Category Archives: sinning

Thursday, September 22, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo in devoted passion:

“We have heard a message from the Lord: An envoy was sent to the nations to say, ‘Rise, let us go against her for battle…’”
(Obadiah 1:1)

You’re stirring up the nations against us, Jesus?

No. Not us.
Against our pride-filled, sinning brothers.

I’m sorry for them…

but thankful that we’re not the ones under Your wrath.

Except…this is a warning, isn’t it?

If you’re taking our brothers to the woodshed
we’ll be next –

if we follow their example of disobedience.

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Ezekiel 14:8; 1 Corinthians 11:1; Ephesians 5:1; Philippians 3:17; 2 Thessalonians 3:7; 1 Timothy 1:16; Hebrews 4:11

Sunday, July 31, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with sold-out surrender:

“The Lord said to Moses: ‘When anyone is unfaithful to the Lord by sinning unintentionally in regard to any of the Lord’s holy things, they are to bring to the Lord as a penalty a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value in silver, according to the sanctuary shekel. It is a guilt offering.’”
(Leviticus 5:14-15)

Even when I do wrong without knowing it

it’s still a sin, isn’t it, Jesus?

No excuses.

I need to confess it

and forsake it.

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Leviticus 4:2; Leviticus 4:13; Leviticus 4:22; Leviticus 4:27; Numbers 15:22-24; Joshua 20:2-4; Ezekiel 45:19-20; Romans 7:20

Saturday, February 5, 2022

 

Hold nothing back, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“He then made ten basins for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. In them the things to be used for the burnt offerings were rinsed, but the Sea was to be used by the priests for washing.”
(2 Chronicles 4:6)

So even back then, Jesus

You were demanding clean offerings

clean hands.

But only You

can purify these flawed, imperfect gifts
I offer up to You.

Only You

can cleanse these hands of mine
that have done so much sinning!

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Psalm 51:7; 2 Corinthians 7:1; Titus 2:13-14; Hebrews 10:19; 2 Peter 1:9; 1 John 1:7; 1 John 1:9

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

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

 

Take warning! as you pray this Lazaroo:

“…God did not spare angels when they sinned…”
(2 Peter 2:4)

They had it all, didn’t they, Jesus?

They were with You in heaven!
They saw You, heard You, served You!

But then along came Satan

perhaps the most amazing of all the angels
who looked in the mirror one too many times
and let his pride get the better of him.

One-third of the angels bought into his lies.

May I never follow their horrific example.

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Isaiah 14:12; Luke 10:18; Ephesians 6:12; Hebrews 1:4-14; Hebrews 12:22; Revelation 9:1; Revelation 12:3-12

Sunday, January 19, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo in sold-out surrender:

“If a member of the community…does what is forbidden…”
(Leviticus 4:27)

Sadly, Jesus…

who hasn’t?

I have.

Everyone I know has.

You say the same:

There’s no one righteous, not even one.

But things can’t stay that way, can they?

Sin has to be atoned for.

Either the sinner pays
or someone with sufficient means

has to pay it for them.

Which is exactly what You did on the cross
for everyone who puts their trust in You.

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Exodus 30:10; Psalms 116:11; Romans 3:10-18; Romans 3:22-28; Romans 6:23; Romans 10:9-10; James 3:2

Wednesday, January 8, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unbridled joy:

“You take away my blessing from their children forever.”
(Micah 2:9)

Oh, Jesus. That’s what most sin does.

It removes Your blessings.

But not only ours!
All too often, it robs our loved ones, too.

You long to bless us.
You love to bless us.
Blessing us may be Your all-time favorite thing to do.

So when we disqualify ourselves
it breaks Your heart –
maybe even more than it does ours.

If I stop sinning
You bring the blessings.

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Genesis 12:2; Exodus 23:25; Leviticus 25:21; Deuteronomy 11:26-27; 2 Samuel 7:29; Luke 24:51; Romans 15:29

Monday, June 26, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with every fiber of your being:

“The LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel…”
(Nahum 2:2)

Well, now, Jesus…

that’s some serious splendor.

There was a day when Israel was the greatest nation on earth

envied by all who trembled in her shadow.

No longer.

Her sins have reduced her to a mere wisp
of what she used to be

as will my sins do to me

unless I forsake them, repent
and return with all my heart to You.

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1 Chronicles 22:5; 1 Chronicles 29:25; 2 Chronicles 32:26; Judges 10:6-16; Proverbs 1:23; Luke 13:5; Acts 2:38

Thursday, March 17, 2016

 

Pray this Lazaroo in sobered awareness:

“‘Even the bravest warriors will flee naked on that day,’ declares the LORD.”
(Amos 2:16)

Now, there’s a graphic image, Jesus.

You have a way of making Your warnings memorable
and crystal clear.

If only this prophecy was intended for the enemies of Your people!

But it wasn’t.

This was the pronouncement of Your judgment on Israel

Your chosen people
the descendants of Abraham.

My takeaway?

If I’m doing any sinning
this would be an outstanding time

to cut it out.

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Ecclesiastes 4:13; Lamentations 4:10; John 5:14; Romans 11:17-21; 1 Corinthians 15:34; Hebrews 10:26-31; 2 Peter 2:4-9