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Friday, November 25, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with concern:

“…whoever hates his brother is in the darkness…”
(1 John 2:11)

Sometimes I become so upset at what someone has said or done, Jesus

that I come dangerously close to hating them for it.

Not good. So I call it by a different name:

I say I “dislike” them
I “can’t stand” them
I “want nothing to do” with them.

Maybe that’s all it is.

But maybe it isn’t

which may explain some of this darkness I now battle.

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Psalms 18:28; Psalms 44:19; Psalms 88:18; Psalms 107:14; Proverbs 4:19; Proverbs 10:12; Galatians 5:19-21

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Sunday, September 18, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:

“And we have the word of the prophets…a light shining in a dark place…”
(2 Peter 1:19)

The world started out dark, Jesus, until You said –

“’Let there be light,’
and there was light.”

But all too soon, we bought into Satan’s lies

and the world plunged into a gloom far worse:
spiritual darkness.

So You gave us prophets –

ordinary people whose mouths You filled with Light –

to tide us over until You arrived in Person:

the Ultimate Light.

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Genesis 1:1-4; Genesis 3:1-24; 2 Samuel 23:3-4; John 1:1-4; John 3:20; John 8:12; John 12:36

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Thursday, September 15, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo in desperate transparency:

“…the fool walks in the darkness…”
(Ecclesiastes 2:14)

I’ve taken more than one of those dark walks, Jesus

Didn’t enjoy it.
Felt like the fool I was.

I don’t want to do that anymore!

With every step I take, I long to walk in Your Light.
I long to see clearly, act wisely.

But only You can rescue me from the wrong choices that will inevitably shroud my path in the blindness known all too well

by God-ignoring fools.

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Psalms 14:1; Proverbs 11:29; Proverbs 15:2; Proverbs 30:32; Ecclesiastes 10:2; Isaiah 32:5; Romans 1:18-23

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Saturday, May 28, 2016

 

Hold nothing back, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“…they will walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD.”
(Zephaniah 1:17)

That’s the price I have to pay when I sin, isn’t it, Jesus?

groping about in darkness
unable to discern what’s going on
mistaken again and again
fooled times beyond counting
stumbling, falling, hurting
lost and can’t find my way home

Satan’s running a pretty effective TV commercial, Father

but blindness is only one of the side effects
of the lethal drug he’s selling.

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1 Samuel 2:9; 2 Samuel 22:29; Psalms 107:14; Psalms 112:4; Proverbs 4:19; Isaiah 9:2; 2 Corinthians 6:14

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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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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