All posts by Stephen Schwambach

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:]

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

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:]

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

Thursday, November 15, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo in stunned realization:

“…they have rebelled against you.”
(Psalms 5:10)

Some people rebel against You defiantly and openly, Jesus.

Others do so while outwardly professing their faith in You.

If all sin is a form of rebellion then I shamefully confess:

I’ve rebelled against You.

No, I’ve not rejected You as my Savior

but every time I do what I know I shouldn’t
I’ve rebelled against You as my LORD.

How dare I – Your soldier in Heaven’s army –

disobey my Commanding Officer?

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

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Exodus 23:21; Numbers 14:18; Deuteronomy 1:26; 1 Samuel 15:23; Psalms 106:43; Proverbs 17:11; Hebrews 3:15

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with pedal-to-the-metal commitment:

“I write to you…”
(Philemon 1:21)

Paul thought he knew who his letter was going to, Jesus

but did You give Him a glimpse that it might be going further –
to be read by billions of people for thousands of years?

Pretty amazing.

You gave Him the words
he conveyed them to Philemon
and You made sure they kept going

all the way to me.

O God!

What are Your plans for the words I speak and write?

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

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Psalms 33:11; Psalms 119:130; Proverbs 12:5; Proverbs 16:1; Proverbs 19:21; Jeremiah 29:11; Matthew 12:37

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with pedal-to-the-metal commitment:

“I write to you…”
(Philemon 1:21)

Paul thought he knew who his letter was going to, Jesus

but did You give Him a glimpse that it might be going further –
to be read by billions of people for thousands of years?

Pretty amazing.

You gave Him the words
he conveyed them to Philemon
and You made sure they kept going

all the way to me.

O God!

What are Your plans for the words I speak and write?

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

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Psalms 33:11; Psalms 119:130; Proverbs 12:5; Proverbs 16:1; Proverbs 19:21; Jeremiah 29:11; Matthew 12:37

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with pedal-to-the-metal commitment:

“I write to you…”
(Philemon 1:21)

Paul thought he knew who his letter was going to, Jesus

but did You give Him a glimpse that it might be going further –
to be read by billions of people for thousands of years?

Pretty amazing.

You gave Him the words
he conveyed them to Philemon
and You made sure they kept going

all the way to me.

O God!

What are Your plans for the words I speak and write?

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

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Psalms 33:11; Psalms 119:130; Proverbs 12:5; Proverbs 16:1; Proverbs 19:21; Jeremiah 29:11; Matthew 12:37

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with pedal-to-the-metal commitment:

“I write to you…”
(Philemon 1:21)

Paul thought he knew who his letter was going to, Jesus

but did You give Him a glimpse that it might be going further –
to be read by billions of people for thousands of years?

Pretty amazing.

You gave Him the words
he conveyed them to Philemon
and You made sure they kept going

all the way to me.

O God!

What are Your plans for the words I speak and write?

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

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Psalms 33:11; Psalms 119:130; Proverbs 12:5; Proverbs 16:1; Proverbs 19:21; Jeremiah 29:11; Matthew 12:37

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with pedal-to-the-metal commitment:

“I write to you…”
(Philemon 1:21)

Paul thought he knew who his letter was going to, Jesus

but did You give Him a glimpse that it might be going further –
to be read by billions of people for thousands of years?

Pretty amazing.

You gave Him the words
he conveyed them to Philemon
and You made sure they kept going

all the way to me.

O God!

What are Your plans for the words I speak and write?

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

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Psalms 33:11; Psalms 119:130; Proverbs 12:5; Proverbs 16:1; Proverbs 19:21; Jeremiah 29:11; Matthew 12:37

Saturday, November 10, 2018…….. 5th Anniversary of 1on1 Church!

 

Pray this Lazaroo with laser-focused intensity:

“…God’s Word is not chained.”
(2 Timothy 2:9)

They threw Paul in prison, Jesus –

chained him like a criminal.

Why? For preaching the good news about You –

that You were crucified for the sins of all who believe
that You rose from the dead three days later
that You’re coming back for Your own.

They wanted to shut him up.

But all they could do was chain the man.

They couldn’t chain truth then

and can’t do it now.

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

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Psalms 107:10-14; Psalms 116:16; Isaiah 52:2; Isaiah 58:6; Acts 12:1-18; Acts 16:16-40; Ephesians 6:18-20

Saturday, November 10, 2018…….. 5th Anniversary of 1on1 Church!

 

Pray this Lazaroo with laser-focused intensity:

“…God’s Word is not chained.”
(2 Timothy 2:9)

They threw Paul in prison, Jesus –

chained him like a criminal.

Why? For preaching the good news about You –

that You were crucified for the sins of all who believe
that You rose from the dead three days later
that You’re coming back for Your own.

They wanted to shut him up.

But all they could do was chain the man.

They couldn’t chain truth then

and can’t do it now.

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

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Psalms 107:10-14; Psalms 116:16; Isaiah 52:2; Isaiah 58:6; Acts 12:1-18; Acts 16:16-40; Ephesians 6:18-20