Category Archives: sins

Wednesday, June 12, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo with a full heart:

“So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.”
(Colossians 2:6-7)

What a great state to be in, Jesus –

“overflowing with thankfulness!”

When I think of all You’ve done for me –

starting with the love You showed
when You paid for my sins on the cross –

I have every reason to let my thanks overflow!

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Leviticus 7:12; Psalm 69:30; Psalm 95:2; 1 Corinthians 10:30; Colossians 3:15; Colossians 4:2; Hebrews 12:28

Friday, May 31, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul:

“…all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished…”
(Romans 3:24-25)

You’ve left a countless number of my sins unpunished Jesus.

Your sacrifice on the cross

has set free this unworthy –

but profoundly grateful –

sinner saved by grace.

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Acts 18:27; Romans 4:16; Romans 11:5-6; Ephesians 2:5; Ephesians 2:8-9; Hebrews 13:9; James 2:13

Monday, May 27, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo overwhelmed with gratitude and love:

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.”
(John 3:16-17)

I believe, Jesus!

Thank You for coming into this world
to save the likes of unworthy me –

for not condemning me for my inexcusable sins
but saving me and granting me eternal life.

HALLELUJAH!
HALLELUJAH!
HALLELUJAH!

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Acts 2:38; Romans 3:22; Romans 5:12; Romans 6:23; Romans 10:9-10; Colossians 1:19-20; 1 Peter 2:24

Saturday, March 9, 2024

 

Hold nothing back, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“The crack of whips, the clatter of wheels, galloping horses and jolting chariots!”
(Nahum 3:2)

Sounds I don’t want to hear, Jesus!

Sounds of my impending doom
for all the sins I’ve committed against You.

There’s no denying.

There have been many.
They’re what I deserve.

But they’re not what I want!

Forgive me, LORD!
Rescue me!

Do not hold against me the sins of my past
nor the sins of this very hour.

In Your mercy

Give me my second billionth chance.

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1 Kings 8:47; Job 42:6; Proverbs 1:23; Isaiah 59:20; Jeremiah 8:6; Matthew 3:2; Galatians 6:7

Friday, March 8, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your heart:

“Why do you now cry aloud—have you no king? Has your ruler perished, that pain seizes you like that of a woman in labor? Writhe in agony, Daughter Zion…you must leave the city to camp in the open field. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued. There the Lord will redeem you out of the hand of your enemies.”
(Micah 4:9-10)

When my sins have cost me my home, Jesus

is all lost?

No.

Even in a strange and foreign land

You can rescue me!

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1 Samuel 17:37; Job 6:23; Psalm 17:13; Psalm 22:21; Psalm 25:20; Psalm 35:17; 2 Timothy 4:18

Saturday, January 20, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unrestrained allegiance:

“…whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.”
(Romans 3:19-20)

Well, I’m certainly conscious of mine, Jesus.

My sins stare me in the face.
I live with their consequences.

But Hallelujah!

Through my faith in Your death and resurrection
I’m no longer under the law!

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John 3:16-17; Acts 2:38-39; Romans 3:21-22; Romans 7:4; Romans 7:14-25; Galatians 2:20; 1 John 1:9

Tuesday, January 9, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo in humble gratitude:

“Now Cain said to his brother Abel, ‘Let’s go out to the field.’ While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
Then the Lord said to Cain, ‘Where is your brother Abel?’
‘I don’t know,’ he replied. ‘Am I my brother’s keeper?’”
(Genesis 4:8-9)

Cain struck out, Jesus:

He deceived his brother.
He killed his brother.
He lied to God.

But I’ve struck out more times than Cain.

What can wash away my sins?
Nothing but Your blood, my Jesus.

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Exodus 30:10; Ephesians 2:13; Hebrews 10:19; Hebrews 12:24; Hebrews 13:12; Hebrews 13:20; 1 John 1:7

Thursday, December 28, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo in devoted passion:

“Come, let us return to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds. After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in his presence.”
(Hosea 6:1-2)

I deserve the one, Jesus

but not the other.

My own sins have torn me to pieces.

But healing, revival, restoration?

Those come only
from Your heart
of amazing love!

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Deuteronomy 4:30; 2 Chronicles 30:6; Lamentations 3:40; Hosea 14:2; Joel 2:13; Zechariah 1:3; Acts 2:38

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with a fervent heart!

“You levy a straw tax on the poor and impose a tax on their grain. Therefore, though you have built stone mansions, you will not live in them; though you have planted lush vineyards, you will not drink their wine. For I know how many are your offenses and how great your sins.”
(Amos 5:11-12)

When I cheat to get something, Jesus

I’m fooling no one but myself.
You’ll see to that!

Help me serve You with integrity

and leave the blessings to You.

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2 Samuel 16:12; Nehemiah 13:1-2; Psalm 3:8; Psalm 24:4-6; Zechariah 8:13; Acts 13:34; Galatians 3:14

Friday, October 13, 2023

 

Cry out to God with passionate, pleading desire:

“The Lord will wash away the filth of the women of Zion; he will cleanse the bloodstains from Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire.”
(Isaiah 4:4)

Wash away my filth, Jesus!

Do for me what You’ve promised to do for the women of Zion.

Cleanse the bloodstains from me –

all the sins I’ve committed against You –

especially those that have harmed others

by Your Spirit of Judgment and of Fire!

Purify me for Your holy Purpose!

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Genesis 35:2; Psalm 51:1-17; 2 Corinthians 7:1; Titus 2:11-14; James 4:8; 1 John 1:9; 1 John 3:3