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Friday, May 3, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul:

“Demetrius is well spoken of by everyone—and even by the truth itself. We also speak well of him…”
(3 John 1:12)

It’s nice to hear how good someone is, Jesus

even better to discover it firsthand.

Just wondering…

what’s my reputation?
what do people experience with me firsthand?

I hope they speak well of me!

But whether they do or don’t

all that really matters is what You think of me.

Correction:

Not “think.”

Know.

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1 Samuel 16:7; Psalm 139:23; Matthew 9:4; Matthew 12:25; Luke 9:47; Luke 11:17; Romans 2:15

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Sunday, October 29, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with informed caution:

“Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder…”
(Nahum 3:1)

People would expect a city full of plunder

to be in pretty good shape, Jesus!

But it’s the blood they’ve shed to get it
the lies they’ve told to keep it

that earn Your pronouncement of woe.

When You say, “Woe!”

I’d better say, “Woah!”

and quickly repent
stop harming others
stop telling lies

or I’ll discover firsthand
just how terrible Your woes can be.

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Numbers 21:29; Job 10:15; Psalm 32:10; Proverbs 23:29; Ecclesiastes 10:16; Revelation 8:13; Revelation 18:10

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Saturday, April 15, 2023

 

Better think twice, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“…your destruction of animals will terrify you.”
(Habakkuk 2:17)

Seriously, Jesus?

Who cares that much about animals?

You do.

That means I’d be wise to care about them, too.

But a whole lot of people don’t.

They forget:

You’re their Creator!

which makes it a dangerous thing to ignore.

When You create

You’re invested.
You intend to fulfill Your purpose.

It would be a very good idea for me

to discover Your purpose for Your creation
and do my best to honor it.

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Proverbs 12:10; Isaiah 14:24; Isaiah 46:10-11; Jonah 4:11; Luke 7:30; Acts 13:36; Romans 9:11; Romans 12:2

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Wednesday, February 22, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in steadfast faith:

“One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer—at three in the afternoon. Now a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts.”
(Acts 3:1-2)

Peter and John thought they were there to pray, Jesus.

The lame man thought he was there to beg.

All three were about to discover:

You had a little something else in mind!

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Proverbs 16:4; Isaiah 6:10-11; Lamentations 3:37-38; Acts 1:7; Acts 3:3-10; Acts 4:28; Ephesians 1:11

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Sunday, February 12, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:

“You have wearied the Lord with your words. ‘How have we wearied him?’ you ask. By saying, ‘All who do evil are good in the eyes of the Lord’…”
(Malachi 3:17)

That’s like saying You don’t care, Jesus!

…that Your Word doesn’t matter
that we can live any old way we like

while You shrug with a half-smile on Your face
and say, “Oh, well, that’s cool.”

But it isn’t.

For those who deliberately flaunt Your loving laws

one day they will discover to their horror:

it’s very, very hot.

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Matthew 5:22; Matthew 5:29-30; Matthew 10:28; Matthew 23:33; Mark 9:47-49; Luke 12:5; 2 Peter 2:4-9

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Tuesday, October 4, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in total amazement:

“The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.”
(Genesis 3:21)

Humanly speaking, this is incomprehensible, Jesus.

Adam and Eve knowingly, deliberately, blatantly disobey You.
As a result, they discover they’re naked.

Of course, there are consequences:

They have to leave the Garden of Eden.
Work and childbirth become harder, more painful.

But instead of abandoning them

You clothe them!

O God! Your loving mercy is unfathomable!

…which is why I’m still drawing a breath on this earth.

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Exodus 33:19; Deuteronomy 13:17; Psalm 4:1; Psalm 6:2; Psalm 25:6; Matthew 5:7; 1 Timothy 1:16

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Monday, September 12, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in humbled repentance:

“Anyone who runs ahead…”
(2 John 1:9)

It’s hard to admit, Jesus

but I’ve been guilty of running ahead.

Inexcusably, I got tired of waiting on You.

After praying, I expected an immediate answer.

I gave no thought to Your superior understanding –

that compared to You, I was totally clueless.

So I went ahead with what I thought was best

only to discover to my sorrow

that anyone who runs ahead of Your perfect way and time

ends up running way, waaaaay behind.

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Deuteronomy 32:4; 2 Samuel 22:31; Psalm 18:30; Psalm 19:7; Psalm 49:20; Psalm 64:5-7; Matthew 13:14

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Saturday, February 26, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unrestrained allegiance:

“Watch out…”
(2 John 1:8)

Warnings like these don’t exactly relax me, Jesus.

I wish I didn’t have to watch out.
I wish You’d do all my watching out for me.

And You would
if that’s what was best.

Actually, I know You do watch out for me, 24/7.

Only in heaven will I discover
what all You’ve protected me from.

But clearly, there’s real benefit in me keeping my eyes peeled, too.

So since You want me to
I will.

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Matthew 7:15; Matthew 24:4; Mark 8:15; Luke 12:15; Romans 16:17; Galatians 5:15; Philippians 3:2

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Friday, August 27, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your heart:

“…the word of the Lord is against you, Canaan, land of the Philistines.”
(Zephaniah 2:5)

All I need to succeed, Jesus

is for You to speak a word in my behalf.

All I need to fail

is for You to speak one word against me.

So the most important task of my life

is to discover how to have You speak for me!

which You do for all

who put our faith
in what You did for us
on the cross.

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1 Kings 8:56; Luke 8:21; John 3:16-17; Romans 8:31; Roman’s 9:6; Colossians 1:19-20; 2 Timothy 2:9; 1 Peter 2:24

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Monday, March 29, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with antennae up:

“…if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people…”
(2 Peter 2:5)

I think I can see where this is going, Jesus.

You’re pointing out the punishment
You were forced to mete out years ago

to remind me that You’re the same
yesterday, today and forever.

Yes, You’re slow to anger.

But if I mistake Your loving patience for weakness

I will discover to my sorrow
that my sins will find me out.

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Exodus 34:6; Numbers 23:19; Numbers 32:23; 1 Samuel 15:29; Psalms 7:11; Psalms 110:4; Malachi 3:6; Hebrews 7:21; Hebrews 13:8; 2 Peter 3:9