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Wednesday, September 28, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in renewed dedication:

“‘On that day,’ declares the Lord Almighty, ‘I will take you, my servant Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will make you like my signet ring’…”
(Haggai 2:23)

Why were You so pleased with this governor of Judah, Jesus?

It was because He had the courage to obey You!

He delivered Your warning to Your people
even though it was the last thing they wanted to hear.

He valued pleasing You
ahead of pleasing them.

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Exodus 29:18; Psalm 19:14; Psalm 103:34; Jeremiah 6:20; Romans 12:1-2; Romans 14:17-18; Hebrews 11:24-26

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Friday, April 15, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with no-holds-barred surrender:

“Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner.”
(1 Timothy 2:14)

Eve’s sin was bad, Jesus

but Adam’s was worse.

Adam wasn’t deceived. He knew better and ate the forbidden fruit anyway.

His wife handed him the fruit
so he accepted it and ate it.

Pleasing his wife was more important to him than pleasing You

making her humankind’s first idol.

May I never put anyone or anything ahead of You!

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Exodus 20:3; Deuteronomy 4:16; Deuteronomy 5:7; Psalm 24:3-5; Isaiah 42:8; Isaiah 48:11; Matthew 4:10; Luke 14:26; James 4:17

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Saturday, August 14, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with concern:

“…Diotrephes…loves to be first…”
(3 John 1:9)

What’s up with people like that, Jesus?

Are they leaders? Role models? Winners?
People I’d love to have on my team?

Well…no.

You haven’t called me to be better than anyone else.

You want me to be the best version of myself

You’ve created me to be

then leave the outcome to You.

You’re looking for people who long to please You

not people driven to be superior to everyone else.

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Thursday, August 5, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with deep satisfaction:

“To the person who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God.”
(Ecclesiastes 2:25)

What a relief this is, Jesus!

When I see evil people prospering, I can smile.

It doesn’t need to bother me.

They’re not getting away with anything.

They’re simply piling it up for those who – like I –
are determined to please You.

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Proverbs 15:8; Ecclesiastes 7:26; Isaiah 56:4-5; John 8:29; Ephesians 5:10; Colossians 3:20; 1 Timothy 2:1-4; 1 John 3:21-22

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Wednesday, December 18, 2019

 

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

“Let love and faithfulness never leave you…Then you will win favor and a good name…”
(Proverbs 3:3-4)

Wow. That’s pretty powerful, Jesus.

I usually think about love and faithfulness
being a blessing to others.

But now, You’re reminding me:
It’s a blessing to me, as well.

That’s so much like You!

Every time I do something to please You
or do something for others because You tell me to

it ends up helping me.

I really can’t out-give You!

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Exodus 34:6; Psalms 40:11; Psalms 61:7; Psalms 85:10; Psalms 86:15; Proverbs 14:22; 1 Corinthians 13:13

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Thursday, November 14, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo without excuse:

“If a member of the community sins unintentionally…”
(Leviticus 4:27)

That can certainly happen, Jesus

especially with some of the more obscure points of Jewish law.

But most of Your commands? Things like –

telling the truth
not killing people
faithfully attending church
not committing adultery
sharing my faith
not stealing
pleasing You
not craving other people’s possessions
helping the poor –

those nobody has to tell me to obey.

If I break them, it’s no accident.

I did it on purpose.

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Exodus 20:1-17; Leviticus 5:15; Numbers 15:22; Deuteronomy 4:42; Joshua 20:3; Daniel 5:22; Romans 1:20

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Sunday, June 17, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with utter abandon:

“But when they arrived, he began to draw back…”
(Galatians 2:12)

Peer pressure can be a good thing, Jesus

when the people around me are wholly devoted to You

when their only desire for me
is to see me follow You.

But so many times, groups and individuals have their own ideas

causing them to pressure me to fall in line with their agendas.

I’d love to please them, Father!

But I’d ten thousand times rather please You.

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Leviticus 1:13; Psalms 19:14; Psalms 104:34; Romans 12:1-2; Romans 14:13-18; Philippians 4:18; 1 Timothy 5:4

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Friday, December 8, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo in humble adulation:

“…in accordance with all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.”
(1 Chronicles 6:49)

Your Word is more than a suggestion, isn’t it, Jesus?

It’s a command.

I can’t choose which commands I like and obey only those.

It’s all or nothing.

Your Word is an expression of Your very self.

When I fully obey Your Word, I’m choosing to

please You
honor You
follow You
be like You

which is the deepest longing of my heart.

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Romans 8:8; 1 Corinthians 6:20; Colossians 1:27; Colossians 3:20; 1 Thessalonians 4:1; Hebrews 11:6; 1 John 3:2

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Friday, June 23, 2017

 

Take this lesson to heart, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“There will be no survivors from the house of Esau.”
(Obadiah 1:18)

Even before he was born

You knew what kind of person Esau would be, Jesus.

He lived for the moment, failed to plan ahead
cared more about pleasing himself than pleasing You.

How different is that from most of the people of my generation?

When that’s most of what I see
it’s easy to think of it as normal.

But that kind of “normal”

leaves no survivors.

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Jeremiah 5:31; Ezekiel 34:7-10; Matthew 6:33; Matthew 7:13-14; Luke 7:30; Luke 12:13-21; 2 Corinthians 5:15; 1 Timothy 6:17-19

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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