Category Archives: blame

Tuesday, February 13, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo with white-hot fervor:

“I always thank my God as I remember you in my prayers, because I hear about your love for all his holy people and your faith in the Lord Jesus.”
(Philemon 1:4-5)

I don’t blame Paul for praising Philemon for the love he showed for other believers, Jesus.

But without Philemon’s faith
it would have had no eternal meaning.

It’s my faith in You
that restores me when I’m less than loving.

It’s my faith in You
that will get me that hug from You one day in heaven.

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2 Chronicles 20:20; Mark 11:22; Acts 3:16; Romans 3:22; Galatians 2:16; Ephesians 3:12; Philippians 3:9

Sunday, June 4, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with laser focused intent:

“As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you.”
(1 John 2:24)

It doesn’t do much good, Jesus

to hear the great, life-changing truths of Your Word

then fail to remember them

not build every aspect of my life upon them.

You’ve told me to see to it that I don’t let that happen.

That means I’m the one responsible.

If I don’t do it
I have no one to blame but myself.

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Psalm 42:4; Psalm 42:6; Psalm 63:6; Romans 9:19-20; 2 Corinthians 9:6; 1 Timothy 5:7; 1 Timothy 6:14

Friday, May 26, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in sober reflection:

“The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden. The Lord is known by his acts of justice; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. The wicked go down to the realm of the dead, all the nations that forget God.”
(Psalm 9:15-17)

They will suffer, Jesus

but it’s their own doing.

When their punishment befalls them

they’ll cry out against You

but they’ll have only themselves to blame.

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Nehemiah 9:29; Jeremiah 5:24; Acts 2:40; Romans 9:18-20; 1 Timothy 5:7; 1 Timothy 6:14; Hebrews 12:25

Saturday, March 21, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with laser-focused intensity:

“The man said, ‘The woman you put here with me…’”
(Genesis 3:12)

When You confronted Adam with his sin, Jesus

He immediately blamed You.

You’re the one who created Eve.

You’re the one who made her the kind of person she was.

Of course, Adam was overlooking one tiny issue:

You took her out of him.

Whatever was in her

she got from him.

O God! When You have to confront me

may I repent

rather than blame someone else.

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1 Kings 8:47-51; Job 42:6; Proverbs 1:23; Isaiah 59:20; Jeremiah 5:3; Matthew 4:17; Acts 2:38

Wednesday, November 29, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with compassion:

“…not to put it too severely.”
(2 Corinthians 2:5)

That’s a decent goal, Jesus.

Even when someone has a rebuke coming
there’s no point in overdoing it.

When they’re already down, busted and bleeding
why pile on?

Whether they admit it or not, they usually know they’ve blown it.

It doesn’t help when I make them feel worse
than they already do.

Besides, You’ve warned me:

What goes around, comes around.

Severe criticism is a seed

I’d rather not reap.

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Psalms 6:1; Proverbs 26:27; Hosea 8:7; Matthew 7:1; Romans 14:1-4; Galatians 6:7-9; 1 Timothy 5:1