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Monday, August 1, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unshakable belief:

“…the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”
(Luke 1:78-79)

We don’t deserve it, Jesus!

But in Your tender mercy

cause your rising sun to shine down on us
as we desperately grope about in this land of darkness
battling the stench of death

…and guide us all the way Home.

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Proverbs 13:5; Isaiah 3:24; Amos 4:10; Amos 5:21; Isaiah 45:19; Matthew 13:43; John 5:24

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Wednesday, July 13, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in heart-pounding anticipation:

“…the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever.”
(Daniel 2:44)

That’s my kingdom, Jesus!

Not interested in any of these kingdoms on earth.
Every one of them is doomed.

No, because of my faith in You alone

You’ve called me into Your Kingdom of Light
which has no end!

Hallelujah!

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Exodus 19:6; Matthew 3:2; Matthew 5:3; Matthew 5:10; John 3:3; Romans 14:17; 1 Corinthians 4:20; Colossians 1:12

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Friday, June 24, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with true understanding:

“In your teaching show…seriousness…”
(Titus 2:7)

Yes, Jesus! Absolutely.

A good bit of teaching Your Word has to show seriousness.

This isn’t just life or death.
It’s eternal life or death!

The reality of heaven and hell is as serious as it gets.

But a teacher can use serious humor to make a point
as You did so many times in Your teaching.

A sourpuss who can’t crack a smile
and who has no sense of humor

will find it very hard
to hold their listeners’ attention.

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Genesis 21:6; Job 8:21; Psalm 126:2; Proverbs 17:22; Ecclesiastes 3:1-4; Matthew 7:1-6; Matthew 19:24

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Sunday, April 3, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with straightened priorities:

“I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by believing what you heard?”
(Galatians 3:2)

If there was ever a rhetorical question, Jesus

this is it.

Paul knew the answer!

He devoted his entire life to sharing the good news
that while no one is good enough to earn heaven
You paid our sin debt with Your life on the cross

for all who truly believe.

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Genesis 12:1-4; John 11:26: John 20:31; Romans 10:9-10; Galatians 2:21; Galatians 3:3; Galatians 3:6; Ephesians 2:8-9

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Monday, February 14, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with eternal perspective:

“Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus…”
(Philemon 1:1)

Wow, Jesus.

The way Paul puts that –

not a prisoner of Rome
but Your prisoner.

He makes a good point.

Had You not knocked him to the ground
revealed Yourself to him
and called him into Your service

he wouldn’t have been behind bars.

But then…

he wouldn’t have written 13 books of the New Testament
and been on his way to heaven.

Make me Your prisoner, Jesus!

…all the way Home.

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Genesis 39:19-21; Psalm 68:6; Psalm 79:11; Isaiah 61:1; Zechariah 9:11; Ephesians 3:1; 2 Timothy 1:8

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Sunday, February 6, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in utter gratitude:

“…by his grace…”
(2 Thessalonians 2:16)

Nothing else, Jesus.

There’s no other way under heaven
that I could ever go to heaven.

By Your grace alone.

Not by my greatest effort.
Not by my most selfless sacrifice.
Not by my sincerest attempts to please You.

Only by Your grace

will I rise from death to share eternity with You
and all the saints who’ve gone before.

Grace! Grace! Your matchless grace!
Grace that is greater than all my sin.

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John 1:16-17; Acts 4:33; Acts 6:8; Acts 11:23; Acts 13:43; Acts 14:3; Romans 11:6

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Sunday, December 12, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:

“…to whom did God swear that they would never enter his rest if not to those who disobeyed? So we see that they were not able to enter, because of their unbelief. Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it.”
(Hebrews 3:18-19; 4:1)

Belief in You, Jesus.

That’s the difference between heaven and hell.

That’s the difference between entering Your rest

and falling into a downward spiral
that leads to eternal agony!

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Matthew 25:41; Mark 9:47-49; Luke 16:24-26; Acts 2:23-25; Revelation 14:10; Revelation 19:20; Revelation 20:10; Revelation 21:8

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Thursday, May 6, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in zealous love:

“Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as those sent from God.”
(2 Corinthians 2:17)

You reward everyone who serves You, Jesus!

Some earn their living serving You and Your people.
Others serve You and Your people without pay

on this earth.

But oh, the untold treasure they’re laying up in heaven!

where moth and rust do not destroy
and strangers, friends, family and the government

cannot steal.

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Matthew 6:19-21; Matthew 13:44; Matthew 13:52; Matthew 19:21; Mark 10:21; Luke 12:33; 1 Timothy 6:17-19

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Saturday, March 13, 2021

 

Cherish it! as you pray this Lazaroo:

“May our Lord Jesus Christ himself…”
(2 Thessalonians 2:16)

That’s the beauty of it, Jesus.

You’re not sequestering Yourself in heaven
away from all the riff-raff, distant and aloof.

You created me.
You know me intimately.
You care about me and every aspect of my life.

You live in me in the Person of the Holy Spirit!

You’ll never leave me nor forsake me.

It is my unspeakably awesome privilege

to enjoy deep, daily, moment-by-moment
1on1 relationship with You.

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Psalms 139:1-13; Luke 12:27-28; John 14:9; John 14:15-18; John 16:7; John 16:13; Hebrews 13:5

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Friday, March 12, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with breathtaking anticipation:

“The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main hall.”
(2 Chronicles 3:13)

These gold-covered, sculpted cherubim stretching 30 feet from wall to wall in the Most Holy Place had to be a stunning sight, Jesus!

but only a pale shadow of the mighty angels
who stand before Your throne in heaven!

What I see here is only a hint of the stunning beauty and majesty

that await my eyes and ears where I’ll spend eternity!

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2 Corinthians 12:4; Hebrews 8:5; Revelation 5:11; Revelation 7:1; Revelation 7:11; Revelation 21:1-4; Revelation 21:9-27