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Thursday, June 13, 2019

 

Sell out totally to God as you pray this Lazaroo:

“All my enemies…rejoice at what you have done.”
(Lamentations 1:21)

Wow. Not only am I suffering at Your hands, Jesus

but those who hate me are jumping up and down with glee.

I could throw a fit. Give up. Quit.

Tempting.

But no.
You deserve better.

So I’ll humble myself, attempt to understand why You’re doing this

learn from it, take my lumps
trusting You in Your mercy to do something through me

that makes my enemies stop laughing.

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1 Samuel 2:1; 2 Samuel 5:20; 2 Samuel 22:4; 2 Samuel 22:49; Psalms 3:7; Psalms 7:6; 2 Corinthians 2:14

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Wednesday, March 13, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in baffled amazement:

“So the king of Israel set out with the king of Judah…”
(2 Kings 3:9)

Talk about being unequally yoked, Jesus…

the king of Judah was honoring You
the king of Israel was not.

Still, You worked stunning miracles and gave this flawed partnership victory against their enemies on that day.

Why? Because it further advanced Your Plan of the Ages.

You’ll work through the worst of us and the best of us, won’t You?

…along with everybody in-between.

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Genesis 50:20; Deuteronomy 9:5; Psalms 103:21; Acts 22:14; Romans 9:19; Ephesians 1:11; Revelation 17:17

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Thursday, October 4, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo in devoted passion:

“The spears of pine are brandished.”
(Nahum 2:3)

Aren’t spears supposed to be made of metal, Jesus?

It would be scary to go into battle with a pine spear
against an army of people carrying iron spears.

Still…with Your help, blessing and protection

a pine spear is all I need.

Help me to trust You to provide victory

through the weapons, tools, materials
education, location, people

You’ve given me.

Not by might, not by power…

but by Your Spirit.

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1 Samuel 14:6; Psalms 44:3; Psalms 44:6-7; Isaiah 26:12; Lamentations 3:37-38; Zechariah 4:6; Philippians 4:13

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Monday, July 30, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with fierce determination:

“…on the day they are made ready…”
(Nahum 2:3)

When Ninevah’s enemies were ready

bad things happened.

But the reverse is also true!

Wonderful things happen when I do everything within my power
to get ready for You to do
what only You can do.

I’m not fooling myself.

I know I can’t make my dreams come true.

Only You!
Only You!
Only You!

But You expect me to give it all I’ve got

while I wait for You.

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2 Kings 6:33; Psalms 38:15; Psalms 119:166; Psalms 126:6; Psalms 130:5-6; Lamentations 3:37-38; Micah 7:7; Mark 12:30; 1 Corinthians 1:7; Ephesians 6:7-8

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Friday, November 3, 2017

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul:

“…they scale walls like soldiers.”
(Joel 2:7)

There are a lot of ways to scale a wall, Jesus.

Some do it clumsily.
Many can’t do it at all.

But if I looked down from the top of the wall

and saw a battle-hardened warrior climbing toward me
fear would grip my heart.

That’s what Your people experienced when that army of locusts attacked –

the army You sent to punish them.

May You never!

have to do that to me.

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Genesis 19:15; Genesis 42:21; Leviticus 18:25; 1 Chronicles 21:7; Psalms 99:8; Proverbs 21:11; 2 Thessalonians 1:6-10

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Sunday, October 15, 2017

 

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

“…their heart is filled with destruction.”
(Psalms 5:9)

The idea of having someone like this for an enemy is terrifying, Jesus!

They’re not content with doing wrong.
Not willing to stop at trying to entice me to sin.

It’s not enough for them to hurt me.
They won’t be happy until they’ve destroyed me.

But the idea of ever allowing a person like this to be my friend?
Thinking I can handle it?

Deliver me, my God!
Deliver me.

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Leviticus 27:29; Deuteronomy 7:26; Deuteronomy 30:15; 2 Samuel 22:5; 1 Kings 13:33-34; Job 31:23; 1 Corinthians 15:33

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Saturday, September 30, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with sobriety:

“…those who oppose you…will be destroyed…”
(Philippians 1:28)

This might seem like heady stuff to some people, Jesus…

but that’s not how it’s supposed to strike me, is it?

Is it encouraging to know that one day I will get relief from my enemies?

Sure.

But it’s also enormously sobering.

I don’t deserve for anybody to be destroyed for opposing me!

But it’s not really about me, is it?

It’s about those who oppose me
because they oppose You.

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Exodus 23:22; Numbers 16:3; 1 Samuel 2:10; Psalms 55:18: Psalms 109:6; Isaiah 41:11; 2 Timothy 3:8

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Thursday, August 17, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo in lesson-learning horror:

“Why then has he become plunder?”
(Jeremiah 2:14)

Before I try to answer that question, Jesus

I need to ponder what it is to be plunder.

It’s what raiders get when they destroy a city

looting whatever’s left after killing all its inhabitants
having burned it to the ground.

I don’t want to be my enemies’ stolen goods, Father!

To avoid that, it’s essential that I obey You.

I long to remain Your child, Your treasured possession

now…and forever.

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Genesis 34:29; Exodus 3:22; Numbers 14:31; Deuteronomy 3:7; Joshua 7:21; 1 Samuel 14:32; 2 Kings 7:16; Matthew 12:29; Hebrews 7:4

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Friday, July 14, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with deep reverence:

“He sold them to their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.”
(Judges 2:14)

A strong enemy is hard enough to defeat, Jesus

impossible without Your help.

From the looks of it, Your people were successful

until they turned their backs on You
and lost their Protector.

That’s not something I ever want to do, LORD!

Not just because I can’t bear for my enemies to win
but because I long to stay close to You.

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Joshua 7:12; Judges 10:13; 2 Samuel 22:41; Psalms 60:11; Luke 9:62; James 1:26; 2 Peter 2:21

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Tuesday, May 9, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with catalytic dedication:

“He sold them to their enemies all around…”
(Judges 2:14)

Don’t ever sell me to my enemies, Jesus!

I know You won’t
because I’m not about to forsake You.

That’s a last-ditch action on Your part, isn’t it?

You only resort to it

when people take advantage of Your kindness
and ignore Your every warning.

Not me.

I hear You – loudly and clearly.

You’re good, loving, merciful, longsuffering.

But there’s a line I’d better never, ever cross.

I won’t.

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Deuteronomy 32:5; Hosea 4:17; Hosea 9:15; Romans 9:13; Hebrews 6:4-8; Hebrews 10:26-31; 1 John 5:16