Category Archives: wall

Thursday, February 8, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo in Bold, Brave, Belief!

“’Don’t be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your families, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes.’ When our enemies heard that we were aware of their plot and that God had frustrated it, we all returned to the wall, each to our own work.”
(Nehemiah 4:14-15)

They were outnumbered, Jesus.

Their enemies’ armies were powerful.

But You responded to their total faith in You with deliverance!

Fill me with such faith, Holy Spirit!
I need You!

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Genesis 15:1; Exodus 14:13; Numbers 14:9; Isaiah 41:10; Matthew 10:26-28; Luke 12:32; John 14:27

Monday, December 4, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with total transparency:

“Then the Jews who lived near them came and told us ten times over, ‘Wherever you turn, they will attack us.’ Therefore I stationed some of the people behind the lowest points of the wall at the exposed places, posting them by families, with their swords, spears and bows.”
(Nehemiah 4:12-13)

When I’m warned, Jesus

I have to respond.

But only You know whether the threat is real.

If it is, only You know the proper response.

Lead me, Holy Spirit!

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Exodus 33:13; Psalm 25:4-5; Psalm 119:33; Psalm 119:68; John 14:26; 1 Timothy 1:17; Jude 1:25

Friday, September 29, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with no-holds-barred surrender:

“Meanwhile, the people in Judah said, ‘The strength of the laborers is giving out, and there is so much rubble that we cannot rebuild the wall.’ Also our enemies said, ‘Before they know it or see us, we will be right there among them and will kill them and put an end to the work.’”
(Nehemiah 4:10-11)

Lies, Jesus. All lies.

That’s who Satan is:

a liar.

May I never allow the false words of my friends or enemies

to hinder my service to You!

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1 Kings 13:18; Psalm 31:18; Psalm 78:36; Psalm 109:2; Psalm 120:2; Proverbs 10:18; John 8:44

Wednesday, July 5, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with earnest desire:

“Now the priests who carried the ark remained standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything the Lord had commanded Joshua was done by the people, just as Moses had directed Joshua. The people hurried over…”
(Joshua 4:10)

It’s incredibly hard to stand still, Jesus –

especially when everybody else is hurrying past
under the shadow of a towering wall of water!

But may I move when You say move

and stay put when You so command.

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Genesis 26:2; Exodus 3:10; Exodus 4:12; Exodus 32:34; Judges 7:4; Proverbs 1:15; Matthew 24:26; Matthew 28:19

Saturday, May 20, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with laser-focused intensity:

“So we rebuilt the wall till all of it reached half its height, for the people worked with all their heart.”
(Nehemiah 4:6)

That’s the key to real progress, isn’t it, Jesus?

To work with all our hearts.

And not just one or two of us.
All of us.

It’s rare, though.

Why is it that only some of us serve You with that kind of passion?

What we need is all-out revival!
Will You bring that to pass in our lifetimes?

Revive us again!

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Psalm 9:1; Psalm 80:18; Psalm 85:6; Psalm 108:1; Psalm 111:1; Isaiah 57:15; Hosea 6:2; Ephesians 6:7

Sunday, March 5, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning emotion:

“Solomon made an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt and married his daughter. He brought her to the City of David until he finished building his palace and the temple of the Lord, and the wall around Jerusalem. The people, however, were still sacrificing at the high places…”
(1 Kings 3:1-2)

And so it starts to unravel, Jesus…

Solomon enters a forbidden marriage
the people worshiping where they shouldn’t.

The more disobedience I incorporate in my life

the more swiftly my downfall arrives.

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Leviticus 26:30; 1 Kings 3:3; 1 Kings 11:1-3; 1 Kings 13:34; 2 Chronicles 26:16; 1 Thessalonians 3:5; James 1:13-14

Thursday, February 9, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in peaceful trust:

“In the evening they will lie down in the houses of Ashkelon. The Lord their God will care for them…”
(Zephaniah 2:7)

Ashkelon was one of the most secure, well-defended cities of its day, Jesus.

Those who lived there could sleep soundly

knowing they were protected by a huge wall on the land side
and by a high natural bluff on the side facing the sea.

But may I always remember:

Without Your protection, nobody is safe.

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Psalm 3:5; Psalm 4:8; Psalm 16:1; Psalm 27:5; Psalm 140:4; Psalm 141:9; 1 Thessalonians 5:3

Saturday, January 28, 2023

 

Pay extremely close attention, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“…take an iron pan, place it as an iron wall between you and the city and turn your face toward it…This will be a sign to the people of Israel. Then lie on your left side and put the sin of the people of Israel upon yourself.”
(Ezekiel 4:3-4)

How many times, Jesus

have You called on Your prophets, preachers and pastors
to be a sign to Your sinning people

to repent, change their hearts and their evil ways
before it’s too late?

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Exodus 13:9; Joshua 4:6; 1 Samuel 2:34; 1 Kings 13:3; Psalm 71:7; Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 16:4

Sunday, January 8, 2023

 

May the Hope of God rise within you, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“‘What are those feeble Jews doing? Will they restore their wall? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day? Can they bring the stones back to life from those heaps of rubble—burned as they are?’…’What they are building—even a fox climbing up on it would break down their wall of stones!’”
(Nehemiah 4:2-3)

Maybe those Jews were feeble, Jesus.

Maybe they couldn’t restore the broken down wall of Jerusalem
in a single day.

But how about in 52 days!!!

They stunned the world

because you were with them.

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Deuteronomy 31:6; Joshua 10:42; Joshua 23:3; 1 Kings 8:57; Nehemiah 6:15; Matthew 28:19-20; 1 Corinthians 1:8

Thursday, November 3, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo bursting with confidence:

“When Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became angry and was greatly incensed. He ridiculed the Jews, and in the presence of his associates and the army of Samaria, he said, ‘What are those feeble Jews doing’”
(Nehemiah 4:1-2)

To my enemies, Jesus

I may look feeble.

But if my enemies are Your enemies

my enemies are underestimating what You’re able to do

through one of Your feeble followers
who puts all my trust in You.

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Exodus 15:2; Psalm 38:8; Psalm 118:14; Isaiah 35:3; Zehariah 12:8; 2 Corinthians 12:10; Hebrews 12:2