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Monday, January 16, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo in ardent love:

“The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops.”
(2 Timothy 2:6)

No argument there, Jesus!

But there’s a world of difference between what should happen
and what does happen.

Most of my upsets and disappoints in life

stem from things that seem to me should happen
but don’t

from things I thought needed to take place
but never did.

That is, until I remember that You

do absolutely – 100% –
of all things well.

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Deuteronomy 32:4; Job 42:2; Isaiah 26:12; Isaiah 55:9; Lamentations 3:37; Romans 11:33; Hebrews 2:10

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Sunday, January 15, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with deep gratitude:

“Next to them, repairs were made by men from Gibeon and Mizpah…”
(Nehemiah 3:7)

It feels good, Jesus…

to look over and see someone working as hard as I am
doing their share.

It’s encouraging even when I could have eventually finished it all myself

but it’s the difference between success and failure
when the task is bigger than either of us alone.

Thank You Father!

for every person You’ve sent – and will send –
to joyfully serve You together.

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2 Chronicles 34:12; Romans 16:12; 1 Corinthians 4:12; 1 Corinthians 15:10; 1 Corinthians 15:56; 1 Corinthians 16:15-18; 1 Thessalonians 5:12

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Saturday, January 14, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo in unpolluted faith:

“…that we may live…in all…holiness.”
(1 Timothy 2:2)

I’m not trying to be flippant, Jesus, just honest:

I struggle to live in partial holiness.

Living in all holiness feels unreachable for me.

But that’s the goal, isn’t it?
I have to strive for it.

Well, one thing’s clear:

I can strive all I want in my own strength
and fail.

My only hope for success is to learn how to strive in the strength

that is Yours alone.

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Psalms 51:10; Psalms 139:24; John 14:12; John 15:4; Acts 4:33; Colossians 1:27; Colossians 1:29

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Friday, January 13, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with deep reverence:

“…appointing Levites twenty years of age and older to supervise the building…”
(Ezra 3:8)

I can only imagine how this went over with an experienced, 40 year-old carpenter, Jesus –

having someone half his age
who had never hammered a nail

“supervise” him.

But a gifted supervisor can alleviate those concerns by being

kind
respectful
humble
encouraging
appreciative

regardless of age or lack of experience.

May I be willing to treat others
the way I want them to treat me.

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1 Chronicles 22:5; Matthew 7:12; Mark 10:42-45; Ephesians 6:6; Colossians 3:22; 1 Timothy 4:12; Titus 2:6

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Thursday, January 12, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with clear-eyed humility:

“The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work of Satan…”
(2 Thessalonians 2:9)

I’ve seen some lawless ones running around, Jesus.

It’s good to know where that comes from.

The devil might not make them do it

but they sure are buying what he’s selling.

Of course, it’s easy to recognize that behavior in others

rather than deal with it in the face of that person
who looks back at me in the mirror.

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Matthew 7:1; Luke 6:37; Romans 2:22; Romans 14:10; 1 Corinthians 4:4; 1 Corinthians 10:13; James 1:23-24

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Wednesday, January 11, 2017

 

Be aware as you pray this Lazaroo:

“He assigned…foremen over them to keep the people working.”
(2 Chronicles 2:18)

It seems a crying shame that this is necessary, Jesus.

Why can’t we just do our jobs without someone standing over us?

Obviously, not all of us can.

Most of us don’t do what out boss expects.
We do what our boss inspects.

If only we’d use as our incentive to do good work

the fact that You are noting
everything we think, say and do.

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Deuteronomy 12:25; Deuteronomy 21:9; Judges 3:7; 1 Kings 14:22; 1 Kings 15:11; 2 Chronicles 16:9; Psalms 139:1-12; Acts 5:1-11

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Tuesday, January 10, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with bottomless trust:

“…we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children…comforting…”
(1 Thessalonians 2:11-12)

The best fathers know how to do that, don’t they, LORD?

Some children merely need to be told it’s all right.
Others require specifics – they want to be told why it’s all right! 😉

Really good fathers also know when their child needs comfort

and when they need to be rebuked, questioned, challenged.

Thank You for being an awesome Father to me!

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Matthew 5:16; Matthew 5:44-45; Matthew 6:9; Matthew 16:17; Matthew 18:14; Matthew 18:19; Ephesians 6:4

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Monday, January 9, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unshakable belief:

“Aaron and his descendants were the ones who presented offerings…on the altar of incense…”
(1 Chronicles 6:49)

This altar of incense was Your idea, Father

about 18 inches square
maybe three feet high

made of acacia wood
overlaid with pure gold

the famous “horns of the altar” built into it
where those who feared for their lives ran to take hold.

No longer!

thanks to Your Son’s death on the cross in my behalf
the most fragrant offering of all time.

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Exodus 30:1-10; Proverbs 14:27; 1 Corinthians 15:55; Ephesians 5:2; Philippians 1:21; Philippians 2:8; Hebrews 2:15

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Sunday, January 8, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:

“Once you were alienated from God…”
(Colossians 1:21)

Yes I was, Jesus

in a place of darkness.

Without You, the Light of the World, shining into me

I was guessing, fumbling, stumbling blind

But when I placed my faith in You alone as my Savior

the lights came on!

I still have questions. There is much I don’t understand.

But in You are all the answers
which You will fully reveal to me

in Your way
in Your time.

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2 Kings 6:17; Psalms 119:18; Matthew 5:14; John 9:40-41; Acts 1:7; 1 Corinthians 13:12; Revelation 3:18

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Saturday, January 7, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with caution:

“…he clung to the sins of Jeroboam…he did not turn away from them.”
(2 Kings 3:3)

There are a lot of bad examples out there, Jesus

some of which appear to work.

From a distance.
Short term.

However, I have Your word on it:

Sooner or later they will fail.
Every last one of them.

So why would I want to follow anyone’s bad example over the cliff?

Might be a good idea to turn away.
While I can.

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Leviticus 18:3; 1 Kings 22:53; 2 Kings 17:15; Proverbs 21:30; 1 Corinthians 11:1; 1 Corinthians 15:33; Philippians 3:17; 1 Peter 2:21