Category Archives: salvation by faith

Saturday, May 8, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with Scriptural balance:

“If I rebuild what I destroyed, then I really would be a lawbreaker. For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God.”
(Galatians 2:18-19)

Paul was being attacked for the message You gave Him, Jesus:

We’re saved by faith in You
not by the things we do.

But You also wanted him to make crystal clear:

What we do for You matters!

And so does our determination to show our love for You

by living holy lives.

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Matthew 5:16; Romans 4:1-5; Ephesians 2:8-10; Titus 2:12; James 2:14-17; 1 Peter 2:11; 2 Peter 3:11-12

Sunday, December 3, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning emotion:

“…not by works…”
(Ephesians 2:9)

The lazy person is thrilled to hear this, Jesus!

You save us because we believe in You
not because of anything we do to earn heaven.

(Of course, lazy people need to remember

that faith without works is dead.)

Ironically, though, it’s the faithful, dependable, diligent person

who struggles most when they hear
that even their greatest achievements
aren’t even close to enough.

What can wash away my sin?

Nothing but Your blood, my Jesus.

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Isaiah 64:6; Luke 18:9-14; Romans 3:10; 1 Corinthians 1:30; Ephesians 2:8; Colossians 2:20-23; James 2:18-26

Friday, December 1, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul:

“When Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face…”
(Galatians 2:11)

Am I seeing this right, Jesus?

The Apostle Paul in a face-to-face confrontation with the Apostle Peter?

That’s not supposed to happen, is it? – for several reasons:

Along with James and John, Peter was one of Jesus’ inner circle.
He was a follower of Jesus long before Paul.
Christians are supposed to be loving and get along!

But this was love, wasn’t it?

Love of the truth.

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1 Kings 17:24; Job 42:7; Psalms 15:1-2; Proverbs 12:17; Proverbs 23:23; Isaiah 45:19; John 3:21

Friday, October 6, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo in solemn warning:

“They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.”
(2 Thessalonians 2:10)

That’s interesting, Jesus…

I thought the way to be saved was to trust You.
And it is.

But if I understand You correctly

if I don’t love the truth
I will never reach the point of trusting You.

A lover of truth

sometimes has to endure correction, hardship, even humiliation
to get it.

Which is why some people

refuse to love the truth.

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning 212-LAZAROO…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

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Proverbs 12:1; Proverbs 15:10; Isaiah 47:8-9; John 8:31-32; John 14:6; John 18:37-38; Ephesians 4:15; Titus 1:1