Category Archives: Sin

-Saturday, December 18, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unrestrained allegiance:

“…he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)…”
(2 Peter 2:7-8)

Am I tormented by the sin all around me, Jesus?

Or have I become numb to it, indifferent
shrugging it off as though it’s not that big of a deal?

Please. Help me always see sin

as You do.

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1 Kings 1:6; Isaiah 32:9-11; Jeremiah 6:14; Jeremiah 8:11; Amos 6:1; Zephaniah 1:12; 1 John 3:7

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in humble gratitude:

“All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law. For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous.
(Romans 2:12-13)

I’m saved by Your gift of faith, Jesus

not by what I do or don’t do.

But evidence that I’ve received your gift of faith

is demonstrated by what I do

and don’t do.

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Matthew 3:7-8; Romans 2:25-27; Romans 3:21-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; James 1:22-27; James 2:14-17; 1 John 1:9-10

Tuesday, November 9, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with bottomless trust:

“If anyone becomes aware that they are guilty—if they unwittingly touch anything ceremonially unclean (whether the carcass of an unclean animal, wild or domestic, or of any unclean creature that moves along the ground) and they are unaware that they have become unclean, but then they come to realize their guilt…they must confess in what way they have sinned.”
(Leviticus 5:2,5)

If I unknowingly do wrong, Jesus

I’ve still done wrong.

You want me to confess it

so You can forgive it.

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Leviticus 26:40-42; Nehemiah 1:6; Psalm 32:5; Psalm 38:18; Proverbs 28:13; James 5:16; 1 John 1:9

Friday, November 5, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with wholehearted adoration:

“To the woman he said, ‘I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.’”
(Genesis 3:16)

You ensure that every sin has a consequence, Jesus.

The bigger the sin
the bigger the consequence.

The good news?

You reward every good thought, word or deed.

Let’s see…

which would I like to make my goal? 😉

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1 Samuel 26:23; Psalm 19:11; Psalm 37:6; Psalm 58:11; Matthew 6:1-18; 1 Corinthians 3:8; Hebrews 11:6

Monday, October 25, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with overflowing gratitude:

“Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity.”
(Joel 2:13)

O Jesus!

Yes!

I never want to stray, never want to sin, never want to disappoint You.

But when I do –

for sadly, I have many times –

don’t let me stay out there in the wilderness!

Bring back this wandering sheep to You!

For You are indeed loving, gracious, compassionate!

You would far rather bless me

than punish.

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Exodus 22:27; Deuteronomy 13:17; 2 Kings 13:23; Psalms 51:1; Matthew 9:36; 2 Corinthians 1:3; James 2:13

Sunday, October 17, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning zeal:

“…many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world. Any such person is the deceiver…”
(2 John 1:7)

There are little deceivers…big deceivers…

and then the deceiver, Jesus:

Satan.

He refused to acknowledge Your supremacy.

Once he committed that fundamental sin

it’s was all downhill.

From that point on, he spread his lies to – and through –

as many angels and people as he possibly could.

But one day soon

he – and they – will meet their just end.

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Numbers 14:35; Numbers 24:20; Deuteronomy 32:20; Deuteronomy 32:29; Isaiah 66:17; Matthew 25:41; 2 Corinthians 11:15

Thursday, June 10, 2021

 

Sell out totally to God as you pray this Lazaroo:

“When I say to a wicked person, ‘You will surely die,’ and you do not warn them or speak out to dissuade them from their evil ways in order to save their life, that wicked person will die for their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood.”
(Ezekiel 3:18)

You couldn’t make it any clearer, Jesus.

I can’t quietly stand on the sidelines
thinking it doesn’t concern me
and watch it happen.

I’ve got to speak up!

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Exodus 19:21; Numbers 24:14; 2 Chronicles 19:10; 1 Corinthians 4:14; Galatians 5:19-21; 1 Thessalonians 5:14; Titus 3:10

Sunday, June 6, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning zeal:

“Do not run until your feet are bare and your throat is dry. But you said, ‘It’s no use! I love foreign gods, and I must go after them.’ As a thief is disgraced when he is caught, so the people of Israel are disgraced—they, their kings and their officials, their priests and their prophets.”
(Jeremiah 2:25-26)

I don’t have to sin, Jesus!

No matter how many times I’ve caved in to Satan’s temptation

Your power is still mine

to say NO!

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Matthew 4:1-11; Matthew 6:13; Matthew 26:41; Luke 22:40; 1 Corinthians 10:13; 1 Timothy 6:9; Titus 2:11-14

Friday, May 7, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul:

“This sin of the young men was very great in the Lord’s sight, for they were treating the Lord’s offering with contempt.”
(1 Samuel 2:17)

We no longer make burnt offerings to You, Jesus.

Today, we give You tithes and offerings.
We offer our services of time and talent to Your Church.

We show love to You by our gifts to the poor
to those who are sick, suffering, grieving.

Let no one treat these precious offerings with contempt!

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Genesis 8:20; Psalms 20:3; Psalms 40:6; Malachi 3:8-10; Mark 12:33; Mark 12:41; Acts 24:17; Hebrews 11:4