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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

 

Pull on your work gloves, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling…”
(Philippians 2:12)

I can’t work UP my salvation, Jesus.

I’m saved by my faith in You, not by my works.

But I do have to work OUT my salvation once I’ve received it!

Not casually, but with fear and trembling –

‘cause the stakes are really, really, really high!

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Ecclesiastes 9:10; John 5:17; 1 Corinthians 15:58; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 6:7-8; Colossians 3:23-24; James 2:22

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Monday, October 10, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unshakable belief:

“The Lord said to Moses, ‘Take a census also of the Gershonites by their families and clans. Count all the men from thirty to fifty years of age who come to serve in the work at the tent of meeting.”
(Numbers 4:21-23)

Why would You command Moses to count these people, Jesus?

You already knew how many there were.

In fact, as we humans almost always do
they probably made a few mistakes while they were counting.

But You have us count people because people count!

especially those who faithfully serve You.

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Genesis 13:16; Exodus 30:12; Numbers 1:3; Numbers 31:26; Malachi 3:18; Philippians 3:2-3; Revelation 7:9

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Tuesday, October 4, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in total amazement:

“The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.”
(Genesis 3:21)

Humanly speaking, this is incomprehensible, Jesus.

Adam and Eve knowingly, deliberately, blatantly disobey You.
As a result, they discover they’re naked.

Of course, there are consequences:

They have to leave the Garden of Eden.
Work and childbirth become harder, more painful.

But instead of abandoning them

You clothe them!

O God! Your loving mercy is unfathomable!

…which is why I’m still drawing a breath on this earth.

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Exodus 33:19; Deuteronomy 13:17; Psalm 4:1; Psalm 6:2; Psalm 25:6; Matthew 5:7; 1 Timothy 1:16

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Tuesday, August 9, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unswerving dedication:

“If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work.”
(1 Corinthians 3:12-13)

You know when I’m following You with my whole heart, Jesus.

But when I stay true to you through the fire –

temptations, trials, disasters, heartbreak –

everybody else can see it, too.

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Deuteronomy 13:3; Ezekiel 21:13; Luke 8:13; Acts 20:19; 1 Corinthians 10:13; Hebrews 3:8; James 1:2-3

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Tuesday, August 2, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with bottomless trust:

“Aaron and his sons are to go into the sanctuary and assign to each man his work and what he is to carry. But the Kohathites must not go in to look at the holy things, even for a moment, or they will die.”
(Numbers 4:19-20)

There are some things that are off-limits for me, too, Jesus.

Please.
Show me what they are.

May I never desire

what You haven’t given me.

You’ve already given me

far more than I deserve!

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2 Samuel 12:7-9; Psalm 29:11; Psalm 37:22; Proverbs 3:33; Jeremiah 5:7; Romans 10:12; Philippians 4:19

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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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Friday, November 19, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul:

“Her mother-in-law asked her, ‘Where did you glean today? Where did you work? Blessed be the man who took notice of you! Then Ruth told her mother-in-law about the one at whose place she had been working. ‘The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz,’ she said. ‘The Lord bless him!’ Naomi said to her daughter-in-law.”
(Ruth 2:19-20)

Totally orchestrated by You, Jesus –

ancestors of Mary and Joseph…

and You!

Gotta love Grandpa Boaz and Grandma Ruth!

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Ruth 1:16-18; Ruth 4:13-22; Matthew 1:5-6; Matthew 22:42; Mark 10:47-48; Mark 12:35; Luke 3:31-32; Luke 18:38

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Tuesday, September 14, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in wholehearted dedication:

“So Ruth gleaned in the field until evening. Then she threshed the barley she had gathered, and it amounted to about an ephah. She carried it back to town, and her mother-in-law saw how much she had gathered. Ruth also brought out and gave her what she had left over after she had eaten enough.”
(Ruth 2:17-18)

Such a work ethic, Jesus!

Such a heart to serve, to share, to honor her mother-in-law!

No wonder You chose her as your ancestral grandmother

many generations before Your virgin birth!

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Ruth 1:16-18; Ruth 4:16-22; Matthew 1:5; Matthew 1:17; Romans 16:12; 1 Corinthians 4:12; 1 Thessalonians 5:12

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Thursday, August 26, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in devoted passion:

“Has not the Lord Almighty determined that the people’s labor is only fuel for the fire…”
(Habakkuk 3:13)

What a humbling thing to hear, Jesus!

That I can work my fingers to the bone every day of my life
only to have You snap Your fingers

and burn it all up?

That’s what becomes of everything I do for the wrong motives.

But O God!

Everything I do to please You

becomes eternal treasure

that will never fade, spoil, nor pass away!

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1 Samuel 16:7; Psalms 16:11; Isaiah 50:19; Matthew 6:19-21; 1 Corinthians 15:58; James 5:2; 1 Peter 5:4

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Friday, March 26, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in humble recognition:

“All their days their work is grief and pain; even at night their minds do not rest. This too is meaningless.”
(Ecclesiastes 2:23)

Well, no, it’s not, Jesus.

Just because Solomon didn’t understand its meaning
doesn’t mean it’s meaningless.

Solomon was incredibly wise.
But he wasn’t all-wise.

That description applies only to You!

Besides, it’s not true

that everyone experiences only grief and pain in their work –
along with restless nights.

Solomon was talking mostly about himself, wasn’t he?

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1 Kings 4:30-32; Jeremiah 31:26; Matthew 12:42; Luke 18:34; 1 Corinthians 15:56; 2 Corinthians 6:5; Galatians 2:2; 1 Thessalonians 3:6