Pray this Lazaroo with renewed focus: 

“Jesus replied, ‘Let us go somewhere else – to the nearby villages – so I can preach there also. That is why I have come.‘”
(Mark 1:38)

I’m learning so much from this, Jesus!

You didn’t allow what just happened to distract You.
It didn’t matter to You what people were saying about You

good or bad.

You knew why You had come.
You stayed on target.

You made every day count
knowing that was the only way You’d reach Your goal.

That’s the only way I’m going to reach mine.

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Deuteronomy 5:32; 1 Kings 13:1-26; 1 Kings 20:35-42; Proverbs 5:7; John 9:4; John 17:4; Philippians 3:12-15

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

“I am sending you to Pharaoh…”
(Exodus 3:10)

Anybody but Pharaoh, Jesus

That’s what I’m guessing Moses must have been thinking.

“Okay, burning bush…awesome.
You’re sending me on a mission?
Wow. I’m honored.

“But not to that guy! Please!
Anywhere but there.
Anybody but him!”

Is it just my imagination…

or do You enable me to conquer my fears
by sending me straight into them?

Not exactly a comforting thought.
In fact, it scares me spitless even to think it.

Oh, no.
Another fear.

Straight into it, huh?
Deep breath.

Okay.
Let’s go.

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Job 3:25; Psalms 34:4; Psalms 76:7; Isaiah 57:11; John 19:38; 2 Corinthians 7:5; 1 John 4:18

 Pray the words of this Lazaroo with laser-focused intensity: 

“So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night…”
(Matthew 2:14)

Joseph didn’t wait for daylight, Jesus.

The moment You warned him
he moved.

If he had turned over and slept a while longer, he could have justified it.

He’d have more energy after a full night’s rest.
It’s easier to see when the sun’s up.

Nobody wants to wake a sleeping baby
or an exhausted, sleeping mother.

But all he needed was one word from You and he was on his feet.

I can learn from Joseph.

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2 Samuel 15:14; Matthew 4:21-22; Mark 9:24; Luke 5:25; Acts 9:34; Acts 10:33; Acts 12:23; Acts 16:33

 Pray this Lazaroo in Holy Spirit-led caution: 

“Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”
(Genesis 3:1)

No. That’s not what You said, Jesus.

But that is Satan’s specialty:

misquoting
twisting
misusing Your Word

Adam and Eve found out the hard way
and pulled the rest of us in after them.

I’ve found out the hard way, too:

Satan uses more than snakes to do that.
He’ll use anything and anybody:

Preachers
Actors
Scholars
Musicians
Experts
Teachers
Scientists
Coaches
Leaders
Athletes
Friends
Bestselling authors
Family

circumstances
pain
pleasure
failure
success

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1 Chronicles 21:1; Matthew 4:10; Matthew 16:23; Mark 4:15; Luke 22:3; Acts 5:3; 2 Corinthians 11:14

 Be fueled by hope, as you pray this Lazaroo: 

“…a covenant of life and peace.”
(Malachi 2:5)

O LORD.

Does that ever sound good, Jesus!

“…life and peace.”

I’m willing to go to war for You.

Been there.
Done that.

I’ll do it again – as often as necessary.

But instead of death and turmoil
I’d rather have life and peace.

I know – in this world, peace is an oasis in the desert
a brief pause between battles –

except for the peace that only You can give
in the midst of all storms.

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Proverbs 3:13-17; Proverbs 14:30; John 12:25; John 16:33; John 20:21; 1 Timothy 6:19; 1 John 4:17

 Be filled with hope as you pray this Lazaroo: 

“Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the great number of men and livestock in it.”
(Zechariah 2:4)

What a picture, Jesus!

Back in the day, city walls protected the people inside.

But what happens when You bless a city so greatly that it outgrows its walls?

The walls come down.

Walls are good…

to a point.

But they’re a testament to fear –

which is why we build them as high and as thick as we can
until the day comes when You show us:

Thanks to You
there’s no longer any need.

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Joshua 6:5; 2 Chronicles 36:19; Ezra 9:9; Nehemiah 2:17; Proverbs 16:28; Proverbs 17:9; Zechariah 2:5; Ephesians 2:14; Revelation 21:14

 Pray this Lazaroo in sobered awarness: 

“Haggai said, ‘If a person defiled by contact with a dead body touches one of these things, does it become defiled?’”
(Haggai 2:13)

Jewish rules, Jesus…

intended to teach me larger issues.
Please help me understand!

What are the things that defile me?
What are the thoughts, words, actions that pollute my life?

I’m not the only one they affect, am I?
I become a disease- carrier

infecting everyone and everything I touch.

Bleak picture.
Excellent warning.

Thank You.
I needed that.

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Romans 8:13; Romans 15:4; 2 Corinthians 10:5; 2 Corinthians 11:3; Galatians 3:24; Galatians 5:24; Colossians 3:5

 Pray the words of this Lazaroo with every fiber of your being: 

“…a day of clouds and blackness…”
(Zephaniah 1:15)

I’ve had my share of days like that, Jesus –

clouds and blackness.

Sometimes it feels like in Your generosity

You’ve added in someone else’s share.

The question is:

What do I do with them?

I’m tempted to hunker down, curl up in the fetal position

pray for them to go away.

But is that why You’ve given them to me?

Or is it to stand tall
look them straight in the eye
grab them by the scruff of their scrawny necks

and overcome by faith.

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Deuteronomy 34:7; 2 Kings 23:25; 1 Chronicles 16:11; Psalms 105:4; Jeremiah 1:19; Jeremiah 15:20; Matthew 16:18

 Pray the words of this Lazaroo with total abandon: 

“…the righteous will live by his faith…”
(Habakkuk 2:4)

That’s how You want me to live, isn’t it, Jesus?

By faith.

Nothing else is living.

All the rest is stasis.

Sight is limiting.

To be held back by what I see?
To have my world defined by the horizon?

Huh-uh.

Give me the wild, woolly, terrifying

absolutely certain

life that is truly life.

Beyond the stars
Beyond my wildest expectations
Beyond my highest

prayers
desires
thoughts
hopes

Your Word on it.

That’s all I need.

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Acts 3:16; Acts 15:9; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:17; Romans 3:28; Romans 4:13; 2 Corinthians 5:7; Galatians 2:20

 Hold nothing back as you passionately pray this Lazaroo: 

“Look, there on the mountains, the feet of one…who proclaims peace!”
(Nahum 1:15)

That’s who I want to be, Jesus –

a proclaimer of peace.

There are a lot of people who want to pick a fight.

May I never be among their number.

I know – sometimes I have to fight to win the peace.

On such days, may I fight with all Your strength that so powerfully works within me!

But after I’ve won the battle
show me how to win the peace.

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Psalms 29:11; Psalms 34:14; Psalms 37:37; Psalms 119:165; Proverbs 12:20; John 16:33; John 20:21