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Tuesday, July 18, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with honest self-assessment:

“For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit and delight to see how disciplined you are…”
(Colossians 2:5)

Would anyone who knows my life delight to see how disciplined I am, Jesus?

Thanks to You, I am disciplined!

…in some areas.

But to my shame, not in all.

My discipline in one part of my life

doesn’t excuse the lack of it in another, does it?

Help me, LORD Jesus!
Help me.

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Proverbs 5:3-12; Proverbs 10:17; Proverbs 12:1; Proverbs 13:18; 2 Timothy 1:7; Titus 1:8; 2 Peter 1:5-7

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Wednesday, May 10, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with explosive feeling:

“…a temple had not yet been built for the Name of the Lord. Solomon showed his love for the Lord by walking according to the instructions given him by his father David, except that he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places.”
(1 Kings 3:2-3)

Solomon had an excuse for doing wrong, Jesus.

There was no temple.

But he didn’t have to go to one of those high places You so detested!

Satan will always provide me with an excuse to do wrong.

But to do wrong
there is no acceptable excuse.

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Leviticus 26:30; Numbers 33:52; Psalm 5:5; John 15:22; Romans 1:20; Romans 2:1; 1 Corinthians 6:8

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Tuesday, December 13, 2022

 

Be duly warned, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“If anyone sins and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands, even though they do not know it, they are guilty and will be held responsible. They are to bring to the priest as a guilt offering a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value…and they will be forgiven.”
(Leviticus 5:17-18)

This answers one of my questions, Jesus:

Ignorance of Your Law is no excuse.

If I refuse to study Your Word to learn Your commands

I will pay the consequences.

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Ezekiel 45:20; Acts 3:17; Acts 17:30; Ephesians 4:18; 1 Timothy 1:13; Hebrews 9:7; 1 Peter 1:14

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Sunday, November 20, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with re-burning zeal:

“Anyone who…does not continue in the teaching of Christ…
(2 John 1:9)

I gave my life to You, Jesus

because You gave Your life for me.

I was determined to obey You from that moment forward.

But I haven’t.
I’ve sinned.
A lot.

I’ve confessed my sins.

I’ve forsaken them.

Only to pick them back up again.

I have no excuse – but You see it, LORD:

within the heart of my being
is a desire to continue in Your teaching.

Forgive me!
Fill me!
Save me!

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2 Samuel 12:13; 2 Samuel 24:10; 2 Samuel 24:17; Job 7:20; Psalm 41:4; Psalm 51; James 3:2

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Thursday, July 14, 2022

 

Sell out totally to God as you pray this Lazaroo:

“I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God.”
(Revelation 3:1-2)

Deeds, Jesus.

Not words.

You’ve given me a job to do, along with the gifts and ability to do it.

My excuses for not doing it don’t matter.

I’ve got to finish it

while there’s still time.

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Exodus 40:33; Joshua 19:51; Matthew 10:23; Luke 14:28-30; John 4:334; John 17:4; Philippians 1:6

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Tuesday, May 24, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with white-hot fervor:

“Moses said…‘I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.’ The Lord said to him, ‘Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute? Who gives them sight or makes them blind? Is it not I, the Lord?’”
(Exodus 4:10-11)

Please forgive me, Jesus

for all the times I’ve pulled out that same lame excuse

and told You why I couldn’t do what You’ve told me to do.

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Exodus 4:1-8; Exodus 4:13-17; Judges 6:14-16; Luke 14:16-24; John 15:22; Romans 1:20; Romans 2:1

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Saturday, June 26, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in Spirit-led recognition:

“The man said, ‘The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.’ Then the LORD God said to the woman, ‘What is this you have done?’ The woman said, ‘The serpent deceived me, and I ate.’”
(Genesis 3:12-13)

We insist it’s someone else’s fault, Jesus.

Even though it isn’t.

No matter what the temptation, the threat, the incentive, the circumstances

if I said it or did it, it’s my fault.

Period.

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Leviticus 5:5; Numbers 5:6-7; 1 Samuel 7:6; Ezra 10:1; Psalms 32:5; Acts 19:18; James 5:16

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Wednesday, April 21, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with pedal-to-the-metal commitment:

“Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”
(Genesis 3:11)

You had just asked the ultimate rhetorical question, Jesus.

Obviously, You knew he had eaten from the tree you told him not to.

Otherwise, it wouldn’t have bothered him to be without clothing.
Just as obviously, he knew You knew.

What do I do when You nail me off-base through Your Word?

Do I excuse myself…

…or confess and repent?

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Leviticus 5:5; 1 Samuel 7:6; Psalms 32:5; Isaiah 30:15; Acts 2:38; James 5:16; 2 Peter 3:9

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Saturday, March 20, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in wholehearted surrender:

“If only my anguish could be weighed and all my misery be placed on the scales! It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas—no wonder my words have been impetuous.”
(Job 6:2-3)

We’re all able to find excuses for our behavior, Jesus.

Oh yeah.
I have a ton of ‘em!

We might be able to sell them to some people

but nobody’s fooling You.

Rather than excuses

please help me obey You –

no matter what it takes!

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Numbers 30:2; Joshua 1:8; Luke 14:17-19; John 15:22; Romans 1:20; Romans 2:1; Philippians 2:12

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Wednesday, March 3, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with driven desire:

“But if, in seeking to be justified in Christ, we Jews find ourselves also among the sinners, doesn’t that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not!”
(Galatians 2:17)

It kills me to admit it, Jesus

but I sometimes find myself among the sinners.

That doesn’t mean You promote or excuse or overlook sin.

It means You’ve saved someone
who still needs a whole lot of work!

I’m ready to go to work, Holy Spirit.

Please.
I beg You:

Help me.

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Romans 3:23; Romans 7:15; Romans 7:18-20; Romans 7:24-25; 1 Timothy 1:15-16; Hebrews 4:1; Hebrews 12:15; James 3:2