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Friday, March 17, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with no-holds-barred surrender:

“…Mordecai…tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the city, wailing loudly and bitterly. But he went only as far as the king’s gate, because no one clothed in sackcloth was allowed to enter it.”
(Esther 4:1-2)

The king didn’t want to see anybody who was sad, Jesus.

He wanted everything to appear happy.

Thank You for being the King of kings

who invites me to come close to You
when my heart is breaking.

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Exodus 33:14; Psalm 34:18; Psalm 42:4; Psalm 147:3; Isaiah 61:1; Matthew 11:28; 1 Peter 5:7

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Thursday, March 18, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with holy boldness:

“Then the royal officials at the king’s gate asked Mordecai, ‘Why do you disobey the king’s command?’”
(Esther 3:3)

The answer was simple, Jesus:

Haman was a wicked man who did not deserve to be honored.

But that wasn’t even the biggest reason.

Mordecai wasn’t about to bow down to anyone but You.
The fact that it was the king who ordered it was irrelevant

even though it might cost Mordecai his life.

May that kind of holy courage be mine!

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Exodus 20:5; Exodus 23:24; Deuteronomy 5:9; 1 Samuel 7:3; 2 Kings 5:18; Daniel 3:1-30; Matthew 4:10

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Monday, January 11, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in continuing awe:

“All the royal officials at the king’s gate knelt down and paid honor to Haman, for the king had commanded this concerning him. But Mordecai would not kneel down or pay him honor.”
(Esther 3:2)

You don’t tell us why Mordecai wouldn’t bow down to Haman, Jesus.

Maybe it was because He refused to bow down to anyone but You.
Maybe it was because He sensed Haman was an evil man.

Regardless, You used it!

…as You do absolutely everything that happens.

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Genesis 27:29; Genesis 37:10; Genesis 49:8; Exodus 20:4-5; Leviticus 26:1; Psalms 5:7; Matthew 4:8-10

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Saturday, December 16, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with laser-focused intensity:

“Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.”
(Esther 2:19)

That’s where I choose to be, Jesus –

at the King’s gate.

Not King Xerxes’ gate, the place Mordecai had camped out.

Your gate.

Of course, I know You’re everywhere at once.

Only You. Only You.

But I’m talking about the place where You’re acting, moving

making things happen.

Wherever You Are

that’s where I want to be.

Right in the middle of it.

Nowhere else
holds any interest for me.

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Exodus 33:15; Deuteronomy 31:6-8; Joshua 1:5; Judges 3:28; 1 Kings 8:57; Matthew 4:19; Matthew 16:24