Category Archives: responsibility

Friday, February 2, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo in humble adulation:

“…the four principal gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the responsibility for the rooms and treasuries in the house of God. They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they had to guard it; and they had charge of the key for opening it each morning.”
(1 Chronicles 9:26-27)

May I always guard the place where Your people meet, Jesus!

It may be constructed of wood, brick, canvas, bamboo or stone

but it’s sacred!

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Psalm 15:1; Psalm 27:5-6; Psalm 127:1; Proverbs 4:23; Proverbs 16:17; Matthew 23:17; 1 Corinthians 3:17

Friday, March 10, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in humble adulation:

“We sent Timothy, who is our brother and co-worker in God’s service in spreading the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith…”
(1 Thessalonians 3:2)

I know it’s my responsibility to stay focused on You, Jesus

to grow in You and to please You
in everything I think, say and do.

But when You send someone along with the gift of encouragement –

someone themselves strong in You who models it for me –

that’s nothing less than fire in my heart
and wind beneath my wings!

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Deuteronomy 1:38; Deuteronomy 3:28; Judges 7:11; Job 16:5; Acts 15:32; Acts 16:40; Acts 20:2; 2 Corinthians 13:11

Monday, February 6, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with growing understanding:

“Hear this, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of Israel, who despise justice and distort all that is right…because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, the temple hill a mound overgrown with thickets.”
(Micah 3:9,12)

Your gift and call to be a leader is a staggering responsibility Jesus.

It gives to a human being the ability to sway others

for right
or for wrong

and then to face the consequences.

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Deuteronomy 31:2; 2 Kings 21:9; Jeremiah 50:6; Micah 6:4; Romans 11:29; Romans 12:8; 1 John 2:26

Friday, September 16, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in solemn introspection:

“…keep yourselves in God’s love…”
(Jude 1:21)

Your love is legendary, Jesus.

No matter how many times I mess up

You forgive me.

HALLELUJAH! HALLELUJAH! HALLELUJAH!

But this command from You through your half-brother Jude

reminds me that I bear a clear and definite responsibility.

If I deliberately and repeatedly sin against You
thinking to take advantage of your love

I might want to think again.

Would anyone who truly belongs to You

callously, premeditatively
do such a thing?

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Hosea 9:15; Matthew 13:55; Mark 6:3; John 15:5-14; Romans 9:13; 2 Timothy 2:11-13; Jude 1:1; Revelation 3:15-16

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with a responsive, willing heart:

“Next to him, the repairs were made by the Levites…”
(Nehemiah 3:17)

The Levites were incredibly busy, Jesus.

Their hands were already full!

They had to prepare to sing Psalms during Temple services

they performed construction and maintenance for the Temple
they served as guards, teachers and judges
and it was their responsibility to maintain the cities of refuge.

But they were needed, so they helped!

May that be my spirit

no matter how busy I think I am.

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Exodus 32:26-28; Numbers 1:50-53; Numbers 3:9; Numbers 3:45; Numbers 8:11; Numbers 8:19; John 1:19

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with strengthened resolve:

“If the person said to him, ‘Let the fat be burned first, and then take whatever you want,’ the servant would answer, ‘No, hand it over now; if you don’t, I’ll take it by force.’”
(1 Samuel 2:16)

How long have people abused their authority Jesus?

As long as Satan has stalked the earth?
This was going on 3,100 years ago!

I beg You: Shield me from such tyrants!

And when You give me responsibility

may I never lord it over others!

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Jeremiah 5:31; Matthew 20:25-28; Acts 9:13-14; Romans 13:1-4; 2 Corinthians 1:24; 2 Corinthians 10:8; 1 Peter 5:2-3

Thursday, June 18, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo in stunned gratitude:

“…Christ’s…body, which is the church.”
(Colossians 1:24)

Because I’ve placed my faith in You alone for my salvation, Jesus

I’m a member of Your global Church.

And because I’m a member of the Church You so love

I’m part of Your body!

A very tiny part, to be sure.
A too-often dysfunctional part.

But still – by Your grace alone –

I’m one of the ways You’ve chosen to present Yourself to the world!

Oh, what a holy, sobering, motivating responsibility!

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Matthew 16:18; Acts 9:31; Acts 12:5; Acts 13:1; Romans 16:1; 1 Corinthians 1:2; 1 Corinthians 12:28; Ephesians 3:21

Thursday, June 18, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo in stunned gratitude:

“…Christ’s…body, which is the church.”
(Colossians 1:24)

Because I’ve placed my faith in You alone for my salvation, Jesus

I’m a member of Your global Church.

And because I’m a member of the Church You so love

I’m part of Your body!

A very tiny part, to be sure.
A too-often dysfunctional part.

But still – by Your grace alone –

I’m one of the ways You’ve chosen to present Yourself to the world!

Oh, what a holy, sobering, motivating responsibility!

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Matthew 16:18; Acts 9:31; Acts 12:5; Acts 13:1; Romans 16:1; 1 Corinthians 1:2; 1 Corinthians 12:28; Ephesians 3:21

Thursday, June 18, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo in stunned gratitude:

“…Christ’s…body, which is the church.”
(Colossians 1:24)

Because I’ve placed my faith in You alone for my salvation, Jesus

I’m a member of Your global Church.

And because I’m a member of the Church You so love

I’m part of Your body!

A very tiny part, to be sure.
A too-often dysfunctional part.

But still – by Your grace alone –

I’m one of the ways You’ve chosen to present Yourself to the world!

Oh, what a holy, sobering, motivating responsibility!

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Matthew 16:18; Acts 9:31; Acts 12:5; Acts 13:1; Romans 16:1; 1 Corinthians 1:2; 1 Corinthians 12:28; Ephesians 3:21

Saturday, July 1, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with laser-focused intensity:

“…he is the messenger of the LORD Almighty.”
(Malachi 2:7)

What a privilege, Jesus!

…and what an awesome responsibility.

To be one whose job it is to share Your truth with others

is a glorious, fearsome calling.

Once that was the task You assigned to Your priests, Your prophets

but today…on this side of the cross…

no longer just them.

That glad pleasure…that terrifying mission…

has been given to every one
of those who by faith follow You

including me.

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Exodus 6:11; 2 Samuel 24:11-12; 1 Kings 18:44; Isaiah 6:9; Matthew 28:19-20; Mark 16:7; 2 Corinthians 5:;18