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Sunday, May 6, 2018

Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:

“…you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other…”
(1 Peter 1:22)

Okay. Let me see if I’m able to put this together, Jesus:

Obeying Your Word purifies me.
Once purified, I’m able to sincerely love other believers.

Of course, the absence of any of those steps leaves me short.

If I don’t obey Your Word, I’m not pure.
If I’m not pure, I can’t love others – at least…

not sincerely.

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Pray this Lazaroo with over-the-top trust:

“…you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth…”
(1 Peter 1:22)

I didn’t know I could purify myself, Jesus.

I thought You were the only one who could do that.

I don’t really want to be specific

but let’s just say I require some serious purification.

No matter how much I obey

I don’t see how that could possibly eradicate all my sins.

Unless…what You’re saying is –

when I obey the truth

in Your mercy

You perform the purification.

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Take stock as you pray this Lazaroo:

“To the pure, all things are pure, but to those who are corrupted and do not believe, nothing is pure.”
(Titus 2:15)

That explains a lot, Jesus.

Cynical – especially in some situations – is wise.

But the immovable cynic

has a lot of ‘splainin’ to do.

When I’ve been burned over and over again

I’m tempted to become a cynic –
someone who believes nothing is pure.

But that totally disrespects You –

whose specialty
is removing impurity from my life.

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