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Wednesday, June 2, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with faith in the God who can:

“The watchmen found me as they made their rounds in the city. ‘Have you seen the one my heart loves?’”
(Song of Songs 3:3-4)

Solomon’s wife was frightened – absolutely desperate, Jesus.

All through the night, her husband hadn’t come home.

Sleepless nights are hard.

Even more so, when I’m deeply worried
about someone I love.

At such times, I’m reminded of my utter vulnerability.
My worry won’t keep anyone safe, will it, Father?

Only You!
Only You!
Only You!

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1 Samuel 10:2; Psalms 139:23; Ecclesiastes 2:22; Luke 2:48; Luke 10:41; 1 Corinthians 7:36; 2 Corinthians 6:5

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Saturday, March 6, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with a learning heart:

“King Solomon was told that Joab had fled to the tent of the Lord and was beside the altar. Then Solomon ordered Benaiah son of Jehoiada, ‘Go, strike him down!’”
(1 Kings 2:29)

Joab was a powerful man, Jesus – the head of Israel’s army.

Solomon’s father David had tried to remove him, to no avail.
So he counseled his son Solomon to do it.

How did Solomon succeed when his father couldn’t?

You. Only You.
It was Your time.

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Numbers 32:23; 1 Kings 2:1-6; 1 Kings 2:23-25; 1 Kings 2:36-46; 2 Chronicles 18:23-38; Proverbs 16:5; Hebrews 4:13; 1 John 1:9

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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with earnest desire:

“…remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold.”
(Jude 1:17)

Why would Jude tell me to remember their words, Jesus?

Only one reason:

Because what they foretold will come true.

As with Your prophets down through the ages

You reveal the future to Your people through Your apostles.

Of course, just because people call themselves prophets or apostles

doesn’t mean they’re the real deal.

People don’t appoint themselves to these high offices.

Only You have that right.

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Isaiah 9:15; Jeremiah 5:12-14; Amos 3:7; Micah 3:5; Matthew 10:1-3; Romans 16:7; Ephesians 2:19-21

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Thursday, October 29, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo in passionate gratitude:

“In the hill country of Ephraim they were given Shechem (a city of refuge)…”
(1 Chronicles 6:67)

Those blessed cities of refuge, Jesus!

You provided them so a person who had accidentally killed someone could go to them to escape being killed by the avenger of blood.

Every one of us needs a place of refuge when we’ve done something we didn’t mean to do.

You, LORD!

You Are my place of Refuge

when everyone else
wants to string me up.

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Genesis 19:20; Numbers 35:9-31; Ruth 2:12; 2 Samuel 22:3; Psalms 5:11; Proverbs 18:10; Romans 15:31

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Thursday, September 17, 2020

 

Cry out to God for help as you pray this Lazaroo:

“…my heart is faint.”
(Lamentations 1:22)

That was true of Jeremiah then, Jesus

and sometimes it’s true of me –
but not always for the same reason!

It could be because I’m missing my 1on1 time with You

because I’ve deliberately sinned against You
because I’m hurting for someone I love
because I’m distressed about my country
because I’m under Satan’s attack
because of terrible hurt or loss in my own life.

O God, You! You alone!

can restore me.

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Deuteronomy 20:3; 1 Samuel 14:28; Job 23:16; Psalms 6:2; Psalms 41:3; Isaiah 40:31; Luke 21:26; 1 Peter 5:10

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Thursday, August 13, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo in humble awareness:

“…who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them?”
(1 Corinthians 2:11)

It upsets me, Jesus…

when somebody thinks they know what I’m thinking
or why I did what I did.

Most of the time, they’re wrong.

So why am I so quick to judge the motivations of others?

Am I judging them by what I would have done under their circumstances?

If so, then I’m judging myself.

Maybe if I stop sowing that seed

I’ll quit reaping it.

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Numbers 16:28; 1 Samuel 2:3; Matthew 9:4; Luke 9:47; Romans 14:16; Galatians 6:7-9; James 4:14

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Monday, May 18, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with bulldog faith:

“Jonah started into the city.”
(Jonah 3:4)

Beginnings are crucial, Jesus!

Without them, nothing gets done.

But starting a task that seems doomed to failure is especially hard.

That’s why Jonah ran the other way
when You assigned it to him.

Still, successful completion of the task isn’t the most important thing.

Obedience to You is.

Only after I obey

do I get to find out if You will bring it to completion.

Because only You can.

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Psalms 44:3-7; Proverbs 21:30; Isaiah 26:12; Jeremiah 10:23; Lamentations 3:37-38; Acts 4:28;1 Corinthians 8:6

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Saturday, March 7, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with full-on ardor:

“No wise man, enchanter, magician or diviner can explain to the king the mystery he has asked about…”
(Daniel 2:27)

I love it, Jesus!

When the king asked Daniel if he could interpret his dream
Daniel could have said, “Absolutely! I can do it! I’m your man!”

But he didn’t.

Instead, he revealed his inadequacy, his inability
his utter dependence on You.

May I never be afraid to confess my limitations

and my total, complete, wholly dependent reliance

on You.

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2 Kings 19:10; Psalms 62:7; Jeremiah 49:11; Acts 17:25; Romans 9:16; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Hebrews 3:4

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Saturday, February 29, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unrestrained allegiance:

“…comes not from the Father…”
(1 John 2:16)

I don’t want anything that doesn’t come from You, Jesus!

Everything good comes from You, Father.
If it’s good, it’s from You.

Everything bad comes from the evil one.
If it’s bad, it’s from Satan.

Of course, You’re the Maker of Everything.

Satan can create nothing.

He can misuse, abuse and pervert what You’ve created

but only You can create something out of nothing.

Of all Satan’s counterfeits

I want nothing.

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Genesis 1:1; Genesis 1:21; Genesis 1:27; Isaiah 40:26; Acts 17:25; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Colossians 1:16

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Saturday, December 7, 2019

 

Hold nothing back, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“…saved through…belief in the truth.”
(2 Thessalonians 2:13)

It’s not my belief, Jesus.

I can’t save myself –
not even with my own self-manufactured belief.

You’re the One who gives me the gift of faith.
I’m saved by the sanctifying work of Your Holy Spirit.

Who gives me the ability to recognize truth when I hear it?

You do.

Who gives me the ability to respond to Your truth

by gratefully turning over to You my whole life?

Only You.

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2 Kings 6:20; Isaiah 26:12; Luke 24:31; Luke 24:45; Romans 8:5; Ephesians 2:8-9; Hebrews 8:10