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Tuesday, March 5, 2024

 

Open your heart, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you, just as you say he is. Hate evil, love good; maintain justice in the courts. Perhaps the Lord God Almighty will have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.”
(Amos 5:14-15)

This is Your Word through the prophet Amos, Jesus

to those who have sinned greatly.

I will do my best to follow it.

Fits me to a T.

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Exodus 9:27; Leviticus 5:5; Numbers 22:34; Judges 10:10; Luke 15:18; Romans 3:23; James 5:15

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo with compassion:

“Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without victims!”
(Nahum 3:1)

That’s what got to You the most, wasn’t it, Jesus?

The victims.

Those who lost their lives due to the monstrous cruelty embedded in Nineveh’s culture.

Those who lost loved ones, grieving without relief.
Broken promises, broken homes, broken lives.

It was all about the victims then

it’s all about the victims now.

You’re the same – yesterday, today and forever.

Our suffering
continues to break Your heart!

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Exodus 21:16; Numbers 23:243; Psalm 10:8; Proverbs 7:26-27; Ezekiel 34:29; Hosea 6:9; Matthew 5:32; Hebrews 13:8

Friday, December 29, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your heart:

“Then you will know that I am in Israel, that I am the LORD your God, and that there is no other…”
(Joel 2:27)

The heathen world worships gods of their own invention Jesus

creating idols

supposing there must be
gods of the sun, moon, sea,
plants and animals

not understanding that You created them all.
You’re the God of all.

Please help me not think, talk or act like a heathen

while pointing the lost to You.

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Job 18:21; Psalm 2:1-6; Acts 17:23; Galatians 4:8; 1 Thessalonians 4:5; 2 Thessalonians 1:8; 1 John 4:8

Thursday, May 4, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in gratitude and awe:

“When Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits, he went over to lie down at the far end of the grain pile.”
(Ruth 3:7)

If Boaz thought he was in good spirits then, Jesus

You were about to take him to a whole ‘nuther level!

He was about to get a new wife and a new life.

Moreover, You were adding him to the bloodline
from which You would one day be born –

and by Your blood shed on the cross
I’ve been born again!

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Ruth 4:21-22; Matthew 9:27; Acts 20:28; Romans 3:25; Romans 5:9; 1 Corinthians 11:25; Ephesians 1:7; Colossians 1:20

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

 

Open your heart, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“Then the Lord was jealous for his land…”
(Joel 2:18)

“Then,” Jesus?

When?

What turns Your heart toward us, though we have sinned

though we deserve nothing but wrath?

What makes You jealous for this land we have so defiled by our disobedience?

It’s when we cry out to You in repentance, isn’t it –

begging for Your mercy –
which by very definition we don’t deserve.

It’s when we call on You to honor Your great Name we have so besmirched.

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Exodus 9:16; Numbers 6:27; 2 Chronicles 7:14; Psalm 91:14; Joel 2:17; Matthew 18:20; Acts 15:17

Sunday, July 7, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:

“The total number of Levites counted at the LORD’s command…”
(Numbers 3:39)

It’s a good thing You’re the one who ordered this, Jesus

because the Levites were not to be counted.

That’s a bit confusing.

First You tell them not to do something
then You order them to do it.

What am I to do with such commands?

Obey them each time!

Don’t do it when You say not to.
Do it when You command it.

Pretty simple, really.

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Genesis 13:16; Genesis 26:4-5; Leviticus 1:47-49; Numbers 3:15; 1 Chronicles 21:1-7; Psalms 119:34; John 14:24