Category Archives: Israelites

Saturday, January 22, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unrestrained allegiance:

“Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and because they did this evil the Lord gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel. Getting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join him, Eglon came and attacked Israel, and they took possession of the City of Palms.
(Judges 3:12-13)

Jericho – the City of Palms, Jesus!

Barely 30 years after You sent those walls tumbling down
giving Joshua a great victory

Israel’s sin took it away from them!

Please, LORD –

Help me learn my lessons

and never forget.

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Deuteronomy 34:3; Joshua 6:20-24; Judges 1:16; 2 Chronicles 28:15; Matthew 24:32; 1 Corinthians 10:1-6; James 1:25

Friday, December 31, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your heart:

“‘Go to Bethel and sin; go to Gilgal and sin yet more. Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three years. Burn leavened bread as a thank offering and brag about your freewill offerings—boast about them, you Israelites, for this is what you love to do,’ declares the Sovereign Lord.”
(Amos 4:4-5)

On the cusp of this New Year, Jesus

I’ve got to remember it’s not enough to jump through the hoops.

For You…

it’s all about my heart.

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Deuteronomy 6:5; 1 Samuel 16:7; Proverbs 3:5-6; Joel 2:12-13; Matthew 6:21; Matthew 18:35; Mark 3:5; Mark 12:30

Sunday, September 12, 2021

 

Take solemn note, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“The Israelites did evil in the eyes of the Lord; they forgot the Lord their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs. The anger of the Lord burned against Israel so that he sold them into the hands of Cushan-Rishathaim king of Aram Naharaim, to whom the Israelites were subject for eight years.”
(Judges 3:7-8)

After all You had done for them,

how could they forget You, Jesus?

But they did.
And so have I.

But no longer!

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Deuteronomy 6:12; Deuteronomy 8:11; Deuteronomy 8:13-14; Deuteronomy 8:19; Isaiah 51:12-13; Hebrews 13:16; 2 Peter 3:8

Friday, September 10, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with deep reverence:

“Joshua said to the Israelites, ‘Come here and listen to the words of the Lord your God. This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that he will certainly drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites and Jebusites.”
(Joshua 3:9-10)

You don’t have to prove to me that You’ll do what You say, Jesus.

But You do.
Time and time again.

Thank You, LORD!
Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!

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Exodus 6:7; Exodus 7:17; Exodus 8:22; Exodus 11:7; Exodus 16:6; Isaiah 49:23; John 8:28

Thursday, July 8, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with determination:

“They were left to test the Israelites to see whether they would obey the Lord’s commands, which he had given their ancestors through Moses. The Israelites lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. They took their daughters in marriage and gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.”
(Judges 3:4-6)

I too live among those who follow other gods, Jesus.

But may I – unlike the Israelites – never follow their gods.

Instead, help me lead them to You!

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Exodus 18:11; Deuteronomy 5:7; Joshua 23:16; 1 Samuel 8:8; 2 Kings 17:35; Mathew 28:19-20; Mark 5:19; 1 Peter 3:15-16

Monday, July 5, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unshakable belief:

“Fellow Israelites, I can tell you confidently that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is here to this day. But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that he would place one of his descendants on his throne.”
(Acts 2:29-30)

You, Jesus! David’s descendant!

David breathed his last breath on this earth
believing You would come.

Now, in heaven

he is watching in utter joy
as the miracle of You unfolds.

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2 Samuel 7:8-16; Matthew 1:1-17; Matthew 9:27; Matthew 15:22; Matthew 20:30; Matthew 21:9; Luke 3:23-38; Luke 18:39

Sunday, May 9, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning emotion:

“Abner called out to Joab, ‘Must the sword devour forever? Don’t you realize that this will end in bitterness? How long before you order your men to stop pursuing their fellow Israelites?’”
(2 Samuel 2:26)

This was the wise plea, Jesus

of a general whose army was being soundly beaten.

There’s a time to keep fighting

and a time to call a halt to the hostilities
when nothing worthwhile is being accomplished.

O Holy Spirit!

Give me Your discernment
to know which is which.

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1 Kings 3:9; Psalms 19:12; Proverbs 14:6; Malachi 3:18; Hosea 14:9; Luke 14:31-32; 1 Corinthians 2:14; 1 Corinthians 11:31; Philippians 1:10

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with bottomless trust:

“To redeem the 273 firstborn Israelites who exceed the number of the Levites, collect five shekels for each one…Give the money…to Aaron and his sons.”
(Numbers 3:46-48)

So, Jesus –

each family had to buy back from You every firstborn
or that child would enter Your full-time service –

a practice that helped fund the priesthood.

Regardless of what I do for a living today or in the future

I don’t want to be bought back.
I want to belong full-time to You!

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Exodus 13:12-13; Numbers 8:14-18; Numbers 18:15-16; Luke 1:68; Galatians 3:13-14; Galatians 4:5; Titus 2:11-14

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with growing confidence:

“…I will stretch out my hand and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders that I will perform among them. After that, he will let you go.”
(Exodus 3:20)

Mind-blowing, Jesus.

Before you turned Moses’ staff into a snake, then back into a staff
before you turned his hand leprous, then healed

before the plagues of blood, frogs, lice, flies, livestock deaths, boils, hail, locusts, darkness, firstborn deaths…

You orchestrated exactly how it was going to play out…

as You are doing with me.

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Psalms 16:5; Psalms 139:1-6; Isaiah 44:24-28; Isaiah 46:8-10; Jeremiah 29:11; John 13:19; Ephesians 2:10

Thursday, February 4, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in sobered passion:

“This is what the Lord says: ‘As a shepherd rescues from the lion’s mouth only two leg bones or a piece of an ear, so will the Israelites living in Samaria be rescued, with only the head of a bed and a piece of fabric from a couch.’”
(Amos 3:12)

Talk about bleak, Jesus!

Wow.

After You sic their enemies on them…

not much will be left.

May I live in such a way

that You’re never forced to do the same to me.

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Exodus 23:22; Exodus 23:27; Leviticus 26:7-8; Numbers 10:9; Psalms 3:7; Luke 1:70-72; Revelation 11:12