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Saturday, September 18, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with full attention:

“All that night Abner and his men marched through the Arabah. They crossed the Jordan, continued through the morning hours and came to Mahanaim. Then Joab stopped pursuing Abner and assembled the whole army.”
(2 Samuel 2:29-30)

It’s no fun to be chased by an enemy, Jesus –

especially one that is bigger, stronger, faster, better equipped.

But when that happens to me, I cry out to You!

You’re the only one who can instantly stop them in their tracks.

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Deuteronomy 1:44; Joshua 7:5; Psalms 57:2; Psalms 143:3; Jeremiah 50:17; Lamentations 4:19; Luke 18:7

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Thursday, May 27, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with pure devotion:

“Lord my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands—if I have repaid my ally with evil or without cause have robbed my foe—then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and make me sleep in the dust.”
(Psalms 7:3-5)

David was absolutely confident of his righteousness, Jesus!

I…not so much.

All I can pray is:

Please be merciful to me, a repentant sinner.

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1 Kings 8:46-51; Job 42:6; Proverbs 1:23; Isaiah 59:20; Jeremiah 5:3; Mark 1:15; Luke 13:5

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Sunday, March 14, 2021

 

Watch your step! as you pray this Lazaroo:

“When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the Lord, the God of Israel, they… said, ‘Let us help you build because, like you, we seek your God…’”
(Ezra 4:1-2)

It’s a fact, Jesus:

Your enemies will sometimes pretend to be my friends.

Oh, how I need Your guidance, Holy Spirit!

Help me see through them!

May I never be so desperate for friends

that I fall for their lying deception.

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Psalms 12:2; Proverbs 14:8; Proverbs 26:26; Jeremiah 9:6; Luke 20:20-26; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Titus 1:10

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Monday, November 30, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with renewed faith:

“Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘An enemy will overrun your land, pull down your strongholds and plunder your fortresses.’”
(Amos 3:11)

When we keep sinning and sinning and sinning, Jesus…

when we continually ignore Your Voice, calling us to return to You…

there’s always a “therefore,” isn’t there?

I dare not mistake your patience for powerlessness.

I don’t want enemies to overrun my land
pull down my strongholds
plunder my fortresses.

I’ve got to repent and turn it around.

Now.

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2 Chronicles 32:26; Job 42:6; Proverbs 1:23; Isaiah 30:15; Matthew 4:17; Acts 2:38; Romans 2:4

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Tuesday, March 3, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo in trusting obedience:

“…deal with them…”
(Lamentations 1:22)

…because I can’t, Jesus!

Oh, I can deal with my enemies

poorly
in a way
inadequately
blindly

but not like You can!

You know which of them I now regard as enemies

will one day become my friends.

You know which of them are acting innocently

and which are acting with evil, malevolent intent.

So I’m going to do my best to obey You

by praying for them

and ask You to handle it.

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Leviticus 19:18; 1 Samuel 2:1; 2 Samuel 5:20; 2 Samuel 22:4; 2 Samuel 22:41; Jeremiah 20:12; Matthew 5:43-48; Romans 12:19

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Thursday, January 9, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo in devoted passion:

“They dash to the city wall…”
(Nahum 2:5)

That’s what enemy soldiers did, Jesus…

when attacking a city they felt confident they could destroy.

They didn’t crawl or walk.

They ran to the wall –
eager to destroy those cowering within.

Perhaps that’s what the enemies of my soul do, Father.

They’ve seen the sins and blunders of my past.
They assume I’ll keep right on sinning and blundering.

But by Your grace and in Your strength:

Not this time.

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Job 13:26; Psalms 27:2; Isaiah 9:1; Isaiah 43:18; Isaiah 65:16; Zechariah 8:11; 1 Peter 4:3

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Wednesday, October 30, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with fervent spirit:

“Before them the earth shakes…”
(Joel 2:10)

Pretty scary, Jesus.

When the sound of my approaching enemies shakes the earth

it makes me want to run –

until I remember:

You Are my Stronghold!

My enemies can shake the earth a little

but You can shake it a lot.

When by faith I stubbornly refuse to tremble before my attackers

You see and approve.

You know I’m overruling my natural instincts
because I believe You Are Greater!

and I’ll prevail.

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2 Samuel 18:33; Nehemiah 5:13; Job 9:6; Psalms 15:1-5; Psalms 16:8; Luke 6:47-48; Acts 2:25

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Monday, September 23, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with locked-in faith:

“…take on one of the young men…”
(2 Samuel 2:21)

Asahel wanted to take down the enemy leader, Jesus –

a noble goal, to be sure –

but one he wasn’t equipped to accomplish.

Abner was older and slower…but more experienced.

Sadly, when Asahel refused to pick on someone his own age

it cost him his life.

Am I chasing anything I shouldn’t be, Father?

If so, show me!

I don’t want to waste Your precious gift of time

nor lose my life.

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Leviticus 19:32; Job 32:4; Psalms 16:6; Psalms 31:15; Ecclesiastes 9:11; Ephesians 2:10; 1 Timothy 5:1-2

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Tuesday, June 25, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in passionate gratitude:

“…they dart about like lightning.”
(Nahum 2:4)

It’s not much fun to have enemies who can do that, Jesus!

They’re too fast.
I can’t keep track of them.

I don’t know when the next attack is coming
or where it’s coming from.

I can feel their thunder
way down in my bones.

If they succeed in striking me
I’m fried.

But You Are my God!

You Are my Protector!

I will not fear!

…for You are LORD of the lightning.

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Exodus 9:23-24; 2 Samuel 22:13; Job 36:30; Job 38:24; Psalms 18:12; Jeremiah 10:13; Luke 10:18

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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