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Friday, October 20, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with steely determination:

“…save others by snatching them from the fire…”
(Jude 1:23)

I’m thinking of three ways to save people, Jesus:

1. Encourage them to develop a Deep, Daily, Moment-by-Moment 1on1 relationship with You.

2. Warn them not to sin.

3. Go after them and rescue them when they’re steeped in wrongdoing.

That last is the hardest.

People who are up to their ears in evil seldom want to hear about You.

But because You command me to do it

I will!

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Exodus 3:10; Exodus 4:12; Exodus 32:34; 1 Samuel 15:3; 2 Samuel 19:7; Ezekiel 2:5; Ezekiel 2:7; Ezekiel 3:11; Acts 22:21

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Thursday, July 20, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in brokenness and trust:

“We sent Timothy…to strengthen and encourage you in your faith, so that no one would be unsettled by these trials. For you know quite well that we are destined for them.”
(1 Thessalonians 3:2-3)

Destined for them?

You know I don’t like to hear this, Jesus!

When I’m wholeheartedly following You

I wish You would reward me
by sparing me from the heartaches of life!.

So why don’t You?

Because the testing of my faith produces perseverance

which enables me to fully mature in You.

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Psalm 119:50; 2 Corinthians 12:8-10; 2 Thessalonians 1:3-5; Hebrews 5:8-10; James 1:2-4; 1 Peter 1:6-7; 1 Peter 4:1; 2 Peter 2:9

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Tuesday, June 6, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with determination:

“If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take them into your house…”
(2 John 1:10)

The people who enter my home influence me, Jesus

for good or bad.

They can encourage me in the right direction

or hinder me from following You with my whole heart.

The people I permit to enter my home

also send a message to everyone on the outside.

Rightly or wrongly, my acceptance of them
causes people to conclude I agree with them.

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Psalm 16:8; Psalm 25:15; Psalm 71:2; Psalm 101:4; Psalm 101:6; Psalm 119:37; Psalm 141:8; 2 Timothy 3:5: Titus 3:10

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Thursday, June 1, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in supernatural awareness:

“You are a garden locked up, my sister, my bride; you are a spring enclosed, a sealed fountain. Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates with choice fruits, with henna and nard, nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of incense tree, with myrrh and aloes and all the finest spices.”
(Song of Songs 4:12-14)

Solomon had a way with words, Jesus

and no wonder:

You’re the one who gave them to him!

Please give me the words I need to

bless
encourage
uplift
strengthen

those You’ve placed in my life!

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Exodus 4:15; Deuteronomy 18:18; Psalm 19:14; Ecclesiastes 12:11; Ephesians 6:19; Hebrews 10:25; 2 Peter 3:2

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Monday, May 15, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with every fiber of your being:

“We sent Timothy…to strengthen and encourage you in your faith, so that no one would be unsettled by these trials.”
(1 Thessalonians 3:2-3)

It’s hard to watch one of our leaders go through a dark, difficult time, Jesus.

It’s even harder when I’m going through an agonizing time myself!

At such times, Satan may suggest to me that following You isn’t worth it.

But he’s a liar.

The only trials You permit Your people to endure

are those that will accomplish in us Your highest purpose.

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John 8:44; John 14:4; James 1:2-4; 2 Thessalonians 1:4; 2 Thessalonians 2:2; 1 Peter 1:6; 2 Peter 2:9

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Sunday, March 12, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with utter abandon:

“May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word.”
(2 Thessalonians 2:16-17)

I want all my words to be good, Jesus

not just some of them.

But my only hope to achieve that lofty goal

is to stay constantly in tune with You, Holy Spirit!

May every word I speak be fulfilled

because it originates with You!

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Deuteronomy 8:3; 1 Samuel 25:12; Psalm 19:14; Psalm 51:10-12; Proverbs 30:5; Ecclesiastes 7:21; Matthew 4:4

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Friday, March 10, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in humble adulation:

“We sent Timothy, who is our brother and co-worker in God’s service in spreading the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith…”
(1 Thessalonians 3:2)

I know it’s my responsibility to stay focused on You, Jesus

to grow in You and to please You
in everything I think, say and do.

But when You send someone along with the gift of encouragement –

someone themselves strong in You who models it for me –

that’s nothing less than fire in my heart
and wind beneath my wings!

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Deuteronomy 1:38; Deuteronomy 3:28; Judges 7:11; Job 16:5; Acts 15:32; Acts 16:40; Acts 20:2; 2 Corinthians 13:11

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Thursday, January 5, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with growing eagerness:

“May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed…”
(2 Thessalonians 2:16-17)

May I pray that prayer over others, Jesus

and may others pray it over me.

Oh, how we need You to encourage and strengthen us

as in Your Name we perform good deed after good deed!

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Psalm 34:14; Matthew 5:16; 1 Timothy 2:9-10; 1 Timothy 5:9-10; 1 Timothy 5:25; 1 Timothy 6:18; Hebrews 10:24; 1 Peter 2:12

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Monday, October 31, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with every fiber of your being:

“May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you…”
(2 Thessalonians 2:16-17)

Oh, do I need Your strength, Jesus!

Strength to obey You no matter what.
Strength to bear up under the hard times.
Strength to stay true to You during the good times.
Strength to overcome Satan’s temptations.
Strength to stay faithful to You…

right up to the moment You call me home.

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Exodus 15:2; Deuteronomy 4:37; Psalm 18:32; Proverbs 24:10; Romans 4:18-22; 1 Corinthians 1:25; Ephesians 3:16-19

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Thursday, October 27, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in breakthrough understanding:

“My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding…”
(Colossians 2:2)

Wow, Jesus.

Complete understanding doesn’t come from hours of research alone.

It’s incomplete

until Your people are encouraged in heart
and united in love.

That doesn’t mean You don’t want us to study Your Word.

You do!

But it does mean that there’s no substitute

for the loving, encouraging assembling of ourselves together.

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Isaiah 48:14; Isaiah 52:9; Hosea 1:11; Acts 2:1; Acts 2:44; 1 Corinthians 7:5; Hebrews 10:25