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Sunday, April 23, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in chastened awareness:

“…Jesus asked them, ‘Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?’ But they remained silent. He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, Stretch out your hand.’ He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored.”
(Mark 3:4-5)

That’s how You work nearly every miracle, Jesus –

in spite of our animosity, doubt and outright disbelief.

True, some miracles are granted to those who have faith

which comes directly from You

as a gift.

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Psalm 77:11; Psalm 106:7; Matthew 13:58; Acts 19:11; Ephesians 2:8-9; Hebrews 11:1; Hebrews 11:6

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Monday, April 3, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with your eyes fixed on Jesus:

“Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil…”
(3 John 1:11)

At first glance, Jesus

that seems like a no-brainer
like something You wouldn’t have to say.

Sadly, there’s a reason You have to say it –

a very sad, disgraceful, inexcusably awful reason:

We keep imitating what’s evil.
Monkey see…monkey do.

What are we thinking?

Maybe we’re thinking they got away with it…

so can I.

But they’re not going to get away with it!

Nor will I.

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Deuteronomy 32:41; Psalm 149:6-8; Isaiah 34:8; Isaiah 59:17; Jeremiah 11:20; Ezekiel 16:38; Roman 12:19

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Saturday, March 25, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in grateful anticipation:

“And I declared that the dead, who had already died, are happier than the living, who are still alive. But better than both is the one who has never been born, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.”
(Ecclesiastes 4:3-4)

And so we’re blessed with another uplifting word from Solomon, Jesus.

For somebody so wise
he sure was in a snit of depression.

But he was almost right about one thing:

People in heaven are definitely happier
than those of us still on earth!

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Isaiah 57:1; Luke 16:19-24; 1 Corinthians 13:12; Philippians 1:22-23; Hebrews 12:22; Revelation 2:17; Revelation 21:4

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Sunday, February 12, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:

“You have wearied the Lord with your words. ‘How have we wearied him?’ you ask. By saying, ‘All who do evil are good in the eyes of the Lord’…”
(Malachi 3:17)

That’s like saying You don’t care, Jesus!

…that Your Word doesn’t matter
that we can live any old way we like

while You shrug with a half-smile on Your face
and say, “Oh, well, that’s cool.”

But it isn’t.

For those who deliberately flaunt Your loving laws

one day they will discover to their horror:

it’s very, very hot.

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Matthew 5:22; Matthew 5:29-30; Matthew 10:28; Matthew 23:33; Mark 9:47-49; Luke 12:5; 2 Peter 2:4-9

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Sunday, February 5, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with utter abandon:

“Let everyone call urgently on God. Let them give up their evil ways and their violence.”
(Jonah 3:8)

Why do we find it so hard, Jesus

to give up the things that break Your heart?

You’re not trying to cheat us out of having a good time!

You’re protecting us from the thoughts, words and behaviors
that will destroy our lives.

Forgive me, LORD

for being so slow to give up
what will take me down.

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Judges 2:19; 2 Samuel 2:23; Ecclesiastes 3:6; Ezekiel 23:8; Ezekiel 45:9; Daniel 3:28; Luke 14:33

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Tuesday, January 24, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in passionate dedication:

“…you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to blush with shame. Have you not just called to me: ‘‘My Father, my friend from my youth, will you always be angry? Will your wrath continue forever?’ This is how you talk, but you do all the evil you can.”
(Jeremiah 3:3-5)

You never were much for empty words, were You, Jesus?

Weren’t then
aren’t now.

Nor am I.

I’ve heard too many broken promises
to make any to You.

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Ecclesiastes 5:1-7; Matthew 21:28-32; Ephesians 5:6; James 1:19; James 2:15-17; James 3:1-12; 2 Peter 2:18

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Friday, December 9, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in growing understanding:

“And the Lord God said, ‘The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.’ So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden…”
(Genesis 3:22-23)

You want us to live forever, Jesus

but not on this earth.

The longer we live on this planet

the way it is

the more we understand why!

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Deuteronomy 32:40; 1 Kings 1:31; Job 7:16; Psalm 22:26; Zechariah 1:5; John 6:51; John 6:58

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Sunday, December 4, 2022

 

Be comforted! as you pray this Lazaroo:

“You will be filled with shame instead of glory. Now it is your turn! Drink and let your nakedness be exposed! The cup from the Lord’s right hand is coming around to you, and disgrace will cover your glory.”
(Habakkuk 2:16)

This is Your promise, Jesus:

The day is coming

when You will repay every unrepentant, evil person
for the devastation they have caused!

When I see one of them getting away with it

please remind me:

They aren’t.

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Deuteronomy 7:10; Deuteronomy 32:35; 1 Kings 2:32; Romans 2:6; Romans 12:19; 2 Timothy 4:14; Hebrews 10:30

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Sunday, November 27, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning emotion:

“Hear this, you priests! Pay attention, you Israelites! Listen, royal house! This judgment is against you: You have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor. The rebels are knee-deep in slaughter. I will discipline all of them.”
(Hosea 5:1-2)

What we think is hidden, Jesus

isn’t.

What we think we do in secret

is fully known by You.

So when we hide things and do them in secret

may they only be good and not evil

to be showered with blessings from above!

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Genesis 16:13; Job 11:11; Job 28:24; Psalm 33:13; Psalm 138:6; Matthew 6:4; Matthew 6:6; Matthew 6:18

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Tuesday, November 8, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with white-hot fervor:

” to…Archippus our fellow soldier…”
(Philemon 1:2)

Paul knew, Jesus:

We’re in a war.

Right against wrong.
Good against evil.
God against Satan.

In a war, you’ve gotta have soldiers

and Paul was so grateful for Archippus!

Like Paul

I’m grateful for every soldier who understands this war
and comes alongside me in the fight.

Most wars are life and death –

small potatoes compared to this one –

which is eternal life and death.

With stakes this high

I need every fellow soldier You provide!

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1 Corinthians 9:7; 1 Corinthians 14:8; Philippians 2:25; 1 Timothy 1:18; 2 Timothy 2:3-4; James 4:1; 1 Peter 5:8