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Thursday, May 27, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with pure devotion:

“Lord my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands—if I have repaid my ally with evil or without cause have robbed my foe—then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and make me sleep in the dust.”
(Psalms 7:3-5)

David was absolutely confident of his righteousness, Jesus!

I…not so much.

All I can pray is:

Please be merciful to me, a repentant sinner.

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1 Kings 8:46-51; Job 42:6; Proverbs 1:23; Isaiah 59:20; Jeremiah 5:3; Mark 1:15; Luke 13:5

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Wednesday, August 5, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo in overflowing gratitude and love:

“He has helped his servant Israel, remembering to be merciful to Abraham and his descendants forever, just as he promised our ancestors.”
(Luke 1:54-55)

That’s who You are, Jesus!

Helper. Merciful. Promise-Keeper.

Just as You are doing for Abraham and his descendants

You are helping me every day of my life.
You are merciful to me beyond all comprehension.
You have kept every one of Your promises to me.

I praise You, LORD!

I give You all of me.
Forever.

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Exodus 18:4; Joshua 23:14; Psalms 27:9; Psalms 118:7; Daniel 9:9; Luke 6:36; Hebrews 13:6

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Tuesday, August 6, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with white-hot fervor:

“…that those who love your name may rejoice in you.”
(Psalms 5:11)

I love Your Name, Jesus!

And oh, how I rejoice in You!

You’re guiding my every step.

You’re protecting me in all my ways.

Even when I make poor choices

You rescue me, pick me up
and set me once again on Your firm foundation.

You Are Tender, Forgiving, Loving, Merciful, All-Powerful. Helpful.

You’re my Best Friend.

I cannot imagine living without You

deep
daily
moment-by-moment
1on1.

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Genesis 19:16; Exodus 34:7; Deuteronomy 33:29; Psalms 91; Proverbs 18:24; Jeremiah 10:12; Luke 1:78

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Thursday, June 27, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with excuseless humility:

“…before the fierce anger of the LORD comes upon you…”
(Zephaniah 2:2)

That’s the last thing I want, Jesus!

I know You’re unimaginably longsuffering.
I know You’re loving, merciful and kind.
You’re unbelievably patient with me.

But there’s a line, isn’t there?

One I’d better never cross.

The thing is, I can’t see it, can’t tell when I’m close.

So I’d better turn around now

change whatever I know needs to be corrected
while I still can.

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Exodus 32:12; Numbers 25:4; Deuteronomy 13:17; Joshua 7:26; 2 Kings 23:26; 2 Chronicles 28:11; Hebrews 10:26-31

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Friday, January 4, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul:

“May God deal with me, be it ever so severely…”
(1 Kings 2:23)

Until You, Jesus

Solomon was the wisest man who ever lived.

But that was one of the most foolish things he ever uttered.

I would never ask You to deal with me severely
if I didn’t follow through on something –
no matter how important.

I beg You to be far gentler with me than I deserve!

so I can keep trying

until I get it right.

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2 Samuel 24:14; Psalms 103:8-12; Proverbs 24:16; Ecclesiastes 5:4-5; Galatians 6:9; James 2:13

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Thursday, July 26, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with excuseless humility:

“When disaster comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?”
(Amos 3:6)

Most people don’t know this verse is in the Bible, Jesus.

Many who do try to explain it away.

Others reel under its implications, forced to rethink their image of You.

You’re not the old grandfather who wouldn’t harm a flea, are You?
You’re Almighty God, who pours out wrath on wrongdoers every day.

You’re loving, forgiving, kind, compassionate, merciful

…but You absolutely hate sin.

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Psalms 7:11; Isaiah 1:14; Isaiah 61:8; Jeremiah 12:8; Jeremiah 44:4; Amos 5:21; Zechariah 8:17; Hebrews 10:26-31

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Saturday, May 26, 2018

 

Hold nothing back, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“Then you will become their victim.”
(Habakkuk 2:7)

We all believe we’re better off than some people, Jesus.

But just because that’s true today
doesn’t mean it will always be so.

You raise up those who are low

and humble those You’ve lifted so high
that they’ve become proud and arrogant
convinced of their superiority.

Next time You bless me, LORD

help me be humbled
by the knowledge that it’s Your loving, merciful grace

and not what I deserve.

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Deuteronomy 8:3; 1 Kings 21:29; 2 Kings 22:19; 2 Chronicles 12:6; Daniel 4:37; Philippians 2:8; 1 Peter 5:6

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Saturday, June 3, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with lavish love:

“For this reason he had to be made like his brothers in every way, in order that he might become a merciful…high priest…”
(Hebrews 2:17)

You get it, Jesus.

Better than that:
You get me.

You know why I struggle, stumble, fall.

You didn’t –

but only because You were also God!

I’m not.
So from time to time I blow it.

If You were distant, aloof

that would be a problem.

But You came

and walked in my shoes.

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Deuteronomy 4:31; Nehemiah 9:31; Psalms 27:7; Luke 1:54; Luke 6:36; Hebrews 4:15; James 2:12-13

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Wednesday, November 9, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo in holy fear:

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

I would love to like that, Jesus!

In fact, I try.
And fail.

I’m not even sure what living in all godliness looks like.

But what I do know of it
I’m not doing.

Not completely.
Not consistently.

I want to. I mean to.

And still fall short.

I’ll never quit trying! You deserve my best.

But unless You show up in love, mercy and forgiveness
it won’t get done.

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Exodus 33:19; Psalms 4:1; Psalms 6:9; Matthew 5:7; Matthew 9:13; Romans 3:10; 1 Timothy 1:15-16

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Thursday, September 22, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo in unvarnished self-awarness:

“…mercy…from God…”
(2 John 1:3)

That’s absolutely where mercy comes from, Jesus –

You.

The closer I get to You
the more time I spend with You

the more merciful I become.

The less time I spend with You
the greater the distance that develops between You and me

the more I care about

punishment
vengeance
payback.

Odd, isn’t it?

That someone so in need of outrageously huge helpings of mercy
would have such a hard time offering it.

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Genesis 19:16; Deuteronomy 4:31; Nehemiah 9:31; Daniel 9:9; Matthew 5:7; Matthew 10:8; James 2:13