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Monday, May 2, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with total transparency:

“…bloodthirsty…men the LORD abhors.”
(Psalm 5:6)

Wow.

If that’s the standard…
a lot of people in our world are in trouble, Jesus

and that is
Your standard.

An alarming percentage of our movies, TV shows and video games are dripping with blood.

What’s up with that?
Where does that come from?

Oh.
Right.

You said Satan was a murderer from the beginning.

Maybe that’s why You abhor those who are bloodthirsty.

May I never..never..never

be counted among their number.

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Genesis 4:1-8; Psalms 11:5; Psalms 26:9; Psalms 55:23; Psalms 139:19; Proverbs 29:10; John 8:44

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Sunday, May 1, 2016

 

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

“So if you consider me a partner…”
(Philemon 1:17)

That phrase sets me up, Jesus

just as Paul used it with Philemon, Apphia, Archippus
and the church that met in their home

to urge them to show forgiveness and Christian compassion
toward their runaway slave Onesimus.

But not everyone who employs that phrase uses it for good!

Protect me from being set up by those who call me “partner”
except for those who are true partners

with You.

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Proverbs 2:16-17; Proverbs 28:24; Isaiah 1:23; Malachi 2:14; Luke 5:6-11; Ephesians 5:3-7; 1 Peter 3:7

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Saturday, April 30, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with laser-focused intensity:

“May its morning stars become dark…”
(Job 3:9)

Because of his suffering, Jesus

Job curses the day of his birth.

Normally, birthdays are joyous occasions.

No more.
Not for Job.

His life has become too bitter.

Now he wants the day of his birth to become a bleak, dark day

a cause for mourning
the brightest stars extinguished.

But little does he know the happiness You have planned for him

if he will only hold on
a little longer.

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1 Corinthians 13:6-7; 1 Timothy 4:16; Hebrews 10:36; Hebrews 11:27; James 1:12; James 5:11; Revelation 2:3

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Friday, April 29, 2016

 

Take stock as you pray this Lazaroo:

“To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure.”
(Titus 2:15)

That explains a lot, Jesus.

Cynical – especially in some situations – is wise.

But the immovable cynic

has a lot of ‘splainin’ to do.

When I’ve been burned over and over again

I’m tempted to become a cynic –
someone who believes nothing is pure.

But that totally disrespects You –

whose specialty
is removing impurity from my life.

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Numbers 5:20; Deuteronomy 23:9; Ezekiel 4:14; Matthew 10:1; Philippians 4:8; James 1:27; 1 John 1:7

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Thursday, April 28, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with excuseless humility:

“She was taken to King Xerxes in the royal residence in the tenth month…”
(Esther 2:16)

How demeaning, Jesus –

to be plucked from her home
deprived of her rights

trained for months in the King’s harem
delivered to the king for acceptance or rejection.

And You were working through all of it!

positioning her to become queen to save the lives of Your people

just as You are working through my hardships and humiliations

to accomplish Your eternal good.

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Genesis 50:20; Numbers 12:3; Proverbs 11:2; Proverbs 16:4; Proverbs 21:30; Zephaniah 2:3; Romans 8:28-30

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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with an open heart:

“…he wants to please his commanding officer.”
(2 Timothy 2:4)

Most people do, Jesus…

some because they like their commanding officer
some because they fear their CO

some kiss up because they want a promotion.

But not everyone wants to please their commanding officer.

Some want to undermine them, discredit them
get them replaced.

Through all the layers of authority, You’re my ultimate CO, Father.

I answer to You.

One thing’s for sure:

I definitely want to please You.

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Ecclesiastes 2:26; Ecclesiastes 7:26; Romans 8:8; Romans 13:1-7; 1 Thessalonians 4:1; 1 Timothy 2:2; Hebrews 11:6

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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with self awareness:

“…their nobles would not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors.”
(Nehemiah 3:5)

That’s a pretty stubborn case of laziness, Jesus.

Most people work when their supervisors are standing over them.
It’s when their supervisors leave that lazy people stop work.

“People don’t do what you expect…they do what you inspect.”

But these people refused to work in full view of their bosses!

Shameful.
Inexcusable.

Like the times I sin
even though I know You’re watching.

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Job 28:24; Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 26:15; Zechariah 4:10; Matthew 25:26; Romans 1:20; Titus 1:12; Hebrews 6:12

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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with self awareness:

“…their nobles would not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors.”
(Nehemiah 3:5)

That’s a pretty stubborn case of laziness, Jesus.

Most people work when their supervisors are standing over them.
It’s when their supervisors leave that lazy people stop work.

“People don’t do what you expect…they do what you inspect.”

But these people refused to work in full view of their bosses!

Shameful.
Inexcusable.

Like the times I sin
even though I know You’re watching.

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Job 28:24; Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 26:15; Zechariah 4:10; Matthew 25:26; Romans 1:20; Titus 1:12; Hebrews 6:12

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Monday, April 25, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with every fiber of your being:

“I urge…that…prayers…be made for…all those in authority…”
(1 Timothy 2:1-2)

Okay, Father…

I’ll do it.
Because You asked.

I pray for everyone in authority over me –

long-term and short term
those in the present, those in my past:

parents, babysitters, teachers, coaches
trainers, mentors, landlords, bankers
mayors, policemen and women, judges
congressmen and women, presidents
pastors, elders, group leaders, point people

Give them wisdom, favor, blessing, understanding, compassion, courage, empathy, Biblical standards, consciences, humility.

In Jesus’ Name!

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Numbers 27:20: Deuteronomy 1:15; Jeremiah 5:31; Daniel 4:31; Matthew 7:29; Romans 13:1-7; Hebrews 13:17

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Sunday, April 24, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with utter abandon:

“Then they gave money to the masons and carpenters, and gave food and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre, so that they would bring cedar logs by sea from Lebanon to Joppa…”
(Ezra 3:7)

That’s the way the world works, Jesus:

Everything anyone does for anyone
has strings attached.

Of course, You taught something so different, so radical, so contrary to this barter on the open market

that it turned the world upside-down…

or right-side up.

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1 Kings 8:53; 2 Kings 21:13; Matthew 5:14; Matthew 21:12; Luke 6:35; Luke 17:28; Acts 8:20