Category Archives: bottom line

Thursday, April 25, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo in wholehearted acceptance:

“…it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people. Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves. Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the emperor.”
(1 Peter 2:15-17)

You know how hard it is to obey those last three words, Jesus!

Especially when I despise their words and actions.

But You have Your reasons.

Bottom line?
That’s good enough for me.

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Exodus 14:31; Psalm 4:5; Psalm 13:5; Psalm 25:2; Psalm 31:6; Romans 15:13; Hebrews 2:13

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in steadfast faith:

“…if that person has no close relative to whom restitution can be made for the wrong, the restitution belongs to the Lord and must be given to the priest, along with the ram with which atonement is made for the wrongdoer.”
(Numbers 5:8)

Bottom line?

It all belongs to You, Jesus!

You created everything I have.

You loan it to me to use and enjoy.

But no matter whose name is on it

it all goes back to You.

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Exodus 19:4-6; Leviticus 25:23; Numbers 8:17; Psalm 50:10; Psalm 50:12; John 16:15; John 17:10

Saturday, October 15, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with heartfelt allegiance:

“Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, you have become as though you had not been circumcised. So then, if those who are not circumcised keep the law’s requirements, will they not be regarded as though they were circumcised?”
(Romans 2:25-26)

Bottom line, Jesus?

It’s not about my outward appearance.
It’s about the condition of my heart.

If I truly love You
I’ll obey You.

It really is that simple.

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1 Samuel 16:7; Jeremiah 30:21; Mark 7:7; John 14:15; Acts 15:8; Romans 2:29; Hebrews 4:12

Saturday, May 7, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with all your might:

“But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith…”
(Jude 1:20)

Okay, Jesus.

Faith comes by hearing Your Word.

It also comes by seeing what You have done in the past

and what You’re doing in the present.

So I build myself up in my most holy faith

by paying attention to what you’ve done

and what You’re doing.

But bottom line?

Faith is a gift straight from You.
You’re the one who has to give it.

I look to You!

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Genesis 17:1; Romans 1:17; Romans 3:22; Ephesians 2:8-9; Hebrews 11:1; Hebrews 11:6; 1 John 5:4

Sunday, July 11, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in openhearted trust:

“Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you? You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone.”
(2 Corinthians 3:1-2)

Bottom line? Paul’s got it right, Jesus.

The difference You make through me in the lives of others
tells the story about what kind of person I am.

What are my letters being written in others
even as we speak?

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Matthew 19:14; Romans 15:5; 1 Corinthians 12:25; 1 Corinthians 16:14-16; Ephesians 4:32; Colossians 3:13; 1 Thessalonians 3:12