Pray the words of this Lazaroo aloud, with excuseless humility:

“…for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may be proved genuine.”
(1 Peter 1:6-7)

Other people can’t see into my heart the way You can, Jesus.

They judge me on my results.
They go by what they can see.

They have no idea how hard I try to please You

even when I fall short.

But the closest they will ever come to seeing into my heart

is watching how I respond when I’m under an all-out attack.

Do I turn tail and run?
Do I blame everyone and everything else?
Do my legs crumble beneath me in fear?
Do I turn mean as a junkyard dog?

Or do I stand like a rock

for

and on

You?

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1 Samuel 16:7; Isaiah 26:20; 2 Corinthians 7:8-10; 2 Corinthians 13:5; Philippians 2:3; Philemon 1:15-16; Hebrews 12:10-13; Revelation 17:9-11; John 16:19-22

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.