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Thursday, July 9, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo in aware humility:

“The arrogance of man will be brought low and human pride humbled…”
(Isaiah 2:17)

Why do we get like that, Jesus?

It’s because of the generosity of Your blessings, isn’t it?

You load us up with good things

but instead of being humbly grateful to You
we act like we’ve done it ourselves.

Attractive people act like they self-designed their genes.
Talented people act like they gave themselves their abilities.

No wonder You have to take us down a notch!

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Deuteronomy 1:43; 1 Samuel 2:3; 1 Samuel 15:23; Proverbs 8:13; Hosea 7:10; Mark 7:20-23; 2 Corinthians 12:20

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Wednesday, July 8, 2020

 

Take warning! as you pray this Lazaroo:

“…God did not spare angels when they sinned…”
(2 Peter 2:4)

They had it all, didn’t they, Jesus?

They were with You in heaven!
They saw You, heard You, served You!

But then along came Satan

perhaps the most amazing of all the angels
who looked in the mirror one too many times
and let his pride get the better of him.

One-third of the angels bought into his lies.

May I never follow their horrific example.

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Isaiah 14:12; Luke 10:18; Ephesians 6:12; Hebrews 1:4-14; Hebrews 12:22; Revelation 9:1; Revelation 12:3-12

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Tuesday, October 29, 2019

 

Open your heart, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“They will come trembling to the LORD…”
(Hosea 3:5)

That’s not a bad way to come to You, Jesus.

It sure beats coming to You full of pride.
It’s better than coming to You burning with anger.
It’s preferable to coming to You eaten up with doubt.

When I come to You with trembling

it’s because I realize how small I am
and how awesome You Are

how flawed and sinful I am
and how perfect, righteous and holy You Are.

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Exodus 3:5; Leviticus 11:44; Psalms 2:11; Isaiah 33:14; Hosea 11:10; Mark 5:33; Philippians 2:12

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Saturday, October 19, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in growing wisdom:

“…human pride brought low…”
(Isaiah 2:11)

There’s a kind of pride that is good, wholesome, healthy, Jesus.

It’s being proud of You.
It’s being proud of what You do.
It’s being proud of what You enable others to do.

But human pride takes no notice of You.

Human pride puffs itself up
boasting that all its achievements come from itself.

Godly pride points to the heavens to acknowledge You.

Human pride pounds on its own chest

until it collapses.

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Psalms 31:23; Proverbs 3:34; Proverbs 16:18; Romans 11:13; 2 Corinthians 5:12; Galatians 6:4; James 1:9-10

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Wednesday, August 14, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in full awareness of your True Source:

“The eyes of the arrogant will be humbled…”
(Isaiah 2:11)

Arrogance goes beyond pride, doesn’t it, Jesus?

A person may be Your humble follower
and still be gratefully proud –

knowing it’s You who do it all through them.

But arrogant people pound their chests and point to themselves.

They don’t believe they need Your help or anyone else’s.
They’re their own god.

But one day – when they stand before the true God –

they will be utterly humbled.

Too late.

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Exodus 18:11; Deuteronomy 1:43; 1 Samuel 2:3; Nehemiah 9:10; Psalms 5:5; Romans 11:20; Galatians 6:4; 1 Timothy 6:17

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Tuesday, June 5, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with catalytic dedication:

“…he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant.”
(Luke 1:48)

Historians might wonder why Mary was chosen to be Your mother, Jesus

but Mary didn’t.

She immediately knew: It was her humble state.

Did that mean she was poor?
In part, yes.

But it was so much more.

She didn’t dip in and out of humility as she followed You.
That was her state – who she was all the time.

And so it must be mine.

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Proverbs 11:2; Proverbs 22:4; Zephaniah 2:3; Luke 1:28-30; Luke 1:52-53; Philippians 2:3; Colossians 2:23

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Monday, April 16, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with locked-in faith:

“…it has been granted to you…”
(Philippians 1:29)

I like to think of myself as somebody who’s earned it, Jesus

a person who works hard to get what I’ve got.

But that’s such a self-delusion!

Everything I have…am…know…do
has been granted.

My very self, life, parents, circumstances, gifts, experiences, emotions –

all are gifts from Your loving, generous hand.

Rather than bragging in self-congratulation

pounding my chest with off-putting pride

I should be humbled – filled to the brim with gratitude.

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Numbers 18:29; Deuteronomy 26:11; Jeremiah 35:15; Matthew 6:33; Luke 8:10; 1 Corinthians 4:7; Colossians 3:16

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Tuesday, August 8, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo in heartfelt gratitude:

“…he had to be made like his brothers in every way, in order that he might become a…faithful high priest…”
(Hebrews 2:17)

It’s a high honor to be high priest, Jesus.

Only a handful have served in that holy office.

Not all high priests have served well.

Some of them were swayed by jealousy, politics, pride.

Thank You for those who served conscientiously!

But there’s only One perfectly faithful High Priest –
the One who serves this day and forever:

You.

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Leviticus 21:10; Numbers 35:28; 2 Kings 12:10; 2 Chronicles 34:9; Zechariah 3:1-9; Matthew 26:62-68; Hebrews 3:1; Hebrews 6:19-20

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Thursday, July 14, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with over-the-top trust:

“…you will do well to pay attention to it…”
(2 Peter 2:19)

The old joke isn’t true, Jesus:

“I’m too poor to pay attention.”

The poorer I am, the more attention I need to pay to Your Word.

You…are my only hope out of the ghetto of my poverty.

But that’s not all.

The richer I am, the more attention I need to pay to Your Word.

You…are my only hope out of the ghetto of my self-sufficient pride.

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1 Samuel 2:7; 2 Samuel 12:1-7; Proverbs 14:23; Proverbs 21:5; Proverbs 30:7-9; Matthew 27:57-60; Luke 12:16-21

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Monday, January 25, 2016

 

 Pray this Lazaroo…in dust and ashes: 

“He shall…burn it on the altar…”
(Leviticus 4:19)

There are some things I need to burn on the altar, Jesus:

my self-centered pride
the fear that You won’t come through for me this time

the excuses I keep coming up with to explain my disobedience
the anger that rises within me when things don’t go my way

my harsh judgmentalism
the deprecating comments I sometimes make about others.

Help me burn every last one of them

to a crisp.

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Ezra 10:1; Psalms 51:1-12; Psalms 103:2-4; Psalms 103:8-18; Daniel 9:20-21; James 5:16; 1 John 1:9