Category Archives: hypocrite

Sunday, August 1, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo all the way to the marrow of your bones:

“Arise, Lord, in your anger; rise up against the rage of my enemies. Awake, my God; decree justice. Let the assembled peoples gather around you, while you sit enthroned over them on high.”
(Psalms 7:6-7)

When I see evil people getting away with outrageous atrocities, Jesus

this is the kind of prayer I want to pray!

I want the whole world to see what You do
to punish those who sin

until, stunned

I remember I’m a sinner, too.

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Proverbs 26:27; Matthew 6:5; Matthew 6:16; Matthew 7:5; Matthew 23:13; Romans 2:1-3; Romans 2:21-23

Monday, July 6, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with self-aware humility:

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

I hate hypocrisy, Jesus.

And others hate it in me.

Oh, I don’t think I’m a hypocrite! Not at all…

until someone I love –
or someone I don’t love as much as I should –

points it out.

My first response? Denial.

“I’m no hypocrite!”

But then, Holy Spirit, comes Your inner voice:

“Actually, they’re right.
You don’t mean to be a hypocrite
but in this instance, you are.”

Denial stops.
Correction commences.

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Psalms 26:4; Matthew 6:2; Matthew 7:5; Matthew 23:13; Matthew 23:15; Matthew 23:25; Matthew 23:27-28

Monday, May 13, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with locked-in faith:

“The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy…”
(Galatians 2:13)

What weak, wishy-washy follower of Yours are you referring to, Jesus?

Oh, wait a minute. I stand corrected.

This was none other than Your chosen Apostle Peter!

the man who was crucified upside-down for his faith.

He was just having a bad day. So were the other Jews.

So have I.

You didn’t give up on Peter when he slipped into hypocrisy…

and you will never give up on me.

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Proverbs 24:16; Matthew 6:2; Matthew 24:51; Galatians 2:11-12; Galatians 2:14-21; Hebrews 13:5; 1 Peter 2:1

Friday, August 11, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with transparency:

“I said in my heart…”
(Ecclesiastes 2:15)

If I say it in my heart

that’s where it counts, Jesus –
the place where only You can see.

Some of the things I say with my lips

don’t really reflect what’s in my heart.

I don’t mean to be a hypocrite.

I don’t want to be a person
who pretends to be someone I’m not.

But not everything that’s in my heart

is safe to say out loud
or wise.

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1 Kings 15:3; Job 15:5; Psalms 44:21; Proverbs 10:20; Proverbs 15:2; Proverbs 27:19; Matthew 15:18-19; James 3:5-9

Wednesday, August 9, 2017

 

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

“…you will walk in the ways of the good…”
(Proverbs 2:20)

That’s my desire, Jesus!

to walk in the ways of the good.

There are a lot of evil people out there

the worst of whom only pretend to be good.

But You’ve always had men, women, young people

who love You with all their hearts
who want with everything in them to please You.

They aren’t perfect.

Neither am I.

But in Your strength

we’re giving it all we’ve got.

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Job 23:10; Psalms 1:6; Proverbs 2:6-15; Jeremiah 6:16; John 14:6; 1 Corinthians 11:1; Philippians 3:17