Category Archives: Guilty

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

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with a pure, humble heart:

“…you flood the LORD’s altar with tears.”
(Malachi 2:13)

There are tears, Jesus…

and then there are tears.

There are those who cry because they’re angry

or because of what they’ve lost.

Some are able to manufacture fake tears

in order to manipulate the tenderhearted and gullible.

Others sob in their punishment because they’ve been caught –

not because they’re sorry they did it.

But when I flood Your altar with tears

may it be in sincere, heartfelt repentance.

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1 Kings 8:46-49; Job 42:6; Proverbs 1:23; Jeremiah 8:6; Ezekiel 18:32; Luke 15:7; Acts 2:38

Thursday, April 8, 2021

 

Sell out totally to God as you pray this Lazaroo:

“Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: There are some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols and committed sexual immorality.”
(Revelation 2:14)

You know who did what to whom, don’t You, Jesus?

Yes, the person who finally committed the sin is guilty.
But You hold responsible those who enticed them!

People look on the outside.
You see into my heart.

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1 Samuel 16:7; 1 Kings 11:4; 1 Kings 15:3; 1 Chronicles 29:17; Psalms 44:21; Acts 15:8; Romans 2:29

Friday, November 13, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo in sobered recognition:

“…whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.”
(James 2:10)

Thank You for clarifying this, Jesus.

The law doesn’t hand out grades of A, B, C, D or F
The law is pass/fail.

If I miss one question, I flunk.

Thank You for Your amazing grace!

Thank You for accepting me on the basis of faith!

Because when it comes to the law

I flunked a long time ago.

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Acts 13:39; Romans 2:12; Romans 3:19; Romans 6:14-16; Galatians 3:23; Galatians 4:4-5; Galatians 5:17-18

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo in humbled gratitude:

“If a member of the community sins unintentionally…he is guilty.”
(Leviticus 4:27)

Wow, Jesus.

That…sounds harsh.

I mean…if a person didn’t mean to do anything wrong…

…You know?

But on second thought, I guess I understand.

Wrong is wrong…whether I knew it or not.
I either did it…or didn’t do it.

Whether or not I meant to do it
it’s still done –

and I’m the one who did it.

I’ll tell you one thing:

I am so GRATEFUL for Your grace!

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Numbers 15:22-24; Deuteronomy 19:4; Joshua 20:5; 1 Samuel 16:7; Ezekiel 45:20; Luke 11:44; Hebrews 13:2

Friday, March 6, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul:

“…they…flatter others…”
(Jude 1:16)

Complimenting people is a good thing, Jesus.

We all need encouragement!

When someone does something good…when they give it all they’ve got

use me to give them an emotional boost, to lift their spirits!

But flattery isn’t that.

Flattery is insincere.

Flattery is buttering people up so they can be manipulated.

May I never, never, NEVER be guilty of that!

And when someone tries to use flattery on me

may I see straight through their duplicity.

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Job 32:21-22; Psalms 12:2-3; Psalms 36:2; Psalms 78:36; Proverbs 26:28; Proverbs 28:23; Romans 16:18

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with single minded intent:

“…rid yourselves of all malice…”
(1 Peter 2:1)

Is there any malice in me, Jesus? Even a tiny shred of it?

If so, expunge every hint of it from every shadow and molecule
of my heart, mind, soul, emotions, body and being!

I know what it is to be the victim of malice.

It’s hell on earth.

No matter what anyone has said or done to me

I absolutely refuse to be guilty of a single
malicious thought, word or deed.

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Genesis 31:52; Exodus 23:1; 1 Samuel 20:7; Nehemiah 6:2; Psalms 38:12; Psalms 71:13; Proverbs 10:10; 1 Timothy 3:11; 3 John 1:10

Sunday, August 5, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with sober assessment:

“Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking…”
(Genesis 3:8)

What a thrill that must have been, Jesus –

to be able to hear You approaching…
to know they were about to see You!

Except, it wasn’t a thrill for them on that day.

They had sinned.

You were the last person – I mean God! –

they wanted to see.

I’m the same way.

So which is it for me today?

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Exodus 34:7; Numbers 16:12; Leviticus 5:5; 1 Samuel 12:10; 2 Samuel 12:13; Jonah 1:1-2; James 4:8

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with white-hot fervor:

“Declare them guilty, O God!”
(Psalms 5:10)

David didn’t pray this prayer over people who’ve merely slipped, Jesus.

When I run into one of those, I beg You to forgive them,
pick them up, teach them, give them another chance.

After all…that’s what You keep doing for me.

But David has run into a few pathological liars

whose souls are wicked to the core.

He knows the heartbreak, ugliness and devastation that bunch can cause

…and so do You.

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Psalms 63:11; Isaiah 57:4; Micah 6:12; 1 Timothy 1:9-10; 1 Timothy 4:2; Revelation 3:9; Revelation 21:8