Category Archives: my heart

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Saturday, February 18, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with lavish love:

“…Mary…was pledged to be married…and was expecting a child…the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.”
(Luke 2:5-7)

Just like then, Jesus

some of those You love so much
have no room for You in their hearts.

May my heart be so full of love for You

that it makes up the difference!

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Psalm 33:5; Psalm 130:7; Proverbs 8:21; John 3:16; Ephesians 3:19; Colossians 2:2; Titus 2:11-14

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Saturday, July 9, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in solemn self-appraisal:

“My eyes fail from weeping, I am in torment within; my heart is poured out on the ground because my people are destroyed…”
(Lamentations 2:11)

I could say the same about the people in my country, Jesus!

They’re racing down a steep slope of disobedience
heading straight for a cliff that will plunge them to their death.

But do my eyes fail from weeping
Am I in torment within?
Is my heart poured out on the ground?

We desperately need revival

but how much do I really care?

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1 Samuel 1:10; Job 6:2; Job 7:11; Psalm 6:3; Psalm 22:1; Luke 22:44; Romans 9:1-2; 2 Corinthians 2:4

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Thursday, June 30, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with pure devotion:

“…his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. And the scripture was fulfilled that says, ‘Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness…”
(James 2:22-23)

How does anyone know I have faith in You, Jesus?

For that matter, how do I know I have faith?

It’s not my talk, is it?
Talk’s cheap.

It’s by my actions!

What I do and don’t do
provide a telling glimpse
into my heart.

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Exodus 1:15-21; 2 Kings 16:2; Isaiah 29:13; Jeremiah 32:23; Matthew 15:8; Matthew 21:28-32; Matthew 25:45

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Saturday, April 10, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with absolute sincerity:

“Rend your heart and not your garments.”
(Joel 2:13)

That had become the custom, hadn’t it, Jesus –

tearing their clothes upon hearing of something disastrous.

When that custom first began, it was no doubt powerful

because it came straight from the heart.

But over the years, people began doing it because it was expected

even when it didn’t truly touch their hearts.

O God! I know what You want!

Not merely my outward behavior.

In repentance…

You want my heart.

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Deuteronomy 6:6; Deuteronomy 10:16; Deuteronomy 11:18; Joshua 24:23; Matthew 9:4; Luke 16:15; Philippians 4:6-7

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Thursday, April 30, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with pure devotion:

“So my heart began to despair over all my toilsome labor under the sun.”
(Ecclesiastes 2:20)

It’s easy to overvalue what I do, Jesus.

It seems important to me, or I wouldn’t do it.

But when I check back on the results

I’m stunned to see how little of my work actually matters.

Still, my one comfort is this:

You judge the intent of my heart.

If what I’m doing is truly for You

You transform it into eternal, heavenly treasure.

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Job 19:23-27; Matthew 6:19-21; Mark 10:21; 1 Corinthians 3:10-15; 1 Peter 1:3-7; 1 Peter 1:17; 1 Peter 5:2-7

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Sunday, October 13, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:

“Let love and faithfulness never leave you…write them on the tablet of your heart.”
(Proverbs 3:3)

So, Jesus…

my heart has a tablet.

I know – not the kind of tablet sold in electronics stores

but a real tablet nonetheless

the kind that goes deep into my very being
forever changing my thoughts, words, behavior.

Show me how to write Your words on the tablet of my heart, Holy Spirit!

ensuring that I will mature, grow, understand
and honor You.

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Psalms 51:6; Proverbs 7:3; Proverbs 14:22; Proverbs 20:28; Isaiah 30:8; Luke 1:63; 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

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Thursday, June 21, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with focused intent:

“…on behalf of Christ…”
(Philippians 1:29)

That’s how I intend to live my life, Jesus –

on behalf of You.

I want everything I think, say and do

to be for You.

If that truly is my heart, my plan, my goal, my purpose –

how can I go wrong?

There’s no higher reason for living

no greater way to move singlemindedly through each day.

Rise up within me in power, Holy Spirit!

so that my intent

will be fulfilled in action.

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Psalms 32:6; Isaiah 55:6; John 13:34-38; 1 Corinthians 4:10; Ephesians 5:21; Philippians 1:13; Philippians 3:10

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Thursday, March 8, 2018

 

Sell out totally to God as you pray this Lazaroo:

“…in my heart I am disturbed.”
(Lamentations 1:20)

It’s bad enough when something upsets my thinking, Jesus

but when the disturbance settles in my heart

I’ve got to address it
can’t put it off.

It affects everything I think, say and do

the expressions on my face.

You’re the One who disturbs the heart, aren’t You?

You create that inner disturbance

to get my attention about something You want me to do

or what You want me to stop.

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Job 6:24; Job 13:23; Psalms 25:4; Psalms 42:5; Psalms 143:8; Proverbs 21:1; Isaiah 1:16; John 11:33

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Wednesday, January 24, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo in exultant faith:

“My soul glorifies the Lord…”
(Luke 1:46)

That’s pretty deep, Jesus.

Deeper than glorifying You with my mouth.
Deeper even than glorifying You with my mind.

Soul deep.

Glorifying You from the very center of my being
the essence of who I am.

No artifice, no pretense, no doing it for show.
The real thing.

Mary’s soul glorified You

because she was pregnant with the Savior of the world.

My soul glorifies You

because that same Savior
saves me.

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Psalms 34:3; Psalms 63:3; Psalms 69:30; Psalms 86:12; Daniel 4:37; Matthew 5:16; Romans 15:5-6

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Wednesday, January 25, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with Scripture-infused emotion:

“Then I thought in my heart…”
(Ecclesiastes 2:15)

Thinking in my heart goes deeper

than thinking in my mind, doesn’t it, Jesus?

The thoughts that arise deep within my heart

often get there through painful means.

They’re lessons hard-learned
battles hard-won…

…and lost.

The thoughts in my heart are the real me, aren’t they, Holy Spirit?

May all the words of my mouth and meditations of my heart
be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.

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Psalms 17:3; Psalms 19:14; Psalms 25:17; Psalms 49:3; Psalms 73:26; Psalms 119:111; Jeremiah 4:19; Romans 9:2