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To Be Like Jesus — Day 198 of 350 August—Relating to the Natural World Happiness to Be Found in Natural Surroundings, August 1 And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas. And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:10 , NKJV. The father and the Son engaged in the mighty, wondrous work they had contemplated, of creating the world. The earth came forth from the hand of the Creator exceedingly beautiful. There were mountains and hills and plains; and interspersed among them were rivers and other bodies of water. The e...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 197 of 350 Be Used by the Spirit in Christ's Service, July 31 Great and marvelous are Your works, Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the saints! Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. For all nations shall come and worship before You. Revelation 15:3, 4 , NKJV. God will move upon those in humble positions to declare the message of present truth. Many such will be seen hastening hither and thither, constrained by the Spirit of God to give the light to those in darkness. The tru...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 196 of 350 Study Christ's Words, Not Human Opinions, July 30 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. John 1:17 , NKJV. Jesus was the light of the world. He came forth from God with a message of hope and salvation to the fallen children of Adam. If men and women would but receive Him as their personal Savior, He promised to restore to them the image of God, and to redeem all that had been lost through sin. He presented to human beings the truth, without one thread of interwoven error. When He tau...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 195 of 350 Take Time for Prayer and the Word, July 29 These are the ones sown among thorns; they are the ones who hear the word, and the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. Mark 4:18, 19 , NKJV. Christ specified the things that are dangerous to the soul. As recorded by Mark, He mentions the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things. Luke specifies the cares, riches, and pleasures of this life. These are wh...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 194 of 350 We Should Give Hope to the Fallen, July 28 And to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to clothe yourselves with the new self, created according to the likeness of God, in true righteousness and holiness. Ephesians 4:23, 24 , NRSV. Christ was a faithful reprover. Never lived there another who so hated evil; never another whose denunciation of it was so fearless. To all things untrue and base His very presence was a rebuke. In the light of His purity, people saw themselves unclean, their life's aims mean and false. Yet He...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 193 of 350 Seek to Reflect the Image of Jesus, July 27 Whoever says, “I abide in him,” ought to walk just as he walked. 1 John 2:6 , NRSV. What surpassing love and condescension, that when we had no claim on divine mercy, Christ was willing to undertake our redemption! But our great Physician requires of every soul unquestioning obedience. We are never to prescribe for our own case. Christ must have the entire control of our will and action, or He will not undertake in our behalf. Many are not sensible of their condition and thei...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 192 of 350 Bring the Lower Passions Into Subjection, July 26 Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul, having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that ... they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation. 1 Peter 2:11, 12 , NKJV. Near the close of this earth's history Satan will work with all his powers in the same manner and with the same temptations wherewith he tempted ancient Israel just before their entering the Land of Promise. He...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 191 of 350 Live Unselfishly, and Teach People to Love Jesus, July 25 You shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God has commanded you, that you may live and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess. Deuteronomy 5:33 , NKJV. Christ is the way, the truth, and the life. I ask you to study His life.... He came to bring to lost souls the gift of eternal life. In the sacrifice of His Son, the Father revealed how much He desires that sinners shall be saved. “Therefore doth my F...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 190 of 350 Do Not Accuse Others, but Intercede for Them, July 24 Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. Hebrews 2:17 , NKJV. Let human beings, subject to temptation, remember that in the heavenly courts they have a High Priest who is touched with the feeling of their infirmities, because He Himself was tempted, even as they are. And let those in positions of responsibility, especially, rememb...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 189 of 350 Reveal Love, Compassion, and Tenderness, July 23 And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him. Colossians 3:17 , NKJV. Great responsibility comes to those who have been baptized in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Strive to understand the meaning of the words “Ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.” In the new life upon which you have entered, you are pledged to represent the life of Christ.... The old sinful l...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 188 of 350 Receive Light, and Walk in It, July 22 You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Matthew 5:14 , NKJV. There is one thing in this world which is the greatest object of Christ's solicitude. It is His church on earth; for its members should be representatives, in spirit and character, of Him. The world is to recognize in them the representatives of Christianity, the depository of sacred truths in which is stored the most precious jewels for the enrichment of others. Through the ages of moral da...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 187 of 350 When in Trial, Review God's Great Mercy, July 21 Uphold my steps in Your paths, that my footsteps may not slip. I have called upon You, for You will hear me, O God; incline Your ear to me, and hear my speech. Psalm 17:5, 6 , NKJV. The Lord directed Moses to recount to the children of Israel His dealings with them in their deliverance from Egypt and their wonderful preservation in the wilderness. He was to call to mind their unbelief and murmuring when brought into trial, and the Lord's great mercy and loving-kindness, whic...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 186 of 350 To Find True Happiness, Obey God, July 20 This is my happy way of life: obeying your commandments. Psalm 119:56 , NLT. Happiness must be sought in the right way, and from the right source. Some think they may surely find happiness in a course of indulgence in sinful pleasures, or in deceptive worldly attractions. And some sacrifice physical and moral obligations, thinking to find happiness, and they lose both soul and body. Others will seek their happiness in the indulgence of an unnatural appetite, and consider the indulgence of ta...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 185 of 350 Stay Close to Jesus and Become Like Him, July 19 You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore. Psalm 16:11 , NKJV. This world is our school—a school of discipline and training. We are placed here to form characters like the character of Christ, and to acquire the habits and the language of the higher life. Influences opposed to good abound on every hand. The developments of sin are becoming so full, so deep, so abhorrent to God, that soon He will arise in ...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 184 of 350 Motive Determines Value of Our Acts, July 18 So He called His disciples to Him and said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all those who have given to the treasury; for they all put in out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all that she had, her whole livelihood.” Mark 12:43, 44 , NKJV. It is the motive that gives character to our acts, stamping them with ignominy or with high moral worth. Not the great things which every eye sees and every tongue praises does G...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 183 of 350 Maintain Integrity, Whatever the Cost, July 17 Remember those who rule over you, who have spoken the word of God to you, whose faith follow, considering the outcome of their conduct. Hebrews 13:7 , NKJV. Every plan and purpose of life should be subjected to this unerring test [the Word of God]. The Word of inspiration is the wisdom of God applied to human affairs. However advantageous a certain course may appear to finite judgment, if denounced by that Word it will be only evil in its results. It may be a difficult matter for thos...