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Saturday, July 29, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in faith-filled anticipation:

“As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so one who goes down to the grave does not return. He will never come to his house again; his place will know him no more. Therefore I will not keep silent; I will speak out in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.”
(Job 7:9-11)

This is the great Job at the lowest point of his life, Jesus…

before You lifted him out of the depths of despair

and put a new song in his heart!

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Job 1:1-22; Job 2:1-10; Job 19:26-27; Psalm 23:1-6; Psalm 39:4; Psalm 89:47; 1 Corinthians 15:50-58

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Thursday, April 30, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with pure devotion:

“So my heart began to despair over all my toilsome labor under the sun.”
(Ecclesiastes 2:20)

It’s easy to overvalue what I do, Jesus.

It seems important to me, or I wouldn’t do it.

But when I check back on the results

I’m stunned to see how little of my work actually matters.

Still, my one comfort is this:

You judge the intent of my heart.

If what I’m doing is truly for You

You transform it into eternal, heavenly treasure.

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning (812) 473-7729…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

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Job 19:23-27; Matthew 6:19-21; Mark 10:21; 1 Corinthians 3:10-15; 1 Peter 1:3-7; 1 Peter 1:17; 1 Peter 5:2-7

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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.

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning 212-LAZAROO…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

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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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Tuesday, February 23, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo in saddened pity:

“…to those who…do not believe …”
(Titus 1:15)

Just how badly does refusing to believe in You

limit a person’s vision, Jesus?

I guess the most obvious is…

it shrinks all their hopes and dreams
into the space of a single human lifespan.

A person who doesn’t acknowledge that You see all and will judge all

is tempted to do whatever they can get away with

believes none of the wrongs done to them
will ever be made right.

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Deuteronomy 32:39; 1 Kings 8:23; Psalms 14:1; Psalms 19:1-4; Psalms 45:5; Romans 1:20-21; Ephesians 4:18