Category Archives: lovingly

Sunday, May 14, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in deepest respect:

“Of the priests:…Azariah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the official in charge of the house of God…”
(1 Chronicles 9:10-11)

What a high and holy calling, Jesus!

Of course, we can meet with You anywhere
because You’re everywhere!

But those places You have set apart for regular worship

have become sacred – to You and to us.

May I always do my part

to lovingly care for our place of worship.

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Genesis 28:17; Judges 18:31; 1 Chronicles 6:48; Ezra 2:68; Psalm 42:4; Romans 16:5; Philemon 1:2

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with earnest desire:

“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.”
(2 Corinthians 3:17)

Most nonbelievers think Christianity is a boatload of rules, Jesus.

They would be stunned to read this verse.

Frankly, so am I.

Oh, not because I don’t believe it.
I do!

But because I’ve not been fully living in the freedom
You so lovingly purchased for me by Your sacrifice on the cross.

Help me live moment-by-moment in Your Spirit
through the power of Your Word!

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Psalm 119:45; Isaiah 61:1; Luke 4:18; Romans 8:21; 1 Corinthians 9:19; 1 Corinthians 10:23; Galatians 5:1; Galatians 5:13; Ephesians 3:12; Colossians 2:16; James 1:25; James 2:12; 1 Peter 2:16

Saturday, April 3, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in sobered assessment:

“…he has not remembered his footstool in the day of his anger. Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob; in his wrath he has torn down the strongholds of Daughter Judah. He has brought her kingdom and its princes down to the ground in dishonor.”
(Lamentations 2:1-2)

There’s a line I don’t want to cross, isn’t there, Jesus?

You treat us so well, so lovingly
with such mercy and forgiveness

that we forget…

out there somewhere…

that line is there.

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2 Samuel 24:14; Psalms 130:4; Matthew 26:28; Luke 1:50; Romans 9:22-24; Ephesians 1:7; Titus 3:4-7

Friday, May 8, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo in abject humility:

“…deal with them as you have dealt with me because of all my sins.”
(Lamentations 1:22)

There are two ways to pray that prayer, Jesus.

Jeremiah was asking You to punish his enemies for their sins
as brutally as You had punished him for his.

But there’s another way to pray it for those of us who aren’t as worthy as Jeremiah:

Deal with my enemies’ sins as lovingly and forgivingly
as You have dealt with mine.

So be it.

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Matthew 5:44; Matthew 6:12; Matthew 6:14-15; Matthew 22:44; Luke 6:27; Luke 6:35; Galatians 6:7-9