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Sunday, September 9, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo all the way to the marrow of your bones:

“Confident of your obedience…”
(Philemon 1:21)

I wish You could be confident of mine, Jesus!

I wish my friends and family could be.
I wish I could be.

But I’m not.

Oh, I’m confident of my good intentions.

You know all about those, too.

I sure do mean well.

But my follow-through needs some work.

I don’t have to tell You that last statement was an understatement.

My follow-through needs a lot of work.

Help me. Please.
Help me.

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Deuteronomy 5:33; Deuteronomy 8:6; Joshua 22:5; 1 Samuel 15:22; 1 Kings 3:14; Romans 1:5; 2 Corinthians 9:13

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Monday, August 6, 2018

 

Take notes, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“So he got up…”
(Matthew 2:21)

Forgive me, Jesus, but isn’t that what Your stepdad did

when an angel told him to take Your mom home to be his wife
even though she was pregnant?

and what he did when an angel told him
to take You and Your mom to Egypt?

Now, he’s obeying the angel again –

taking You and Your mom back home to Israel.

Each time He got up and did it.

Sounds like a plan.

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Genesis 18:19; Genesis 26:4-5; 1 Kings 12:24; Psalms 119:4; Matthew 21:28-31; Acts 13:22; Philippians 2:12

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Wednesday, July 4, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with faith in the God who can:

“…the slave is freed from his master.”
(Job 3:19)

Pretty fitting on this 4th of July, Jesus!

There came a day in the history of these United States
when we could no longer endure England’s rule.

But Job was referring to death –

which, because of his pain
looked mighty good to him at that time.

O God!

Help me truly, utterly, completely, irrevocably die
to my old sin master Satan

and walk in the freedom

of obedience to You.

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Psalms 119:45; Psalms 136:24; Isaiah 61:1; Jeremiah 34:8; Mark 5:29; Romans 8:21; 1 Corinthians 7:22

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Sunday, May 6, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:

“…you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other…”
(1 Peter 1:22)

Okay. Let me see if I’m able to put this together, Jesus:

Obeying Your Word purifies me.
Once purified, I’m able to sincerely love other believers.

Of course, the absence of any of those steps leaves me short.

If I don’t obey Your Word, I’m not pure.
If I’m not pure, I can’t love others – at least…

not sincerely.

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Daniel 11:34; Luke 20:20; Acts 2:46; Romans 12:9; 2 Corinthians 6:6; Philippians 1:17; Hebrews 10:22

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Thursday, April 5, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with over-the-top trust:

“So she sent them away and they departed.”
(Joshua 2:21)

It’s not enough to send someone away, is it, Jesus?

They have to depart.

Sometimes I attempt to send a person away…and they don’t leave.

Awkward.
Forces my hand.

I either insist…wait them out…
or withdraw my request.

I don’t want to be that person, Father!

When You send me
I want to be the person You can count on to go.

No matter how much I love it there.

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Genesis 22:2; Exodus 3:10; Exodus 4:12; Exodus 32:34; 1 Samuel 15:3; Matthew 2:20; Acts 8:29

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Sunday, January 7, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning emotion:

“…you must not be a prostitute…”
(Hosea 3:3)

Well, duh, Jesus.

That’s kind of a standing rule, isn’t it?

Why would Hosea say this to his wife?

It was because You told him to take her back, wasn’t it?
Even though she’d been unfaithful to him.

Broken laws need to be restated.

Am I in violation of any of Your commands, LORD?
If so, please tell me again

and in Your great mercy
give me another chance to obey.

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Exodus 20:14; John 14:26; Romans 15:15; 1 Corinthians 4:17; 1 Corinthians 15:1; 2 Timothy 1:6; 2 Peter 1:12; Jude 1:5

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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo in holy fear:

“…places under the authority of the governor…”
(Nehemiah 3:7)

You tell me to respect those in authority, Jesus

and I try.

Sometimes it’s hard, when I know their lives don’t measure up to the offices they hold.

You tell me to obey them anyway.

Well…unless what they tell me to do is contrary to Your Word.

Then – making certain that I understand what You desire
knowing the price I may have to pay –

I will joyfully, wholeheartedly, follow You.

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Matthew 20:20-28; Matthew 23:1-4; Luke 2:41-51; Acts 5:29; Acts 5:40-42; Acts 21:10-14; Acts 23:5; Romans 13:1-7

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Monday, December 19, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unshakable belief:

“Jesus sent him away at once…”
(Mark 1:43)

Wow, Jesus…

I wonder how that made him feel.

He no sooner shows up and begs You to cure his leprosy

than You heal him and send him away.

But hey – if the one who can heal me orders me to take off

I’d best get going!

If You love me enough to do for me what nobody else can

the least I can do is love you enough to obey.

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Exodus 15:26; 1 Samuel 15:22; Psalms 6:2; Psalms 41:4; Psalms 30:2; Jeremiah 17:14; Acts 9:34

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Saturday, November 12, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with laser-focused intensity:

“…she won his favor and approval…”
(Esther 2:17)

There’s no doubt about it, Jesus –

Esther was beautiful.
Beautiful people win favor and approval more easily than others.

But that’s not why this king was so attracted to her.

You made it happen.

You positioned her in the crucially important role

You designed her to carry out.

If I’m obedient, You’ll grant me the favor and approval I need

to carry out every task and role You’ve designed for me.

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Exodus 9:16; 1 Kings 14:7; Psalms 75:6-7; Isaiah 1:19; Acts 13:22; Romans 9:17; Ephesians 2:10

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Tuesday, July 26, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo in Godly, cleansing fear:

“With a noise like that of chariots…”
(Joel 2:5)

Much like someone unfortunate enough to be attacked by today’s

Abrams tank
Apache helicopter
A-10 Warthog

anyone hearing that sound would have been paralyzed with fear, Jesus

especially knowing it was You who sent them
because of their stubborn, willful sin.

You’ve punished Your people like that before, Father.

No doubt You’ll have to do it again.

But that’s not how I want to experience You!

I prefer to obey.

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Deuteronomy 5:33; Deuteronomy 28:1; Joshua 22:5; 1 Samuel 15:22; Romans 1:5; 2 Corinthians 9:13; Hebrews 10:26-31