Category Archives: ungodly

Saturday, August 27, 2022

 

Pray this Lazaroo with laser-focused intensity:

“Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly.”
(2 Timothy 2:16)

Show me, Jesus:

Exactly what is godless chatter?

Surely that doesn’t mean that every conversation I have with anyone
has to be about You or what’s in the Bible.

No. That’s not it.

But You don’t want me to engage in the kind of talk

that leads people away from You
that disrespects the principles found in Your Word.

To avoid that

I need to stay connected to You.

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Job 15:34; Job 20:5; Job 27:8; Job 36:13; Proverbs 11:9; Romans 1:18; 1 Timothy 4:7

Monday, August 16, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with eyes right:

“‘In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.’ These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts…”
(Jude 1:18-19)

Doing what comes naturally sometimes works, Jesus

and sometimes doesn’t.

It’s unreliable!

Sometimes it leads to success
sometimes it leads me astray.

So that can’t be my mantra, my North Star.

I’ve got to line up whatever comes naturally

alongside the straightedge of Your Word

and do what comes supernaturally.

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Psalms 119:11; Psalms 119:37; Psalms 119:89; 1 Corinthians 15:44; 2 Peter 2:12; Jude 1:10; Jude 1:13

Thursday, June 3, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with lights out determination!

“…if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah…”
(2 Peter 2:5)

Now, why would You do that, Jesus?

Well, let’s see:

Noah was a righteous man.
He was blameless among the people of his time.
He walked with You.

Wow. No wonder he found favor in Your eyes!

I can either shake my head, admitting I’m no Noah…

or I can ask You to rise up within me in total transformation.

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Genesis 6:8-9; Luke 1:5-6; Romans 1:17; Romans 3:10; 1 Corinthians 1:8; James 2:21-25; James 3:18

Monday, March 29, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo with antennae up:

“…if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people…”
(2 Peter 2:5)

I think I can see where this is going, Jesus.

You’re pointing out the punishment
You were forced to mete out years ago

to remind me that You’re the same
yesterday, today and forever.

Yes, You’re slow to anger.

But if I mistake Your loving patience for weakness

I will discover to my sorrow
that my sins will find me out.

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Exodus 34:6; Numbers 23:19; Numbers 32:23; 1 Samuel 15:29; Psalms 7:11; Psalms 110:4; Malachi 3:6; Hebrews 7:21; Hebrews 13:8; 2 Peter 3:9

Monday, February 4, 2019

 

Beg God to help you walk your talk as you pray this Lazaroo:

“…the harsh words ungodly sinners have spoken…”
(Jude 1:15)

Ungodly sinners are known for harsh words, Jesus.

But how much worse are harsh words
spoken by me?

I’m supposed to be Your child –

redeemed by Your blood on the cross –
chosen, changed, sanctified.

I’m supposed to set a holy example

safe for everyone to follow.

How is the person I’ve spoken harshly against

supposed to be able to tell the difference
between me and an ungodly sinner?

They can’t.

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Genesis 3:17; Deuteronomy 1:37; Deuteronomy 4:21; Ezekiel 27:31; Micah 3:12; Haggai 1:10; Malachi 2:3; Romans 2:24

Wednesday, May 16, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo – overwhelmed with gratitude:

“…all the ungodly acts they have done…”
(Jude 1:15)

They say the Internet never forgets, Jesus –

that once I post something
it’s out there, somewhere in the ether, forever.

That used to be the case with my ungodly acts, didn’t it?

But no more.

In sorrow and repentance I’ve confessed my sins to You.

You’ve forgiven me.
Forever.

You’ve permanently, irrevocably blotted them out of Your mind

completely removing them –
as far as the east is from the west.

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Psalms 51; Psalms 103:12; Isaiah 38:17; John 3:16-17; 1 Corinthians 6:9-11; Colossians 2:13-14; 1 John 1:9

Sunday, March 11, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning emotion:

“See the Lord is coming…to convict all the ungodly…”
(Jude 1:14-15)

It would absolutely take You – and You alone – to pull that off, Jesus!

Ungodly people tend to be slippery and unrepentant.
Defiant. Closed-minded.
Hard to convict.

It’s a challenge to get enough evidence together

to convict really clever ones.

Of course, since You know and see everything…

they’ll have no defense.

But the bigger miracle

will be making them admit their ungodliness.

Although something tells me…

You’ll manage.

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Deuteronomy 15:9; Deuteronomy 19:15; Job 9:29; Psalms 36:12; Psalms 109:7; Proverbs 24:25; Matthew 7:21-23