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Tuesday, March 12, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo with excuseless repentance:

“This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘These people say, “The time has not yet come to rebuild the Lord’s house.”’ Then the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai: ‘Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses, while this house remains a ruin?’”
(Haggai 1:2-4)

There’s a time for everything, Jesus.

But when I claim it’s not the time to serve You
because I’m too busy serving myself?

You see through me –
straight to my selfish, me-centered heart.

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Psalm 119:36; Proverbs 18:1; Matthew 6:33; 2 Corinthians 12:20; Galatians 5:20; Philippians 1:17; Philippians 2:3

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Sunday, March 7, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning emotion:

“Do nothing out of selfish ambition…”
(Philippians 2:3)

That’s a tall order, Jesus!

Oh, not because I don’t agree.
But because selfish ambition is so hard to recognize.

Oh, not all that hard to recognize in others.
But devilishly hard to recognize in myself.

I used the right word, didn’t I?

Selfish ambition comes straight from the pits of hell.

O God!

Forgive me for every self-centered thought and act!

Purify my ambition!
May I desire Your will

and Your will alone.

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Psalms 119:36; Proverbs 18:1; Romans 12:10; 2 Corinthians 12:20; Galatians 5:20; Philippians 1:17; James 3:14-16

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Thursday, December 19, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in crystal clear recognition:

“Are [the rich]…not the ones who are dragging you into court?”
(James 2:6)

What an eye-opener, Jesus.

How often do I disregard those willing to help
and fawn on those who care only about themselves?

I prefer to think the answer is: Never!

But it’s possible that I’m in denial.

This world praises many people undeserving of adulation

while looking down on those worthy of respect.

O God!

Help me rip from my eyes the blinders of this world!

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Psalms 17:14; Psalms 49:1, 2, 13; Isaiah 40:23; John 8:23; John 9:39; John 12:31; Romans 12:2

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Friday, June 23, 2017

 

Take this lesson to heart, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“There will be no survivors from the house of Esau.”
(Obadiah 1:18)

Even before he was born

You knew what kind of person Esau would be, Jesus.

He lived for the moment, failed to plan ahead
cared more about pleasing himself than pleasing You.

How different is that from most of the people of my generation?

When that’s most of what I see
it’s easy to think of it as normal.

But that kind of “normal”

leaves no survivors.

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Jeremiah 5:31; Ezekiel 34:7-10; Matthew 6:33; Matthew 7:13-14; Luke 7:30; Luke 12:13-21; 2 Corinthians 5:15; 1 Timothy 6:17-19