Category Archives: on the cross

-Thursday, June 6, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo in utter gratitude:

“The law was given through angels and entrusted to a mediator. A mediator, however, implies more than one party; but God is one. Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law.”
(Galatians 3:19-21)

The law is holy, righteous and good, Jesus!

but sinner that I am

I keep falling short of Your high standard.

Thank You for Your mercy, Jesus!

and for Your atoning death in my behalf on the cross.

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Romans 7:12; Galatians 1:3-4; Galatians 2:20; Ephesians 5:2; Colossians 1:20; James 2:13; 1 Peter 2:24

Thursday, May 9, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo in devoted passion:

“Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days.”
(Joel 2:29)

It’s happening, Jesus –

right before my very eyes.

I’m seeing men and women who are looking more and more like You!

They’re rising up, setting the pace
urging the rest of us to join them
in living our lives the way You had in mind

when with incomprehensible love
You laid down Your life for us on the cross.

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Joel 2:28; Acts 6:3; 1 Corinthians 11:1; 1 Corinthians 16:15-16; Ephesians 3:19; 1 Timothy 4:12; 1 John 3:16

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

 

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

“…show that they can be fully trusted, so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive.”
(Titus 2:10)

That’s extra incentive to live the way you had in mind

when You gave Your life for me on the cross, Jesus!

Not only to please You

but also to inspire others to believe in You
and give their lives to You.

So now the question:

Am I living in every way to make the teaching about You attractive?

If not, please show me!
So I can correct it.
Now.

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Leviticus 19:5; Psalm 69:30-32; 1 Corinthians 7:32; 1 Corinthians 9:24; Colossians 1:20; 1 Timothy 6:19; 1 Peter 2:24

Thursday, September 29, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in stunned wonder:

“‘See, the stone I have set in front of Joshua! There are seven eyes on that one stone, and I will engrave an inscription on it,’ says the Lord Almighty, ‘and I will remove the sin of this land in a single day.’”
(Zechariah 3:9)

It was revealed to Joshua that You are that Cornerstone, Jesus!

The seven spirits of Your Father that range throughout the earth

were upon You

as You gave Your life on the cross

to remove the sin of all who believe
in a single day.

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Psalm 118:22; Isaiah 28:16; Zechariah 4:10; Matthew 21:42; Acts 4:11; Ephesians 2:20; 1 Peter 2:6-7; Revelation 5:6

Monday, July 25, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with growing understanding:

“Listen, High Priest Joshua, you and your associates seated before you, who are men symbolic of things to come: I am going to bring my servant, the Branch.”
(Zechariah 3:8)

You, Jesus:

The Branch.
The promised Messiah –

the long-awaited one – the only one –
who could deliver us from our sins.

But You came as You almost always do –

in a way and time we could not have imagined
to pay for our sins with Your own life

in a way we could not have imagined.

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Isaiah 53:1-12; Jeremiah 23:5-6; Matthew 1:1; Mark 1:1; Luke 9:18-20; John 11:27; John 20:31

Thursday, May 26, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in unbounded gratitude:

“…the priest…shall… burn it on the altar on top of the food offerings presented to the Lord…In this way the priest will make atonement for them for any of these sins they have committed, and they will be forgiven. The rest of the offering will belong to the priest.’”
(Leviticus 5:12-13)

I’m so thankful that I don’t have to do this anymore, Jesus.

On the cross You gave Your life to become my sin offering.

I am wholly, completely, utterly forgiven!

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Isaiah 43:25; Matthew 6:12; Matthew 9:2; Matthew 12:31-32; Ephesians 4:32; Colossians 2:13-15; Colossians 3:13

Sunday, April 3, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with straightened priorities:

“I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by believing what you heard?”
(Galatians 3:2)

If there was ever a rhetorical question, Jesus

this is it.

Paul knew the answer!

He devoted his entire life to sharing the good news
that while no one is good enough to earn heaven
You paid our sin debt with Your life on the cross

for all who truly believe.

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Genesis 12:1-4; John 11:26: John 20:31; Romans 10:9-10; Galatians 2:21; Galatians 3:3; Galatians 3:6; Ephesians 2:8-9

Thursday, March 31, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in zealous love:

“That man is our close relative; he is one of our guardian-redeemers.”
(Ruth 2:20)

What an awesome gift You gave Your people, Jesus –

a guardian-redeemer

a close relative they could turn to for help –
someone willing and able to do extraordinary things
to rescue them from impossible circumstances.

You’re my guardian-redeemer!

With Your own life on the cross
You bought me back from the clutches of Satan.

I’m Yours for life!

There’s no one else
whose I’d rather be.

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Exodus 6:6-8; Leviticus 25:25; Leviticus 25:47-49; Deuteronomy25:5-10; Numbers 35:19-21; Isaiah 59:20; Jeremiah 32:6-25; Galatians 3:13; Titus 2:11-14

Wednesday, January 19, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in steadfast faith:

“For David did not ascend to heaven, and yet he said, ‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”’ Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah.”
(Acts 2:34-36)

 

You’re the one who ascended into heaven, Jesus!

But only after –

in the greatest display of love
this world has ever known –

You gave Your life for me on the cross.

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Psalm 22:1-18; John 15:13; 1 Corinthians 1:18; Galatians 6:14; Colossians 1:19-20; Hebrews 12:2; 1 Peter 2:24

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with white-hot fervor:

“So the Lord God said to the serpent, ‘Because you have done this, “Cursed are you above all livestock and all wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life. And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”’”
(Genesis 3:14-15)

On the cross You crushed Satan’s head, Jesus!

and you deliver me from his every strike at my heel.

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1 Samuel 26:24; Psalms 3:7; Psalms 6:4; Psalms 7:1; Psalms 71:4; Psalms 119:170; Colossians 2:13-15