Category Archives: receive

Friday, April 5, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo in humble adulation:

“I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered when I receive news about you.”
(Philippians 2:19)

That’s the way to hope, Jesus:

not in my own desires

in You.

When my hopes are dashed it’s not because You’ve failed me.

It’s because my hope was in my wishes, my plans, my agenda

not in You.

So now, from this day forward:

I put all my hope in You.

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Psalm 25:5; Psalm 25:21; Psalm 39:7; Psalm 62:5; Psalm 71:5; Psalm 119:74; Acts 26:6

Friday, March 15, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo with wholehearted adoration:

“The Lord said, ‘What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground. Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.’”
(Genesis 4:10-12)

What have I done, Jesus?

I deserve to be a restless wanderer…

but in Your stunning mercy to me through the cross

I rest in Your loving arms!

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Leviticus 26:21; Ezra 9:13; Psalm 103:10; Jeremiah 51:6; Colossians 1:20; James 2:13; 1 Peter 2:24

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Pray this Lazaroo in fervency of spirit:

“If thieves came to you, if robbers in the night—oh, what a disaster awaits you!—would they not steal only as much as they wanted?”
(Obadiah 1:5)

What a scary warning, Jesus!

Those who blatantly ignore Your love, goodness and mercy
will receive punishment beyond the norm.

Is there any way, shape or form in which I have committed this grievous sin?

If so, please forgive me!
In Your Might, help me turn around!

out of love and gratitude
not only from fear of punishment.

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Numbers 26:10; Ecclesiastes 4:13; Isaiah 8:11; Isaiah 8:16; Isaiah 8:20; Jeremiah 6:8; 2 Corinthians 6:14

Thursday, February 22, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo with passionate gratitude:

“My loved one had a vineyard on a fertile hillside. He dug it up and cleared it of stones and planted it with the choicest vines. He built a watchtower in it and cut out a winepress as well. Then he looked for a crop of good grapes, but it yielded only bad fruit.”
(Isaiah 5:1-2)

That’s how beautifully You’ve treated me, Jesus

and how horribly I’ve treated You.

Please forgive me!

I desperately want You to receive full value
for Your loving investment in me!

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2 Samuel 24:14; Luke 1:50; Luke 11:13; Romans 9:23; Romans 15:9; Titus 3:5; James 1:17

Monday, January 22, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo in obedient trust:

“Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God.
(1 Corinthians 4:5)

Even when I obey and follow You with all my heart, Jesus

my praise may not come now.

I need to be okay with that.

By faith, help me fix my eyes on my reward in heaven.

Please don’t let me become discouraged

when it all blows up in my face on earth.

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Psalm 4:5; Psalm 31:6; Psalm 37:3; Proverbs 3:5-6; Proverbs 28:5; Isaiah 50:10; Hebrews 11:26

Sunday, December 24, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning emotion:

“Now the glory of the God of Israel went up from above the cherubim, where it had been, and moved to the threshold of the temple. Then the Lord called…‘Go throughout the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of those who grieve and lament over all the detestable things that are done in it.’”
(Ezekiel 9:3-4)

Place that mark on my forehead, Jesus!

I’m brokenhearted about what is happening in my country
and around the world.

Because I’m faithful to Your Word

may many others receive that mark.

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Isaiah 16:11; Isaiah 61:3; Amos 6:6; Zechariah 12:10; John 16:20; 2 Corinthians 12:21; James 4:9

Saturday, September 16, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in deepest gratitude:

“Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: ‘Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.’ He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.”
(Galatians 3:13-14)

Every time I think of this, I’m stunned, Jesus:

By faith in You

I receive the Holy Spirit
and the blessings promised to Abraham!

Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

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Genesis 17:1-8; Psalm 105:42; Luke 1:54-55; Acts 2:38; Acts 7:5; Romans 4:13; Romans 4:16; Romans 9:8

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with joy and gratitude!

“For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.”
(Hebrews 4:15-16)

You know firsthand what I’m going through, Jesus!

You’re not judging me harshly.

With compassion and total understanding
You’re helping me make it through.

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Psalm 34:18; Psalm 86:15; Psalm 103:7-14; Isaiah 61:1; Matthew 11:28; Colossians 2:23; James 3:2

Thursday, January 19, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with over-the-top trust:

“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”
(1 Peter 2:10)

You blessed Your people, Jesus!

But You didn’t bless them
just to be blessing them.

You blessed them
to be a blessing.

May I never forget:

Every blessing I receive from You
creates an opportunity to be Your blessing
to somebody else!

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Genesis 12:2; Psalm 3:8; Psalm 37:26; Psalm 128:4; Romans 15:27; 1 Corinthians 9:23; Galatians 3:14

Monday, October 17, 2022

 

Be encouraged! as you pray this Lazaroo:

“If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward. If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames.”
(1 Corinthians 3:14-15)

You are stunningly good to Your chosen people, Jesus!

Even if we blow it again and again
making bad choice after bad choice after bad choice

if with all our hearts we claim You

You claim us.

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Exodus 4:10-12; Hosea 11:8; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:23; Romans 10:9-10; 2 Timothy 2:11-13; James 3:2