Pray the words of this Lazaroo aloud, with white-hot fervor:

“…make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
(2 Peter 1:5-8)

Thanks for summing it up for me, Jesus – the “great eight”:

faith
goodness
knowledge
self-control
perseverance
godliness
brotherly kindness
love

My protection against being ineffective and unproductive

if I make every effort to build them into my life.

You’ve given me faith as the foundation –
the essential bedrock on which all these other qualities are stacked

one on top of the other
each leading to the next

each making possible
the one that follows.

Please show me

which one I need to work on today.

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Luke 13:24; Romans 14:19; 1 Corinthians 13:1-8; Ephesians 4:3; Hebrews 4:11; Hebrews 11:1; Hebrews 11:6; Hebrews 12:14; 2 Peter 1:15; 2 Peter 3:14

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.