All posts by Stephen Schwambach

#1on1withJesus, 1on1, 1on1 Church, 1on1church.com, Alpha and Omega, Bible, Bright Morning Star, child of the king, Chosen, chosen as the mother of Jesus, Creator of the Universe, daily devotion, daily devotional, daily devotions, daily prayer, Everlasting Love, God, God has done great things, God has done great things for me, great things, has done great things, how I feel, how Mary felt, Jesus, Lazaroo, Lazaroo.com, Mary, Mighty One, Mother Mary, Prayer, pregnant with Jesus, Priceless, Savior of the world, steve1on1

Thursday, December 20, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with pure devotion:

“…the Mighty One has done great things for me…”
(Luke 1:49)

That’s how Mary felt when she was pregnant with You, Jesus!

And she was right.

To be chosen as the mother of the Savior of the world?

Priceless.

You have done great things for me, too, Mighty One!

To be chosen as the child of the Creator of the Universe!
The Alpha and Omega! The Bright Morning Star!
The One who loves with an Everlasting Love?

Priceless.

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning (812) 473-7729…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

_________
Genesis 1:1; 2 Samuel 22:47; Jeremiah 31:3; Luke 1:26-38; Acts 5:31; Romans 8:14; Revelation 1:8; Revelation 22:16

#1on1withJesus, 1on1, 1on1 Church, 1on1church.com, Bible, cast out demons, crowd, crowds, daily devotion, daily devotional, daily devotions, daily prayer, day and night, don't need rest, don't need sleep, feed thousands, glorified body, God, had to hide, heal, invite me to passionately pursue Jesus, Jesus, Jesus is the same, Jesus works miracles today, Lazaroo, Lazaroo.com, leave Jesus alone, miracle-working God, once they discovered, one boy's lunch, Prayer, pursue Jesus, pursued Jesus, steve1on1, teach like no one else, they'd ever heard, wouldn't leave Jesus alone, yesterday today and forever

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with white-hot fervor:

“Jesus…stayed outside in lonely places…”
(Mark 1:45)

The crowds wouldn’t leave You alone, would they, Jesus?

Once they discovered You could heal, cast out demons
feed thousands of people with one boy’s lunch
teach like no one they’d ever heard

they pursued You day and night.

You’re the same yesterday, today and forever.

You remain a miracle-working God.

Now in Your glorified body, You don’t need sleep or rest.

You invite me to passionately pursue You

day and night.

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning (812) 473-7729…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

_________
Deuteronomy 4:29; Deuteronomy 10:12-13; 1 Samuel 12:24; Jeremiah 29:13; Matthew 8:20; Mark 12:30; Colossians 3:23-24

#1on1withJesus, 1on1, 1on1 Church, 1on1church.com, agnostic, as Judge, as Savior, atheist, Bible, Creator, Creator of earth, Creator of Heaven, Creator of heaven and earth, daily devotion, daily devotional, daily devotions, daily prayer, didn't believe in any god, everyone's God, false god, gets my attention, God, God of my fathers, god of themselves, got my attention, Jesus, Judge of all the earth, Lazaroo, Lazaroo.com, LORD of my fathers, one true God, one true LORD, Prayer, Savior, steve1on1, their own god, they acknowledge, whether or not

Monday, December 17, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with total transparency:

“The LORD, the God of your fathers…”
(Exodus 3:16)

That gets my attention, Jesus

no matter who the lord of my fathers was.

Maybe the lord of my fathers was some false god.

Maybe my fathers didn’t believe in any god
leaving them to be god of themselves.

Or maybe You were the God of my fathers

the one true LORD and God
Creator of heaven and earth –

everyone’s God –

whether or not they acknowledge You as Savior

…or Judge.

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning (812) 473-7729…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

_________
Exodus 20:3; Deuteronomy 4:35; 1 Kings 8:60; Isaiah 45:5-6; Isaiah 45:18; Mark 12:32; Acts 4:12; Hebrews 12:23

#1on1withJesus, 1on1, 1on1 Church, 1on1church.com, before the vote, Bible, both deserve it, daily devotion, daily devotional, daily devotions, daily prayer, decided in advance, favor one team over another, favoritism, given more, God, isn't level, Jesus, Lazaroo, Lazaroo.com, loves one child more, not level, only for show, outcome already decided, partial, partiality, playing favorites, Prayer, public vote, referee, referees, steve1on1, unequal, unfair

Friday, December 14, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo, counting on God to make it right:

“…you have…shown partiality…”
(Malachi 2:9)

You hate that, don’t You, Jesus?

So do I.

When the playing field isn’t level

when referees favor one team over the other
when the in-crowd accepts a few and shuns the rest
when a parent loves one child more than another

when one person is given more than the other
though both deserve it equally.

when the outcome is decided in advance

behind closed doors
before the public vote
which takes place only for show.

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning (812) 473-7729…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

_________
Exodus 23:3; Leviticus 19:15; Acts 10:34; Romans 2:11; Galatians 2:6; Ephesians 6:9; Colossians 3:25

#1on1withJesus, 1on1, 1on1 Church, 1on1church.com, Bible, daily devotion, daily devotional, daily devotions, daily prayer, defeating defenses, do it to Satan, do that to Satan, everything in their path, God, God's strength alone, if evil can do that, in God's power, in God's strength, Jesus, Lazaroo, Lazaroo.com, Locusts, makes me wonder, mowing down, no such enemy, on those I love, Prayer, steve1on1, supernatural locusts, terrifying, through defenses, unleashed on me, why don't we, without breaking rank, without confusion, without loss

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

 

Draw upon God’s strength, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“They plunge through defenses without breaking ranks.”
(Joel 2:8)

Such was this supernatural, punishing plague of locusts, Jesus.

For them to plunge through all defenses was terrifying enough.
But to do so without confusion or loss?

They were simply mowing down everything in their path.

May no such enemy ever be unleashed on me!

or on those I love.

But it makes me wonder:

If evil can do that
why don’t we – in Your strength –

do that to Satan?

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning (812) 473-7729…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

_________
2 Kings 6:17; Isaiah 14:12; Luke 10:18; 1 Corinthians 10:13; Ephesians 6:10-18; 1 John 4:4; Revelation 12:7-9

#1on1withJesus, 1on1, 1on1 Church, 1on1church.com, back off, Bible, bless me, blessings, brought low, daily devotion, daily devotional, daily devotions, daily prayer, forces God to back off, Forget, forgetting, from Whom my blessings flow, generously, get my heart right, get my nose out of the air, gift me, Gifted, God, God's blessings, good for me, head screwed back on straight, heart right, humankind, Humble, humbled, Jesus, keep that in mind, kinda, kinda good, Lazaroo, Lazaroo.com, man, mankind, on top of that, Prayer, steve1on1, take it for granted

Friday, November 23, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with deep reverence:

“So man will be brought low and mankind humbled…”
(Isaiah 2:9)

Kinda good for me to keep that in mind, Jesus.

When You generously gift me
then bless me on top of that

I can begin to take if for granted
forget from Whom my blessings flow
get full of myself

…which forces You to back off on Your blessings

until I get my nose out of the air
my head screwed back on straight
and my heart right.

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning (812) 473-7729…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

_________
2 Chronicles 7:14; Psalms 25:9; Proverbs 3:34; Isaiah 66:2; Ephesians 4:2; James 4:10; 1 Peter 5:6

#1on1withJesus, 1on1, 1on1 Church, 1on1church.com, back off, Bible, bless me, blessings, brought low, daily devotion, daily devotional, daily devotions, daily prayer, forces God to back off, Forget, forgetting, from Whom my blessings flow, full of myself, generously, get my heart right, get my nose out of the air, gift me, Gifted, God, God's blessings, good for me, head screwed back on straight, heart right, humankind, Humble, humbled, Jesus, keep that in mind, kinda, kinda good, Lazaroo, Lazaroo.com, man, mankind, on top of that, Prayer, steve1on1, take it for granted

Friday, November 23, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with deep reverence:

“So man will be brought low and mankind humbled…”
(Isaiah 2:9)

Kinda good for me to keep that in mind, Jesus.

When You generously gift me
then bless me on top of that

I can begin to take if for granted
forget from Whom my blessings flow
get full of myself

…which forces You to back off on Your blessings

until I get my nose out of the air
my head screwed back on straight
and my heart right.

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning (812) 473-7729…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

_________
2 Chronicles 7:14; Psalms 25:9; Proverbs 3:34; Isaiah 66:2; Ephesians 4:2; James 4:10; 1 Peter 5:6

#1on1withJesus, 1on1, 1on1 Church, 1on1church.com, back off, Bible, bless me, blessings, brought low, daily devotion, daily devotional, daily devotions, daily prayer, forces God to back off, Forget, forgetting, from Whom my blessings flow, full of myself, generously, get my heart right, get my nose out of the air, gift me, Gifted, God, God's blessings, good for me, head screwed back on straight, heart right, humankind, Humble, humbled, Jesus, keep that in mind, kinda, kinda good, Lazaroo, Lazaroo.com, man, mankind, on top of that, Prayer, steve1on1, take it for granted

Friday, November 23, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with deep reverence:

“So man will be brought low and mankind humbled…”
(Isaiah 2:9)

Kinda good for me to keep that in mind, Jesus.

When You generously gift me
then bless me on top of that

I can begin to take if for granted
forget from Whom my blessings flow
get full of myself

…which forces You to back off on Your blessings

until I get my nose out of the air
my head screwed back on straight
and my heart right.

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning (812) 473-7729…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

_________
2 Chronicles 7:14; Psalms 25:9; Proverbs 3:34; Isaiah 66:2; Ephesians 4:2; James 4:10; 1 Peter 5:6

#1on1withJesus, 1on1, 1on1 Church, 1on1church.com, actually..., Bible, clueless, daily devotion, daily devotional, daily devotions, daily prayer, Denial, denial does me no good, denial harms me, do the same thing to them, does me a lot of harm, does me much harm, don't I hate it, evil thoughts, God, going through, harms me, how dare I, I hate it, if so, Jesus, Judge, judge me, judged, judged unfairly, judges, judges unfairly, judging, judging unfairly, Lazaroo, Lazaroo.com, no good, no idea what I'm going through, not me, Prayer, steve1on1, what am I thinking, what could I be thinking, what I'm going through

Sunday, November 18, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:

“…have you not…become judges with evil thoughts?”
(James 2:4)

I was about to say, “Not me, Jesus!”

But denial does me no good.
Actually, it does me a lot of harm.

So let me ask the One who knows me better than I know myself:

Am I judging unfairly?

If so, what could I be thinking?

Don’t I hate it
when others who have no idea what I’m going through
judge me?

How dare I do that to them!

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning (812) 473-7729…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

_________
Deuteronomy 1:17; 2 Chronicles 19:6; Proverbs 24:23; Matthew 7:1; Luke 6:37; John 7:24; 2 Corinthians 10:7

#1on1withJesus, 1on1, 1on1 Church, 1on1church.com, actually..., Bible, clueless, daily devotion, daily devotional, daily devotions, daily prayer, Denial, denial does me no good, denial harms me, do the same thing to them, does me a lot of harm, does me much harm, don't I hate it, evil thoughts, God, going through, harms me, how dare I, I hate it, if so, Jesus, Judge, judge me, judged, judged unfairly, judges, judges unfairly, judging, judging unfairly, Lazaroo, Lazaroo.com, no good, no idea what I'm going through, not me, Prayer, steve1on1, what am I thinking, what could I be thinking, what I'm going through

Sunday, November 18, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:

“…have you not…become judges with evil thoughts?”
(James 2:4)

I was about to say, “Not me, Jesus!”

But denial does me no good.
Actually, it does me a lot of harm.

So let me ask the One who knows me better than I know myself:

Am I judging unfairly?

If so, what could I be thinking?

Don’t I hate it
when others who have no idea what I’m going through
judge me?

How dare I do that to them!

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning (812) 473-7729…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

_________
Deuteronomy 1:17; 2 Chronicles 19:6; Proverbs 24:23; Matthew 7:1; Luke 6:37; John 7:24; 2 Corinthians 10:7