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Saturday, March 26, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with laser-focused intensity:

“True instruction was in his mouth…”
(Malachi 2:6)

I’m no Levi, Jesus.

I don’t approach his righteousness, faithfulness or eternal impact.
My role in life doesn’t begin to touch the awesome assignment of his.

But I beg You!

May true instruction be in my mouth.

Every time I speak of You

may it be absolutely faithful to Your holy Word.

May I always separate my opinion

from Your fact.

May nothing I say

detract from Your greatness and majesty.

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Genesis 29:34; Genesis 49:5; Exodus 32:26; Numbers 1:50; 2 Samuel 23:2; Malachi 2:5-6; John 4:23

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Friday, March 25, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with mounting excitement:

“‘I have scattered you to the four winds of heaven,’ declares the LORD.”
(Zechariah 2:6)

At first glance, this sounds like punishment, Jesus.

But it isn’t.

It’s Your promise that Your people will outgrow Jerusalem and move into all the population centers of earth.

Wow.

Today, that’s a no-brainer.

Of course.
Totally obvious.
The descendants of Abraham are everywhere.

But back 2,536 years ago when You spoke these words through your prophet?

Unthinkable.

Just as some of Your yet-to-be realized prophecies

seem today.

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1 Samuel 3:19; Psalms 90:4; Isaiah 55:8-11; Daniel 12:8-13; Habakkuk 2:3; 2 Peter 3:2-4; 2 Peter 3:8-9

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Thursday, March 24, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo in deepest humility:

“Whatever they do…”
(Haggai 2:14)

Oh, Jesus.

The things I do
come from who I am.

The outside of me
is a glimpse into the inside of me.

When I do something right, that says something good about me.
When I do something wrong, that says something bad about me.

But there’s nothing good in the old me.
All my good comes from the new me.

In You.

The only good there is in me
is powered by the God in me.

You.

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Romans 7:18; Romans 7:25; Romans 8:9-11; Romans 8:13; Galatians 2:20; Galatians 5:16; Colossians 1:27

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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo in holy fear:

“…they will walk like blind men…”
(Zephaniah 1:17)

You didn’t say they were blind, Jesus –

You said they’d walk like blind men.

They’d have their eyes wide open

and still stumble
walking face-first into immovable walls.

They’d claim they were able to see

but grope along fearfully, hesitantly, without confidence.

Blind people do pretty well in familiar surroundings.

It’s the new that presents their greatest challenge

as it does me.

Open my eyes, LORD!

I trust only in You.

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2 Kings 19:15; Nehemiah 9:6; Psalms 4:8; Psalms 16:5; Psalms 83:18; Psalms 86:10; Isaiah 37:16; Revelation 15:4

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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo in holy fear:

“…they will walk like blind men…”
(Zephaniah 1:17)

You didn’t say they were blind, Jesus –

You said they’d walk like blind men.

They’d have their eyes wide open

and still stumble
walking face-first into immovable walls.

They’d claim they were able to see

but grope along fearfully, hesitantly, without confidence.

Blind people do pretty well in familiar surroundings.

It’s the new that presents their greatest challenge

as it does me.

Open my eyes, LORD!

I trust only in You.

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2 Kings 19:15; Nehemiah 9:6; Psalms 4:8; Psalms 16:5; Psalms 83:18; Psalms 86:10; Isaiah 37:16; Revelation 15:4

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Tuesday, March 22, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo in holy caution:

“…like death [he] is never satisfied…”
(Habakkuk 2:5)

What a scary place to be, Jesus!

No matter how much success he enjoyed
it would never be enough.

No matter how much money he made
he would always crave more.

No matter how much love he received
he would never feel loved enough.

May that never be said of me!

May it never be true of me.

Teach me to be full, happy, content

with the blessings You’ve showered upon me.

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Psalms 131:2; Proverbs 19:23; Ecclesiastes 4:8; Luke 3:14; Philippians 4:11-12; 1 Timothy 6:6-8; Hebrews 13:5

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Monday, March 21, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with every fiber of your being:

“An attacker advances against you, Nineveh…”
(Nahum 2:1)

Was Nineveh afraid, Jesus?

Maybe not.
Nineveh was a strong, confident, important city.

Besides, they had escaped destruction once before when You sent Jonah to warn them.

They humbled themselves, repented
and You relented.

But they didn’t, this time, did they?

Forewarned is forearmed
only when the warning is heeded.

You’ve warned me in the past, LORD.

I paid attention, straightened up
and You spared me.

Keep me paying attention!

every time.

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1 Samuel 15:22; Psalms 107:43; Proverbs 10:17; Proverbs 13:1; Proverbs 13:18; Proverbs 15:32; Hebrews 2:1

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Sunday, March 20, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo in humbled gratitude:

“…they will taunt you with this mournful song…”
(Micah 2:4)

O Jesus!

I know what it is to be taunted to my face
though most of the time, I suspect

the slams, put-downs and harsh judgments
happen behind my back.

But to be taunted in a song?

one written specifically to publicly ridicule me?

That kind of thing happens among children on the playground

but because some so-called “adults” never grow up
thank You for sparing me that.

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Psalms 44:15-16; Psalms 74:18; Psalms 103:8-10; Psalms 119:41-42; Matthew 10:25; Matthew 27:42; Luke 23:11

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Saturday, March 19, 2016

 

Hold nothing back, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“But you brought my life up from the pit…”
(Jonah 2:6)

That’s Your specialty, Jesus –

bringing my life up from the pit –

perhaps because that’s where I’ve spent way too much of my life.

Sometimes I knew exactly where I was
down, hurting, defeated, depressed.

At other times – blind as a bat –
I thought I was on the mountaintop

when in reality, I was mired even deeper in the pit.

But You! In Love! Every time!

lift me out.

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Genesis 48:16; 2 Samuel 22:8; Job 33:28; Psalms 34:4; Psalms 55:18; Psalms 116:8; 2 Timothy 3:11

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Friday, March 18, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your heart:

“…the house of Jacob will possess its inheritance.”
(Obadiah 1:17)

That’s an easy distinction to overlook, Jesus.

It’s one thing to be left an inheritance
another thing to possess it.

The promise of an inheritance is beautiful, motivating, comforting

but if it doesn’t pan out
it’s devastating.

You’ve promised me an unimaginably great inheritance in heaven

which is mine by faith.

My faith, however

is confirmed by my obedience.

Last time I checked

faith without deeds is dead.

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Matthew 25:34; Acts 20:32; Romans 1:5; Romans 16:26; Galatians 3:18; Ephesians 1:13-14; Colossians 3:23-24; James 2:18; James 2:26; 1 Peter 1:3-5