Tag: Punishment

Lazaroo – Saturday, December 19, 2009

2 comments, Dec 19, 2009


Hold nothing back, as you pray this Lazaroo out loud:

“We also know that law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious…”
(1 Timothy 1:9)

I needed this reminder, Jesus.

If I’m sold out to You
If I’ve surrendered my will to Yours
If I’m following You with all my heart

no one has to pass a law to get me to do the right thing.

No one has to threaten to

punish me
fine me
jail me

execute me

to keep me from doing the wrong thing.

I will do what’s right

because I long to please You.

I will refuse to do what’s wrong

because I can’t bear the idea of disappointing You.

You don’t want to make me obey You.

You don’t want me to obey You because I’m afraid of You.

You want me to obey You

because I love You.

_________
Psalms 63:6-8; Jeremiah 31:18-19; Luke 12:42-48; Luke 19:12-27; John 10:24-28; John 14:15; Romans 13:1-10; Hebrews 10:26-31; 1 John 4:16-19

What is Lazaroo?

Take Me Deeper

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.

2 responses so far.

  1. Gary Weerts Says:

    Greetings; That was me Jesus, a lawbreaker! I had to pay the high cost for low living. Jailed,prisoned,beaten,drunked and stoned,and all while I knew You Lord.I chose the bad over the good.Yet in your LOVE JESUS–YOU SAVED ME–YOU BROUGHT ME OUT OF THE PITS OF HELL AND INTO YOUR LOVING ARM–I AM SO VERY-VERY GREATFULL JESUS.JUST ONE MORE DAY WITH YOU LORD-TO DO YOUR BIDDING.