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Tuesday, August 9, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unswerving dedication:

“If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work.”
(1 Corinthians 3:12-13)

You know when I’m following You with my whole heart, Jesus.

But when I stay true to you through the fire –

temptations, trials, disasters, heartbreak –

everybody else can see it, too.

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Deuteronomy 13:3; Ezekiel 21:13; Luke 8:13; Acts 20:19; 1 Corinthians 10:13; Hebrews 3:8; James 1:2-3

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Tuesday, May 3, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unwavering dedication:

“Watch out that you do not lose what you have worked for…”
(2 John 1:8)

I tend to think that once I have it, Jesus

it’s mine.

But You’re reminding me that I may have to work as hard to keep it

as I did to attain it.

Maybe harder – because now, I’m a target.
Satan wants to steal what You’ve provided.

But so long as I keep my eyes fixed on You

following You every step of the way

You’ll ensure that Satan comes up

empty-handed.

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1 Chronicles 21:1; Luke 12:33; John 10:10; Romans 8:35-39; 1 Peter 5:8-9; 1 John 4:4; Revelation 12:12

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Thursday, November 18, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with growing anticipation:

“You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans? For when one says, ‘I follow Paul,’ and another, ‘I follow Apollos,’ are you not mere human beings?”
(1 Corinthians 3:3-4)

I can’t stop being human, Jesus.

But because of You living in me

I no longer have to be
merely human!

And I won’t be…

so long as the only One I’m truly following

is You.

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2 Samuel 7:19; 2 Chronicles 14:11; 2 Chronicles 19:6; Job 9:2; Matthew 15:9; Mark 8:33; Romans 2:28

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Monday, June 21, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with growing understanding:

“Has not the LORD Almighty determined…”
(Habakkuk 2:13)

I can stop the sentence right there, Jesus.

You’ve determined it all.

Everything that has happened, is happening, will happen –

has been decided by You.

Obviously, I don’t know most of what You’ve got cooking

except for those things You’ve spelled out in Your Word.

So for me

following You every step of the way

is the adventure of my lifetime!

Show me what You want me know!

No more…
and no less.

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Exodus 33:18; Job 6:24; Job 13:23; Psalms 17:7; Psalms 25:4; Psalms 39:4; Jeremiah 10:23; Lamentations 3:37-38; Acts 4:28; Ephesians 3:4-6

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Tuesday, March 17, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo in passionate commitment:

“…you who do what he commands…”
(Zephaniah 2:3)

I long to be one of those people, Jesus!

There’s a difference between asking You to be my Savior
and becoming one of Your followers, isn’t it?

Well…there shouldn’t be
but for some people there is.

There are those who merely try to use You for a fire escape.

They want to make heaven and miss hell.

So do I!

But You also call me to do everything You say.

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Exodus 19:5; Leviticus 25:18; 1 Samuel 15:22; Jeremiah 7:23; Jeremiah 11:4; Jeremiah 11:7; Matthew 28:20

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Friday, October 11, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in overflowing adoration:

“For surely, O LORD, you bless the righteous…”
(Psalms 5:12)

Yes, You do, Jesus!

They follow You with their whole hearts
and reap the benefits of walking in Your footsteps

experiencing the joy of living each day
in deep, moment-by-moment, 1on1 relationship with You.

But what truly boggles my mind

is that You also bless the wannabe righteous
those not quite yet thinking, speaking, acting
as they know they should – 

…which is how I get to enjoy Your blessings.

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Psalms 73:1; Psalms 73:28; Psalms 145:9; Proverbs 3:33; Lamentations 3:25; Matthew 5:45; Romans 10:12

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Thursday, June 14, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with undiluted sincerity:

“…follow along after the girls.”
(Ruth 2:9)

Good advice, Jesus –

so long as the girls are headed in the right direction
so long as they’re doing the right thing.

In this case, they were…and Ruth was safe.

But sometimes the girls – and guys – are headed straight to the pit.
Sometimes what they’re doing is the wrong thing to do.

Which is why when I follow anyone – man or woman –

I’ve got to be doubly…triply
double-dog certain

they’re following You.

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Judges 3:28; 2 Kings 6:19; Matthew 4:19; Mark 8:34; John 10:27; 1 Corinthians 11:1; Philippians 3:17

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Sunday, February 25, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo in renewed hope:

“Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.”
(Hebrews 2:18)

I’m not happy that You suffered, Jesus.

But it’s so encouraging to learn that temptation was difficult for You.

It’s incredibly hard to say, “No!” to one of Satan’s clever temptations.

But knowing that You suffered to keep from caving in to what Satan was dangling under Your nose

gives me confidence that with Your help

I can, too.

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Psalms 119:67; Matthew 4:1; Matthew 26:53-54; Luke 22:64; Hebrews 4:15-16; Hebrews 5:7-9; 1 Peter 4:1

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Tuesday, November 28, 2017

 

Pay close attention, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“Don’t go and glean in another field and don’t go away from here. Stay here…”
(Ruth 2:8)

Boaz told Ruth to stay put three times in 15 words, Jesus.

It was good advice and Ruth heeded it.

In fact, that’s good advice most of the time.

When things get tough, I’m tempted to go elsewhere
not realizing that sooner or later, things get tough everywhere.

There’s only one good reason to stay…or go:

because I’m following
wherever You lead.

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Psalms 5:8; Psalms 27:11; Psalms 43:3; Psalms 61:2; Psalms 139:24; Psalms 143:10; John 14:26

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Tuesday, November 21, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo in bottomless trust:

“…heard what John had said and…followed Jesus.”
(John 1:40)

I’ve heard what John said, Jesus –

and I’m following You.

Your words through John and the other Bible authors

have the ring of truth like no other.

But that’s not all.

They’re backed up by fact.

Nor is that all.

They’re confirmed by my experience.

If it sounds like the truth

looks like the truth

and lives like the truth

I’m staking my life on it:

It’s the Truth.

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Genesis 42:16; Proverbs 12:17; Proverbs 23:23; Isaiah 45:19; John 3:21; John 8:32; John 14:6