Category Archives: God’s Word

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in non-arguing obedience:

“Go now to your countrymen in exile…”
(Ezekiel 3:10)

Tough assignment, Jesus!

These people were pretty cranky over being expelled from their homeland.
They were also rebellious against You.

When You place me among bad attitude people

all I want to do is run.

But they need help, encouragement and Your Word too, don’t they?

So I guess the main thing for me to keep in mind

is to embrace my God-given mission

and not become cranky and rebellious. 😉

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Exodus 3:10; Judges 6:14; 1 Samuel 16:1; 1 Samuel 21:2; Jeremiah 42:6; Ezekiel 2:3; Matthew 10:16

Saturday, December 29, 2018

 

Thirst for God as you pray this Lazaroo:

“…get a drink from the water jars…”
(Ruth 2:9)

There are a lot of places to get a drink, Jesus.

One would be from a water jar.

But I could also get a drink from

a well
a water fountain
a bottle
a bubbling brook
a juice bar
a soft drink can or bottle
a coffee or tea cup
a canteen.

But the best place to take a long, refreshing drink

is from the Living Water of Your Word.

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Psalms 119:131; Song of Songs 5:1; Jeremiah 2:13; Jeremiah 17:13; Zechariah 14:8; John 4:10-15; John 7:38; 1 Corinthians 10:31; Revelation 7:17

Friday, August 3, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo in solemn determination:

“Then you will know that the LORD Almighty has sent me.”
(Zechariah 2:9)

The prophets of old put their lives on the line, Jesus.

When You told them what to say

they knew they could be stoned as false prophets
if what they predicted didn’t come true.

But since Your Word is absolutely reliable

that’s not why their lives were at risk.

Sometimes they were killed for delivering your message.

May I faithfully share Your Word
no matter what the cost.

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Exodus 19:6; Deuteronomy 13:5; 2 Chronicles 24:20-21; Jeremiah 1:17-19; Jeremiah 26:20-23; Ezekiel 2:3-6; Acts 7:51-53

Monday, June 25, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with total transparency:

“…you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God…”
(1 Thessalonians 2:13)

That’s the line, isn’t it, Jesus?

Some people quote the Bible the way they do any other book.

Though I don’t know how

there are people who read the Bible and don’t believe a word of it.

I’m so far from perfect that I scare myself and everyone around me, LORD –

but this much I know:

The Bible is Your miraculous, infallible, life-changing Word.

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Psalms 119:105; Proverbs 30:5; Isaiah 8:20; Luke 11:28; John 10:35; Acts 8:14; Ephesians 6:17

Monday, June 25, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with total transparency:

“…you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God…”
(1 Thessalonians 2:13)

That’s the line, isn’t it, Jesus?

Some people quote the Bible the way they do any other book.

Though I don’t know how

there are people who read the Bible and don’t believe a word of it.

I’m so far from perfect that I scare myself and everyone around me, LORD –

but this much I know:

The Bible is Your miraculous, infallible, life-changing Word.

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning 212-LAZAROO…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

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Psalms 119:105; Proverbs 30:5; Isaiah 8:20; Luke 11:28; John 10:35; Acts 8:14; Ephesians 6:17

Monday, May 28, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with every fiber of your being:

“I struck all the work of your hands with…mildew…”
(Haggai 2:17)

I hate mildew, Jesus –

that smelly, fungal invasion that leaches onto
my clothing, leather, paper – even the ceilings, walls and floors
of my home.

Mildew forms in dank, dark places, hidden away from fresh air and sunlight.

O God! Bring the fresh air of Your Word into my life.

And may the cleansing radiance of Your sun shine

…on every pocket of infestation
that needs to be eradicated.

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Deuteronomy 28:22; 1 Kings 8:37-40; Psalms 19:4-6; Isaiah 30:26; Amos 4:9; Zechariah 14:6; Matthew 17:2

Sunday, December 17, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo all the way to the marrow of your bones:

“You must teach what is in accord with sound doctrine.”
(Titus 2:1)

In other words, Jesus…

whatever I tell others
has to agree with Your Word.

Not just part of the Bible.

All of it.

It would be easy for me to isolate a verse

take it out of context
imply something misleading.

I don’t dare do that!

You want me to stay in Your Word each day
reading it, studying it, absorbing it

living it out every day.

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Deuteronomy 33:9; Joshua 1:18; Judges 13:17; 2 Samuel 7:21; Psalms 119:67; Isaiah 8:20; John 17:17

Monday, December 11, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with every fiber of your being:

“God sends them a powerful delusion…”
(2 Thessalonians 2:11)

How could this be, Jesus?

You don’t just love the truth
You Are the Truth!

Why would You send people any kind of delusion…

let alone one that’s powerful?

But that’s what You do to people who reject truth, isn’t it?

When they refuse Your Word
they’re turning their backs on You.

Since they’d rather hear lies than submit to Your leadership

You give them what they want

then lay it on thick.

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Judges 2:19; Nehemiah 9:17; Jeremiah 5:3; Zechariah 7:11; John 8:31-32; John 14:6; John 17:17

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with faith in the God who can:

“I write to you…”
(1 John 2:12)

John wrote to them, Jesus

and 2000 years later
he’s writing to me.

It’s as fresh to me in the 21st Century
as it was to them in the first.

That’s exactly the way You designed it

because what John wrote is Your Word
and Your Word is eternal

transformative not only for those living 6,000 years ago

or in the first century

but also for me –

and all who come after.

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Exodus 34:27; Habakkuk 2:2; Romans 15:4; 1 Peter 1:10-12; 2 Peter 1:21; 2 Peter 3:16; Revelation 19:9

Monday, July 10, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unshakable belief:

“Not a man of this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your forefathers…”
(Deuteronomy 1:35)

Did You break Your word to them, Jesus?

No.
Absolutely not.
Unthinkable.

Your promise was made to their forefathers, not to them.

The only way they could be included
was to walk in the faith of their forefathers.

They didn’t.
End of story.

End of their story…not mine.

Undoubtedly You’ve made some promises to my forefathers.

I want in.

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Joshua 21:45; Psalms 31:23; Psalms 119:151; Psalms 119:160; John 8:16; Romans 3:4; 2 Peter 2:22