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Monday, March 7, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with Spirit-led vision:

“…my people have exchanged their Glory for worthless idols.”
(Jeremiah 2:11)

You are my Glory, Jesus.

Anything good in me
comes from You.

How could I ever exchange You

for that which brings

shame
disgrace
loss
failure
hatred
fear
anger
disappointment
emptiness
darkness
despair

hell?

The problem, of course, is that Satan doesn’t mention those things
when he tempts me to sell my priceless birthright

for that which glitters
but is not gold.

Open my eyes, LORD!

Open my eyes.

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Genesis 3:1-19; Genesis 25:29-34; Matthew 4:3; 1 Corinthians 10:13; Galatians 6:1; 1 Thessalonians 3:5; Hebrews 2:18

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Sunday, March 6, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo in utter gratitude:

“…who claims to be in the light…”
(1 John 2:9)

That’s quite a claim, Jesus.

You’re the Giver of Light.

If I claim to be in the light

in reality I’m saying nothing about myself
and everything about You.

You grant light to people who know they’re sinners

are willing to admit it

and – believing in Your death, burial and resurrection –

trust You alone as their only hope.

Thanks to You, that’s me, Father.

May I ever reflect Your Light.

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2 Samuel 23:3-4; Job 12:22; Psalms 89:15; Proverbs 13:9; Isaiah 10:17; Matthew 6:23; 2 Corinthians 4:4

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Saturday, March 5, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo in wise anticipation:

“They will beat their swords into plowshares…”
(Isaiah 2:4)

That’s a wonderful thing to do with a sword, Jesus –

reshape it into a tool that digs in the ground
rather than into a human being

turn a megaton bomb into a megawatt power station
retool a lethal dagger into a life-saving scalpel.

Sounds good.

We need to keep working on that.

But until evil is eliminated from the earth
good people need to keep a few swords handy

just in case.

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Genesis 6:11; Psalms 11:5; Proverbs 21:7; Isaiah 60:18; Luke 6:31; Luke 6:34-36; Luke 22:35-38

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Friday, March 4, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo in holy wonder:

“…when we were with him on the sacred mountain.”
(2 Peter 1:18)

I know Peter is talking about the Mount of Transfiguration, Jesus

when Your clothes suddenly became dazzling white –
whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them –

when he, James and John saw Elijah and Moses appear
and watched awestruck, as they talked with You.

Wow. No wonder he called that mountain, “sacred.”

But in truth, that’s what any place becomes
where I spend time with You:

“Sacred.”

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Genesis 28:10-17; Exodus 33:15; Psalms 73:23; Matthew 18:20; Mark 9:2-8; John 4:5-29; Acts 4:13

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Friday, March 4, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo in holy wonder:

“…when we were with him on the sacred mountain.”
(2 Peter 1:18)

I know Peter is talking about the Mount of Transfiguration, Jesus

when Your clothes suddenly became dazzling white –
whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them –

when he, James and John saw Elijah and Moses appear
and watched awestruck, as they talked with You.

Wow. No wonder he called that mountain, “sacred.”

But in truth, that’s what any place becomes
where I spend time with You:

“Sacred.”

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Genesis 28:10-17; Exodus 33:15; Psalms 73:23; Matthew 18:20; Mark 9:2-8; John 4:5-29; Acts 4:13

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Thursday, March 3, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo in unshakable trust:

“…the rains are over and gone.”
(Song of Songs 2:11)

That’s bad news for people in drought, Jesus…

but wonderful news for those around the world
who experience a torrential rainy season.

You use both in my life, don’t You?

Days of heavy, unrelenting rain that cause me to cry out to You
…which help me grow

Parched, thirsty, dry seasons that cause me to cry out to You
…which help me grow.

Whatever it takes

to help me grow.

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1 Kings 8:52; Psalms 72:6; Psalms 88:1; Psalms 119:67; Psalms 119:107; Isaiah 55:10-11; Hosea 6:3

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Wednesday, March 2, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with faith in the power of God:

“…it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed…”
(1 Peter 1:18)

“It’s all about the money.”

That’s what people say, Jesus.

They may be right about some things
but they’re wrong about the one thing that matters most:

my eternal salvation.

No amount of silver or gold could pay the sin debt I’ve accumulated over my lifetime.

The cost of my redemption was unjust, unfair – outrageous:

Your blood, shed on the cross.

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Matthew 26:28; Acts 2:38; Romans 10:9-10; Hebrews 9:11-12; Hebrews 10:4-7; Hebrews 10:19-22; 1 John 1:7

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7th anniversary of Tuesday, March 1, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with bottomless trust:

“I saw that wisdom is better than folly…”
(Ecclesiastes 2:13)

Of all the wise words Solomon spoke, Jesus

this is one of the most obvious.

Except it wasn’t to him – not at this stage of his life – when because of his sin, his outlook had darkened.

You had given him this amazing gift of miraculous wisdom
appeared to him and spoken to him twice

but he lost focus.

O God! I beg You!

Don’t let that happen to me.

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Deuteronomy 17:16-17; 1 Kings 1:39; 1 Kings 2:1-4; 1 Kings 2:12; 1 Kings 3:3-14; 1 Kings 4:26-29; 1 Kings 9:1-9; 1 Kings 10:23-29; 1 Kings 11:1-14; Luke 11:31

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Monday, February 29, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with laser focus:

“But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.”
(James 1:25)

So let me get this straight, Jesus:

If I intend to experience sweet success
I dare not read my Bible aimlessly.

Instead, You want me to read it with singleness of purpose –
to discover exactly how You want me to live

then live it.

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1 Samuel 15:22; Deuteronomy 5:33; Deuteronomy 11:22-23; Psalms 128:1; John 5:39; Acts 17:11; Romans 1:5

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Sunday, February 28, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:

“Wisdom…will save you also from the adulteress…”
(Proverbs 2:12, 16)

There are a lot of people who need that kind of wisdom, Jesus…

certainly, the man who is tempted to cheat on his wife needs it
but so does the wife of the man who is tempted to cheat
the husband of the woman who’s a cheater
the children and/or grandchildren of both couples
their friends and relatives who see what is happening

and desperately beg You to intervene.

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Exodus 20:14; Leviticus 20:10; Proverbs 6:32; Jeremiah 29:23; Ezekiel 16:38; Matthew 5:27-28; John 8:1-11