LORD, Give Us Courage And The Will To Be Like YOU.

Do we think earnestly about 

being like HIM here and now?
(J.R. Miller, "The Religion for the New Year" 1903)

"So that in every way they will make 
the teaching about GOD our SAVIOR 
attractive."Titus 2:10

Martin Luther's insignia was a rose; 

in the rose a heart; in the heart a cross.

The rose suggests fragrance and beauty--

a Christian life should be beautiful, 

winning, attractive. It should be sweet, 

pouring forth the fragrance of holy 

love wherever it goes.

The heart in the rose suggests that all 

true living for CHRIST is from the heart.

But at the center of all was the cross. 

Until we have CHRIST, we can have 

neither fragrance nor beauty. We must 

never forget that nothing but the self-

sacrificing love of CHRIST in our hearts 

can transform our lives.

We sometimes sing, 

"Take the world, but give me JESUS"--

but do we really mean it? It is a very 

sweet hymn, but do we mean it? 

Are we ready to have the prayer 

answered, fully, wholly--

whatever it may cost? 

We expect to be like CHRIST in Heaven, 

but do we think earnestly about 

being like HIM here and now? 

Would we exchange our poor, meager 

measure of Christlikeness today--

for CHRIST to have the complete 

control of our lives? It would make 

a tremendous change in our lives, 

at least, in some of our lives.

"If any want to become MY followers, 
let them deny themselves and take up 
their cross daily and follow ME." Luke 9:23

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GraceGems has published J.R. Miller's practical 2 page article, 
"The Marriage Altar--and After".