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Saturday, April 24, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with lavish love:

“Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, ‘Why are you thinking these things?’”
(Mark 2:8)

I’ve wondered the same thing about my own thoughts, Jesus!

“Why am I thinking these things?”

I don’t ask that when my thoughts are pure

when I’m thinking about things that honor You.

I ask it when my thoughts are evil and disobedient to You.

Purify my thoughts, O God!

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Genesis 35:2; Zephaniah 3:9; 2 Corinthians 3:1; Titus 2:4; James 4:8; 1 John 1:9; 1 John 3:3

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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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Wednesday, August 8, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with pedal-to-the-metal commitment:

“As a result…”
(Mark 1:45)

That’s what every one of my actions has, doesn’t it, Jesus?

A result.

It’s what every word I speak has, too:

a result.

Nor is my mind exempt! Every thought I think has

a result.

Since that’s the case, I dare not

do what I want to do
say what I feel like saying
let my thoughts run

without first thinking through their consequences and what will happen

as a result.

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Genesis 38:24; Exodus 21:20; Numbers 25:18; Ezra 9:13; Micah 7:13; Acts 17:11-12; Romans 6:21-22

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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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Thursday, September 28, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo in zealous love:

“…it is the gift of God…”
(Ephesians 2:8)

That’s what my salvation is, Jesus –

an undeserved, unmerited, outrageous gift.

The people I live and work with would all pitch in with a passionate

“Amen!”

As do I.

The thoughts with which I wrestle
the words that slip out

my countless inexcusable behaviors
the actions I should’ve taken but didn’t

testify that my home in heaven is a miscarriage of justice

and the highest proof
of Your costly, loving mercy.

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Exodus 33:19; 2 Samuel 24:14; 1 Kings 8:28; 2 Chronicles 6:19; Nehemiah 9:31; Job 9:15; James 2:13

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Tuesday, February 28, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo in Spirit-renewed determination:

“When the LORD heard what you said, he was angry…”
(Deuteronomy 1:34)

May my words never do that to You, Jesus!

Of course, to keep that from happening
I need to guard my thoughts, as well.

It might help, too, if I make sure I’m following You every step of the way

‘cause when my 1on1 relationship with You slips
so does my tongue.

As you monitor my thoughts, words and actions

may You beam with pride and joy!

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Deuteronomy 3:26; Deuteronomy 9:8; 2 Samuel 22:7-8; Psalms 19:14; Psalms 95:10; Hebrews 3:10; James 1:19

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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

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Thursday, January 21, 2016

 

 Pray this Lazaroo…on high alert: 

“‘You will not surely die,’ the serpent said to the woman…”
(Genesis 3:4)

You called Satan a liar, Jesus.

The problem is, he seldom identifies himself when he lies to me!

He speaks through my unwitting friends and family
weaves his web of falsehood through my culture.

But his most insidious disguise

is when he masquerades as me

deceiving me into believing his thoughts…are mine.

Help me measure every idea that pops into my mind
by the straightedge of Your Word.

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Psalms 63:11; Psalms 116:11; Proverbs 17:4; John 8:44; 2 Corinthians 10:5; 1 Timothy 4:2; 1 John 2:22