Category Archives: sobering

Wednesday, September 9, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with Holy Spirit perspective:

“…a person…must leave all they own…”
(Ecclesiastes 2:21)

What a sobering reminder, Jesus!

I need to make a cool assessment of the things I’ve accumulated and face it:

None of it goes with me.

Naked I came into this world
Naked of even my flesh I depart.

You expect me to be a good steward of all You’ve placed in my care

without becoming attached to any of it.

Every possession I get to keep
awaits me in heaven.

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning (812) 473-7729…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

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Job 1:21; Matthew 6:19-24; Luke 12:13-21; Acts 4:32; 2 Corinthians 6:10; Hebrews 10:34; 1 John 3:17

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!

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning (812) 473-7729…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

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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!

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning (812) 473-7729…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

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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!

[LISTEN to today’s Lazaroo by phoning (812) 473-7729…or by clicking the PLAY button below:]

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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, September 30, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo with sobriety:

“…those who oppose you…will be destroyed…”
(Philippians 1:28)

This might seem like heady stuff to some people, Jesus…

but that’s not how it’s supposed to strike me, is it?

Is it encouraging to know that one day I will get relief from my enemies?

Sure.

But it’s also enormously sobering.

I don’t deserve for anybody to be destroyed for opposing me!

But it’s not really about me, is it?

It’s about those who oppose me
because they oppose You.

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

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Exodus 23:22; Numbers 16:3; 1 Samuel 2:10; Psalms 55:18: Psalms 109:6; Isaiah 41:11; 2 Timothy 3:8