Pray the words of this Lazaroo aloud, in holy wonder:

“The next day [Moses] went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, ‘Why are you hitting your fellow Hebrew?’”
(Exodus 2:13)

Good question, Jesus.

Why do Your people “hit” each other?

Why do we

criticize each other
argue with each other
give up on each other
stop trusting each other
gossip about each other
take sides against each other
place negative labels on each other?

It has to break Your heart to see Your kids fighting like this.

It hurts us, too

wounds us
exhausts us
de-motivates us
makes us feel like giving up.

Even worse, it makes the lost and dying world we’re trying to reach

ridicule Your Church and mistrust our message about You.

I’ve been the victim of Christian infighting, LORD. I know how much it hurts.

Please, LORD!

In every such situation

help me be the peacemaker.

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Matthew 5:9; Mark 12:38-40; Romans 16:17-20; 1 Corinthians 1:11-13; 1 Corinthians 11:17-20; Galatians 5:14-15; James 3:13-18; James 4:1-3; 1 Peter 5:8

What is Lazaroo?

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Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.