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Wednesday, November 15, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with earnest desire:

“’Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.’ ‘The poison of vipers is on their lips.’ ‘Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.’ ‘Their feet are swift to shed blood; ruin and misery mark their ways, and the way of peace they do not know.’ ‘There is no fear of God before their eyes.’”
(Romans 3:13-18)

That’s what You see when You look at this world, Jesus.

It has to break Your heart!

May that never be what You see

when You look at me.

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Psalms 14:1-3; Psalms 53:1-3; Ecclesiastes 7:20; Romans 3:10-12; Romans 7:14-24; Ephesians 4:19; James 3:2

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Monday, October 23, 2023

 

Seek Him now, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a great lion to Judah. I will tear them to pieces and go away; I will carry them off, with no one to rescue them. Then I will return to my lair until they have borne their guilt and seek my face—in their misery they will earnestly seek me.”
(Hosea 5:14-15)

I don’t want it to come to that, Jesus.

Let me own up to my guilt now.

May not misery, but love!

draw me into Your very heart.

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Genesis 16:11; Genesis 29:32; Exodus 3:7; Deuteronomy 26:7; 1 Samuel 1:11; Hosea 11:4; Micah 7:1; Romans 3:16; James 5:1

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Friday, September 1, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with wholehearted adoration:

“Moses and Aaron brought together all the elders of the Israelites, and Aaron told them everything the Lord had said to Moses. He also performed the signs before the people, and they believed. And when they heard that the Lord was concerned about them and had seen their misery, they bowed down and worshiped.”
(Exodus 4:29-31)

I bow down and worship You too, Jesus!

When I’m in misery, You see it.
You’re concerned about me.

And You have the loving power to do something about it.

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Genesis 16:11; Genesis 29:32; Exodus 3:7; Exodus 3:17; Psalm 56:8; Hosea 5:15; 1 Peter 5:7

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Tuesday, April 11, 2023

 

Take warning, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“…you will be utterly despised.”
(Obadiah 1:2)

Whew! That’s a tough one, Jesus!

But that was the punishment You meted out against Edom
the people descended from Jacob’s older brother.

Why?

Because of the calloused cruelty they exhibited
toward Your hurting, chosen people.

No matter how low one of Your flawed believers sinks

may I never pile on while You’re disciplining them

and risk becoming one of the “utterly despised.”

It’s not my place to add to their misery

lest some of their misery becomes mine.

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Exodus 3:7; Deuteronomy 32:35; Obadiah 1:10-12; Matthew 7:1; Romans 2:4; Romans 12:19; Hebrews 10:30

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Thursday, January 12, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with pure devotion:

“Do not mortals have hard service on earth? Are not their days like those of hired laborers? Like a slave longing for the evening shadows, or a hired laborer waiting to be paid, so I have been allotted months of futility, and nights of misery have been assigned to me.”
(Job 7:1-3)

Job was telling the truth, Jesus.

That’s exactly how he felt.

He didn’t know it

but that wasn’t how his story would end.

You restored and blessed him with more than before!

No matter what I’m going through now

I trust the beautiful end You have in store for me!

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Deuteronomy 30:1-4; 1 Samuel 7:14; 2 Samuel 16:12; Matthew 9:29-31; Matthew 17:11; 2 Corinthians 13:9; 1 Peter 5:10

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Saturday, March 20, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in wholehearted surrender:

“If only my anguish could be weighed and all my misery be placed on the scales! It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas—no wonder my words have been impetuous.”
(Job 6:2-3)

We’re all able to find excuses for our behavior, Jesus.

Oh yeah.
I have a ton of ‘em!

We might be able to sell them to some people

but nobody’s fooling You.

Rather than excuses

please help me obey You –

no matter what it takes!

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Numbers 30:2; Joshua 1:8; Luke 14:17-19; John 15:22; Romans 1:20; Romans 2:1; Philippians 2:12

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Monday, March 23, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with total transparency:

“I have promised to bring you up out of your misery…”
(Exodus 3:17)

I’m not in misery all the time, Jesus…

but when I’m in it…oh, do I want to get out of it!

The thing is, I don’t have the control I like to think I have.

When I’m really hurting, I can’t think clearly.
Sometimes what I try to stop the pain

makes it worse.

I need You, oh, I need You
Every hour I need You!

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Exodus 15:12; Nehemiah 8:10; Psalms 34:10; Isaiah 41:10; Luke 12:25-26; John 14:27; Philippians 4:6

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Tuesday, February 18, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with fiery determination:

“…sighing has become my daily food…”
(Job 3:24)

Job didn’t get it, Jesus.

He thought he had done everything right.

But then, in one horrible day, he lost it all.

Not knowing how proud You were of him
he concluded You had betrayed him.

But You hadn’t.

You chose Job to prove to Satan that no matter what happened to him

Job would never turn against You.

When I’m confronted with Satan’s temptation

may I too pass the test!

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Genesis 22:1; Job 23:10; Psalms 66:10; Psalms 81:7; Proverbs 27:21; Matthew 4:1; 2 Corinthians 13:5