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Saturday, April 30, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unrestrained allegiance:

“Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds. Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them! They will be paid back for what their hands have done.”
(Isaiah 3:10-11)

Kinda sounds like I’m going to harvest what I plant, Jesus.

That being so…

I want to plant all the good I can possibly get in the ground
and keep pulling up all the weeds of my sin

that my sinful human nature keeps trying to sow.

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Psalm 119:17; Matthew 13:1-23; Matthew 15:13; Romans 7:18; Romans 7:25; Galatians 6:7-9; Colossians 3:5

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Monday, June 28, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with total transparency:

“Every woman is to ask her neighbor and any woman living in her house for articles of silver and gold and for clothing, which you will put on your sons and daughters. And so you will plunder the Egyptians.”
(Exodus 3:22)

You had a plan, Jesus.

You saw how ruthlessly the Egyptians treated your people.
So when the time came, You gave Your people a little payback.

I have no right to exact revenge on anyone.

But You do.

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Leviticus 19:18; Judges 16:28; Proverbs 24:29; Jeremiah 5:9; Lamentations 3:64; Ezekiel 25:11-13; Matthew 5:43-44; Romans 12:19

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Saturday, August 4, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo in sobriety of mind:

“So I have caused you to be despised and humiliated before all the people…”
(Malachi 2:9)

To be despised – if it’s only by one or two people –

is painful, Jesus.

To be humiliated with somebody watching

is awful.

But to be despised and humiliated before everybody?

Family, friends, total strangers?
Pretty close to unbearable.

What would cause You to do something like that to a person?

Maybe because they’ve tried to make everyone they know
despise and humiliate You.

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1 Samuel 2:30; 2 Samuel 12:10; 2 Kings 19:21; Psalms 22:6; Isaiah 54:4; Jeremiah 31:19; 1 Corinthians 1:28; Galatians 6:7-9

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Wednesday, June 27, 2018

 

Face it…as you pray this Lazaroo:

“…all will be condemned who…have delighted in wickedness.”
(2 Thessalonians 2:12)

At its best, Jesus…

wickedness isn’t as good as advertised.

Fun? Yes, it can be.

Pleasure? For sure.

But it’s not quite all that.

So I have to hype and pretend
to make up for the oversell –

a glass of over-steeped iced tea
short six teaspoons of sugar.

But the worst part is how quickly it’s over

…when I’m left with the aftermath

…the emptiness

…and the consequences.

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Numbers 5:31; Numbers 9:13; Numbers 32:23; Ezekiel 16:58; Ezekiel 23:35; Ezekiel 44:10-12; Hebrews 11:25

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Sunday, August 6, 2017

 

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

“I will pay it back…”
(Philemon 1:19)

That was a generous offer, Jesus

seeing as how it was a debt Paul didn’t owe.

It takes love to pay off someone else’s debt –

especially when the cost is great.

You should know

since that’s what You did on the cross for me.

Help me remember that incredible gift

next time I’m tempted to demand payment in full
from somebody who owes me.

Freely I’ve received

freely You expect me to give.

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Matthew 10:8; Matthew 18:21-35; John 3:16-17; Ephesians 2:8-9; Colossians 2:13-15; Titus 3:4-7; 1 Peter 2:24

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Sunday, October 30, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning emotion:

“…the incomparable riches of his grace…”
(Ephesians 2:7)

It’s true, Jesus.

There’s no comparison to being forgiven for inexcusable crimes
and treated instead like sinless royalty.

Who does that?

Only You.

The rest of the world wants revenge, justice, payback

while You went to the cross to give us the only way out
a stunning opportunity to escape scot-free!

But why? Why? Why would You treat us like this?

There can be only one answer:

Your baffling, incomprehensible love.

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Isaiah 26:10; John 1:16-17; Acts 4:33; Acts 6:8; Acts 11:23; Acts 13:43; Ephesians 2:8-9

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Thursday, September 22, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo in unvarnished self-awarness:

“…mercy…from God…”
(2 John 1:3)

That’s absolutely where mercy comes from, Jesus –

You.

The closer I get to You
the more time I spend with You

the more merciful I become.

The less time I spend with You
the greater the distance that develops between You and me

the more I care about

punishment
vengeance
payback.

Odd, isn’t it?

That someone so in need of outrageously huge helpings of mercy
would have such a hard time offering it.

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Play

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Genesis 19:16; Deuteronomy 4:31; Nehemiah 9:31; Daniel 9:9; Matthew 5:7; Matthew 10:8; James 2:13

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Sunday, January 10, 2016

 

 Pray this Lazaroo with burning emotion: 

“…nothing escapes them.”
(Joel 2:3)

This is bone-chilling, Jesus.

When You send punishment
nothing escapes.

You don’t do a half-way, hit-or-miss job.
It gets done.

Punishment delivered…
in full.

But all You need is my, sincere, heartfelt apology

coupled with genuine repentance –
an about-face in my actions

to deliver me from Your wrath.

You look straight into my heart.
You see whether or not I fully intend to follow You.

That’s all it takes
for You to give me another chance.

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Isaiah 30:15; Hosea 14:1; Matthew 3:8; Luke 5:32; Luke 24:47; Acts 20:21; 1 John 1:9

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Sunday, January 10, 2016

 

 Pray this Lazaroo with burning emotion: 

“…nothing escapes them.”
(Joel 2:3)

This is bone-chilling, Jesus.

When You send punishment
nothing escapes.

You don’t do a half-way, hit-or-miss job.
It gets done.

Punishment delivered…
in full.

But all You need is my, sincere, heartfelt apology

coupled with genuine repentance –
an about-face in my actions

to deliver me from Your wrath.

You look straight into my heart.
You see whether or not I fully intend to follow You.

That’s all it takes
for You to give me another chance.

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Isaiah 30:15; Hosea 14:1; Matthew 3:8; Luke 5:32; Luke 24:47; Acts 20:21; 1 John 1:9