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Friday, June 7, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo with humbled caution:

“Do you not realize that a commander and a great man has fallen in Israel this day? And today, though I am the anointed king, I am weak, and these sons of Zeruiah are too strong for me. May the Lord repay the evildoer according to his evil deeds!”
(2 Samuel 3:38-39)

Even a king has limitations, Jesus.

His top general was a huge help…

but also a murderer –

too strong for David to remove.

Sometimes You saddle me with a problem person

because I need the good they also do!

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2 Samuel 8:16; 2 Samuel 16:9-10; 2 Samuel 18:2; 2 Samuel 21:16-17; 1 Kings 1:5-7; 1 Kings 2:5-6; Matthew 13:24-30

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Tuesday, April 23, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo in stunned realization:

“Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be. Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.”
(James 3:10-12)

I think You just nailed me, Jesus.

Do I praise You?

Yes. Absolutely.

Do I sometimes speak judgmental words of anger and disrespect?

Sadly, I do.

Looks like I’m due for some

spring cleaning.

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Proverbs 1:23; Proverbs 25:26; John 4:14; Acts 2:38-39; 2 Corinthians 7:9-19; 2 Peter 3:9; Revelation 21:6

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024

 

See it clearly, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“…they all came and urged David to eat something while it was still day; but David took an oath, saying, ‘May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!’ All the people took note and were pleased; indeed, everything the king did pleased them.”
(2 Samuel 3:35-36)

To be popular with the majority of people, Jesus?

Sure.
Sometimes.

But for everything David did to please them?

Only You.

That’s a good reminder:

My approval rating lies with You.

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Ezekiel 2:6; 1 Samuel 2:26; Psalm 49:18-19; Matthew 5:11-12; Matthew 10:25; Luke 2:52; Luke 6:26

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Sunday, February 11, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo all the way to the marrow of your bones:

“Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything, to try to please them, not to talk back to them, and not to steal from them, but to show that they can be fully trusted…”
(Titus 2:9-10)

I’m Your slave, Jesus!

I desperately want to show you and others
that I’m trustworthy.

But my problem is that sometimes

I haven’t been.

I need Your help to become everything You’ve created me to be!

Please give me another chance.

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Exodus 18:21; Nehemiah 13:13; Proverbs 11:13; Daniel 6:4; Romans 7:25; 1 Corinthians 7:22; Ephesians 6:6

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Thursday, January 11, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unwavering devotion:

“…the king of Egypt said, ‘Moses and Aaron, why are you taking the people away from their labor? Get back to your work!’’…That same day Pharaoh gave this order: ‘You are no longer to supply the people with straw for making bricks; let them go and gather their own straw.”
(Exodus 5:4,6-7)

When I obey You, Jesus

sometimes things get worse.

At first.

But when I continue to obey You no matter what

the outcome is always more than worth it.

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Genesis 29:25; Genesis 44:4; Exodus 5:22; Numbers 11:11; Job 7:20; Matthew 27:46; Luke 2:48

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Monday, December 11, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in heart-pounding love:

“During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with fervent cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission.”
(Hebrews 5:7)

The whole time You were here, Jesus

You knew why You’d come.

Even so, You begged to be delivered from death.

As He sometimes says to me
Your Father said, “no.”

But to our resurrection from the dead

He says, “Yes!”

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Job 19:26-27; Matthew 27:53; Luke 14:14; Acts 4:33; Romans 6:5; 1 Corinthians 15:21; Hebrews 9:27-28

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Friday, December 1, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with no-holds-barred surrender:

“…pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil people…”
(2 Thessalonians 3:2)

Sometimes these people seemingly pop up out of nowhere, Jesus.

But more times than not
I had a hand in bringing them into my life.

Of course, I didn’t know at the time
how much trouble they’d be.

But You did.

You’ve warned me repeatedly
about what happens
when I consort with the wrong people.

I don’t deserve deliverance from their clutches.

But in Your loving mercy
I’m begging You to do exactly that.

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Genesis 14:20; Numbers 21:34; Deuteronomy 2:33; Judges 6:9; Psalm 22:4; 1 Corinthians 15:33; 2 Corinthians 1:10; 2 Timothy 4:17

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Thursday, October 19, 2023

 

Ask big! as you pray this Lazaroo:

“Then I said, ‘Not so, Sovereign Lord! I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now…No impure meat has ever entered my mouth.’ ‘Very well,’ he said, ‘I will let you bake your bread over cow dung instead of human excrement.’”
(Ezekiel 4:14-15)

Did Ezekiel talk You out of it, Jesus…

or was this a test?

Sometimes I don’t get what I want because I didn’t ask.

Even so, You say yes

only when it’s Your will!

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Genesis 18:17-32; Joshua 10:12-14; Psalm 37:4; Isaiah 38:1-5; Luke 18:7; 1 Thessalonians 5:17; James 4:2; 1 John 5:14-15

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Sunday, June 25, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in mounting anticipation:

“Adam made love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, ‘With the help of the Lord I have brought forth a man.’ Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil.”
(Genesis 4:1-2)

And so the stage is set, Jesus.

It begins with joy
and ends with tragedy.

Two very different boys
two very different outcomes.

Only You know why life sometimes works this way

but one day, You’ll explain it all!

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Genesis 29:23; 1 Kings 17:20; Ecclesiastes 3:1-8; Matthew 16:23; Romans 3:4; 1 Corinthians 13:12; Galatians 5:22

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Tuesday, April 25, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with bottomless trust:

“…there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people.’”
(Luke 2:8-10)

Sometimes when You show up I’m afraid, Jesus

because I mistake what You’re doing for something bad.

But it isn’t.

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Genesis 18:15; Genesis 28:17; Exodus 3:6; 1 Samuel 3:15; 2 Samuel 6:9; Isaiah 41:10; Acts 24:25