Category Archives: liar

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

Saturday, March 3, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with the humility that comes from honesty:

“…there will be false teachers among you.”
(2 Peter 2:1)

Why, Jesus?

Why would You allow false teachers in Your Church?

I suppose that’s the same question as

why would You allow liars, addicts, adulterers, gluttons, gossips?

It’s who we are, isn’t it?

Thank God, not who You’re helping us become!

But we haven’t arrived.

Every single one of us has such a long way to go.

Since You’re lovingly correcting me…

I guess I can lovingly correct them.

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Acts 18:24-26; Acts 19:1-7; 1 Corinthians 11:17; 2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Timothy 4:2; 1 Peter 3:15; Jude 1:23

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

 

Open your eyes, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.”
(Hosea 3:1)

Satan knows these false gods he parades in front of people

are no gods at all, Jesus.

So he always finds a way to sweeten his lies, to make them easier to swallow –

sometimes with sacred raisin cakes
at other times with drugs, drunkenness, adultery.

But there’s a catch.

As with all poisons
there’s a lethal aftertaste.

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Proverbs 5:3-5; Proverbs 7:6-23; Proverbs 16:25; Proverbs 23:29-32; Isaiah 44:13-20; John 8:44; Acts 19:26

Easter Sunday, March 27, 2016

 

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

“God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened…”
(Genesis 3:5)

In some ways, Jesus…

a half-truth is worse than a whole lie.

A half-truth borrows from what is good and perverts it.

A boldfaced lie, at least, keeps its dirty mitts off of the truth.

Just as he did to Eve in the garden

Satan loves to tell me half-truths.

When he does, please remind me:

Eve bit…and got kicked out of Your garden.

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Genesis 3:13; Genesis 3:16; Genesis 3:23-24; Luke 21:8; Romans 7:11; 2 Corinthians 11:3; Titus 3:3

Friday, February 26, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo with redoubled incentive:

“You destroy those who tell lies…”
(Psalms 5:6)

You don’t exactly beat around the bush, Jesus.

You refuse to tolerate liars.

Do I ever identify!

The thing about liars is
there’s no way to tell exactly what’s going on.

After I talk with one of them

I know even less than I did before.

Just knowing how You feel about them is comforting –

not to mention motivating.

The last thing I want to be

is one of their number.

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

Thursday, January 21, 2016

 

 Pray this Lazaroo…on high alert: 

“‘You will not surely die,’ the serpent said to the woman…”
(Genesis 3:4)

You called Satan a liar, Jesus.

The problem is, he seldom identifies himself when he lies to me!

He speaks through my unwitting friends and family
weaves his web of falsehood through my culture.

But his most insidious disguise

is when he masquerades as me

deceiving me into believing his thoughts…are mine.

Help me measure every idea that pops into my mind
by the straightedge of Your Word.

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Psalms 63:11; Psalms 116:11; Proverbs 17:4; John 8:44; 2 Corinthians 10:5; 1 Timothy 4:2; 1 John 2:22