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Monday, June 17, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo with total transparency:

“‘Take these articles and go and deposit them in the temple in Jerusalem. And rebuild the house of God on its site.’ So this Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundations of the house of God in Jerusalem. From that day to the present it has been under construction but is not yet finished.”
(Ezra 5:15-16)

How many of the assignments You’ve given me

remain unfinished, Jesus?

That’s unacceptable.

In Your strength, favor and blessing –

before You call me Home –

it is my desire to complete every one!

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Ezekiel 4:5-6; Mark 13:33-35; John 17:4; Acts 20:24; Acts 22:10; 1 Corinthians 3:5; 1 Corinthians 7:17; Galatians 2:7

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Tuesday, October 31, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in passionate gratitude:

“‘Therefore, as surely as I live,’ declares the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, ‘surely Moab will become like Sodom, the Ammonites like Gomorrah—a place of weeds and salt pits, a wasteland forever. The remnant of my people will plunder them; the survivors of my nation will inherit their land.’”
(Zephaniah 2:9)

When only a remnant of survivors is left, Jesus

common sense says they’re probably finished.

But You supersede common sense!

You achieve the impossible through Your holy people!

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Genesis 45:7; Judges 5:13; 2 Kings 19:4; 2 Kings 19:30-31; Ezra 9:8; Isaiah 10:20; Romans 11:5

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Tuesday, April 4, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in growing understanding:

“Turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem and with bared arm prophesy against her. I will tie you up with ropes so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have finished the days of your siege.”
(Ezekiel 4:7-8)

Just as You did with Ezekiel, Jesus

so You sometimes do with me.

You had given him a difficult task –

one he might have been tempted to abandon.

So You tied him to it.

That explains a whole lot of what’s happening in my life.

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Psalm 139:5; Jonah 1:1-2; Jonah 1:12; Jonah 1:17; Jonah 2:7-10; Jonah 3:1-3; John 6:66-68

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Sunday, March 5, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning emotion:

“Solomon made an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt and married his daughter. He brought her to the City of David until he finished building his palace and the temple of the Lord, and the wall around Jerusalem. The people, however, were still sacrificing at the high places…”
(1 Kings 3:1-2)

And so it starts to unravel, Jesus…

Solomon enters a forbidden marriage
the people worshiping where they shouldn’t.

The more disobedience I incorporate in my life

the more swiftly my downfall arrives.

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Leviticus 26:30; 1 Kings 3:3; 1 Kings 11:1-3; 1 Kings 13:34; 2 Chronicles 26:16; 1 Thessalonians 3:5; James 1:13-14

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Friday, December 23, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul:

“Now Boaz, with whose women you have worked, is a relative of ours. Tonight he will be winnowing barley on the threshing floor. Wash, put on perfume, and get dressed in your best clothes. Then go down to the threshing floor, but don’t let him know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.”
(Ruth 3:2-3)

Naomi had it all planned out for her widowed daughter-in-law, Jesus.

It worked.
Boaz and Ruth became husband and wife.

But never let me forget:

It works
only when You work it.

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Proverbs 21:1; Jeremiah 10:23; Amos 3:6; Acts 4:28; Acts 13:48; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Hebrews 3:4

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Sunday, October 30, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with utter abandon:

“When all the work Solomon had done for the temple of the Lord was finished, he brought in the things his father David had dedicated—the silver and gold and all the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of God’s temple.”
(2 Chronicles 5:1)

Father and son working together, Jesus

to honor You.

Although that’s beautiful

it doesn’t always happen.

But You’re my Father

and I’m Your child.

What do you say let’s work together
to bring glory to Your holy Name!

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Matthew 5:16; Matthew 5:45; Matthew 5:48; Matthew 6:14; Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:26; Matthew 6:32

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Wednesday, August 10, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with earnest desire:

“…Ruth stayed close to the women of Boaz to glean until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.”
(Ruth 2:23)

This wasn’t the life Ruth thought You were going to give her, Jesus

but trusting You, she embraced it anyway –

and oh, the reward that was finally hers!

Help me follow her example

believing with everything in me that in Your way and time

every promise You’ve made to me
will come true.

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Joshua 23:14; Psalm 33:4; Isaiah 49:7; Joel 2:23; 1 Corinthians 1:9; 1 Corinthians 4:17; 1 Thessalonians 5:24

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Friday, June 17, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with renewed determination:

“So Huram finished the work he had undertaken for King Solomon in the temple of God…”
(2 Chronicles 4:11)

So many of us start, Jesus…

so few of us finish

and finish well.

Huram did more than start doing the work You gave him.

He finished it.

Help me not only start doing what You want me to do

when You want me to start it

but help me finish what You want me to do

when You want me to finish it.

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Genesis 1:1; Genesis 2:2; Psalm 90:9; Jeremiah 26:8; Matthew 10:23; Luke 14:28-30; John 4:34

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Monday, September 28, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with growing understanding:

“…it is ruined…”
(Micah 2:10)

I’ve said that about some things, Jesus.

I’ve also said it about some relationships.

But You have a way of taking what I think is totally, irreparably ruined

and either completely restoring it
or replacing it with something far better!

I absolutely love that about You!

No matter what happens

with You, there’s always a New Day.
There’s always hope!

Nothing is beyond Your repair!

Nothing is beyond Your improvement!

Not even me.

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Genesis 40:13; Exodus 4:7; Deuteronomy 30:3; 1 Samuel 7:14; Matthew 12:13; Acts 3:21; Galatians 6:1

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Tuesday, April 21, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with never-say-die grit:

“If we endure…”
(2 Timothy 2:12)

That’s one big “if,” isn’t it, Jesus?

It’s one thing to start strong.
I’ve done that plenty of times.

But it’s another thing entirely to keep going through the slog of the middle

all the way to the finish line.

The initial burst of excitement wanes.
There’s pushback…there are setbacks.
My run slows to a walk…a trudge…a crawl.

I’ve started far more times than I’ve finished.

But by Your grace
not this time.

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1 Samuel 13:14; 2 Samuel 7:16; 1 Chronicles 16:34; Psalms 19:9; Psalms 69:7; John 6:27; Romans 15:4