Category Archives: Prophet

Sunday, August 22, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with anticipation:

“The vision of Obadiah.”
(Obadiah 1:1)

And so begins the shortest book of the Old Testament, Jesus.

From scant clues within its 21 verses
we surmise Obadiah may have been
the first of the writing prophets.

Obadiah is a popular Bible name, given to 12 different men.

However, we don’t know for sure that he was any of them.

But these words aren’t from him, are they?

They are a direct, powerful, blistering message of warning

through him
from You.

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1 Kings 18:3-15; 1 Chronicles 3:21; 1 Chronicles 7:3; 1 Chronicles 8:38; 1 Chronicles 9:16; 2 Chronicles 17:7; 2 Peter 1:21

Monday, August 9, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in deep sorrow:

“See now, the Lord, the Lord Almighty, is about to take from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: all supplies of food and all supplies of water, the hero and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the diviner and the elder, the captain of fifty and the man of rank, the counselor, skilled craftsman and clever enchanter.”
(Isaiah 3:1-3)

If You’ll do this to punish Your chosen people’s disobedience, Jesus

what will You do to my disobedient country?

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Numbers 14:21-23; Luke 1:17; Romans 10:21; Romans 11:30-31; Ephesians 2:2; Ephesians 5:6; 2 Timothy 3:2; Hebrews 11:31

Monday, July 5, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unshakable belief:

“Fellow Israelites, I can tell you confidently that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is here to this day. But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that he would place one of his descendants on his throne.”
(Acts 2:29-30)

You, Jesus! David’s descendant!

David breathed his last breath on this earth
believing You would come.

Now, in heaven

he is watching in utter joy
as the miracle of You unfolds.

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2 Samuel 7:8-16; Matthew 1:1-17; Matthew 9:27; Matthew 15:22; Matthew 20:30; Matthew 21:9; Luke 3:23-38; Luke 18:39

Sunday, February 7, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with renewed faithfulness:

“If a liar and deceiver comes and says, ‘I will prophesy for you plenty of wine and beer,’ that would be just the prophet for this people!”
(Micah 2:11)

We’ve got a problem, Jesus.

We tend to listen to people who tell us what we want to hear
rather than people who faithfully listen to You
and tell us what we need to hear.

I don’t want to be that person!

May I heed only what comes from You!

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Psalms 116:11; Proverbs 17:4; Jeremiah 9:4; John 8:44; Romans 3:4; 2 Timothy 4:3; 2 John 1:7

Tuesday, October 6, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with white-hot fervor:

“This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: ‘A voice of one calling in the desert…’”
(Matthew 3:3)

More than 700 years before John the Baptist spoke those words, Jesus

You revealed to Your prophet Isaiah that he would speak them!

Who besides You can do that?

No one.

You know what each of us is going to think, say and do

before we have a clue.

No wonder we worship You in reverent awe!

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Exodus 15:11; Deuteronomy 4:34; 2 Samuel 7:23; Job 25:2; Psalms 47:2; Matthew 9:8; Luke 5:26

Thursday, July 2, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with God-given discernment:

“Moses was…testifying to what would be said in the future.”
(Hebrews 3:5)

Moses couldn’t have done that with any accuracy whatsoever, Jesus

unless You had revealed the future to him.

You alone know the future. Apart from You –

If anyone claims to be able to foretell what will happen

they’re guessing.

That goes for mediums, spiritists, false prophets, soothsayers

talk show hosts, politicians, pundits, authors
and highly-educated experts.

‘Cause a well-informed, thoughtful
carefully-researched educated guess

is still a guess.

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Deuteronomy 13:1-5; 2 Kings 7:17; 2 Kings 23:16; Psalms 105:18-9; Isaiah 41:26; Acts 3:18; Acts 3:24

Sunday, April 12, 2020

 

On this Easter Sunday, let’s pray this Lazaroo together with unbridled JOY!

“Elisha son of Shaphat is here.”
(2 Kings 3:11)

…and Jesus Son of God is HERE!

O Father! You promised through Your prophets
that the Messiah would come –

and Jesus came!

In the double portion of the spirit of Elijah You granted him,

Elisha worked miracle after miracle.

But NOBODY did what You did, Jesus.

NOBODY has done what You’ve done.

You’re alive! You’re alive! You have risen from the dead!

You rule and reign forevermore!

CHRIST IS RISEN!

CHRIST IS RISEN INDEED!

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Matthew 11:24; Matthew 27:53; Luke 14:14; John 11:25; Acts 2:31; Acts 4:33; Romans 6:5

Thursday, February 6, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo in, “It’s a new day!” gratitude:

“Is there no prophet of the LORD here, that we may inquire of the LORD through him?”
(2 Kings 3:11)

It absolutely is a new day, Jesus!

For thousands of years
people sought Your guidance through prophets.

But You didn’t want to keep us at arm’s length!

To draw us near

our sins had to be erased
by Your heartbreaking sacrifice on the cross.

Now, those who’ve placed our trust in You

can go straight to You with every question.

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1 Samuel 9:9; Jeremiah 29:13; Romans 3:25; Ephesians 2:13; Ephesians 5:2; Colossians 1:20; Hebrews 4:16; 1 Peter 2:24

Monday, December 2, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with locked-in faith:

“Is there no prophet of the LORD here…?”
(2 Kings 3:11)

Good question, Jesus.

When You place a prophet among us

we need to know it and pay attention
to whatever You proclaim through them.

But praise Your Holy Name!

Prophet or none, I can go to You directly, Holy Spirit!
I can always turn to the sure guidance of Your Word.

That way, when someone shows up claiming to be a prophet

I can check ‘em out. 😉

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Isaiah 44:25; Jeremiah 14:14; Jeremiah 23:16; Ezekiel 13:9; Matthew 7:15; Matthew 24:11; 2 Peter 2:1

Tuesday, July 24, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with every fiber of your being:

“…the Israelites will live many days without king or prince…”
(Hosea 3:4)

At first, that may not have seemed like much of a threat, Jesus.

They had lived for more than a thousand years without either –
trusting Your prophets and judges to lead them.

Now, however, they had spent the last 300 years living under a king.

They were used to it.
Dependent on it.

Like I would be without You

they were leaderless…directionless.

Lead me, Holy Spirit!

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Genesis 12:1-7; Genesis 20:7; Exodus 7:1; Exodus 15:20; Numbers 12:6; Judges 2:16-17; 1 Samuel 8:1-9; John 14:26; Acts 7:51-53