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Tuesday, August 16, 2022

 

Take warning, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“…the king summoned Shimei and said to him, ‘Did I not make you swear by the Lord and warn you, “On the day you leave to go anywhere else, you can be sure you will die”? At that time you said to me, ‘What you say is good. I will obey.’”
(1 Kings 2:42)

Solomon set Shimei up for failure, Jesus.

The guy just didn’t have it in himself
to do the right thing for the rest of his life

so his life was cut short.

Got it.

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Exodus 19:4-6; Deuteronomy 11:27; Deuteronomy 28:2; Deuteronomy 30:9-10; 1 Kings 2:40-46; John 14:23-24; John 17:6

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Monday, August 8, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in shocked sobriety:

“Ehud then approached him while he was sitting alone in the upper room of his palace and said, ‘I have a message from God for you.’ As the king rose from his seat, Ehud reached with his left hand, drew the sword from his right thigh and plunged it into the king’s belly.”
(Judges 3:20-21)

May I never need to receive a message like that from You, Jesus!

Help me heed Your Word and obey it completely

the first time.

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Numbers 24:23; Deuteronomy 18:21-22; Joshua 5:14; Judges 11:28; 1 Samuel 9:27; 1 Corinthians 2:4; Colossians 3:16

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Sunday, June 19, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with utter abandon:

“Now since we are under obligation to the palace and it is not proper for us to see the king dishonored, we are sending this message to inform the king…”
(Ezra 4:14)

King Artaxerxes had to smell the stench from this heaping pile of garbage from a mile away, Jesus!

These two wicked, jealous yahoos were tattling
because Your chosen servant
was rattling their cages
by obeying You.

Great God!

Help me be a cage-rattler
instead of a garbage-pusher.

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Genesis 30:1; Proverbs 27:4; Acts 5:17; Acts 7:9; Acts 13:45; Acts 17:5; James 4:2

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Monday, June 13, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with locked-in faith:

“When the king of Moab saw that the battle had gone against him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom, but they failed. Then he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him as king, and offered him as a sacrifice on the city wall.”
(2 Kings 3:26-27)

Desperate people who don’t worship You

end up doing terrible, unthinkable things, Jesus!

May my faith be in You alone

causing me to do only what is good!

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Deuteronomy 12:28; 2 Kings 20:3; Psalm 38:20; Proverbs 14:22; Hosea 8:3; Micah 6:8; John 5:28-29

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Wednesday, May 18, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with heartfelt gratitude:

“The land by the sea will become pastures having wells for shepherds…”
(Zephaniah 2:6)

That is so like You, Jesus!

Even while You punish

You bless.

You take away one thing

and give another.

It’s who You are: Loving, Generous, Forgiving, Merciful –

which is why I’m still drawing my next breath…

experiencing Your gracious gift of life…

walking this earth.

If that was not who You are

I would have been drawn, quartered and fried to a crisp

long, long ago.

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Exodus 22:27; Exodus 34:6; Nehemiah 9:17; Psalm 25:10; Psalm 86:15; Luke 6:36; James 3:17

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Monday, May 16, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with growing understanding:

“…with nothing to fear…The lion killed enough for his cubs and strangled the prey for his mate, filling his lairs with the kill and his dens with the prey.”
(Nahum 2:11-12)

This is imagery, Jesus.

You’re not really talking about lions.

You’re rebuking a sinful nation
who once acted like the king of beasts

but who now, because of their disobedience
have lost their fangs.

Do I live in such a country, Father?

Among a people once righteous and strong
who have forsaken You?

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Judges 10:13; 1 Samuel 12:10; 1 Kings 9:9; 2 Chronicles 13:11; Ezra 9:9-10; Psalm 9:10; Revelation 2:4

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Saturday, May 14, 2022

 

Hold nothing back, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“By the decree of the king and his nobles…”
(Jonah 3:7)

That’s what kings do, don’t they, Jesus?

They issue decrees.
They make sweeping statements that become the laws of the land.

They rely on a cadre of experts who advise them
or rubber stamp whatever they say.

I’m no such king.

I’ve never issued a decree –
at least not one anyone paid much attention to.

But I do have one request:

Direct the decrees of people in power
who affect the lives of those I love.

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Genesis 26:5; Exodus 15:26; Leviticus 18:4; Deuteronomy 4:1; Psalm 7:6; Proverbs 21:1; Zephaniah 2:1-3; Luke 1:6

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Wednesday, May 4, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo on high alert:

“Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations, the law is no more, and her prophets no longer find visions from the Lord.”
(Lamentations 2:9)

What a terrible state of affairs, Jesus –

and all because Your people sinned against You
bringing all this disaster down upon their own heads.

Especially because these prophets who no longer find visions from You

tend to keep right on prophesying the delusions of their own minds

leading Your people astray.

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Psalm 4:2; Psalm 119:118; Jeremiah 14:14; Jeremiah 23:26; Jeremiah 23:30; Jeremiah 29:9; 2 Corinthians 11:3

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Monday, April 18, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with total transparency:

“…’I will give ten thousand talents of silver to the king’s administrators for the royal treasury.’ So the king took his signet ring from his finger and gave it to Haman…the enemy of the Jews. ‘Keep the money,’ the king said to Haman, ‘and do with the people as you please.’”
(Esther 3:9-11)

When Haman conspired against Your people, Jesus

he made a fatal mistake.

When the king bought in without doing his homework

he made one, too

Guide me, Holy Spirit!

I don’t want to make any fatal mistakes!

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Joshua 7:20-26; Psalm 109:2; Ecclesiastes 5:6; Jeremiah 42:19-21; Ezekiel 36:5; Nahum 3:19; Jude 1:15

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Thursday, April 14, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo on high alert:

“…the people…have gone to Jerusalem and are rebuilding that rebellious and wicked city. They are restoring the walls and repairing the foundations. Furthermore, the king should know that if this city is built and its walls are restored, no more taxes, tribute or duty will be paid, and eventually the royal revenues will suffer.”
(Ezra 4:12-13)

I wish I could always tell when somebody’s lying, Jesus

‘cause that’s what these guys were doing.

Please draw me close

so I can hear Your whisper of warning.

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Psalm 5:6; Psalm 5:9; Psalm 10:7; Psalm 12:2; Proverbs 6:19; Proverbs 30:8; Revelation 21:8