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To Be Like Jesus — Day 303 of 333 December—Repenting, Then Growing Jesus, the Chief Shepherd, Knows Each Sheep, December 1 I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance. Luke 15:7 , NKJV. The minister is to be a shepherd. Our Redeemer is called the chief Shepherd. The apostle writes, “Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in ...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 302 of 333 Angels Join Us as We Help Those in Need, November 30 Let him take hold of My strength, that he may make peace with Me; and he shall make peace with Me. Isaiah 27:5 , NKJV. There are many who err, and who feel their shame and their folly. They look upon their mistakes and errors until they are driven almost to desperation. These souls we are not to neglect. When one has to swim against the stream, there is all the force of the current driving him or her back. Let a helping hand then be held out ... as was the Elder Brother's han...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 301 of 333 When We Thirst for Righteousness, Jesus Draws Near, November 29 As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. Psalm 42:1, 2 , NKJV. The Lord has momentous truths to reveal to those who would understand the things of the Spirit. His lessons are for all, and adapted to the needs of all. While His lessons are clothed in language so simple that a child might understand them, the truth is so deep that the most learned may well be charmed, and worship the Author of ma...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 300 of 333 Special Endowment of Grace and Power Needed Today, November 28 The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 2 Thessalonians 2:9, 10 , NKJV. The great controversy between good and evil will increase in intensity to the very close of time. In all ages the wrath of Satan has been manifested against the church of Christ; and God has besto...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 299 of 333 God's Word and Love Will Open Hearts to Jesus, November 27 With my soul I have desired You in the night, yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You early; for when Your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. Isaiah 26:9 , NKJV. It is the Savior's love that constrains the messenger to bear the message to the lost. Oh, how wonderful is the importuning of Christ with sinners! Although His love is beaten back by the refusal of hard, stubborn hearts, He returns to plead with greater ...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 298 of 333 We Are to Grow in Piety, Purity, and Love, November 26 As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious. 1 Peter 2:2, 3 , NKJV. God has made every provision for the saving of every soul; but if we spurn the gift of everlasting life, purchased at infinite cost for us, the time will come when God will also spurn us from His presence, whether we are rich or poor, high or low, learned or unlearned. The principles of eternal justice will have full control i...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 297 of 333 Be Courteous, Lifting Others’ Burdens, as Did Jesus, November 25 Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous; not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing. 1 Peter 3:8, 9 , NKJV. Those who work for Christ are to be pure, upright, and trustworthy, and they are also to be tenderhearted, compassionate, and courteous. There is a charm in the dealing...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 296 of 333 To Feed the Soul, Commune Constantly With Jesus, November 24 O God, You are my God; early will I seek You; my soul thirsts for You; my flesh longs for You in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water. Psalm 63:1 , NKJV. No human agent can supply that which will satisfy the hunger and thirst of the soul. But Jesus says, “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me” ( Revelation 3:20 ). “I am the bread of life: ...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 295 of 333 We May Receive God's Unlimited Grace, to Do Good, November 23 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him! Matthew 7:11 , NKJV. We are all under obligation to deny self daily for Christ's sake. Jesus says, “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me”; “whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.” As we call ...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 294 of 333 Memorize the Scriptures, Preparing for the Future, November 22 You will be hated by all because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. Mark 13:13 , NRSV. The servants of Christ were to prepare no set speech to present when brought to trial. Their preparation was to be made day by day in treasuring up the precious truths of God's Word, and through prayer strengthening their faith. When they were brought into trial, the Holy Spirit would bring to their remembrance the very truths that would be needed. A d...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 293 of 333 Christ's Self-sacrificing Life Is Our Lesson Book, November 21 It is good to give thanks to the Lord, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; to declare Your lovingkindness in the morning, and Your faithfulness every night. Psalm 92:1, 2 , NKJV. Practical Christianity means laboring together with God every day; working for Christ, not now and then, but continuously. A neglect to reveal practical righteousness in our lives is a denial of our faith and of the power of God. God is seeking for a sanctified people, a people s...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 292 of 333 God Alone Is to Be Worshiped, November 20 You shall destroy their altars, and break down their sacred pillars, and cut down their wooden images, and burn their carved images with fire. For you are a holy people to the Lord your God. Deuteronomy 7:5, 6 , NKJV. God would have His people understand that He alone should be the object of their worship; and when they should overcome the idolatrous nations around them, they should not preserve any of the images of their worship, but utterly destroy them. Many of these heathen deities were ...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 291 of 333 Diffuse the Light Throughout the Dark World, November 19 As I was passing through and considering the objects of your worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: To the unknown God. Therefore, the One whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you. Acts 17:23 , NKJV. Jesus taught his followers that they were debtors both to the Jews and the Greeks, to the wise and the unwise, and gave them to understand that race distinction, caste, and lines of division made by human beings were not approved of Heaven, and were t...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 290 of 333 In Love and Mercy Jesus Pleads With Us and for Us, November 18 Through the Lord's mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22, 23 , NKJV. “Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.” The Lord honors His human agents by taking them into partnership with Himself. The heart of Christ is full of forgiving mercy and truth. He is afflicted in all the afflictions of His people. We are to be compassionate, and find j...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 289 of 333 In Every Situation Jesus Gives Fresh Blessings, November 17 Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall yet praise Him, the help of my countenance and my God. Psalm 42:11 , NKJV. We have learned in the midst of dark providences that it was not wise to have a will or way of our own, and to cast not reflection and surmises on the divine faithfulness. I feel that we are those who can understand and sympathize with each other. We are bound together by the grace of Jesus Christ and in ...

To Be Like Jesus — Day 288 of 333 Victory Is Assured for All Who Obey Christ's Orders, November 16 These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world. John 16:33 , NKJV. Christ came to our world as the surety for humanity, preparing the way for all to gain the victory by giving them moral power. It is not His will that any shall be placed at a disadvantage. He would not have those who are striving to overcome intimidated and discouraged by the crafty assaults ...