Category Archives: steal

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Pray this Lazaroo in fervency of spirit:

“If thieves came to you, if robbers in the night—oh, what a disaster awaits you!—would they not steal only as much as they wanted?”
(Obadiah 1:5)

What a scary warning, Jesus!

Those who blatantly ignore Your love, goodness and mercy
will receive punishment beyond the norm.

Is there any way, shape or form in which I have committed this grievous sin?

If so, please forgive me!
In Your Might, help me turn around!

out of love and gratitude
not only from fear of punishment.

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Numbers 26:10; Ecclesiastes 4:13; Isaiah 8:11; Isaiah 8:16; Isaiah 8:20; Jeremiah 6:8; 2 Corinthians 6:14

Friday, February 16, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo with riveted attention:

“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk far from your lips.”
(Proverbs 4:23-24)

When You tell me, “Above all else,” Jesus

that’s something I dare not ignore.

You’re telling me to love what You love

and nothing else.

Only then will my mouth be free of perversity

my lips from corrupt talk.

And since I have to guard my heart

that tells me Satan is attempting to steal it.

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Psalm 141:3; Matthew 10:17; Mark 13:33; Luke 12:1; Acts 20:31; 1 Corinthians 16:13; 1 Peter 5:8-9

Sunday, February 11, 2024

 

Pray this Lazaroo all the way to the marrow of your bones:

“Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything, to try to please them, not to talk back to them, and not to steal from them, but to show that they can be fully trusted…”
(Titus 2:9-10)

I’m Your slave, Jesus!

I desperately want to show you and others
that I’m trustworthy.

But my problem is that sometimes

I haven’t been.

I need Your help to become everything You’ve created me to be!

Please give me another chance.

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Exodus 18:21; Nehemiah 13:13; Proverbs 11:13; Daniel 6:4; Romans 7:25; 1 Corinthians 7:22; Ephesians 6:6

Thursday, December 7, 2023

 

Pray this Lazaroo with pure devotion:

“Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything, to try to please them, not to talk back to them, and not to steal from them…”
(Titus 2:9-10)

From the moment I said yes to You, Jesus

I became Your slave –

which means that’s how I, too, should live.

No matter how someone lords it over me

You want me to treat them with respect
and act honorably toward them

because they’ve been created in Your Image
and I represent You!

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Psalm 69:7; Mark 10:44; Luke 6:27; Romans 14:10; 1 Corinthians 7:22; 1 Corinthians 16:11; Ephesians 6:9

Sunday, August 7, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning zeal:

“You who preach against stealing, do you steal? You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? You who boast in the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law? As it is written: ‘God’s name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.’”
(Romans 2:21-24)

O Holy Spirit!

Is there anything I’m doing – or not doing –

that causes unbelievers to think less of You?

If so, I beg You to show me!

In Your Holy Name, dear Jesus!

Amen!

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Matthew 6:2; Matthew 6:5; Matthew 6:16; Matthew 7:5; Matthew 15:6-8; Matthew 23:13; Matthew 23:15

Tuesday, May 3, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unwavering dedication:

“Watch out that you do not lose what you have worked for…”
(2 John 1:8)

I tend to think that once I have it, Jesus

it’s mine.

But You’re reminding me that I may have to work as hard to keep it

as I did to attain it.

Maybe harder – because now, I’m a target.
Satan wants to steal what You’ve provided.

But so long as I keep my eyes fixed on You

following You every step of the way

You’ll ensure that Satan comes up

empty-handed.

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1 Chronicles 21:1; Luke 12:33; John 10:10; Romans 8:35-39; 1 Peter 5:8-9; 1 John 4:4; Revelation 12:12

Thursday, May 6, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo in zealous love:

“Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as those sent from God.”
(2 Corinthians 2:17)

You reward everyone who serves You, Jesus!

Some earn their living serving You and Your people.
Others serve You and Your people without pay

on this earth.

But oh, the untold treasure they’re laying up in heaven!

where moth and rust do not destroy
and strangers, friends, family and the government

cannot steal.

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Matthew 6:19-21; Matthew 13:44; Matthew 13:52; Matthew 19:21; Mark 10:21; Luke 12:33; 1 Timothy 6:17-19

Saturday, December 5, 2020

 

Be forewarned, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“The stones of the wall will cry out, and the beams of the woodwork will echo it.”
(Habakkuk 2:11)

This is Your warning to those who lie, cheat and steal, Jesus.

Just when they think they’ve succeeded and can kick back and enjoy what they’ve built

they find out they’re wrong.

Though they spared no expense

their luxuries backfire
and come back to bite them.

Those who cheat to get ahead

You deposit at the end of the line.

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Psalms 32:10; Isaiah 1:4; Isaiah 3:9-11; Isaiah 5:8; Isaiah 29:15; Isaiah 30:1; Matthew 18:7; Luke 6:24

Friday, June 19, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo in growing awareness:

“From the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin they allotted the previously named towns.”
(1 Chronicles 6:65)

How do I respond when something I thought was mine is taken away, Jesus?

I think they call that stealing.

Last time I checked

the eighth of Your Ten Commandments
says that’s not supposed to happen.

But then You come along and say if someone takes my coat

I should let them have my shirt, too.

It’s just stuff, isn’t it?

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Exodus 20:15; Leviticus 19:11; Deuteronomy 5:19; Proverbs 6:30; Matthew 6:20; Luke 6:29; Ephesians 4:28

Saturday, April 22, 2017

 

Hold nothing back, as you pray this Lazaroo:

“Woe to him who piles up stolen goods…!”
(Habakkuk 2:6)

That’s another level, isn’t it, Jesus?

To steal one or two things now and then is bad enough.

But to pile up high what’s been stolen

says something about the thief’s heart.

It’s the difference between sometimes losing my battle against temptation

and embracing temptation as a way of life.

Keep me in the good fight, Father!

May what Satan dangles in front of me
never become my master.

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Matthew 4:1; 1 Corinthians 10:13; Galatians 6:1; 1 Thessalonians 3:5; 1 Timothy 6:12: 2 Timothy 4:7; Hebrews 2:18; Hebrews 4:15; James 1:13-14