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Saturday, May 4, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo in the fear of God:

“‘Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go!’ So they went out and began killing throughout the city. While they were killing and I was left alone, I fell facedown, crying out, ‘Alas, Sovereign Lord! Are you going to destroy the entire remnant of Israel in this outpouring of your wrath on Jerusalem?’”
(Ezekiel 9:7-8)

No, Jesus.

You didn’t destroy them all.

But You do know whom to destroy and whom to spare.

I don’t deserve it –

but thank You for sparing me

right down to this very moment.

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Genesis 8:21; Psalm 5:6; Psalm 9:5; Psalm 37:9; Psalm 37:28; Philippians 1:27-28; 2 Thessalonians 2:8

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo…without excuse:

“We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago…But because our ancestors angered the God of heaven, he gave them into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar the Chaldean, king of Babylon, who destroyed this temple and deported the people to Babylon.”
(Ezra 5:11-12)

They knew, Jesus!

and didn’t try to hide it.

So often, we pretend we’re innocent.

We complain – as though we don’t deserve
the bad things happening to us.

But I know better.

I confess!
Have mercy on me!

 

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Leviticus 5:5; Nehemiah 1:6; Psalm 32:5; Psalm 38:18; Psalm 51:1-12; James 5:16; 1 John 1:9

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Friday, December 1, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with no-holds-barred surrender:

“…pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil people…”
(2 Thessalonians 3:2)

Sometimes these people seemingly pop up out of nowhere, Jesus.

But more times than not
I had a hand in bringing them into my life.

Of course, I didn’t know at the time
how much trouble they’d be.

But You did.

You’ve warned me repeatedly
about what happens
when I consort with the wrong people.

I don’t deserve deliverance from their clutches.

But in Your loving mercy
I’m begging You to do exactly that.

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Genesis 14:20; Numbers 21:34; Deuteronomy 2:33; Judges 6:9; Psalm 22:4; 1 Corinthians 15:33; 2 Corinthians 1:10; 2 Timothy 4:17

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Friday, February 10, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with no-holds-barred surrender:

“In the second year of King Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai…”
(Haggai 1:1)

It’s not every day that You speak out loud to someone on earth, Jesus.

If You spoke like that to me
I’d mark the date too.

I’d probably make a note of the time, as well.

How often I’ve wished You would tell me exactly what You want me to do!

Though I don’t in any way, shape or form deserve it,
I know You can.

But there’s a reason You don’t.

Probably many reasons.

One of which is You’re waiting on me

to pay attention to what You’ve already spoken to me

through Your Word.

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Genesis 18:33; Exodus 6:28; Exodus 20:18-19; Exodus 33:11; Numbers 4:12-9; Deuteronomy 5:24; 1 Samuel 3:1; Acts 18:9; Acts 22:17-18; 1 Corinthians 12:3; 1 Corinthians 14:21

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Tuesday, September 20, 2022

 

Open your heart, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“Then the Lord was jealous for his land…”
(Joel 2:18)

“Then,” Jesus?

When?

What turns Your heart toward us, though we have sinned

though we deserve nothing but wrath?

What makes You jealous for this land we have so defiled by our disobedience?

It’s when we cry out to You in repentance, isn’t it –

begging for Your mercy –
which by very definition we don’t deserve.

It’s when we call on You to honor Your great Name we have so besmirched.

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Exodus 9:16; Numbers 6:27; 2 Chronicles 7:14; Psalm 91:14; Joel 2:17; Matthew 18:20; Acts 15:17

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Tuesday, August 2, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with bottomless trust:

“Aaron and his sons are to go into the sanctuary and assign to each man his work and what he is to carry. But the Kohathites must not go in to look at the holy things, even for a moment, or they will die.”
(Numbers 4:19-20)

There are some things that are off-limits for me, too, Jesus.

Please.
Show me what they are.

May I never desire

what You haven’t given me.

You’ve already given me

far more than I deserve!

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2 Samuel 12:7-9; Psalm 29:11; Psalm 37:22; Proverbs 3:33; Jeremiah 5:7; Romans 10:12; Philippians 4:19

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Monday, August 1, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unshakable belief:

“…the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”
(Luke 1:78-79)

We don’t deserve it, Jesus!

But in Your tender mercy

cause your rising sun to shine down on us
as we desperately grope about in this land of darkness
battling the stench of death

…and guide us all the way Home.

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Proverbs 13:5; Isaiah 3:24; Amos 4:10; Amos 5:21; Isaiah 45:19; Matthew 13:43; John 5:24

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Saturday, July 31, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in bursting-with-joy gratitude:

“The grace…”
(Philemon 1:25)

Your grace, Jesus!

What You did for us on the cross –

dying for sins You didn’t, wouldn’t, couldn’t commit.

The guiltiest among us freely pardoned –

going scot-free!

The exact opposite of justice.
Absolutely nothing fair about it.

G.R.A.C.E.: “God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense!”

Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

I would never complain that I’m not getting what I deserve.

I don’t want what I deserve!

What I want is Your Total, Ineradicable, Undeserved, Unmerited

Matchless Grace!

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Isaiah 26:10; Zechariah 12:10; Luke 2:40; John 1:14; John 1:17; Acts 4:33; Acts 13:43; Galatians 2:20-21

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Monday, July 27, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with growing understanding:

“…seek humility…
(Zephaniah 2:3)

Won’t have to seek long, Jesus.

If I’m genuinely looking for humility I’m gonna find it

in the blessings I don’t deserve

in the skills I don’t possess
to accomplish what I desire

in the sins I’ve committed
too many times to count

in the reality that I didn’t put myself here.
You created me, sustain me, own me.

So, yeah.

If I’m truly on the lookout for humility
it’ll hit me smack dab between the eyes.

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Psalm 45:4; Proverbs 11:2; Proverbs 15:33; Proverbs 22:4; Philippians 2:3; Colossians 2:18; Colossians 3:12

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Monday, June 22, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with every fiber of your being:

“…that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
(2 Thessalonians 2:14)

That’s wild, Jesus!

To share in Your glory?

How can human beings do that?

We absolutely don’t deserve it.
Not even the best of us.

Especially not the worst of us –
the category to which I belong.

But that’s Your love, Your outrageous kindness

Your overwhelming generosity!

Nor are we to keep Your glory to ourselves.

We’re to make sure others get in on it, too.

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Leviticus 9:6; Numbers 14:10; Deuteronomy 5:24; 1 Samuel 15:29; 1 Chronicles 16:24; Psalms 3:3; Isaiah 42:8; Revelation 15:8