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Monday, July 3, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo in sudden awareness:

“…refusing to be comforted…”
(Matthew 2:18)

When the pain is that great, Jesus…

only then does someone refuse to be comforted.

It’s hard on their friends and family, who desperately want to help.

But far harder on the one who grieves.

The words, gestures, offers to “let me know if you need anything”

are not only useless

they’re offensive –

as if such things could somehow lessen the agony.

Is that how You felt, Father

when they crucified Your Son?

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Job 17:7; Psalms 22:1; Psalms 88:9; Proverbs 6:32-35; Matthew 27:46; John 3:16; Hebrews 5:7

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Friday, March 31, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with outrageous adoration:

“My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ…”
(James 2:1)

This is about as clear as You could possibly make it, Jesus:

If someone believes in You
they’re family.

They’re as much my brother and my sister

as though we shared the same biological mom and dad.

On second thought, they’re even more.

As good as natural parents can possibly be
none of them can match You.

My truest family

is the one that lasts
forever.

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Matthew 12:46-50; Matthew 25:40; Luke 14:26; Luke 21:16; Acts 11:29; Acts 12:17; Acts 18:27; Romans 12:1

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Tuesday, November 15, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with mature understanding:

“If he has done you any wrong…”
(Philemon 1:18)

Total strangers seldom do me wrong, Jesus.

It’s my friends, family, coworkers, neighbors
who wrong me the most.

They’re the ones with whom I try to figure out this thing called, “life.”

Sometimes their solutions run afoul of mine.

Of course, that shoe’s on my foot, too.

They probably think I’ve sometimes done them wrong
whether or not I agree.

Please help us let go of it!

and move on.

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Matthew 6:12-15; Matthew 18:21-22; Matthew 18:32-35; Ephesians 4:31-32; Colossians 3:13; James 2:13; James 3:2

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Tuesday, August 16, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with bottomless trust:

“…you have brought your father and mother, your brothers and all your family into your house.”
(Joshua 2:18)

That’s my priority, isn’t it, Jesus?

Do everything I can to make sure everybody in my family
is in Your house.

Of course, the older they get

the less control I have.

There comes a day when control is gone

and all I have is influence.

Well…that’s not exactly true, is it?

I have You.

I can fall on my face and pray.

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Genesis 18:19; Deuteronomy 6:6-9; Deuteronomy 17:18-20; Proverbs 22:6; Ecclesiastes 2:18-19; Jeremiah 35:2-19; Acts 7:5; 3 John 1:4

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Thursday, May 26, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo in devoted passion:

“Guard the fortress…”
(Nahum 2:1)

What a crucially important reminder, Jesus!

I may think I have a fortress on this earth
but it had better be guarded.

Home…parents…marriage…children…family…job…business…country…

all can be gone faster than I can turn around in shock.

Whatever I think I have
Whoever I think I have
Whatever I think I can do

are from You
are kept by You
can only be guarded by You

for in reality I have only one true Fortress:

You.

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Deuteronomy 4:35; Deuteronomy 4:39; 1 Kings 8:60; Job 1:1-22; Psalms 18:2; Proverbs 4:13; Isaiah 44:8; Isaiah 45:5-6; Acts 4:12

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Thursday, May 26, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo in devoted passion:

“Guard the fortress…”
(Nahum 2:1)

What a crucially important reminder, Jesus!

I may think I have a fortress on this earth
but it had better be guarded.

Home…parents…marriage…children…family…job…business…country…

all can be gone faster than I can turn around in shock.

Whatever I think I have
Whoever I think I have
Whatever I think I can do

are from You
are kept by You
can only be guarded by You

for in reality I have only one true Fortress:

You.

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Deuteronomy 4:35; Deuteronomy 4:39; 1 Kings 8:60; Job 1:1-22; Psalms 18:2; Proverbs 4:13; Isaiah 44:8; Isaiah 45:5-6; Acts 4:12

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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo in heartfelt gratitude:

“Solomon took a census of all the aliens who were in Israel…”
(2 Chronicles 2:17)

I’d have been an alien in that census, Jesus

a foreigner
a stranger
a misfit

I’m not descended from Abraham, Isaac or Jacob.

I’m not even sure who all my ancestors are
except that if I go back far enough…

I’m pretty sure I go back to Adam. 😉

But I’m no longer an alien, am I?

Thanks to the cross
I’m family.

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Romans 11:17-24; Galatians 3:7; Galatians 4:7; Galatians 4:31; Ephesians 2:19; Ephesians 4:17; Hebrews 2:11

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Tuesday, December 15, 2015

 

 Decide in advance to obey, as you pray this Lazaroo: 

“I urge, then, first of all, that…prayers…be made for everyone…”
(1 Timothy 2:1)

I don’t mind praying for good people, Jesus

friends, family
children, the elderly
those sick and hurting.

However…when you tell me to pray for “everyone”…

that includes evil people

terrorists
liars, cheaters
thieves, rapists, murderers

my enemies.

I have to confess, Father: I don’t want to.

But since You say so, I’ll do it.
I’ll pray for them

until I’m forced to pray against them.

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Exodus 8:9; Numbers 21:7; Deuteronomy 9:20; 1 Samuel 12:23; 1 Kings 13:6; Matthew 5:44; Luke 6:28

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Tuesday, December 15, 2015

 

 Decide in advance to obey, as you pray this Lazaroo: 

“I urge, then, first of all, that…prayers…be made for everyone…”
(1 Timothy 2:1)

I don’t mind praying for good people, Jesus

friends, family
children, the elderly
those sick and hurting.

However…when you tell me to pray for “everyone”…

that includes evil people

terrorists
liars, cheaters
thieves, rapists, murderers

my enemies.

I have to confess, Father: I don’t want to.

But since You say so, I’ll do it.
I’ll pray for them

until I’m forced to pray against them.

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Exodus 8:9; Numbers 21:7; Deuteronomy 9:20; 1 Samuel 12:23; 1 Kings 13:6; Matthew 5:44; Luke 6:28