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Saturday, December 16, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with laser-focused intensity:

“Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.”
(Esther 2:19)

That’s where I choose to be, Jesus –

at the King’s gate.

Not King Xerxes’ gate, the place Mordecai had camped out.

Your gate.

Of course, I know You’re everywhere at once.

Only You. Only You.

But I’m talking about the place where You’re acting, moving

making things happen.

Wherever You Are

that’s where I want to be.

Right in the middle of it.

Nowhere else
holds any interest for me.

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Exodus 33:15; Deuteronomy 31:6-8; Joshua 1:5; Judges 3:28; 1 Kings 8:57; Matthew 4:19; Matthew 16:24

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Friday, March 24, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with no-holds-barred surrender:

“…he set a royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.”
(Esther 2:17)

Interesting, Jesus.

You needed Esther on the throne to save Your people.
Vashti had to go.

You could have killed Vashti.

Instead, You let her take a moral stand

which she took and lost her throne
while keeping her dignity.

Was Vashti grateful?

Probably no more than I am when You do me a kindness
and I, heartbroken, view it as punishment.

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Isaiah 8:12; Isaiah 41:10; Isaiah 35:4; Isaiah 41:14; Isaiah 55:9; Romans 11:33; 1 Peter 3:14

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Tuesday, January 17, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo…in awe:

“…he set a royal crown on her head and made her queen…”
(Esther 2:17)

What a moment for Esther, Jesus!

And what a moment for her people, the Jews.

Little did either of them know You were behind it, Father

that there was coming a day when she would be needed
to save Your chosen nation from annihilation.

How many of the moments of my life have strategic future implications?

Knowing You, I’d have to guess…

all of them.

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Job 14:5; Job 42:2; Psalms 119:91; Isaiah 26:12; Lamentations 3:37; Hebrews 2:10; Acts 4:27-28

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Saturday, November 12, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with laser-focused intensity:

“…she won his favor and approval…”
(Esther 2:17)

There’s no doubt about it, Jesus –

Esther was beautiful.
Beautiful people win favor and approval more easily than others.

But that’s not why this king was so attracted to her.

You made it happen.

You positioned her in the crucially important role

You designed her to carry out.

If I’m obedient, You’ll grant me the favor and approval I need

to carry out every task and role You’ve designed for me.

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Exodus 9:16; 1 Kings 14:7; Psalms 75:6-7; Isaiah 1:19; Acts 13:22; Romans 9:17; Ephesians 2:10

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Wednesday, September 7, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo in dawning awareness:

“Now the king was attracted to Esther more than to any of the other women…”
(Esther 2:17)

No doubt Esther was beautiful, Jesus.

Certainly, she was also granted favored status in the harem.

But wasn’t all of this from You – her beauty, her special treatment…

and especially the king’s strong reaction to her?

Are all such attractions Your doing?

You have a plan.
It’s a plan for the ages.
Esther was part of that plan

as am I.

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Proverbs 16:9; Proverbs 21:30; Isaiah 5:18-19; Isaiah 14:26; Isaiah 28:29; Jeremiah 29:11; Acts 2:23; Acts 17:24-26