Category Archives: wholeheartedly

Friday, June 11, 2021

 

Pray this Lazaroo from the depths of your soul:

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

These people like to divide and conquer, don’t they, Jesus?

They’ll tell any lie
twist any truth
to secure an advantage.

They delight in turning one person against another

leaving them in the driver’s seat with both.

Help me see through them, Holy Spirit!

May I strive for unity
with all who wholeheartedly follow You.

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Psalms 63:11; Psalms 116:11; Proverbs 17:4; Micah 6:12; John 8:44; 1 Corinthians 11:27-32; Titus 3:10

Sunday, November 29, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo with burning emotion:

“The day of the Lord is great; it is dreadful. Who can endure it?”
(Joel 2:11)

Those who think this world will forever continue as it is are mistaken, Jesus.

You’re giving us countless chances to stop our sinning
to turn wholeheartedly to You.

But the end of all things as we know them is drawing near.

Our wickedness is mounting up to the skies.

You’re about to come down here with Your saints and angels

and clean things up.

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Isaiah 13:6; Isaiah 13:9; Ezekiel 13:5; Ezekiel 30:3; Joel 1:15; Amos 5:18-20; Acts 2:20; 1 Thessalonians 5:2

Saturday, May 30, 2020

 

Pray this Lazaroo in humility:

“When he is made aware of the sin he has committed…”
(Leviticus 4:28)

That’s a telling moment, isn’t it, Jesus?

What’s my response when I find out
I’ve unintentionally done something wrong?

Do I deny it and refuse to take responsibility?
Do I come up with every excuse I can think of?
Do I react with anger against the person who confronts me?

Or do I repent wholeheartedly
and do everything in my power to make it right?

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Proverbs 30:20; Isaiah 61:8; Jeremiah 5:25; Jeremiah 26:21; Luke 14:18; 1 John 1:9; 1 John 5:17

Thursday, February 28, 2019

 

Pray this Lazaroo in mind-blown gratitude:

“…everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
(Acts 2:21)

Is there any greater promise, Jesus?

I don’t think so.

It’s no surprise that the best of the best get to go to heaven.

But that word “everyone”
includes the likes of sloppy, mistaken-ridden
totally undeserving

me.

No, this promise doesn’t apply if I call on You insincerely.

I’ve got to call on You wholeheartedly
repeatedly giving You everything I’ve got

while still falling short.

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Psalms 91:1; Proverbs 1:33; Matthew 11:28: Matthew 19:14; John 3:16; John 4:14; Revelation 22:17

Tuesday, April 3, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with unbridled passion:

“…because he followed the LORD wholeheartedly.”
(Deuteronomy 1:36)

Is there any other way to follow You, Jesus?

Sadly, there is:

halfheartedly
indifferently
distractedly
thoughtlessly
lukewarmly
carelessly.

But none of those is worthy of You!

You deserve my wholehearted devotion.

You deserve all of me, not part of me.

You deserve my total focus
my maximum effort
my absolute best.

On the cross, You gave Your all for me.

How dare I give any less than my everything for You!

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Numbers 14:24; Numbers 32:11; Joshua 14:8-9; 1 Chronicles 28:9; Psalms 119:80; Ephesians 6:7; Revelation 3:15-16

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

 

Pray this Lazaroo with earnest desire:

“It has given me great joy…”
(2 John 1:4)

I’ve got a question, Jesus –

Do those who know You
experience greater joy than most people?

As I think about the times You and I have enjoyed together

I know the answer:

Yes!.

There is simply nothing better on or off this earth

than 1on1 time with You!

But I also wonder if a human being’s capacity for joy exponentially increases

when we give ourselves

wholeheartedly
unreservedly
completely

to You!

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Proverbs 18:24; John 11:5; John 12:21; John 13:23; John 15:11; John 20:2; John 21:7; John 21:20

Monday, May 8, 2017

 

Pray this Lazaroo in Bible-led caution:

“They have become filled with every kind of…depravity.”
(Romans 1:29)

What a heartbreak, Jesus!

And what a danger.

Those who are giving themselves wholeheartedly to You can scarcely imagine the evil that lurks in the hearts of some.

They innocently think of them as good people who’ve made mistakes.

But it’s worse than that.

The infection coursing through their veins is lethal.

Even so, we cannot give up on them.

How can we?
You never gave up on us.

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Hosea 4:17; 2 Samuel 16:5-13; 1 Kings 2:8-9; 1 Kings 2:36-46; Psalms 14:1; 1 Timothy 1:15-16; 2 Peter 2:9-22

Thursday, December 10, 2015

 

 Pray this Lazaroo in heightened motivation: 

“They performed their duties according to the regulations laid down for them.”
(1 Chronicles 6:32)

A lot of us perform our duties, Jesus

sort of.

Sometimes we do them

sometimes we do at them.

Here’s my problem, LORD:

quite a few of my duties
aren’t all that much fun

which tempts me to do them halfheartedly
a temptation to which I succumb

all too often.

I’ve gotta clean that that up, don’t I?

You deserve my best
every time.

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Numbers 14:24; Numbers 32:11; Joshua 14:8; 1 Kings 8:23; 1 Chronicles 29:9; 2 Chronicles 6:14; Ephesians 6:7-8