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Sunday, May 5, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo in new awareness:

“Be merciful to those who doubt; save others by snatching them from the fire; to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.”
(Jude 1:22-23)

I’ve heard it for years, Jesus:

“Hate the sin, love the sinner.”

Most people don’t say anything about the sinner’s clothing.

But we should.
Your Word doesn’t contain throwaway lines.
Every Word from Your mouth has a specific purpose.

Clearly, You not only don’t want me to sin

You don’t want me to dress like a sinner!

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Exodus 29:5; Ruth 3:3; 2 Chronicles 5:12; Proverbs 7:10; Jeremiah 4:30; Ezekiel 16:10; 1 Timothy 2:9

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Friday, April 26, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo in deepest gratitude:

“I opened for my beloved, but my beloved had left; he was gone. My heart sank at his departure. I looked for him but did not find him. I called him but he did not answer.”
(Song of Songs 5:6)

Few feelings are worse, Jesus

than to be abandoned by someone I love
someone I thought loved me.

But You are the Friend who sticks closer than a brother!

You will never leave me!
You will never forsake me!

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Deuteronomy 31:6; Deuteronomy 31:8; Joshua 1:5; 1 Kings 8:57; Proverbs 18:24; John 1:14:6; John 15:14-15

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Thursday, April 25, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo in wholehearted acceptance:

“…it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people. Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves. Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the emperor.”
(1 Peter 2:15-17)

You know how hard it is to obey those last three words, Jesus!

Especially when I despise their words and actions.

But You have Your reasons.

Bottom line?
That’s good enough for me.

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Exodus 14:31; Psalm 4:5; Psalm 13:5; Psalm 25:2; Psalm 31:6; Romans 15:13; Hebrews 2:13

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Thursday, April 11, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo with confidence:

“…the Lord is faithful…”
(2 Thessalonians 3:3)

I love this about You, Jesus!

No one is as faithful as You.

We make promises to one another with every intent to keep them.

But when circumstances change
our promises can fly out the window.

No so with You!

You’re All-Powerful.
You control all circumstances.

Because You see the future
nothing takes You by surprise.

The moment You make a promise

You know when, how and where You will keep it.

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Psalm 25:10; Ecclesiastes 8:7; Isaiah 46:10; Jeremiah 29:11; Daniel 2:45; 2 Timothy 2:13; Revelation 22:13

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo in Holy Spirit-empowered determination:

“…Timothy has just now come to us from you and has brought good news about your faith and love.”
(1 Thessalonians 3:6)

O Jesus.

When You show me that somebody I love

loves me, too

and that their love for me is only surpassed

by their deep, abiding faith that causes them
to live in obedience to You

it doesn’t get much better than that!

May that be the report that comes to them

about me!

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Psalm 119:9; 2 Corinthians 6:4-10; Ephesians 4:22-32; 1 Thessalonians 2:12; 1 Timothy 4:12; Hebrews 12:14; 1 Peter 3:1-7

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo with explosive feeling:

“I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.”
(Ephesians 3:17-19)

The depth of Your love for me, Jesus

is beyond my understanding!

Fill me all the way full with Yourself!

so in everything I think, say and do
I can love You back.

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Deuteronomy 33:16; John 1:16; Ephesians 1:23; Ephesians 4:13; Colossians 1:19; Colossians 1:25; Colossians 2:9-10

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo with bottomless trust:

“This is the offering Aaron and his sons are to bring to the Lord on the day he is anointed…The son who is to succeed him as anointed priest shall prepare it. It is the Lord’s perpetual share and is to be burned completely. Every grain offering of a priest shall be burned completely; it must not be eaten.”
(Leviticus 6:20, 22-23)

You want those who come after us to learn early on, Jesus:

A specific portion of the work we do isn’t meant to fill our bellies.

It’s to be offered in love to You.

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Matthew 6:11; Matthew 6:33; Matthew 16:11; Luke 12:16-21; John 6:27; Romans 14:17; 1 Corinthians 6:13

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Pray this Lazaroo in fervency of spirit:

“If thieves came to you, if robbers in the night—oh, what a disaster awaits you!—would they not steal only as much as they wanted?”
(Obadiah 1:5)

What a scary warning, Jesus!

Those who blatantly ignore Your love, goodness and mercy
will receive punishment beyond the norm.

Is there any way, shape or form in which I have committed this grievous sin?

If so, please forgive me!
In Your Might, help me turn around!

out of love and gratitude
not only from fear of punishment.

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Numbers 26:10; Ecclesiastes 4:13; Isaiah 8:11; Isaiah 8:16; Isaiah 8:20; Jeremiah 6:8; 2 Corinthians 6:14

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024

 

Open your heart, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you, just as you say he is. Hate evil, love good; maintain justice in the courts. Perhaps the Lord God Almighty will have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.”
(Amos 5:14-15)

This is Your Word through the prophet Amos, Jesus

to those who have sinned greatly.

I will do my best to follow it.

Fits me to a T.

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Exodus 9:27; Leviticus 5:5; Numbers 22:34; Judges 10:10; Luke 15:18; Romans 3:23; James 5:15

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Friday, February 16, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo with riveted attention:

“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk far from your lips.”
(Proverbs 4:23-24)

When You tell me, “Above all else,” Jesus

that’s something I dare not ignore.

You’re telling me to love what You love

and nothing else.

Only then will my mouth be free of perversity

my lips from corrupt talk.

And since I have to guard my heart

that tells me Satan is attempting to steal it.

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Psalm 141:3; Matthew 10:17; Mark 13:33; Luke 12:1; Acts 20:31; 1 Corinthians 16:13; 1 Peter 5:8-9