Category Archives: God’s Word

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

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo in steadfast faith:

“The Merarites were appointed to take care of the frames of the tabernacle, its crossbars…”
(Numbers 3:36)

The crossbars don’t get as much attention as other tent pieces, Jesus

but they were crucially important to Your tabernacle in the wilderness

helping to evenly distribute the load
providing essential stability when struck by desert winds.

I need crossbars in my life, Father!

Your Word
time with You in prayer
encouraging Christian friends

and may I be a crossbar for them.

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Acts 14:22; Acts 15:31; Acts 20:1; 1 Corinthians 14:3; 1 Thessalonians 2:12; Hebrews 10:25; 1 Peter 5:12

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with bottomless trust:

“Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things.”
(2 Peter 1:20)

I get it, Jesus.

It’s above all because everything hinges on this truth:

These are Your words, not those of any human being.

Even well-intentioned people make mistakes.

You don’t.

I can stake my life on everything I read in these 66 books of the Bible

from Genesis to Revelation

because every truth I encounter

is Yours.

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1 Samuel 3:19; Isaiah 8:20; Isaiah 55:8-11; Jeremiah 23:29; John 1:1; Hebrews 4:12; 2 Peter 1:21

Sunday, February 19, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning zeal:

“For the lips of a priest ought to preserve knowledge…”
(Malachi 2:7)

I’m no priest, Jesus

but that goes for me, too.

When You teach me something I need to share it.

When people twist or pervert Your Word
I’ve got to do what I can to set the record straight.

Wait a minute…

I am a priest!

I had almost forgotten that You promote everyone to that holy office

who places their trust and hope
solely in You.

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Exodus 19:6; Proverbs 18:15; Isaiah 8:20; Romans 4:16; Revelation 1:6; Revelation 5:10; Revelation 20:6

Sunday, May 22, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning emotion:

“Hear this word the LORD has spoken…”
(Amos 3:1)

I want to hear every word You’ve spoken, Jesus!

Well…that’s not exactly what I mean.

I want to hear every word You’ve spoken…

…to me.

A lot of them are found in Your Word, Father.

Perhaps most of them.
But not all of them.

Some of them are spoken to me by You, Holy Spirit

deep within my soul.

May I take every word You speak to me

to heart.

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Psalms 119:57; Psalms 119:103; Psalms 119:105; Psalms 119:130; Psalms 119:160; Jeremiah 15:16; John 17:17

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with catalytic dedication:

“…the truth, which lives in us and will be with us forever…”
(2 John 1:2)

That’s the thing about Your Word, Jesus:

It’s truth.
It lasts forever.

Lies have their run, then fizzle.

A falsehood’s greatest effect is the moment it’s uttered.
From then on, the erosion begins…until it’s exposed.

By contrast, truth may be rejected in the beginning

but time is in its favor.

Sooner or later, the bright, authentic power of Your truth wins out.

Every time.

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1 Kings 17;24; Job 42:7; Psalms 25:5; Psalms 119:43; Proverbs 12:19; Isaiah 45:19; John 8:32