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Monday, June 3, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo with locked-in faith:

“Although it is true that I am a guardian-redeemer of our family, there is another who is more closely related than I.”
(Ruth 3:12)

Naomi had it all worked out for her widowed daughter-in-law, Jesus.

Boaz would marry Ruth and give Naomi grandbabies.

Well, in fact, that’s exactly what happened!

Eventually.

But first, they had to face a huge, unexpected roadblock.

May I never fear the roadblocks Satan sets up in my life, Father.

Because nothing and nobody
can thwart Your Will!

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Job 5:12; Job 42:2; Psalm 33:10; Proverbs 10:3; Isaiah 8:10; Isaiah 14:27; Romans 9:11

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Tuesday, January 23, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo in absolute awe:

“And now, my daughter, don’t be afraid. I will do for you all you ask.”
(Ruth 3:11)

Most of the people in this world have never heard such words, Jesus.

Ruth wouldn’t have heard them either
if You had not put them in Boaz’s mouth.

It was Your Will to bring the two of them together

to become Your ancestors through David

all the way down to Your birth in Bethlehem.

There is no one like You.

Not even close.

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Ruth 4:21-22; Matthew 2:6; Luke 2:4; Luke 2:15; John 7:42; Revelation 21:6; Revelation 22:13

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Saturday, November 18, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo as you confidently wait on God:

“‘The Lord bless you, my daughter,’ he replied. ‘This kindness is greater than that which you showed earlier: You have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor.’”
(Ruth 3:10)

Ruth continued to live in a way that honored You, Jesus.

Because You’re who You Are
that was enough.

I have no idea how You’re going to intervene for me.

Knowing You, I expect it will be totally different than I imagine.

But I do know my part in Your miracle:

Continue to live in a way that honors You.

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Psalm 15:1-5; Psalm 22:23; Psalm 50:15; Psalm 50:23; Proverbs 14:31; 1 Timothy 6:16; 3 John 1:6

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Friday, November 10, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with deep reverence:

“’Who are you?’ he asked. ‘I am your servant Ruth,’ she said. ‘Spread the corner of your garment over me, since you are a guardian-redeemer of our family.’”
(Ruth 3:9)

Ruth took a huge chance, Jesus.

She entered the place where women never went

to offer herself to become the wife
of a man who hadn’t asked her to marry him.

But this was Your doing!

When You tell me to do something unusual or impossible

rules no longer apply.

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Proverbs 3:5-6; Matthew 17:20; Matthew 19:26; Luke 18:27; Acts 2:24; Hebrews 11:1; Hebrews 11:6

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Sunday, July 9, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with eyes riveted on Jesus:

“In the middle of the night something startled the man; he turned—and there was a woman lying at his feet!”
(Ruth 3:8)

Ruth had broken protocol, Jesus.

It was not their custom to allow women in the threshing floor.

But Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi told her to do it

and as far as Ruth was concerned, that trumped their customs.

You honored it!
Naomi was right.

Give me the wisdom to know when to do what’s expected

and when You’ve called me
to take the road less traveled.

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Micah 6:16; Mark 7:4; Mark 7:8-9; Acts 6:14; Acts 28:17; 1 Corinthians 11:2; Galatians 1:14

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Monday, February 27, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in ardent love:

“’When he lies down, note the place where he is lying. Then go and uncover his feet and lie down. He will tell you what to do.’ ‘I will do whatever you say,’ Ruth answered. So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law told her to do.’”
(Ruth 3:4-6)

Naomi – the ultimate matchmaker, Jesus.

Worked out pretty well, too –
since Ruth became
Your many times removed great-grandmother.

Put me with the right people, Jesus!

so I and they

can become everything You’ve created us to be.

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Psalm 38:11; Psalm 55:12-14; Proverbs 13:30; Proverbs 28:7; Proverbs 29:3; Romans 11:1-13; 1 Corinthians 15:33; Revelation 1:9

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Friday, December 23, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul:

“Now Boaz, with whose women you have worked, is a relative of ours. Tonight he will be winnowing barley on the threshing floor. Wash, put on perfume, and get dressed in your best clothes. Then go down to the threshing floor, but don’t let him know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.”
(Ruth 3:2-3)

Naomi had it all planned out for her widowed daughter-in-law, Jesus.

It worked.
Boaz and Ruth became husband and wife.

But never let me forget:

It works
only when You work it.

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Proverbs 21:1; Jeremiah 10:23; Amos 3:6; Acts 4:28; Acts 13:48; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Hebrews 3:4

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Tuesday, October 18, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in wholehearted dedication:

“One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, ‘My daughter, I must find a home for you, where you will be well provided for.’”
(Ruth 3:1)

Naomi was a heartbroken widow, Jesus.

No one would have blamed her
for wanting Ruth to stay and take care of her.

But Naomi entrusted herself to You

and put Ruth’s needs ahead of her own.

O God!

Rise up within me so strongly
that I have that same caring heart toward others!

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Ruth 1:19-21; Psalm 78:7; Psalm 116:10; 1 Corinthians 10:24; Philippians 2:3-4; Hebrews 13:16; 1 Peter 4:10

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Wednesday, August 10, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with earnest desire:

“…Ruth stayed close to the women of Boaz to glean until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.”
(Ruth 2:23)

This wasn’t the life Ruth thought You were going to give her, Jesus

but trusting You, she embraced it anyway –

and oh, the reward that was finally hers!

Help me follow her example

believing with everything in me that in Your way and time

every promise You’ve made to me
will come true.

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Joshua 23:14; Psalm 33:4; Isaiah 49:7; Joel 2:23; 1 Corinthians 1:9; 1 Corinthians 4:17; 1 Thessalonians 5:24

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Sunday, June 5, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning zeal:

“Then Ruth the Moabite said, ‘He even said to me, “Stay with my workers until they finish harvesting all my grain.”’ Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, ‘It will be good for you, my daughter, to go with the women who work for him, because in someone else’s field you might be harmed.’”
(Ruth 2:21-22)

That’s what I plan to do, Jesus:

Stay with You.

I have no question in my mind whatsoever:

If I stray from Your loving care
I absolutely will be harmed!

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1 Kings 22:43; 2 Chronicles 20:32; Psalm 44:18; Psalm 119:10; Psalm 119:21; Psalm 119:110; 2 Thessalonians 1:8