Category Archives: Prophet

Thursday, June 22, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with excuseless humility:

“In the second year of King Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest…”
(Haggai 1:1)

Oh, Jesus!

Is there any warning from You I’ve been missing
because it’s come from an unexpected source?

O God!

May I always be on the lookout
for anything You want to say to me!

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2 Samuel 12:25; 1 Kings 14:18; 1 Kings 16:7; 1 Kings 16:12; 1 Kings 22:8; 2 Kings 3:11; Matthew 1:22

Monday, June 19, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with growing understanding:

“Woe to the city of blood…”
(Nahum 3:1)

Again, Jesus?

Again?

A scant 63 years before, You sent the prophet Jonah

to warn them that in 40 days You would destroy them.

They listened to You!
They repented!
You relented!

But now, within the span of one lifetime, they’re right back at it –

worse than ever.

They had their chance.

Their one chance is now gone
and they don’t care.

O God!

When You warn me
help me repent –

and stick with it.

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1 Kings 8:47; Job 34:33; Job 36:10; Proverbs 1:23; Isaiah 59:20; Acts 2:38; 2 Peter 2:22

Thursday, May 18, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with excuseless obedience:

“Now Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the prophet…prophesied to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel…Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Joshua son of Jozadak set to work to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. And the prophets of God were with them, supporting them.”
(Ezra 5:1-2)

That’s what’s supposed to happen when Your Word goes forth, Jesus!

You expect those of us who hear Your command
to get to work.

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2 Chronicles 29:12; Nehemiah 6:9; Psalm 90:17; Psalm 102:25; Psalm 104:23; Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 3:20

Monday, April 17, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with growing understanding:

“In the second year of King Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel…”
(Haggai 1:1)

I would love to experience that kind of specificity, Jesus

when You give a message to me.

Not that I deserve it.
I don’t.

But oh, would it be nice!

I spend a lot of time trying to figure out
exactly how to apply Your Word

which…come to think of it…
is exactly what You intend.

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Deuteronomy 18:21-22; Joshua 5:14; Judges 3:19-21; Matthew 8:8; Mark 1:7; Romans 10:8-10; 1 John 3:11

Friday, April 14, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your being:

“The voices of your messengers will no longer be heard.”
(Nahum 2:13)

You sent Jonah to warn Ninevah of their impending doom, Jesus.

But when they repented
You relented!

Not this time.

Not long after You granted them a stay of execution
they went right back to their detestable sins.

They stopped sinning to avoid punishment
not because they hated and rejected what they had done.

Nahum was the last prophet You sent to them.

O God!
May I never cross that line!

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Psalm 7:12; Jeremiah 4:28; Amos 1:3; Amos 1:6; Amos 1:9; Amos 1:11; Hebrews 10:26-27

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in fervency of spirit:

“Who knows? God may yet relent…”
(Jonah 3:9)

Even after the prophet Jonah delivered Your declaration of doom, Jesus

Ninevah’s king rallied his people with the hope of Your mercy.

For good reason:
Your mercy is legendary!

Yes, You punish willful, stubbornly repetitive sin.

But it breaks Your heart when You have to do it.
You give us chance after chance after chance to repent.

Even after You pronounce judgment

there’s always hope that You will relent
if we change our wicked ways.

Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

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Genesis 32:20; Deuteronomy 32:36; 1 Samuel 6:5; 2 Samuel 14:15; 1 Kings 20:31; Psalm 90:31; James 2:13

Saturday, February 11, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in dumfounded awe:

“Then the angel who talked with me returned and woke me up, like someone awakened from sleep.”
(Zechariah 4:1)

Up to now, Jesus, the angel had been speaking to Zechariah at night, in a vision.

But no longer.

As if to underscore the reality of all You sent him to tell the prophet

the angel he had seen in his vision
woke him up…

and there he was!
visible to the naked eye
in the same room with Zechariah.

Wow.

You can do anything, LORD.

Absolutely anything.

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Deuteronomy 6:22; Job 42:2; Zechariah 1:8; Matthew 17:20; Matthew 19:26; Luke 18:27; Romans 15:19

Friday, February 10, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with no-holds-barred surrender:

In the second year of King Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai…”
(Haggai 1:1)

It’s not every day that You speak out loud to someone on earth, Jesus.

If You spoke like that to me
I’d mark the date too.

I’d probably make a note of the time, as well.

How often I’ve wished You would tell me exactly what You want me to do!

Though I don’t in any way, shape or form deserve it,
I know You can.

But there’s a reason You don’t.

Probably many reasons.

One of which is You’re waiting on me

to pay attention to what You’ve already spoken to me

through Your Word.

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Genesis 18:33; Exodus 6:28; Exodus 20:18-19; Exodus 33:11; Numbers 4:12-9; Deuteronomy 5:24; 1 Samuel 3:1; Acts 18:9; Acts 22:17-18; 1 Corinthians 12:3; 1 Corinthians 14:21

Tuesday, December 28, 2021

 

Open your heart, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality…I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling. So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways.”
(Revelation 2:20-22)

You are so patient with us, Jesus!

When I sin…

may I always – deeply, sincerely, from the heart –

repent.

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1 Kings 8:46-51; 2 Chronicles 32:26; Job 42:6; Jeremiah 15:19; Romans 2:4; 2 Corinthians 7:9; 2 Peter 3:9

Thursday, September 9, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with over-the-top trust:

“…he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that he would place one of his descendants on his throne. Seeing what was to come, he spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, that he was not abandoned to the realm of the dead, nor did his body see decay.”
(Acts 2:30-31)

You made that promise to King David, Jesus

and You kept it.

You keep all Your promises.

Please, LORD…

help me keep mine.

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Joshua 21:45; Joshua 23:14; 1 Kings 8:25; 1 Kings 8:55; 2 Corinthians 1:20; Luke 1:45; Romans 15:8