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Wednesday, September 16, 2020

 

Rejoice! as you pray this Lazaroo:

“As you have heard from the beginning…”
(2 John 1:6)

I’m thinking back to my beginning with You, Jesus!

The day when You drew me to Yourself.
The moment when I realized I believed!

The prayer I prayed, confessing my sinfulness
asking You to forgive me, to save me

to enter my life and lead me wherever You desire
all the way to heaven.

I’m still on that journey!

Closer than ever
trusting You every step of the way.

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Psalms 30:12; Psalms 37:18; Psalms 37:27; Psalms 41:12; Psalms 49:9; 1 Thessalonians 4:17; 1 John 2:17

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Saturday, December 28, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in deep repentance:

“Let all their wickedness come before you…”
(Lamentations 1:22)

I’ve been angry enough at someone to pray that prayer of Jeremiah’s Jesus…

but I’m not going to do it.

No way.

You’ve made it clear:

What goes around, comes around.

I don’t want all my wickedness to come before You!

There’s way too much of it.
Still.

My prayer is the one You prayed on the cross:

“Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”

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Proverbs 26:27; Matthew 5:44; Matthew 6:15; Luke 6:37; Luke 23:34; Galatians 6:7; James 2:12-13

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Friday, September 20, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul:

“Anyone you forgive, I also forgive.”
(2 Corinthians 2:10)

That’s some statement, Jesus…

and Paul made it to an entire churchful of people!

Not only that, he was extending that forgiveness

to the very person he told them to put out of the church.

Am I willing to forgive everyone my church forgives?

Well…why not?

You’ve made it clear that if I don’t forgive those who’ve sinned against me

You won’t forgive me.

I forgive ‘em all, LORD!

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Psalms 32:5; Matthew 6:12-15; Luke 6:37; John 20:23; 1 Corinthians 5:1-12; Ephesians 4:32; Colossians 3:13; 1 John 2:12

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Monday, September 9, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in everlasting gratitude:

“…he will be forgiven.”
(Leviticus 4:26)

Are there any sweeter words in any language, Jesus?

Maybe…but not many.

I know my sins.

Not all of them, certainly.
There are too many to keep count.

But some of those I do remember haunt me.

I wish I had never committed them.
In fact, I can’t think of a single sin I don’t regret.

But O Jesus!

I’m stunned!

Because of my faith in You
You’ve forgiven all my sins!

Forever!

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Numbers 14:20; Psalms 32:1; Psalms 130:4; Isaiah 33:24; Matthew 6:12; Luke 7:47; Colossians 1:13-14; 1 John 2:12

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Wednesday, March 14, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with passion:

“…you must not…be intimate with any man…”
(Hosea 3:3)

Why would Hosea say such a thing to his wife, Jesus?

Actually, he had a pretty good reason:

She had cheated on him.

So why would he take her back?

Which raises another question:

Why have You taken me back?

I’ve sinned.
That’s cheating on You.

Hosea took back Gomer because You told him to

which is the same reason I’ve got to forgive those

who’ve sinned against me.

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Leviticus 5:15; Deuteronomy 32:20; Joshua 22:31; 1 Chronicles 10;13; Hosea 3:1; Matthew 6:14-15; Matthew 18:21-22; Romans 3:3

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Thursday, July 6, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo in holy introspection:

“…does what is forbidden in any of the commands of the LORD his God, he is guilty.”
(Leviticus 4:22)

No difference between big and small sins there, Jesus.

If I break any of Your commands – no matter how tiny –
I’m guilty.

Of course, that doesn’t mean there’s no difference.

If I lie about my age
that’s not as bad as a mass murderer.

But both – my tiny one and his horrific one –

are still sins…

…and I’m still guilty.

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Genesis 20:9; Genesis 26:10; Psalms 32:5; Psalms 38:4; Psalms 69:5; Proverbs 28:17; John 9:41

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Sunday, June 4, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo in sold-out surrender:

“None who go to her…attain the paths of life.”
(Proverbs 2:19)

Terrifying words, Jesus.

At first glance, they leave no hope.

It sounds as though anyone who has ever committed adultery

is condemned to hell
no matter what.

But that’s not what You’re saying.

The word, “go” is present tense.

If a person stops sinning

that makes it past tense.

If they quit for You, turning to You with all their heart, they have Your promise:

They will live.

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Psalms 103:6-12; Ezekiel 18:22-24; Matthew 6:14; John 5:14; 1 Corinthians 6:11; 1 Corinthians 15:34; 2 Peter 2:14

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Tuesday, May 30, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with white-hot fervor:

“They are…disobedient…”
(Titus 1:16)

May that never be said about me, Jesus…

…in the future.

That’s my one hope – my future obedience in You.

Because I’ve had a disobedient past.

Most people hold others’ pasts against them.

Some of us even hold it against ourselves.

But You’re the God of the Fresh Start!

You’re the only one who can erase
the failures of my permanent record.

You’re the only one who can take my ugly

and make it beautiful.

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Psalms 32:5; Psalms 65:3; Psalms 103:1-14; Luke 7:36-50; Ephesians 4:32; Colossians 2:13-14; 1 Peter 4:3

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Wednesday, February 8, 2017

 

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

“The LORD said to me, ‘Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress.’”
(Hosea 3:1)

Seriously, Jesus?
Seriously?

Seriously.

For a husband to take his cheating wife back is hard enough.

But to show her love?

Who can do that?

You can.

And You do…

every time I sin against You and come crawling back.

If that’s how You treat me

how can I do less for others?

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Leviticus 20:10; Psalms 51; Jeremiah 3:6; Matthew 5:28; 1 Timothy 1:16; James 2:13; 1 John 1:9

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Tuesday, December 20, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with bottomless trust:

“This is the sin offering for the community.”
(Leviticus 4:21)

Some people call this offering of a bull barbaric, Jesus.

But I’m thinking instead:
What an incredible gift from heaven!

To think that one act could make atonement for an entire sinning community

is nothing short of amazing.

We don’t have such an option today, do we?

When the whole community sins
each member of the community has to repent before You.

And when I sin

so do I.

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Exodus 32:32; Exodus 50:17; 1 Kings 8:46; 2 Chronicles 30:18; Isaiah 55:7; Luke 23:34; James 1:17