Category Archives: Guilt

Monday, October 23, 2023

 

Seek Him now, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a great lion to Judah. I will tear them to pieces and go away; I will carry them off, with no one to rescue them. Then I will return to my lair until they have borne their guilt and seek my face—in their misery they will earnestly seek me.”
(Hosea 5:14-15)

I don’t want it to come to that, Jesus.

Let me own up to my guilt now.

May not misery, but love!

draw me into Your very heart.

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Genesis 16:11; Genesis 29:32; Exodus 3:7; Deuteronomy 26:7; 1 Samuel 1:11; Hosea 11:4; Micah 7:1; Romans 3:16; James 5:1

Sunday, October 15, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with utter humility:

“‘Return, faithless Israel,’ declares the Lord, ‘I will frown on you no longer, for I am faithful,’ declares the Lord, ‘I will not be angry forever. Only acknowledge your guilt—you have rebelled against the Lord your God, you have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every spreading tree, and have not obeyed me,’ declares the Lord.”
(Jeremiah 3:12-13)

It’s when I refuse to acknowledge my guilt

that You continue to frown on me, isn’t it, Jesus?

Well, let me take care of that right now:

I’m guilty!
My sins are horrific!

I have no excuse.
None.

Please be merciful to me, a sinner.

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Psalm 32:5; Psalm 38:18; Proverbs 28:13; Luke 7:36-50; Luke 18:9-14; James 5:16; 1 John 1:9-10

Monday, April 24, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unshakable belief:

“…as a penalty they must bring to the priest, that is, to the Lord, their guilt offering, a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value. In this way the priest will make atonement for them before the Lord, and they will be forgiven for any of the things they did that made them guilty.”
(Leviticus 6:6-7)

When they brought their offering to the priest, Jesus

in reality, they were offering it to You.

When I give my tithes and offerings to my church

in reality, I’m offering them to You.

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Numbers 18:28; Deuteronomy 12:6; Nehemiah 13:12; Isaiah 53:12; Malachi 3:8-10; 2 Corinthians 8:5; 2 Corinthians 9:5

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

 

Passionately call on God as you pray this Lazaroo:

“Hear us, our God, for we are despised. Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity. Do not cover up their guilt or blot out their sins from your sight, for they have thrown insults in the face of the builders.”
(Nehemiah 4:4-5)

You hear the prayer of Your desperate followers who are doing Your will, Jesus!

I qualify as desperate.

Now I just need to make sure I’m following You

and doing exactly what You’ve called me to do.

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Psalm 37:5; Psalm 79:8; Psalm 119:56; Psalm 142:6; John 15:15; Acts 13:22; 1 John 5:14-15

Friday, February 17, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with wholehearted adoration:

“…when they…realize their guilt, they must return what they have stolen or taken by extortion, or what was entrusted to them, or the lost property they found, or whatever it was they swore falsely about. They must make restitution in full, add a fifth of the value to it and give it all to the owner on the day they present their guilt offering.”
(Leviticus 6:4-5)

You not only show me how to repent, Jesus

but You give me extra incentive

to never do wrong again.

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1 Samuel 19:4-5; Job 31:3; Psalm 5:5; Ecclesiastes 8:11; Acts 2:38; Acts 3:19; Romans 13:4

Tuesday, December 13, 2022

 

Be duly warned, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“If anyone sins and does what is forbidden in any of the Lord’s commands, even though they do not know it, they are guilty and will be held responsible. They are to bring to the priest as a guilt offering a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value…and they will be forgiven.”
(Leviticus 5:17-18)

This answers one of my questions, Jesus:

Ignorance of Your Law is no excuse.

If I refuse to study Your Word to learn Your commands

I will pay the consequences.

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Ezekiel 45:20; Acts 3:17; Acts 17:30; Ephesians 4:18; 1 Timothy 1:13; Hebrews 9:7; 1 Peter 1:14

Saturday, October 8, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with obedient, lavish love:

“They must make restitution for what they have failed to do in regard to the holy things, pay an additional penalty of a fifth of its value and give it all to the priest. The priest will make atonement for them with the ram as a guilt offering, and they will be forgiven.”
(Leviticus 5:16)

When I say I’m sorry for sinning against You and others, Jesus

over-the-top restitution proves I really mean it.

It also gives me added incentive

to never do it again.

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Exodus 22:3; Exodus 22:5-6; Exodus 22:11-14; Leviticus 6:5; Leviticus 22:14; Leviticus 24:18; Luke 19:8

Sunday, July 31, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:

“The Lord said to Moses: ‘When anyone is unfaithful to the Lord by sinning unintentionally in regard to any of the Lord’s holy things, they are to bring to the Lord as a penalty a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value in silver, according to the sanctuary shekel. It is a guilt offering.’”
(Leviticus 5:14-15)

Even when I do wrong without knowing it

it’s still a sin, isn’t it, Jesus?

No excuses.

I need to confess it

and forsake it.

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Leviticus 4:2; Leviticus 4:13; Leviticus 4:22; Leviticus 4:27; Numbers 15:22-24; Joshua 20:2-4; Ezekiel 45:19-20; Romans 7:20

Thursday, November 25, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with undiluted sincerity:

“’May the guilt of their blood rest on the head of Joab and his descendants forever. But on David and his descendants, his house and his throne, may there be the Lord’s peace forever.’ So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and struck down Joab and killed him, and he was buried at his home out in the country.”
(1 Kings 2:33-34)

Joab got away with murder, Jesus…

for awhile.

But this reminds me that I must confess my sins

forsake them

and do only what is right!

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Leviticus 5:5; Numbers 5:6-7; Psalm 32:5; Psalm 38:18; Psalm 51; Acts 19:18; 1 John 1:9

Tuesday, November 9, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with bottomless trust:

“If anyone becomes aware that they are guilty—if they unwittingly touch anything ceremonially unclean (whether the carcass of an unclean animal, wild or domestic, or of any unclean creature that moves along the ground) and they are unaware that they have become unclean, but then they come to realize their guilt…they must confess in what way they have sinned.”
(Leviticus 5:2,5)

If I unknowingly do wrong, Jesus

I’ve still done wrong.

You want me to confess it

so You can forgive it.

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Leviticus 26:40-42; Nehemiah 1:6; Psalm 32:5; Psalm 38:18; Proverbs 28:13; James 5:16; 1 John 1:9