Category Archives: Jesus loves me

Monday, June 27, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in overwhelmed gratitude:

“…what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor.”
(Psalm 8:4-5)

Yes, You did, Jesus –

because You love us.
You created us in Your Image.

And because we sinned against You – every last one of us!

You came to this earth to pay for our sins with Your own Life

so we could live with You forever.

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Hosea 11:1; John 3:16-17; Romans 5:5; 2 Thessalonians 3:5; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 4:7; Jude 1:21

Friday, April 22, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in unrestrained adoration:

“Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens. When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?”
(Psalm 8:1, 3-4)

My jaw drops in wonder when I look into starry sky, Jesus!

But even that can’t compare

to the overwhelming awe

of realizing

You

love

me!

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Genesis 28:17; Exodus 15:11; Deuteronomy 7:21; Nehemiah 1:5-6; Psalm 47:2; Matthew 9:8; Acts 2:43

Thursday, April 7, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with undiluted sincerity:

“In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: [who]…made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.”
(Philippians 2:5, 7-8)

Wow, Jesus.

You didn’t have to do that!

In fact, You shouldn’t have.
Not for the likes of me.

But You did!

You lowered Yourself for a person who couldn’t get any lower

because You love me

and want to lift me up higher
than I could ever imagine.

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Isaiah 53:5; John 19:19; Galatians 6:14; Colossians 1:19-21; Colossians 2:14-15; Hebrews 12:2; 1 Peter 2:24

Tuesday, July 13, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in overwhelmed gratitude:

“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”
(Galatians 2:20)

I cannot thank You enough Jesus!

You…living in me!

HALLELUJAH!

How vital for me to always remember:

“I no longer live!”

Instead –

YOU live in me!

Each day from now on

I live 100% by faith…

in You.

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John 14:17; John 14:20; John 15:4-5; John 15:7; John 15:11; John 17:21; Romans 8:9-11

Thursday, August 6, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo in stunned gratitude:

“…make a list of their names.”
(Numbers 3:40)

I love that about You, Jesus!

Our names matter to You.

My name matters to You!

Wow.

With so many to watch over and care for

with so many far more important than I

You know my name.

That gives me goose bumps.

I matter to You.
You truly love me.

You watch over me like I’m Your only sheep.

To You I’m not a number.
I’m Your close, dear, forever friend.

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Genesis 16:13; Isaiah 62:2; Jeremiah 33:3; Luke 12:22-32; John 10:14; John 15:15; Revelation 2:17; Revelation 3:12

Sunday, February 9, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with utter abandon:

“…the Jews…drove us out …”
(1 Thessalonians 2:14-15)

I love the Jews, Jesus.

Not as much as You do, because no one could.
But my love for Your chosen people is fierce and strong.

Still…there were times when You were so upset with them

that You threatened to wipe them off the face of the earth.
You didn’t…but You punished them severely.

I know You love me –

enough to do whatever it takes to turn me around

when I stray.

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Psalms 119:176; Isaiah 26:16; Jeremiah 31:18-19; Hosea 7:13; 1 Corinthians 11:32; Ephesians 6:24; Hebrews 12:7-10

Monday, June 10, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with God-given love:

“If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them.”
(1 John 2:15)

This is a hard teaching, Jesus.

It’s easy to love the world
because I can see it in all its stunning beauty

It’s harder to love You as You deserve –

because although Your love for me is amazing
and Your works are everywhere to behold

You Yourself are invisible.

That’s probably why so many religions resort to idols.

But I choose to love You!

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Exodus 32:4; John 6:46; Romans 1:20; Colossians 1:15-16; 1 Timothy 1:17; 1 Timothy 6:16; Hebrews 11:27

Monday, June 10, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo with God-given love:

“If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them.”
(1 John 2:15)

This is a hard teaching, Jesus.

It’s easy to love the world
because I can see it in all its stunning beauty

It’s harder to love You as You deserve –

because although Your love for me is amazing
and Your works are everywhere to behold

You Yourself are invisible.

That’s probably why so many religions resort to idols.

But I choose to love You!

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Exodus 32:4; John 6:46; Romans 1:20; Colossians 1:15-16; 1 Timothy 1:17; 1 Timothy 6:16; Hebrews 11:27

Friday, May 3, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in deepest gratitude:

“Finding Philip, he said to him, ‘Follow me.’”
(John 1:43)

You deliberately left Galilee to find Phillip, Jesus

just like You deliberately chose, called and saved me.

There was nothing in my sinful human nature that would have chosen You

until You chose me.

Only then did I begin to grasp that You love me so much

that You went to the cross to pay for my sins

then rose from the dead

so we could be together

forever.

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Genesis 18:19; Psalms 105:6; Isaiah 44:2; John 6:44; John 15:16; Romans 7:18; Romans 11:5; Ephesians 1:4

Friday, January 11, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in humble adulation:

“…loved by the Lord…”
(2 Thessalonians 2:13)

Still blows my mind, Father!

Jesus loves me this I know
for the Bible tells me so.

Why, Jesus?

How can You love a sinner like me?

Because of the evil I’ve done

Your love for me cost You Your life
an ugly, excruciatingly painful, humiliating

death on the cross.

They laughed at You, taunted You, ridiculed You
slapped You, beat You, despised You

because of me.

Your incomprehensible love!

demands mine.

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Psalms 17:7; Psalms 25:6; Psalms 40:10; Psalms 57:10; Psalms 117:2; John 3:16-17; 1 John 3:16