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Wednesday, July 3, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo with earnest desire:

“Now I will tell you what I am going to do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be destroyed; I will break down its wall, and it will be trampled. I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and briers and thorns will grow there. I will command the clouds not to rain on it.”
(Isaiah 5:5-6)

I never want to turn You into my enemy, Jesus!

Please keep me close to You.
Please – never let me stray.

I choose to stay in deep, daily, moment-by-moment, 1on1 relationship with You

forever.

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Psalm 34:18; Psalm 148:14; Jeremiah 30:21; Luke 10:42; Hebrews 7:19; Hebrews 10:22; James 4:8

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Monday, January 29, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo with locked-in faith:

“…I will give you…both wealth and honor—so that in your lifetime you will have no equal among kings. And if you walk in obedience to me and keep my decrees and commands as David your father did, I will give you a long life.”
(1 Kings 3:13-14)

In spite of Your amazing promises to him

Solomon strayed, Jesus.

How is that even possible?

I guess the same way I stray
in spite of all Your amazing promises to me.

Please rise up within me
to break this terrible cycle!

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Exodus 33:19; 2 Chronicles 6:41; Nehemiah 9:25; Psalm 23:6; Psalm 116:12; 2 Thessalonians 1:11; Hebrews 6:4-12

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Tuesday, November 28, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with immovable determination:

“Altogether, those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds numbered 212…The gatekeepers had been assigned to their positions of trust by David and Samuel the seer. They and their descendants were in charge of guarding the gates of the house of the Lord—the house called the tent of meeting.”
(1 Chronicles 9:22-23)

Your House still needs to be guarded, Jesus

even today.

There are many who seek to water down Your gospel

stray from Your Word

turn Your Church into a social club.

May I ever fulfill my position of trust!

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1 Kings 8:26; Psalm 119:9; Psalm 119:11; Psalm 119:16-17; Psalm 119:25; Isaiah 8:20; John 17:17

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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

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Monday, October 25, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with overflowing gratitude:

“Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity.”
(Joel 2:13)

O Jesus!

Yes!

I never want to stray, never want to sin, never want to disappoint You.

But when I do –

for sadly, I have many times –

don’t let me stay out there in the wilderness!

Bring back this wandering sheep to You!

For You are indeed loving, gracious, compassionate!

You would far rather bless me

than punish.

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Exodus 22:27; Deuteronomy 13:17; 2 Kings 13:23; Psalms 51:1; Matthew 9:36; 2 Corinthians 1:3; James 2:13

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Tuesday, March 23, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with white-hot fervor:

“…I was angry with that generation; I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known my ways.’ So I declared on oath in my anger, ‘They shall never enter my rest.’”
(Hebrews 3:10-11)

You spell out pretty clearly what causes You to become angry with a generation of people, Jesus:

hearts that go astray
refusal to know Your ways.

O God!

Help me truly know You and Your ways!
Rise up within me so strongly –

that I never stray!

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Psalms 119:10; Psalms 119:21; Psalms 119:110; Psalms 119:118; Psalms 119:176; Isaiah 55:6-11; Acts 13:10; Revelation 15:3

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Sunday, February 9, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with utter abandon:

“…the Jews…drove us out …”
(1 Thessalonians 2:14-15)

I love the Jews, Jesus.

Not as much as You do, because no one could.
But my love for Your chosen people is fierce and strong.

Still…there were times when You were so upset with them

that You threatened to wipe them off the face of the earth.
You didn’t…but You punished them severely.

I know You love me –

enough to do whatever it takes to turn me around

when I stray.

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Psalms 119:176; Isaiah 26:16; Jeremiah 31:18-19; Hosea 7:13; 1 Corinthians 11:32; Ephesians 6:24; Hebrews 12:7-10

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Thursday, July 4, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in purest devotion:

“A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum…”
(Mark 2:1)

A second chance with You, Jesus.

Priceless.

During Your first visit to Capernaum

You taught with authority –
casting out demons, healing the sick.

That night the whole town showed up at Peter’s door.
But next day you left Capernaum to preach in nearby villages.

If I have strayed one inch from Your love, mercy, truth and power

draw me back to You, my Savior!
never to falter again.

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2 Chronicles 20:32; Psalms 44:18; Psalms 119:10; Psalms 119:21; Psalms 119:110; Proverbs 24:10; Hosea 7:13; Mark 1:21-39

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Wednesday, June 19, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in fervency of spirit

“Afterward the Israelites will return…”
(Hosea 3:5)

That’s what it usually takes for me to return to You, Jesus…

a sign, a tragedy, an event, a message
something that rocks my world.

Only then do I do what I should have done without any push from You:

Turn around, head in the right direction
all the way back home.

Of course, if we’re talking what I should have done…

I never should have strayed from You to begin with.

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2 Chronicles 20:32; Psalms 44:18; Psalms 119:10; Psalms 119:21; Psalms 119:118; Psalms 119:176; 1 Peter 2:25

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Tuesday, March 28, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with white-hot fervor:

“Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies…”
(Psalms 5:8)

I don’t know, Jesus –

Is it easier to live a righteous life while my enemies are attacking
or when it appears they’re giving me a break?

While under attack

I might lean hard on You…
or get discouraged and sin.

When free from attack

I might worship You in gratitude…
or grow complacent and stray.

Please, LORD!

In trouble or not
lead me all the time.

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1 Samuel 2:1; 2 Samuel 5:20; 2 Samuel 22:48-49; 1 Chronicles 12:17; Psalms 7:6; Matthew 10:36; Luke 6:35; Hebrews 10:27