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Thursday, May 2, 2024

 

Sell out totally to God as you pray this Lazaroo:

“He has made my skin and my flesh grow old and has broken my bones. He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship. He has made me dwell in darkness like those long dead. He has walled me in so I cannot escape; he has weighed me down with chains.”
(Lamentations 3:4-7)

Jeremiah is talking about You, Jesus.

He believed in You.
He obeyed You.

And He knew exactly Who Is In Charge of Everything –

even the most brutal challenges of life.

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Isaiah 45:7; Lamentations 3:28; Lamentations 3:37; Amos 3:6; Amos 4:13; Matthew 11:25; Acts 17:24

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Monday, February 26, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo with eyes-wide-open love:

“I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of the Lord’s wrath. He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness rather than light; indeed, he has turned his hand against me again and again, all day long.”
(Lamentations 3:1-3)

Jeremiah didn’t sugarcoat it, Jesus.

He knew You had the power to stop the attacks against him.

You’re my Protector, too.

When bad things happen to me
it’s Your choice to cause or allow them…

because You know what’s best.

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Job 1:1-22; Job 2:1-10; Job 42:2; Psalm 119:67; Psalm 119:75; Isaiah 57:1; John 16:30; Hebrews 12:2

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Monday, January 22, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo in obedient trust:

“Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God.
(1 Corinthians 4:5)

Even when I obey and follow You with all my heart, Jesus

my praise may not come now.

I need to be okay with that.

By faith, help me fix my eyes on my reward in heaven.

Please don’t let me become discouraged

when it all blows up in my face on earth.

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Psalm 4:5; Psalm 31:6; Psalm 37:3; Proverbs 3:5-6; Proverbs 28:5; Isaiah 50:10; Hebrews 11:26

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Tuesday, December 12, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with bottomless trust:

“…the way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble. My son, pay attention to what I say; turn your ear to my words. Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart; for they are life to those who find them and health to one’s whole body.”
(Proverbs 4:19-22)

What a contrast, Jesus!

I get to choose:

be clueless about what caused
my last face plant

or live an overcoming life
in the Light of Your Word.

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Leviticus 26:37; Psalm 9:3; Psalm 17:5; Psalm 27:2; Psalm 37:24; Proverbs 4:12; James 2:10

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Monday, July 10, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with locked-in faith:

“For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.”
(2 Corinthians 4:5-6)

May my words and actions point people to You, Jesus

rather than to myself.

To exalt myself
is the work of Satan

which got him kicked out of heaven.

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1 Kings 1:5; Isaiah 14:14; Ezekiel 28:15; Matthew 20:25; 2 Corinthians 1:24; Philippians 2:3; Revelation 12:7-12

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Monday, June 26, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unshakable belief:

“…to fulfill what was said through the prophet Isaiah: ‘…the people living in darkness have seen a great light’…Jesus began to preach, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.’”
(Matthew 4:14, 16-17)

That wasn’t the only Old Testament prophecy You fulfilled, Jesus!

There are at least 323 others.

Mathematician Peter Stoner calculated the probability

of one person fulfilling just 48 of them.

The odds against that?

One in 10, followed by 157 zeros!

Oh, yeah.

You’re the Messiah.

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Joshua 21:45; 1 Kings 8:15; Jeremiah 1:12; Jeremiah 39:16; Matthew 2:15; Matthew 2:17-18; Matthew 2:23; Matthew 13:35; Matthew 26:56

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Thursday, June 15, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in devoted passion:

“There are those who turn justice into bitterness and cast righteousness to the ground. He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns midnight into dawn and darkens day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out over the face of the land—the Lord is his name.”
(Amos 5:7-8)

Yes, bitter, unrighteous people are out there, Jesus.

But You’re the One who turns darkness into light!

They’re only spitting into the wind.

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Numbers 12:14; Job 17:6; Job 20:15; Isaiah 50:6; Matthew 26:67; Matthew 27:30; Mark 10:33-34

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Friday, February 3, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your heart:

“He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind, and who reveals his thoughts to mankind, who turns dawn to darkness, and treads on the heights of the earth—the Lord God Almighty is his name.”
(Amos 4:13)

You Are Awesome, Jesus!

To think that You, the Creator of Everything
want to spend 1on1 time with me

sharing Your thoughts
transforming my life
giving me hope and a future.

Great and Mighty One!

You’re my Best Friend.

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Psalm 50:1; Proverbs 18:24; John 15:15; Matthew 26:64; Luke 1:49; John 21:5; Revelation 18:8

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Thursday, January 19, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with over-the-top trust:

“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”
(1 Peter 2:10)

You blessed Your people, Jesus!

But You didn’t bless them
just to be blessing them.

You blessed them
to be a blessing.

May I never forget:

Every blessing I receive from You
creates an opportunity to be Your blessing
to somebody else!

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Genesis 12:2; Psalm 3:8; Psalm 37:26; Psalm 128:4; Romans 15:27; 1 Corinthians 9:23; Galatians 3:14

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Monday, January 9, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with total transparency:

“…Hymenaeus and Philetus…have departed from the truth.”
(2 Timothy 2:17-18)

Why would they do that, Jesus?

Truth is a beautiful thing.

It creates crystal clarity
shedding brilliant light in the darkness.

Even when the truth reveals what we don’t want to hear or see

it dispels lies, wishful thinking, illusion
showing us how to respond appropriately.

Your Word is Truth.

You Are Truth.

Make me a lover of the Truth

all the days of my life.

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Psalm 52:3; John 14:6; 1 Corinthians 13:6; 2 Thessalonians 2:10; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; 1 Peter 1:22; 2 John 1:3