Category Archives: Judah

Monday, October 18, 2021

 

Take warning! as you pray this Lazaroo:

“He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for Daughter Judah. He has laid waste his dwelling like a garden; he has destroyed his place of meeting. The Lord has made Zion forget her appointed festivals and her Sabbaths; in his fierce anger he has spurned both king and priest.”
(Lamentations 2:5-6)

You’re longsuffering, Jesus.

But may I never persist in my sin

because I’m terrified to incur Your wrath!

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Exodus 28:43; Numbers 1:53; Numbers 16:46; Matthew 3:7; Luke 21:23; John 3:36; Romans 1:18

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in heartfelt gratitude:

“Then the peoples around them set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to go on building. They bribed officials to work against them and frustrate their plans during the entire reign of Cyrus king of Persia and down to the reign of Darius king of Persia.”
(Ezra 4:4-5)

It’s hard to believe there are people like this, Jesus

until one of them comes after me.

What would I do, if I didn’t have You!

You alone are my Protector and Deliverer!

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2 Samuel 22:2; Psalms 41:1-4; Psalms 70:5; Psalms 116:6; Psalms 121:1-3; Proverbs 2:8; Romans 11:26

Monday, August 9, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in deep sorrow:

“See now, the Lord, the Lord Almighty, is about to take from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: all supplies of food and all supplies of water, the hero and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the diviner and the elder, the captain of fifty and the man of rank, the counselor, skilled craftsman and clever enchanter.”
(Isaiah 3:1-3)

If You’ll do this to punish Your chosen people’s disobedience, Jesus

what will You do to my disobedient country?

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Numbers 14:21-23; Luke 1:17; Romans 10:21; Romans 11:30-31; Ephesians 2:2; Ephesians 5:6; 2 Timothy 3:2; Hebrews 11:31

Saturday, April 3, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in sobered assessment:

“…he has not remembered his footstool in the day of his anger. Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob; in his wrath he has torn down the strongholds of Daughter Judah. He has brought her kingdom and its princes down to the ground in dishonor.”
(Lamentations 2:1-2)

There’s a line I don’t want to cross, isn’t there, Jesus?

You treat us so well, so lovingly
with such mercy and forgiveness

that we forget…

out there somewhere…

that line is there.

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2 Samuel 24:14; Psalms 130:4; Matthew 26:28; Luke 1:50; Romans 9:22-24; Ephesians 1:7; Titus 3:4-7

Sunday, March 14, 2021

 

Watch your step! as you pray this Lazaroo:

“When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the Lord, the God of Israel, they… said, ‘Let us help you build because, like you, we seek your God…’”
(Ezra 4:1-2)

It’s a fact, Jesus:

Your enemies will sometimes pretend to be my friends.

Oh, how I need Your guidance, Holy Spirit!

Help me see through them!

May I never be so desperate for friends

that I fall for their lying deception.

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Psalms 12:2; Proverbs 14:8; Proverbs 26:26; Jeremiah 9:6; Luke 20:20-26; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Titus 1:10

Wednesday, December 9, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo in holy fear:

“Judah has desecrated the sanctuary the Lord loves by marrying women who worship a foreign god. As for the man who does this, whoever he may be, may the Lord remove him from the tents of Jacob—even though he brings an offering to the Lord Almighty.”
(Malachi 2:11-12)

So much for trying to buy my way back into Your good graces, Jesus.

If I ever stoop that low, I’d do well to remember – while my head is still attached:

100% wholehearted repentance
is my only hope.

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1 Kings 8:46-51; 2 Chronicles 32:26; Job 42:6; Proverbs 1:23; Isaiah 30:15; 2 Corinthians 7:9; 2 Peter 3:9

Friday, June 19, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo in growing awareness:

“From the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin they allotted the previously named towns.”
(1 Chronicles 6:65)

How do I respond when something I thought was mine is taken away, Jesus?

I think they call that stealing.

Last time I checked

the eighth of Your Ten Commandments
says that’s not supposed to happen.

But then You come along and say if someone takes my coat

I should let them have my shirt, too.

It’s just stuff, isn’t it?

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Exodus 20:15; Leviticus 19:11; Deuteronomy 5:19; Proverbs 6:30; Matthew 6:20; Luke 6:29; Ephesians 4:28

Sunday, May 24, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with utter abandon:

“The LORD will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land…”
(Zechariah 2:12)

I don’t usually think of You inheriting anything, Jesus.

Normally, I think of You as the Inheritance-Giver.

But just as You chose Israel out of all the nations on earth

You chose one of her 12 tribes as Your inheritance:

Judah.

At the end of his life, Jacob prophesied over his son Judah

that a Ruler would come from him.

You Are the Lion of Judah.

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Genesis 29:35; Genesis 49:8-12; Numbers 1:27; Psalms 114:2; Isaiah 65:9; Matthew 2:6; Revelation 5:5

Thursday, August 22, 2019

 

Gratefully rejoice as you pray this Lazaroo:

“…the exiles from Judah…”
(Daniel 2:25)

Anytime a leader comes across an exile from Judah, Jesus

they’d be wise to give that person a second look.

Your people who’ve been torn from their homeland

still retain Your blessing wherever they go.

I’m blown away that even while You punish one of Your own

You keep blessing them.

I can testify!

Though You’ve had to discipline me countless times

I’m the grateful recipient of more blessings
than I can count.

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Genesis 49:25; Deuteronomy 16:10; Deuteronomy 28:2; Psalms 21:3; Psalms 128:2; Acts 13:34; Romans 15:27

Friday, June 22, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with Biblical insight:

“I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”
(1 Kings 3:7)

That’s quite a declaration by the king of Judah, Jesus –

since Israel’s king was evil.

Both were descendants of Abraham

but only one was honoring his ancestor’s God.

I need to be cautious with my pledges of support, don’t I, LORD?

Before I sign on to somebody’s project or campaign
I’d be wise to make certain they’re signed on to You.

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Judges 21: 20-21; Psalms 50:18; Psalms 118:27; Proverbs 12:26; Acts 21:24; 1 Corinthians 15:33; 2 Corinthians 6:15