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Saturday, July 23, 2022

 

Hold nothing back, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“The land by the sea will become pastures having wells for shepherds and pens for flocks.”
(Zephaniah 2:6)

This is how You punished Your disobedient nation, Jesus!

Wow.

You could have scorched the land, making it utterly useless for anything.

But You didn’t.
Instead, in the midst of Your disciplining anger

You turned the land they had defiled
into a blessing.

You’ve done that time and again for me!

Even while You’re correcting me
You’re blessing me in ways I would have never expected.

O God!
You Are Awesome!

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Exodus 33:19; Deuteronomy 13:17; 2 Samuel 24:14; 1 Kings 8:28; Romans 9:16; Hebrews 12:5-7; James 2:13

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Thursday, February 10, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in heart-melting gratitude:

“Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved…”
(2 Timothy 2:15)

That’s what I long for, Jesus!

with all my heart.

But how?

Seriously, how?

You know me.
You know what a mess I am.

If You wanted to

You could remind me of every sin I’ve ever committed.
What are they, now? In the billions?

But wait a minute!

Because I’ve put my faith in You
You’ve erased all my sins from Your record.

Wow.
That’s how.

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Psalm 103:8-12; Isaiah 43:25; Jeremiah 31:34; Romans 8:1-2; 2 Corinthians 10:18; Hebrews 8:12; 1 John 1:9-10

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Saturday, January 8, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with laser-focused intensity:

“Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood before the angel. The angel said to those who were standing before him, ‘Take off his filthy clothes.’ Then he said to Joshua, ‘See, I have taken away your sin, and I will put fine garments on you.’”
(Zechariah 3:4-5)

Is that how I look to you when I sin, Jesus?

As though I’m dressed in filthy clothes?

Wow.
I didn’t know.

I repent, LORD!

Clothe me in Your righteousness!

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2 Chronicles 32:26; Job 42:6; Isaiah 1:16; Isaiah 64:6; Jeremiah 8:6; Galatians 3:27; Colossians 3:8; Titus 2:11-14

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Tuesday, May 18, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in total adoration:

“…God our Father…”
(2 Thessalonians 2:16)

You and the Father are One, Jesus.

When Philip asked You to show them the Father
You answered, “ Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.”

Wow.

O Father!

You live in unapproachable Light!
No one has ever seen you or can see You.

No wonder You came to earth through the virgin birth

in the Person of Your Son

to help us draw closer to You!

Thank You for Jesus!

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John 12:32; John 14:8-9; 1 Timothy 6:15-16; Hebrews 7:19; Hebrews 10:1; Hebrews 10:22; James 4:8

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Thursday, February 11, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in grateful amazement:

“The word of the LORD came to Haggai a second time…”
(Haggai 2:20)

Even once would be amazing, Jesus!

But twice?
Wow.

To be chosen as one of Your prophets…

…to hear Your Voice…

…to have the holy privilege
of sharing Your message with others!

Oh, but I – along with every chosen child of God –

have an even greater privilege –
because I have Your Word in writing!

…and mine is the holy privilege
of sharing Your message with others!

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Exodus 3:10; 2 Samuel 7:5; Isaiah 38:5; Matthew 28:10; Matthew 28:19-20; 1 Corinthians 4:17; 2 Corinthians 5:20

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Thursday, February 4, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in sobered passion:

“This is what the Lord says: ‘As a shepherd rescues from the lion’s mouth only two leg bones or a piece of an ear, so will the Israelites living in Samaria be rescued, with only the head of a bed and a piece of fabric from a couch.’”
(Amos 3:12)

Talk about bleak, Jesus!

Wow.

After You sic their enemies on them…

not much will be left.

May I live in such a way

that You’re never forced to do the same to me.

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Exodus 23:22; Exodus 23:27; Leviticus 26:7-8; Numbers 10:9; Psalms 3:7; Luke 1:70-72; Revelation 11:12

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Monday, February 1, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in overcoming faith:

“Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death…”
(Revelation 2:13)

Oh, Jesus.

My first thought is, “Oh, no! Poor Antipas!”

But then I realize his death took him straight to heaven!

I can feel sorry for his friends and loved ones
but not for him.

My second thought is, “Oh, no! WHY Antipas?”

I mean, You Yourself said he was your “faithful witness.”

But then I envision the heavenly welcome he received

as Your faithful martyr.

Wow.

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Psalms 44:2; Luke 16:9; John 5:24; Hebrews 11:35-40; James 1:12; Revelation 1:18; Revelation 2:10-11; Revelation 12:11

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Friday, October 9, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo in genuine sorrow:

“…they must bring as their offering for the sin they committed a female goat without defect. They are to lay their hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering.”
(Leviticus 4:28-29)

If we had to do this today, Jesus

…there’d be a whole lot less sinning!

Having to look that perfect little female goat in the eye

and realizing I now had to kill her
because of the sin I had committed?

Wow.

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Leviticus 5:6; Numbers 15:27; Job 13:23; Psalms 32:5; Psalms 38:3; Psalms 51:2; 1 John 1:9

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Friday, September 25, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your heart:

“They…hoard plunder and loot in their fortresses.”
(Amos 3:10)

At first glance, this has nothing to do with me, Jesus.

But on second look, it nails me between the eyes.

The key word is “hoard,” isn’t it?

Could that apply to the things I’ve acquired
that I haven’t used for a long time –

things I’m holding onto “in case” I might need them?
Things I should let go of and share with others

who need them right now?

Wow.
Ouch.

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Proverbs 11:26; Proverbs 22:9; Ecclesiastes 5:13; Isaiah 23:18; Acts 4:32; Galatians 6:6; James 5:3

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Tuesday, July 7, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with heightened intensity:

“…be like a gazelle…”
(Song of Songs 2:17)

Lover talk, Jesus.

Good stuff. Wow.

But as with most of this fascinating book

there’s a spiritual application too, isn’t there?

I can’t match the gazelle’s 50 mph speed –

almost, but not quite as fast as the cheetah –

which loves to dine on gazelle.

But maybe I can match the gazelle’s intensity

as it attempts to elude its hunter.

O Great God:

Enable me to escape from Satan’s relentless pursuit!

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Deuteronomy 12:15; 2 Samuel 1:19; 2 Samuel 2:18; 1 Chronicles 12:8; Proverbs 6:1-5; Isaiah 13:14; Romans 15:4