”
(Songs of Songs 2:12)

Yes they do, Jesus…

every Spring.

You are faithful to bring us their stunning beauty worldwide

year after year after year.

On this USA Mother’s Day Your gift of flowers is the perfect reminder

that whether my mother was

great
awful
or somewhere in-between

You knew precisely the kind of mother I needed

to inspire me, inform me, caution me, drive me

to become the person You’ve created me to be.

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Genesis 3:20; Genesis 24:67; Leviticus 19:3; Leviticus 20:9; Psalms 27:10; Psalms 113:9; Matthew 23:37

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Saturday, May 7, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with heartfelt gratitude:

“…you were redeemed from the empty way of life…”
(1 Peter 1:18)

I can’t thank You enough for that, Jesus!

Satan sure knows how to throw a party

from a distance.

In the beginning, it feels like his way

is the most exciting
the most glamorous

until I stay for the second act

and discover how desperately empty

it really is

realizing whatever I have to do, I don’t want to stick around

for the third

and final

act.

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Proverbs 11:18; Proverbs 23:3; Proverbs 31:30; Jeremiah 7:8; Ephesians 5:6; Colossians 2:8; 1 Peter 4:3

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Friday, May 6, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo in awe:

“…light is better than darkness.”
(Ecclesiastes 2:13)

Yes it is, Jesus…

when I long to see
when I want to stay safe
when I hope to understand
when I need to keep from falling.

But darkness also has its merits.

You didn’t say darkness isn’t good.
You made it, too.

Darkness is good for sleeping

enjoying candlelight
watching movies
seeing stars.

It’s also good for hiding things

temporarily

until the day comes

when You turn on the light.

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Genesis 1:2-5; 2 Samuel 22:29; 1 Kings 8:12; Job 12:22; Psalms 18:28; John 1:5; John 3:19; 1 Corinthians 4:5

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Friday, May 6, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo in awe:

“…light is better than darkness.”
(Ecclesiastes 2:13)

Yes it is, Jesus…

when I long to see
when I want to stay safe
when I hope to understand
when I need to keep from falling.

But darkness also has its merits.

You didn’t say darkness isn’t good.
You made it, too.

Darkness is good for sleeping

enjoying candlelight
watching movies
seeing stars.

It’s also good for hiding things

temporarily

until the day comes

when You turn on the light.

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Genesis 1:2-5; 2 Samuel 22:29; 1 Kings 8:12; Job 12:22; Psalms 18:28; John 1:5; John 3:19; 1 Corinthians 4:5

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Thursday, May 5, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with pure devotion:

“If anyone considers himself religious…”
(James 1:26)

Is that a good thing, Jesus –

to consider myself religious?

Maybe it’s better for others to make that judgment

instead of me.

There are so many things done in the name of religion that are detestable to You

and me.

Sometimes it seems like those who most think of themselves as religious

are the least Godly of all.

Rather than be religious

I think I’d simply prefer to be pleasing to You.

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Amos 5:21; Amos 8:10; Acts 17:22; Colossians 2:16; Hebrews 10:11; 1 Timothy 5:4; James 1:27

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Thursday, May 5, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with pure devotion:

“If anyone considers himself religious…”
(James 1:26)

Is that a good thing, Jesus –

to consider myself religious?

Maybe it’s better for others to make that judgment

instead of me.

There are so many things done in the name of religion that are detestable to You

and me.

Sometimes it seems like those who most think of themselves as religious

are the least Godly of all.

Rather than be religious

I think I’d simply prefer to be pleasing to You.

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Amos 5:21; Amos 8:10; Acts 17:22; Colossians 2:16; Hebrews 10:11; 1 Timothy 5:4; James 1:27

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Wednesday, May 4, 2016

 

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

“Wisdom will save you…from the wayward wife with her seductive words…”
(Proverbs 2:12, 16)

Nor is it only wives who lead men into adultery, Jesus.

Sadly, there are countless cheating husbands
intent on luring women into their deadly trap.

Marriage is harder than any bride or groom could possibly expect!

The day comes when the goal of two very different people becoming one
rears its impossible head

causing them to fall on their faces before You

to work that miracle.

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Genesis 2:23-25; Proverbs 30:20; Malachi 2:13-16; Matthew 19:3-12; Romans 7:3; 1 Corinthians 6:16; Hebrews 13:4

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Tuesday, May 3, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with white-hot fervor:

“Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity…”
(Hebrews 2:14)

What God is so great as You, Jesus?

There are no other gods.

All the more reason for You to keep Your distance from our messy, inexcusably sinful lives.

But that’s not what You did!

You left Your throne in heaven, clothed Yourself with our flesh and lived among us

until, reacting to Your holiness
we took advantage of Your vulnerability

and crucified You.

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2 Chronicles 6:26-27; Psalms 53:2; Matthew 3:17; John 3:13; John 3:31; John 6:50; 1 Thessalonians 1:10