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Thursday, September 23, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in determined passion:

“He is the one we proclaim, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom…”
(Colossians 1:28)

It’s important to declare Your Name to our family, friends, city, nation and world, Jesus!

But having done so, it’s essential to admonish them
warning of the consequences if they reject You.

It’s vital that we teach them all about You
so they’ll learn to love and obey You as we do.

But the only way they’ll accept what we say

is when we speak with Your holy wisdom!

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Psalms 35:28; Psalms 37:30; Psalms 49:3; Romans 10:8; 1 Corinthians 1:17-30; Colossian 3:16; 1 Thessalonians 5:12

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Saturday, August 7, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with lavish love:

“Scarcely had I passed them when I found the one my heart loves. I held him and would not let him go till I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the room of the one who conceived me.”
(Song of Songs 3:4)

Some people would call her behavior extreme, Jesus.

And maybe it was.

But that’s what love does!

It calls us to sacrifice ourselves

for the sake of another –

which is exactly what You did for me

on the cross.

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John 3:16-17; Romans 5:8; Philippians 2:6-8; Colossians 1:20; Hebrews 7:27; Hebrews 9:28; 1 Peter 2:24

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Wednesday, March 17, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in grateful humility:

“…if we are faithless, he will remain faithful, for he cannot disown himself.”
(2 Timothy 2:13)

This boggles my mind, Jesus.

When I deserve to be kicked to the curb
or tossed in the trash bin

You stay true to me
because warts and all
I belong to You!

First of all –

HALLELUJAH!

What love! What hope! What joy!
What a sense of security is mine!

And what an example You’ve set for me

to treat my disgraceful Christian brothers and sisters.

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2 Samuel 7:22; Psalms 92:5; Psalms 130:4; Matthew 6:15; Matthew 10:8; Ephesians 1:7; Colossians 1:13-14

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Sunday, January 17, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:

“My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline, and do not resent his rebuke, because the Lord disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.”
(Proverbs 3:11-12)

I don’t like to be disciplined, Jesus.

It’s upsetting to realize You’re disappointed in me!

As a result, my immaturity is showing, isn’t it?

I should welcome Your correction.
It’s a chance to learn, grow, improve.

It’s evidence that You love me –
that in me You find delight!

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Deuteronomy 8:5; 2 Samuel 22:20; Psalms 18:19; Jeremiah 9:24; Micah 7:18; 1 Corinthians 11:32: Hebrews 12:7-10

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Saturday, January 16, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with no-holds-barred gratitude:

“…during the time of testing in the wilderness…your ancestors tested and tried me, though for forty years they saw what I did.”
(Hebrews 3:8-9)

How could they do that, Jesus?

Forty years of seeing Your love, majesty and protection
and still they tested, tried and flat-out disobeyed You countless times!

The same question could be asked of me.

After all You’ve done and continue to do for me
how dare I give You anything less than my absolute best?

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Numbers 14:24; Numbers 32:11-12; Joshua 14:8-9; 2 Kings 20:3; 1 Chronicles 28:9; Psalms 119:80; Ephesians 6:7-8

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Saturday, November 28, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with all your heart:

“…the LORD has a charge to bring against you…: ‘There is…no love…’”
(Hosea 4:1)

Of course, there’s love of a kind, Jesus…

just not true love.

We love things –

often, the wrong things.

We love what we can get out of people

instead of loving the people who give.

We say we love You

but words are cheap.

To love You means to obey You.

and that’s expensive!

Of course, it also pays off –

for those who have faith.

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Matthew 5:46; Luke 6:32; 1 Corinthians 13:13; Hebrews 11:26; 1 John 2:15; 1 John 4:20; 2 John 1:6

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Saturday, November 21, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unrestrained allegiance:

“…his command is that you walk in love.”
(2 John 1:6)

Most of us do a better job of talking in love, Jesus

than walking in love.

Loving words are easy.
Loving behavior is hard.

It’s not love when it’s something I already like to do.

That’s convenience.
Self-pleasure.

Love begins

where preference ends.

It’s love when I do something for another person

that if I had my druthers

I’d never do for myself or anyone else
in a thousand years.

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1 Samuel 20:17; 1 Kings 3:26; Luke 5:5; 1 Corinthians 13:4-8; Philippians 1:15-17; Philemon 1:8-10; Hebrews 6:10

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Thursday, November 5, 2020

 

Be overcome with gratitude as you pray this Lazaroo:

“…if we are faithless, he will remain faithful…”
(2 Timothy 2:13)

Could there ever be greater evidence of Your love, Jesus?

Of Your mercy?
Of Your forgiveness?
Of Your kindness?
Of Your patience?
Of Your longsuffering?

Or of Your sovereignty!

Another way to look at it is that nothing I do
can change what You do
nor who You are!

You are faithful. Period.

That’s what I, too, as Your grateful follower
with all my heart aspire to be.

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Psalms 25:6; Psalms 130:4; Isaiah 54:8; Jeremiah 15:15; Ezekiel 11:17; 1 Corinthians 1:9; 2 Peter 3:9

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Saturday, July 4, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with lavish love:

“Love your neighbor as yourself…”
(James 2:8)

Easy to say, Jesus…

harder to do.

Some people are easy to love, even to sacrifice for.

Other people are a challenge-and-a-half.

Nor are You saying I should love them the way I like to be loved.

You’re saying I should love them
the way they want to be loved.

Wow.

What if they want to be loved in a way I don’t like?

You sure do stretch a person.

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John 13:34-35; Romans 13:8; 1 Peter 1:22; 1 Peter 3:8; 1 John 3:11; 1 John 3:23; 1 John 4:7

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Tuesday, June 30, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with white-hot fervor:

“…in answer to your prayers.”
(Philemon 1:22)

Answered prayer is a beautiful thing, Jesus!

It rewards my hope in You.
It draws the two of us together.
It further builds my faith
It gives me cause to praise You to others.

It brings me back to You
with gratitude, love, thanksgiving, worship

and more requests!

May I never overlook or ignore any prayer You’ve answered!

Show me, Holy Spirit!

So I will be prompted and re-prompted
to hold high Your Mighty Name!

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Psalms 99:8; Psalms 118:21; Psalms 119:26; Psalms 138:3; Luke 24:53; 1 Thessalonians 1:2; 1 Thessalonians 2:13