Category Archives: Time

Friday, December 22, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul:

“As you summon to a feast day, so you summoned against me terrors on every side. In the day of the Lord’s anger no one escaped or survived; those I cared for and reared my enemy has destroyed.”
(Lamentations 2:22)

We make a lethal mistake, don’t we, Jesus?

When we sin and nothing happens
we think nothing will happen.

We fail to realize You’re giving us time to repent.

But if we don’t

on a day seemingly like any other
suddenly the day of Your anger will arrive.

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Isaiah 13:6; Ezekiel 30:3; Joel 1:15; Amos 5:18; Obadiah 1:15; Acts 2:20; 1 Thessalonians 5:2; 2 Peter 3:9

Tuesday, December 19, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with wholehearted dedication:

“I am writing these things to you about those who are trying to lead you astray.”
(1 John 2:26)

It’s hard to believe there are people like that, Jesus!

I don’t get it.

Why would anyone want to lead me astray?

Oh.

They’re being influenced by Satan, aren’t they?

He’s at war with You.
He hates that I belong to You.

So he’s doing everything in his power
to turn me toward him and away from You.

But he’s wasting his time.

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Psalm 119:67; Matthew 6:13; Matthew 26:41; Acts 26:17-18; 1 Corinthians 10:13; 1 Thessalonians 3:5; Revelation 12:7

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with explosive feeling:

“…when David heard about this, he said, ‘I and my kingdom are forever innocent before the Lord concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner. May his blood fall on the head of Joab…”
(2 Samuel 3:28-29)

The thing is, Jesus

Your Name is EL DEAH.

You know.

Joab was, indeed, guilty.

The day came

when he paid with his life.

May I never forget Your Name, EL DEAH!

not only to waste no time lying to You

but also to rest assured that when I’m mistreated

You know.

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Psalm 94:11; Luke 16:15; 1 Corinthians 3:20; 2 Corinthians 11:11; 2 Corinthians 12:2-3; 2 Timothy 2:19; 2 Peter 2:9

Friday, November 17, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul:

“I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself. My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me. Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes.”
(1 Corinthians 4:3-5)

You’re my judge, Jesus.

But even better
You’re my compassionate, loving, merciful Savior!

Others see my results.

You see my heart –
how passionately I long to please You!

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Psalm 69:30-32; Isaiah 56:4-5; John 8:29; 1 Corinthians 7:32; Ephesians 5:10; Colossians 3:20; 1 John 3:22

Thursday, November 9, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with over-the-top trust:

“But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told. On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived.”
(Luke 2:19-21)

Help me treasure up everything You’re doing in my life, Jesus

and ponder them in my heart

to discern Your perfect will for my life!

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Nehemiah 5:7; Psalm 64:9; Psalm 107:43; Psalm 111:2; Psalm 119:95; Ecclesiastes 12:9; Luke 2:51

Wednesday, November 1, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in trusting confidence:

“This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘These people say, “The time has not yet come to rebuild the Lord’s house.”’”
(Haggai 1:2)

That doesn’t sound like discernment, Jesus.

It sounds like laziness.

May I never put off doing Your will because it requires a lot of work!

And by the same token:

May I never put off doing Your will
because I realize my very best work won’t be enough!

May I always trust that Your All-Powerful Hand

will be able to accomplish what I cannot!

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Psalm 44:3, 6-7; Proverbs 21:30; Isaiah 26:12; Jeremiah 10:23; Acts 4:28; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Hebrews 3:4

Sunday, August 20, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with rock-solid confidence:

“With a blinding flash he destroys the stronghold and brings the fortified city to ruin. There are those who hate the one who upholds justice in court and detest the one who tells the truth.”
(Amos 5:9-10)

You see what’s going on, Jesus!

To us, it feels like You refuse to do anything about it.

It does, that is…

until in one moment
You utterly ruin the wicked!

Help me to trust Your perfect way and time.

You alone know

When
How
Why!

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Psalm 31:15; Psalm 37:13; Psalm 40:17; Daniel 9:19; Habakkuk 2:3; Malachi 4:1; Hebrews 10:37

Sunday, May 21, 2023

 

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

“…God’s solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: ‘The Lord knows those who are his…’”
(2 Timothy 2:19)

Your Word is that foundation, Jesus

not because it’s in writing
not because it’s the Bible
but because it’s You.

You Are The Word.

That’s
Solid.

But what means the world to me is knowing I belong to You!

You know me.
You chose me.
You saved me.
I’m Yours.

Not merely for my time on this earth
but through all eternity!

You’re right:

That seals it!

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Isaiah 43:1; Malachi 2:15; Mark 9:41; John 1:1-4; Galatians 3:29; 2 Timothy 2:11-13; James 2:7

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in deepest gratitude:

“The priests then brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, and put it beneath the wings of the cherubim. The cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and covered the ark and its carrying poles.”
(2 Chronicles 5:7-8)

This was the last time most of them would ever see the ark, Jesus.

But because of what You did on the cross
I’m meeting with You in the Most Holy Place right now!

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Exodus 26:33; Leviticus 16:2; Hebrews 9:3; Hebrews 9:8; Hebrews 9:12; Hebrews 9:25; Hebrews 10:19

Sunday, March 26, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:

“Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.”
(1 Peter 2:10)

Once I was lost, Jesus

but now I’m found.

by You.

Of course, You knew me the whole time – even before I was born

even before You created the world.

I was the clueless one.

I was the one who was lost and on my way to hell
because I didn’t have You.

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Psalm 139:13-16; Matthew 18:12-13; Luke 19:10; Romans 8:29; Romans 10:20; Romans 11:2; 1 Corinthians 15:19; Ephesians 1:4-5