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Thursday, April 11, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo with confidence:

“…the Lord is faithful…”
(2 Thessalonians 3:3)

I love this about You, Jesus!

No one is as faithful as You.

We make promises to one another with every intent to keep them.

But when circumstances change
our promises can fly out the window.

No so with You!

You’re All-Powerful.
You control all circumstances.

Because You see the future
nothing takes You by surprise.

The moment You make a promise

You know when, how and where You will keep it.

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Psalm 25:10; Ecclesiastes 8:7; Isaiah 46:10; Jeremiah 29:11; Daniel 2:45; 2 Timothy 2:13; Revelation 22:13

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Monday, November 13, 2023

 

Boast in the LORD! as you pray this Lazaroo:

“While the man held on to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and came running to them in the place called Solomon’s Colonnade. When Peter saw this, he said to them: ‘Fellow Israelites, why does this surprise you? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?’”
(Acts 3:11-12)

Peter refused to take credit for Your miracle, Jesus.

As You work miracle after miracle for me

may I always give credit where credit is due!

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Genesis 41:16; Psalm 44:3, 6-7; Isaiah 26:12; Daniel 2:27-28; Acts 12:23; Acts 14:8-18; Philippians 2:13

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Friday, October 7, 2022

 

Take a little comfort, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain. The Pharisees said to him, ‘Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?’”
(Mark 2:23-24)

If they criticized Your followers then, Jesus…

why am I surprised –

while I’m faithfully walking with You –

when they criticize me?

Please don’t let their harsh words upset me.

After all, taking heat for You
is a badge of honor!

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Numbers 12:8; Matthew 10:24;-26; Matthew 12:23-25; Luke 9:23; Luke 23:31; John 15:20-22; John 16:33

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Friday, July 23, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with heartfelt gratitude:

“…the Lord of peace himself…”
(2 Thessalonians 2:16)

You Are That, Jesus:

My Peace!

You warned me that in this world I’d have trouble.

But then You comforted me with this promise:

“But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

I need not be surprised when trouble comes.

You warned me it would.

But the good news is:

Trouble doesn’t have the power to rob me of Your peace!

“This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.”

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Genesis 32:28; Jeremiah 1:19; Matthew 16:18; Mark 9:24; John 16:33; Philippians 4:6; 1 John 4:4; 1 John 5:4

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Saturday, April 17, 2021

 

Surrender to God, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“Woe to you who live by the sea…”
(Zephaniah 2:5)

At first glance, that comes as a surprise, Jesus.

Oceanfront homes are highly sought-after.

But not if You curse it!

A home by the sea is vulnerable to hurricanes

to unusually high tides
to tsunamis.

Depending on how isolated

perhaps even to burglary
…or worse.

In fact, no home is safe

without Your protection.

Plant me wherever You want me, Father!

Wherever I can receive
Your incomparable, undeserved blessing.

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Exodus 14:2; Exodus 14:9; Psalms 106:7; Jeremiah 46:18; Ezekiel 27:32; Zephaniah 2:6; Acts 10:6

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Saturday, September 26, 2020

 

Hold nothing back, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“Deliverers will go up…”
(Obadiah 1:21)

Oh, how we need that to happen, Jesus!

Please! Bring it to pass!

Raise up deliverers for our entire world

for our nation
for our churches
for our families
for me.

Oh, now, wait a minute.

Do You desire to use me as one of Your deliverers?

Will You call me to go up in behalf of others

even as others are going up in behalf of me?

Now, that is a surprise!

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Genesis 14:20; Exodus 14:13; Judges 3:9; 2 Kings 13:5; Psalms 3:7; Psalms 7:1; Acts 7:35; Romans 11:26

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Saturday, May 9, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unrestrained allegiance:

“…receiving no help from the pagans.”
(3 John 1:7)

Is this a big ol’ surprise, Jesus?

No.
Hardly.

Pagans aren’t in the habit of helping me – or any of Your followers.

In fact, just the opposite.

They tend to get in our way

quite frequently opposing us.

So, receiving no help from the pagans

is no excuse for not being about Your business –

the business of sharing Your gospel with pagans

and being of eternal help to them.

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Isaiah 2:6; Isaiah 57:8; Lamentations 1:10; Matthew 5:47; Matthew 6:7; Matthew 6:32; Matthew 18:17