Category Archives: Devil

Monday, July 24, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with fair warning:

“Here is a trustworthy saying: Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task. Now the overseer…must also have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the devil’s trap.”
(1 Timothy 3:1-2, 7)

Evil people love to tear down Your leaders, Jesus.

It’s not hard to do.
Try though they might, leaders are imperfect people.

Guard the reputation of the sincere shepherds of Your flock!

May all their faults be minor
and their devotion to You shine for all to see.

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Numbers 6:25; Psalm 4:6; Psalm 19:12-12; Psalm 31:16; Psalm 67:1; Daniel 12:3; Matthew 5:16

Friday, May 19, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in humble surrender:

“Here is a trustworthy saying: Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task. He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same judgment as the devil.”
(1 Timothy 3:1,6)

This is good advice for overseers, Jesus.

It’s also an eye-opening insight into what happened with Satan.

You entrusted him with amazing gifts
but he deliberately ignored the fact

that You were the one
who gave them to him.

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Isaiah 14:12-15; Romans 11:25; Romans 12:16; 2 Corinthians 12:7; Galatians 5:26; 1 Peter 5:1-3; Revelation 12:10-12

Friday, April 21, 2023

 

Take notes, as you pray this Lazaroo::

“Jesus said to him, ‘Away from me, Satan! For it is written: “Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.”’ Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.”
(Matthew 4:10-11)

You’re teaching me how to successfully battle the devil, Jesus:

1. Tell him to get away.
2. Quote the Word to him.
3. Make it clear that I will serve no one but You.

That kind of encounter with the enemy of my soul can be exhausting.

But when needed

You’ll send Your angels to attend me!

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Exodus 20:3; Zechariah 3:2; Luke 10:17-19; John 6:68; James 4:7: 1 Peter 5:8; 1 John 4:4

Tuesday, February 14, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with white-hot fervor:

“Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. ‘All this I will give you,’ he said, ‘if you will bow down and worship me.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Away from me, Satan! For it is written: “Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.”’”
(Matthew 4:8-10)

Satan threw his best at You, Jesus

and every time You answered with Scripture.

What an example You’ve set for me:

For every Satanic attack
Your Word is the answer.

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Isaiah 55:9-11; Isaiah 66:2; Jeremiah 1:12; Jeremiah 23:29; Matthew 4:1-7; John 5:24; John 8:51; 2 Timothy 3:15-17

Wednesday, October 5, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with pedal-to-the-metal commitment:

“Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. ‘If you are the Son of God,’ he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written: ‘’He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’”
(Matthew 4:5-6)

Help me never forget, Jesus:

When the devil quotes Scripture

it’s always twisted out of context
always for an evil purpose.

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Isaiah 8:20; Matthew 16:1-3; Matthew 16:5-12; Matthew 22:23-32; Mark 7:1-13; Colossians 2:20-22; 2 Timothy 2:15

Wednesday, July 6, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in stunned recognition:

“…no lie comes from the truth.”
(1 John 2:21)

What a powerful reminder, Jesus!

Every lie comes from the pits of hell

from the father of lies:

Satan.

If I tell a lie, that’s where I went to get it.

That’s who I consorted with to produce it.

If someone else lies to me, they pulled it right out of the flames.

They buddied up with Satan – if only a moment –

to receive it from his dirty, filthy, deceiving

smelly, evil hands.

Kinda makes me wanna stick to the truth.

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Psalm 116:11; Proverbs 17:4; Proverbs 19:22; John 8:41-47; 1 John 2:22; 1 John 4:20; 1 John 5:10

Monday, May 23, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with heartfelt gratitude:

“Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
(Matthew 4:1-3)

This was Your plan, Jesus –

to be tempted by Satan to show me that he attacks when I’m weak

and so that when I cry out to You

You can answer:

“I know.”

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Matthew 6:13; Mark 14:38; Luke 4:13; 1 Corinthians 7:4-5; 1 Corinthians 10:13; Galatians 6:1; James 1:13

Sunday, August 29, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with utter abandon:

“The Lord said to Satan, ‘The Lord rebuke you, Satan! The Lord, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not this man a burning stick snatched from the fire?’”
(Zechariah 3:2)

Me too, Jesus.

That’s what I am –

“…a burning stick snatched from the fire.”

I was on my way to hell

trapped in my sins

when You rescued me!

You rebuked Satan in my behalf by Your death on the cross

then rising from the dead on the third day!

Hallelujah!

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Mark 8:33; Romans 3:23; Romans 5:8; Roman’s 6:23; Romans 10:9-10; Colossians 2:15; James 4:7; Revelation 12:11

Sunday, February 14, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo all the way to the marrow of your bones:

“I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
(Genesis 3:15)

No truer words have ever been spoken, Jesus.

Most of us hate snakes – and for good reason!

Snakes bite more than five million people every year

resulting in well over 300,000 amputations or disabilities
and more than 100,000 deaths –

which doesn’t begin to compare to the spiritual damage

caused by the enemy of our souls.

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Psalms 91:13; Psalms 140:3; Isaiah 27:1; 2 Corinthians 11:3; James 4:4; Revelation 12:9; Revelation 12:14-15; Revelation 20:2

Saturday, February 29, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unrestrained allegiance:

“…comes not from the Father…”
(1 John 2:16)

I don’t want anything that doesn’t come from You, Jesus!

Everything good comes from You, Father.
If it’s good, it’s from You.

Everything bad comes from the evil one.
If it’s bad, it’s from Satan.

Of course, You’re the Maker of Everything.

Satan can create nothing.

He can misuse, abuse and pervert what You’ve created

but only You can create something out of nothing.

Of all Satan’s counterfeits

I want nothing.

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Genesis 1:1; Genesis 1:21; Genesis 1:27; Isaiah 40:26; Acts 17:25; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Colossians 1:16