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Saturday, July 6, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo with heartfelt anticipation:

“I hope to visit you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.”
(2 John 1:12)

Partial joy is good, Jesus.

It sure beats total sorrow!

Partial joys are little oases in the desert of life!

Thank You for every one You’ve given me.

But complete joy?

Whew! I was starting to think I’d have to wait till heaven for that one.

But if John can experience complete joy by visiting passionate believers

why can’t I?

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Leviticus 9:24; Deuteronomy 16:15; 1 Chronicles 16:27; Romans 14:17; Galatians 5:22; Philemon 1:7; 1 Peter 1:8

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Sunday, June 23, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unbounded gratitude:

“Can reeds thrive without water? While still growing and uncut, they wither more quickly than grass. Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so perishes the hope of the godless. What they trust in is fragile; what they rely on is a spider’s web.”
(Job 8:11-14)

My trust is in You, Jesus.

You’re the only one who will never fail.

Thank You for rescuing me from the spider’s web

that traps all who are destined for destruction.

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Isaiah 51:6; Lamentations 3:22; Luke 12:33; Romans 8:28-30; Romans 9:10-26; Ephesians 1:5; Ephesians 1:11

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Friday, May 3, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul:

“Demetrius is well spoken of by everyone—and even by the truth itself. We also speak well of him…”
(3 John 1:12)

It’s nice to hear how good someone is, Jesus

even better to discover it firsthand.

Just wondering…

what’s my reputation?
what do people experience with me firsthand?

I hope they speak well of me!

But whether they do or don’t

all that really matters is what You think of me.

Correction:

Not “think.”

Know.

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1 Samuel 16:7; Psalm 139:23; Matthew 9:4; Matthew 12:25; Luke 9:47; Luke 11:17; Romans 2:15

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Wednesday, May 1, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo with earnest desire:

“I have much to write to you, but I do not want to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to visit you and talk with you face to face…”
(2 John 1:12)

Not so different from today, Jesus!

Now, Paul might write:

“I have so much to text you…
or email you…

“…but I don’t want to use my cell.”

The message is the same:

There’s just something special
about face to face.

One day in heaven, Jesus…

with You!

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Genesis 32:30; Exodus 33:11; Numbers 12:8; Numbers 14:14; Deuteronomy 5:4; 1 Corinthians 13:12; 3 John 1:14

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Friday, April 5, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo in humble adulation:

“I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered when I receive news about you.”
(Philippians 2:19)

That’s the way to hope, Jesus:

not in my own desires

in You.

When my hopes are dashed it’s not because You’ve failed me.

It’s because my hope was in my wishes, my plans, my agenda

not in You.

So now, from this day forward:

I put all my hope in You.

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Psalm 25:5; Psalm 25:21; Psalm 39:7; Psalm 62:5; Psalm 71:5; Psalm 119:74; Acts 26:6

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Monday, July 31, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in heart-pounding love:

“But God will never forget the needy; the hope of the afflicted will never perish. Arise, Lord, do not let mortals triumph; let the nations be judged in your presence. Strike them with terror, Lord; let the nations know they are only mortal.”
(Psalm 9:18-20)

All too often, Jesus

the powerful trample on the needy.

But You see what they’re doing.

Everyone You’ve created is precious to You –
especially the poor, the hurting, the downtrodden.

It is You who are their Defender

who will take up their case.

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Exodus 22:25;Deuteronomy 15:9; 1 Samuel 2:8; Job 5:15; Psalm 12:5; Matthew 6:2-3; Acts 4:33-35

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Wednesday, April 12, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in fervency of spirit:

“Who knows? God may yet relent…”
(Jonah 3:9)

Even after the prophet Jonah delivered Your declaration of doom, Jesus

Ninevah’s king rallied his people with the hope of Your mercy.

For good reason:
Your mercy is legendary!

Yes, You punish willful, stubbornly repetitive sin.

But it breaks Your heart when You have to do it.
You give us chance after chance after chance to repent.

Even after You pronounce judgment

there’s always hope that You will relent
if we change our wicked ways.

Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

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Genesis 32:20; Deuteronomy 32:36; 1 Samuel 6:5; 2 Samuel 14:15; 1 Kings 20:31; Psalm 90:31; James 2:13

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Wednesday, April 5, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with recognized desire:

“…keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.”
(Jude 1:21)

Paul said it, Jesus:

“If only for this life we have hope in Christ,
we are of all people most to be pitied.”

To paraphrase C.S. Lewis:

I find in myself a desire
that nothing in this world can satisfy.
Clearly, I’m meant for another world.

Send your angels to bring me there to You, Father

when my time has come.

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Psalm 23:6; Proverbs 10:25; 1 Corinthians 15:19; 1 Corinthians 15:50-56; 1 Thessalonians 4:17; Hebrews 11:26; 1 John 2:17

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Sunday, March 19, 2023

 

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

“When I lie down I think, ‘How long before I get up?’ The night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn. My body is clothed with worms and scabs, my skin is broken and festering. My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and they come to an end without hope.”
(Job 7:4-6)

We need good sleep, Jesus.

We need good health.

But under Satan’s attack we may enjoy neither.

It’s so easy to feel hopeless like Job.
But I trust in You to rescue me!

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Psalm 17:13; Psalm 22:21; Psalm 25:20; Romans 7:24; Galatians 1:3-5; 2 Timothy 4:18; 1 Peter 5:8

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Sunday, March 12, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with utter abandon:

“May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word.”
(2 Thessalonians 2:16-17)

I want all my words to be good, Jesus

not just some of them.

But my only hope to achieve that lofty goal

is to stay constantly in tune with You, Holy Spirit!

May every word I speak be fulfilled

because it originates with You!

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Deuteronomy 8:3; 1 Samuel 25:12; Psalm 19:14; Psalm 51:10-12; Proverbs 30:5; Ecclesiastes 7:21; Matthew 4:4