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Tuesday, January 17, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in sober reflection:

“Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.”
(James 3:1)

There’s a simple reason for this, isn’t there, Jesus?

Those to whom You give the holy honor of teaching Your Word

owe You and those they teach

the privilege of seeing someone
who practices what they teach.

True, no teacher will ever do everything perfectly

but that had blessed well be their daily goal.

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Isaiah 30:20; Matthew 5:20; Matthew 10:25; Matthew 23:13; Luke 8:21; Philippians 4:9; 1 Timothy 1:7

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Monday, January 2, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with every fiber of your being:

“All Israel…were taken captive to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.”
(1 Chronicles 9:1)

That’s where unfaithfulness leads, isn’t it, Jesus?

Captivity.

Ironic. The reason anyone disobeys You

is to get out from under Your commands
opting for freedom to go their own way

not realizing that Your laws
are safeguards.

Once “free” of the umbrella of protection Your statutes afford

they become sitting ducks
for everything Satan wants to do to them

hastening the day
when they’ll be manacled
staring hopelessly through bars.

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Leviticus 26:13; Pslm 107:16; Psalm 119:31; Psalm 119:45; Isaiah 45:2; Jeremiah 34:17; Ezekiel 34:27; John 8:36; 2 Peter 2:19

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Wednesday, December 7, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with an open heart:

‘In that day each of you will invite your neighbor to sit under your vine and fig tree,’ declares the Lord Almighty.”
(Zechariah 3:10)

That is a day, Jesus! A very special day.

It’s one thing to have enough for my family, my friends and myself.

But it’s a new day
when I have enough to share with my neighbors
some of whom, perhaps, I hardly know.

You love generosity.

But there’s a reason for that:

Unimaginable Generosity is who You Are!

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Deuteronomy 15:10; Psalm 37:21; Proverbs 11:25; 2 Corinthians 8:2; 2 Corinthians 9:6; 2 Corinthians 9:11; 2 Corinthians 9:13

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Thursday, March 18, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with holy boldness:

“Then the royal officials at the king’s gate asked Mordecai, ‘Why do you disobey the king’s command?’”
(Esther 3:3)

The answer was simple, Jesus:

Haman was a wicked man who did not deserve to be honored.

But that wasn’t even the biggest reason.

Mordecai wasn’t about to bow down to anyone but You.
The fact that it was the king who ordered it was irrelevant

even though it might cost Mordecai his life.

May that kind of holy courage be mine!

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Exodus 20:5; Exodus 23:24; Deuteronomy 5:9; 1 Samuel 7:3; 2 Kings 5:18; Daniel 3:1-30; Matthew 4:10

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Tuesday, September 19, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with bottomless trust:

“But if you tell…we will be released from the oath you made us swear.”
(Joshua 2:20)

Sounds like they didn’t trust each other, Jesus.

But how could they?
They had just met.

Sometimes that’s the reason I don’t trust somebody:

I don’t yet know them well enough.

Of course, there’s a reason I don’t trust other people:

I know them all too well!

But You I trust with my life.

You’ve proven Yourself –
over and over and over again.

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Psalms 13:5; Psalms 25:2; Psalms 31:14; Psalms 52:8; Psalms 56:11; Psalms 91:2; Romans 15:13